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South Africa’s young education researchers need networks to share experience more than pressure to produce outputs
Updated 6 hours ago South Africa has for many years been a strong player in several areas of world-class research. Some of the country’s researchers have made major... →
Shaping Tomorrow – Women at the Forefront of Science and IP
26th April 2024 As we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, our focus is on the remarkable contributions of innovative South African individuals, specifically... →
Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough
26th April 2024 Wednesday, 27 April 1994 marked our victory in the protracted battle against the oppressive regime consolidated in our land by the imperialist... →
Reflect and recommit
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 Memories are short and it often feels like they are becoming shorter not only because of the flood of information associated with the 24-hour news... →
Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy underperformance? 
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa’s real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and... →
ANC condemns 'racist, agitating' acts on R62 road closure between Eastern, Western Cape
By: Thabi Shomolekae 25th April 2024 The African National Congress has urged South Africans to exercise restraint, and to allow the South African Police Service, the Human Rights... →
R21 anti-malaria vaccine is a game changer: scientist who helped design it reflects on 30 years of research, and what it promises
25th April 2024 Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21... →
Rwanda’s post-genocide model prioritises security over freedom and equality – a risk to future stability
25th April 2024 Rwanda, a small and landlocked central African country, has made remarkable socio-economic progress since the 1994 genocide in which an estimated... →
