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South Africa urgently needs to adopt a streamlined and interconnected approach to wildlife trade law at the provincial, national and international levels.
South Africa’s recently updated research ethics guidelines provide guidance on oversight into heritable human genome editing, and they should not be interpreted as a green light.
Digitalising social protection overcomes several inefficiencies – but also creates barriers that prevent access for millions of people.
Once these chemicals are in an environment they almost never break down.
Women already facing structural inequalities are most affected by a lack of child support.
The political unrest in Mozambique reflects discontent with the status quo, including limited opportunities for advancement.
Almost half of those surveyed couldn’t name a single national symbol. They are used to forge a national identity in many countries.
There’s a growing clamour for Israel to be suspended from the UN over its banning of Unrwa.
Societal challenges may be national or global in scale, but need local knowledge and local partnerships to solve at the local level.
Increasing grant payments to extremely poor South Africans would alleviate poverty and help economic growth, a modelling exercise shows.
A recent change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines contains newly added language that appears to permit the use of genome editing to create genetically modified children.
Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
What can we learn from the trajectories of those who have taken part in a gang? Can they ever get out? What do they tell us about the societies in which these gangs operate?
He had enormous charisma and love for South Africa - he also had enormous wealth and made some questionable political choices.
It is difficult to think of a South African economic policymaker who has left such an enduring legacy.
Mboweni leaves a legacy of a successful transformation from a freedom fighter to a businessman, central banker and politician.
To get maximum benefits from using social media for teaching in South Africa schools, many things should be put in place.
HIV expert Linda-Gail Bekker talks to The Conversation Weekly about promising results from a trial of a new drug for HIV prevention.
Although there is broad support for the creation of African permanent seats, this must be considered as part of a wider reform package for the UN security council.
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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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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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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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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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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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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
