Medicinal plants and the associated indigenous knowledge could offer alternatives for women who lack access to modern contraceptives.
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Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
Cities have the authority and duty to consider children’s rights as part of climate change responses.
Urban ecosystem services sustain life but aren’t well protected.
Behind the statistics are real people with real life stories of illness, death, disruption, sorrow and even despair.
Citizens must always be vigilant that the exceptional powers do not become permanent and that the powers are not used to achieve other objectives.
China has been very successful at crime control while South Africa has neglected rehabilitation and failed dismally at resettling ex-offenders.
Afrigen will be a technology transfer and training hub: it shares technology and develops skills specifically around how to produce a safe, effective and affordable mRNA vaccine.
Across the country, South Africans were stepping up to support one another in ways we have rarely seen.
The ‘multiplier effect’ of literacy empowers people by enabling them to meaningfully participate in society and improve their livelihoods.
The right to free and fair elections may be undermined if political parties cannot campaign due to COVID-19 restrictions by the state.
Wider acceptance of indigenous plants could help reduce over-reliance on exotic food varieties.
One way to break the cycles that return offenders to prison is through the way society treats ex-offenders, providing them with basic human needs such as employment.
Investment in preventing violence against children is a long-term strategy for a sustainable future, and it requires urgent action.
Traditional herbal medicines and cosmetics remain popular in South Africa especially in rural areas where they are part of people’s culture.
Even though parts of the global tourism sector have started recovering from COVID-19 restrictions, tourists may still feel that home is safer than abroad. This can be beneficial for domestic tourism.
There’s no perfect teaching approach guaranteed to prepare student teachers to teach subjects in English in a multilingual environment. But there are things universities can do to prepare them.
Ecology is dominated by colonial notions and knowledge that doesn’t consider local knowledge. This needs to change.
Policy changes and advocacy efforts have lead to improvements in the protection and wellbeing of children on the continent. But a lot more still needs to be done.
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Is Botswana allowing the hunting of elephants a good or a bad thing? Two academics weigh in.
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Extraordinary Senior Lecturer, Food Security and Safety Niche Area, North-West University
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Associate professor, North-West University
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Director: School of Psychosocial Health, North-West University
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Professor of Law & NRF South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, North-West University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Professor in Geography and Head of the African Centre for Disaster Studies, North-West University
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Associate Professor of Law, North-West University
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PhD Researcher at the South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES), North-West University
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Professor of Soil Science, North-West University
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DSI/NRF Postdoc Research Fellow, North-West University
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PhD Researcher South African Research Chair: Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES) Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Professor of Law, North-West University
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Professor, Business Development; Managing Director, Afrigen Biologics, North-West University
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Extraordinary Research Scientist, North-West University
