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The South African government and some of its advisors want to have the best of both worlds. They want to use incorrect predictions by early models about the COVID-19 pandemic to claim success.
Zoologists have known for decades that some of the most devastating viral infections originate from animals. Their data and research can be used in efforts to prevent pandemics.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
Research has shown that African immigrants in South Africa refrain from speaking their own languages and try to speak local languages to blend in.
Decades into democracy, the country’s top cricketers still come from fewer than 50 elite schools – mostly boys-only schools.
South Africa’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic must now shift from a centrally regulated approach to one that enables participation and compliance by communities, workers and businesses.
South Africa envisages the gradual closure of older coal plants, mostly located in Mpumalanga. Can these coal fields be turned into renewable energy hubs?
El hallazgo, que procede de depósitos de hace más de 60 000 años, se parece mucho a miles de puntas de flecha de hueso usadas por los cazadores-recolectores indígenas desde el siglo XVIII hasta el XX.
The inequalities in South Africa’s education are systematically being exposed at a scale not experienced before.
Compliance with occupational health and safety requirements is already poor and few inspections of workplaces are being done.
The artefact comes from deposits dated to more than 60,000 years ago. It closely resembles thousands of bone arrowheads used by the indigenous San hunter-gatherers from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
South Africa’s disaster management plan targets the most vulnerable. But it needs to respond in a more deliberate way when it comes to people with disabilities.
Some of the worst health performers in recent weeks have been ‘First World’.
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In trying to suppress the cannabis market in 1923, the government accidentally helped to form an impressive illegal cannabis economy.
What does lockdown mean for the world’s poor? This documentary finds out - by asking them
Ecological systems are at breaking point and a global economic collapse is under way. It’s time to invest in risk mitigation to prevent another COVID-type disaster.
One of the key economic mitigating measures put in place after the country’s COVID-19 lockdown has had very little uptake by employers and will leave miillions of workers without any cover.
When South Africa finally emerges from COVID-19 inadequate electricity supply will be once again rear its head.
Ini adalah temuan besar yang penting. Salah satu dari nenek moyang kita bisa jadi berasal dari Afrika Selatan.
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Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Entrepreneurship , University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor: Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus professor in Politics, University of Johannesburg
