Founded in 1904, Rhodes University is a well-established University located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
It is a small research intensive university which enjoys the distinction of having amongst the best undergraduate pass and graduation rates in South Africa, outstanding postgraduate success rates, and the best research output per academic staff member.
The University takes pride in its motto, Where Leaders Learn, and in producing graduates who are knowledgeable intellectuals, skilled professionals, and critical, caring and compassionate citizens who can contribute to economic and social development and an equitable, just and democratic society.
Drug discovery research in Africa receives modest but essential international funding through philanthropic foundations and selected pharmaceutical companies.
The UK’s high potential individual visa demonstrates short-sightedness about the experience, insights and skills that graduates from the global South could bring to the UK.
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Many countries are experimenting with different forms of government support for journalism, but the question is about what works best and is sustainable.
Academic and author Pumla Dineo Gqola in 2010.
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Female Fear Factory by Pumla Dineo Gqola sees gender violence as a sophisticated ecosystem kept alive by socially manufactured fear.
Densas agregaciones de Pyura praeputilalis en la Bahía de Antofagasta, Chile. La barra coloreada en secciones blancas y rojas (10 centímetros cada) fue posicionada como escala.
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El piure alcanza la biomasa más alta jamás registrada en un animal intermareal y monopoliza todo el espacio disponible donde vive. La barra bicolor indica intervalos de 10 centímetros.
South African trade union members take mass strike action against corruption in October 2020.
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South Africa isn’t doing enough to tackle corruption. Key regulatory and oversight agencies are underfunded. And accountability is weak.
Informal head porter workers Percent Boatemaq (left) and Lusaka Fuseina (right) carrying goods on their heads at Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana.
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Influential international actors like the World Bank and the IMF should focus on expanding social protection rather than focusing on eliminating the informal economy.