Between May 2020 and early September 2021, over a quarter of a million more people have died from natural causes than was predicted for that time period.
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Eskom’s CEO talks debt, power cuts and green energy.
Sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis can provide ideal conditions for HIV infection in women. A new test aims to detect these conditions even when women don’t show symptoms.
A transnational movement for racial justice requires a sensitivity to the specific, local conditions in which race and racism touch the everyday lives of people.
Big Food companies producing ulta-processed foods are using a range of key market and political practices to increase their reach, particularly in developing countries.
Many African countries are experienced in managing outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers and many of the lessons learnt from the Ebola can be applied to the Marburg outbreak.
Rebasing matters because it makes updated and better data available so that better policies can be designed.
The alarming rise in ransomware attacks means that many state-owned enterprises and private sector firms are only one click away from disaster.
One tissue donation can save or improve the lives of more than 65 people. So it’s important to unpack and address the reasons South Africans are reluctant to register as tissue and organ donors.
Understanding why men may be less likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine is crucial for designing effective vaccination campaigns.
Inequality within developing countries continues to rise.
Money cowries were used for thousands of years as currency across the Indo-Pacific world but introduced into Atlantic commercial networks relatively late.
The Chief Justice needs to have a single-minded and unyielding commitment to constitutional democracy and constitutional values, including social justice.
Every increase in one degree of global warming will increase losses of crops to insects from 10% to 25%.
Central banking was given to technocrats whose job is to make the difficult decisions. But there are parameters. And within these, central bankers must act independently, without fear or favour.
An immediate police investigation into the deaths was prevented because the cause of death was indicated as ‘natural causes’ on their death certificates.
Outbreaks of polio have become a thing of the past, told to us by our grandparents, only because of vaccination.
Young people living in the challenging contexts of urban informal settlements may be more at risk of experiencing generalised anxiety disorder.
Most of the million gardners employed in South Africa earn less than the minimum wage.
Nixon’s decision left the IMF without a clearly defined role. Under the leadership of the industrialised countries, it began to fashion a new more intrusive and ideological role.
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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 Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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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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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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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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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
