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Fracking in Botswana could have an impact not only the country’s groundwater, but also that of Namibia and South Africa.
The data concerning both the spread of the virus and the indirect consequences of the lockdown indicates that no similar action is justified moving forward.
The global cost of lost productivity due to depression and anxiety disorders is jarring. Around 4.7 billion days of productivity a year are lost.
Delayed or late pulmonary hypertension diagnosis is sadly fatal because even specialised treatments will be ineffective at such a progressed stage of the disease.
An overwhelming majority of respondents didn’t think that their life under lockdown and wider pandemic conditions affected their mental health.
Breastfeeding support programmes need to engage more with the challenges that mothers face.
The return of medicine can’t be avoided. It’s inevitable that some products will be returned because of faults or when they have expired.
Automation in South Africa’s auto industry may have made car manufacturing easier, faster, and more productive but it comes with social and employment costs.
Emergency relief measures were operational for six months and are due to end soon. But the impacts of COVID-19 will be felt long after.
The current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation schedule requires three doses of the vaccine. These are usually the most expensive vaccines in childhood immunisation programmes.
Adolescents and young adults who reported having experienced sexual violence were more likely to have also had an unintended pregnancy.
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products - but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they’ve done the same before.
Studies globally have made the link between the lack of adequate sanitation, particularly open defecation or shared community toilet facilities, and the increased risk of women and girls being raped.
Academics should speak out against a ranking process that positions all universities across the world as striving to be identical and competing for the greatest share of the market.
South African universities should do more to support students from low-income households.
Claims that a product can boost testosterone levels imply that this will lead to a gain in muscle and strength.
Tourism ventures in a water-stressed region like southern Africa need to balance the needs of guests and staff with the needs of surrounding communities.
Rates of suicidal behaviour are higher among South African students than among the general population or students in other countries. Understanding why will help shape prevention efforts.
The COVID-19 vaccine is in the final stages of testing – meaning we should know whether it’s effective before the end of the year.
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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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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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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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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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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
