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There’s more to effective teaching than just implementing school policies.
In South Africa men are 70% more likely to die from TB than women. Tackling social factors such as smoking and high alcohol consumption could save more lives.
Meteorites are usually discovered by someone who notices an unusual rock while out walking.
Cape Town’s informal traders need support, but they need to be consulted first.
Canada’s partnership in the world’s largest radio telescope, located in South Africa and Australia, creates new opportunities for research, but the benefits go beyond astronomy.
Local communities need to be warned more clearly and effectively if there is a threat of a storm surge and of coastal flooding.
Efforts have been made to change the patterns of inequality in South Africa. But not enough has been done. Race-based inequality is still a real problem.
South Africa’s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive.
Africa’s future looks catastrophic if we don’t act now on climate change.
The South African government must act on the ineffective and politics-ridden system of land leases and ensure that beneficiaries are getting secure land rights.
Indonesia has taken a good decision by not joining BRICS, but still needs to be aware that this bloc remains important for the country, and ASEAN.
Using centuries of indigenous knowledge along with modern healthcare could benefit more people.
As the Brics alliance signs up new members, Russia continues to win over more allies.
Coastlines need to be recognised as dynamic, shifting environments rather than as environments that need to be controlled and managed.
The South African print often uses language that portrays foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanises them.
Pain in a thousand stitches; depicting a society where women live in constant fear of being attacked.
The African continent is an obvious contender for courting by major powers.
BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third of global GDP.
Almost one in three teen mothers do not return to school. Cash incentives help get them back, but affordable day-care is essential too.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
