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Lessons from semi-arid regions on how to adapt to climate change
Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable climate events are making sustainable livelihoods tough for many people living in semi-arid regions of the world.
12 Apr 2016
Why emergency care in Africa needs to become a specialised course
Few African emergency centres are able to provide comprehensive emergency care because they are staffed by general practitioners.
11 Apr 2016
Justice is still not being done in the exploitation of indigenous products
There has been a sea change in the biodiversity business.
05 Apr 2016
Namaqualand community pick-up needed – Marianna's story
For most of her 52 years, Marianna Lot has lived in Paulshoek, a town barely 1 000-strong on the edge of Namaqualand.
01 Apr 2016
Zuma court ruling: South Africans witness a massive day for democracy
The accountability of public governance in South Africa has come a long way since 1994 .
01 Apr 2016
Why South Africa isn’t cashing in on its demographic dividend
South Africa has very high unemployment levels.
30 Mar 2016
How sexting is creating a safe space for millennials
Millennials have become cyborgs .
30 Mar 2016
Why southern Africa’s peace parks are sliding into war parks
Many books have been written on peace and war.
30 Mar 2016
Double earthquake trouble
A group of international researchers, including UCT seismologist Dr Alastair Sloan, have shown that ruptures from earthquakes...
30 Mar 2016
Why democracy should be taught in South African schools
Research has revealed that South African learners born after the end of apartheid, the so-called ‘born-free’ generation...
30 Mar 2016
The fight against TB shifts to fixing the immune system, not only bacteria
Tuberculosis (TB) has managed to remain a major global health problem, despite 100 years of research and more than 50 years of treatment being available.
23 Mar 2016
Why taking vitamin D pills could help the fight against TB and HIV
Clinical trials have shown that adding vitamin D supplements to the antibiotic treatment regimes for TB patients improves their chances of recovering from the disease.
23 Mar 2016
Is it piracy? How students access academic resources
Academic textbooks are expensive and the cost of textbooks globally has continued to rise...
16 Mar 2016
Why South Africa is finding it difficult to wean itself off coal
South Africa has made domestic and international commitments to climate change mitigation.
15 Mar 2016
New practices reinvent traditions in bow music
It is largely a story of cultural demise and death.
14 Mar 2016
Dan Stein: challenging the mental health stigma
Psychiatric disorders account for the third largest portion of South Africa's disease burden.
08 Mar 2016
Sue Parnell: designing cities
According to Professor Sue Parnell, Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences and Executive Committee member of the African Centre for Cities...
08 Mar 2016
Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings: unemployment and public policy
South Africa has always been a country of insiders and outsiders, and today one of the biggest fault lines in society is between the employed and the unemployed.
08 Mar 2016
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