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Design curricular and research programmes appropriate to its southern African context.
Further global perspectives among its staff and students, thereby strengthening intellectual life and contributing to South Africa’s reintegration in the world community.
Assist educationally disadvantaged students gain access to higher education and succeed in their studies.
Nurture and use the abilities of all in the university community.
Develop effective structures and conventions of governance, which are democratic, transparent and accountable.
Seek racial and gender equality and contribute to helping the historically marginalised participate fully in the life of the nation.
Encourage and provide opportunities for lifelong learning through programmes and courses.
Help conserve and explore the environmental and cultural resources of the southern African region, and to encourage a wide awareness of these resources in the community.
Co-operate fully with other stakeholders to develop an excellent, and therefore transformed, higher education system.
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Urban ecosystem services sustain life but aren’t well protected.
Ramaphosa currently has no known rivals with widespread support within the African National Congress.
Knowing who is most vulnerable to COVID can be used to guide resource allocation and help the design of risk mitigation strategies.
For her, art was a weapon in the struggle and a tool for education. She used every opportunity to build movements and to archive experiences in writing.
The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.
It’s about developing a community of practice: people who can work alongside scientists, taking science out of the laboratory and into the field.
Skin lighteners are being used more than ever before, especially in urban areas and among men.
This history covers twelve decades, from the surrender of Boer guerrillas in the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902 to the July 2021 looting spree and violence.
Vaccination uptake is influenced by many factors and carries a variety of meanings – social, political, economic, ideological, moral as well as biological.
The election results raise the real possibility that the ANC could be looking at another defeat in the 2024 general elections.
A secret plan to destabilise the new democratic government reveals the failed ambitions of the apartheid state security apparatus and confirms what is known about the brutality of the period.
The rise in political parties and the explosion in the number of independents means that it’s no longer simply a race among the three major parties.
Most jellyfish are “passive” feeders. This means that they float through the water eating whatever they happen to pass in the water and can fit in their mouths.
African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
Pre-COVID-19 dentists wore some sort of respiratory protection like examination masks, surgical masks or respirators. COVID-19 has elevated the number of personal protective equipment needed.
These organisations are ideally placed to contribute their fine-grained local knowledge. They intimately understand the specific needs of the most vulnerable in their communities.
There are calls for measures to reduce the burden of red tape and promote and facilitate biodiversity research in South Africa.
Factors such as not being able to handle their study load and living too far from campus led to students not attending class.
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Acting Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
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PhD candidate in the School of Government, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Political Science, University of the Western Cape
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Research Associate at the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Extraordinary Associate Professor of Anthropology and Water Sciences, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Extraordinary Professor, University of the Western Cape
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Researcher and Gender Equity Officer, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer / Stomatologist, University of the Western Cape
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PhD candidate, University of the Western Cape
