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A pair of killer whales are hunting and preying on South Africa's great white sharks, forcing the sharks to flee.
Time out of school erased a year’s worth of schooling for public school learners in South Africa.
The study revealed a link between youth, troubled behaviour and a lack of access to recreational spaces in marginalised communities.
The progressively earlier flowering places the daisies at greater risk of failed flowering seasons. This would be a blow to biodiversity and tourism.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
The election will not change the government, but may change the balance of power between the two factions of the governing ANC, led by Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma.
Easy access to alcohol and exposure to alcohol advertisements affect social and health outcomes.
Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it’s now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
Comic contracts can meet all the requirements for contracts to be legally binding.
More than 90% of violent crimes in South Africa fall outside the categories named in the police’s new anti-crime strategy.
Governing parties and officials need to take note of the frustration being expressed by ordinary South Africans.
The Rose’s mountain toadlet adapts its breeding habits according to the weather.
South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.
Mass hysteria and lawlessness during disasters are remarkably rare, contrary to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s prediction of anarchy when Cape Town’s taps run day.
The experiences of other countries can provide valuable lessons for Cape Town on how to better cope with its water crisis.
People with the same condition can respond differently to the same treatment. This is why personalised treatment is so important in all fields of medicine, including psychology.
Reggae in South Africa has lost its visibility and prominence inside the country after apartheid. But local artists have built up extensive international links.
For Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to invite black South Africans, in a casual manner, to differentiate the legacies of colonialism is asking a lot.
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Researcher, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, iThemba LABS
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Head of the Division of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Professor in the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town
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Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health, University of Oxford
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
