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South Africa is ahead of the pack when it comes to research output in Africa. But this ranking is not a celebration.
Legislation can guard against political interference and maladministration.
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Over the past few years, heads of department and chief financial officers in South Africa have been placed under enormous pressure by politicians to bend compliance rules.
An arbitration court ruled that the 28-year-old runner must lower her testosterone levels in order to compete.
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Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don’t fit neatly into sport’s definition of gender?
Johannesburg’s economic hub, Sandton, lies right next to the sprawling and extremely poor Alexandra township.
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Wealth inequality in South Africa is not only intolerably high, its also not reducing.
Nelson Mandela and outgoing president Frederik Willem de Klerk.
Nelson Mandela’s dream of a great rainbow nation has been badly but not fatally undermined by corruption, violence and inequality.
Health professionals must work effectively in a team.
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Sharing expertise and experiences of different health and social care professionals can improve health care.
South Africa urgently needs to get its economy moving again.
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Half of South Africa’s population remain chronically poor, and the quarter in-between struggle to stay out of reach of destitution.
Millions of South Africans rely on taxis for their daily commute.
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Violence is very common on South Africa’s various taxi routes.
A well implemented science policy can transform a country’s economy.
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South Africa’s White Paper doesn’t outline how science, innovation and technology can improve ordinary people’s lives.
Community workers are key to transforming health services and the well-being of communities.
South Africa has the potential to improve primary health care.
Women Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Canada last year.
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South Africa has a long history of women at the helm of its foreign affairs ministry but this hasn’t translated into a gender balanced foreign policy environment
Professor Greta Dreyer, head of the Gynaecological Oncology Unit at the University of Pretoria, being interviewed by SABC TV.
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The new White Paper can help scientists understand better why public engagement is crucial.
Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
Understanding how people move through job sectors is crucial.
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Little is known about how many people transition between the informal and formal sectors, a phenomenon called “churning”.
Speaker of Rwanda’s Chamber of Deputies Donatille Mukabalisa on international women’s day. Rwanda is a trend-setter in female representation.
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In many African states power is concentrated in the executive branch. That’s why women’s representation in cabinet matters.
A barman using candle light as another rolling blackout affects large parts of South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg.
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South Africa isn’t having an honest debate about proposals to fix its power utility Eskom, and the role that renewables might play.
A mentor works through a problem with a pupil at one of Makhanda’s schools.
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Universities have both a responsibility and a degree of potential influence on public schooling that set them apart and impose a special duty of leadership.
New research holds promise of a shorter treatment course for people with drugresistant- TB.
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New research shows that the treatment of drug resistant-TB can be reduced from the current duration of 20 to 24 months to less than a year.
X-rays, CT scans or MRIs may be necessary to detect TB in organs other than the lungs.
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TB outside the lungs accounted for 14% of TB cases recorded globally in 2017.
Once cubs in captivity get too big to be stroked and cuddled by tourists, they’re sold into the canned hunting and Asian bone trade industries.
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While the international conservation community unites against the captive breeding of big cats in South Africa, the government stalls.