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ViewStrong emotions as UCT confirms Mamokgethi Phakeng’s exit

Controversial vice-chancellor departs South African university after torrid final six months

ViewSurvey finds most universities unprepared for loadshedding

South African universities face annual energy management reports and energy audits

ViewMilitarised campuses should be avoided at all costs, say MPs

South Africa’s university safety crisis must not lead to an unhealthy learning environment, meeting hears

ViewClimate crisis ‘largely responsible’ for UCT fire, study finds

Weather that caused 2021 inferno at top South African university “very likely” to happen again

ViewPrivacy watchdog raises concerns over Covid tracking data

Response from South Africa’s health department says sensitive data have been deleted and blames “miscommunication”

ViewSouth Africa extends R&D tax credits for 10 years

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana hopes reformed scheme will boost uptake

ViewNew research links with Russia ‘impossible’, says Stellenbosch

South African university’s comments follow vice-chancellor’s controversial meeting with Russian consul general

View‘Don’t fight it’: South African academics weigh in on ChatGPT

Change is inevitable but artificial intelligence can be used creatively, webinar hears

ViewUCT appoints panel to investigate governance crisis

Panel is being chaired by judge Lex Mpati, chancellor of Rhodes University

ViewSouth Africa to explore points-based skills visas

Streamlined immigration rules could mean less red tape for foreign researchers

ViewSouth African fossil fuel giant invests in ‘green’ energy

Sasol funds four research chairs and six fellowships with National Research Foundation

View‘Unclear’ how state of disaster will solve South Africa’s energy crisis

Researchers question move that grants government extraordinary powers

ViewSouth Africa’s tech startup performance plummets

Entrepreneurs urge government to take action as Africa’s former “wonder child” loses its lead

ViewPower crisis eats into South Africa’s university budgets

Cape university spends R1.5 million on diesel power monthly as government “consults” on way forward

ViewSouth Africa secures seat on ‘frontier science’ programme

Research institutions hope membership will bring fresh funding and collaboration opportunities in the life sciences

ViewCampus violence and threats ‘have reached crisis point’

Academics blame corruption and weak leadership for South Africa’s spate of violence against university staff

ViewUniversity of Cape Town strike on temporary hold

Academic union considers new offer after rejecting “insulting and derisory” 3 per cent pay hike

ViewBeitbridge economic zone ‘may harm wetlands’ in South Africa

Scientific advisory group recommends halting Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone development

ViewSouth African facilities eye solar to solve energy woes

Renewables could help create operational stability at radio astronomy and medical radiocarbon facilities

View‘Many instruments are not going to make it’

South Africa’s power crisis could push science out of country’s poorly resourced institutions, biochemist warns

ViewFrequent blackouts cripple South African labs

Experiments could be forced overseas as country’s energy crisis deepens

ViewNzimande to ramp up safety on university campuses

National taskforce to probe security concerns following “assassination attempt” on Fort Hare vice-chancellor

ViewSouth African R&D dropped 7.6% in first year of pandemic

Fresh national statistics underscore decline in country’s gross R&D spending

ViewAttempt to murder vice-chancellor shocks South Africa

Shooting targeting Fort Hare head claims life of security chief

View‘Radical’ action needed to move African languages from periphery

New head of Universities South Africa’s working group on languages vows to keep up momentum

ViewUnisa retains accreditation for accounting degrees

Vice-chancellor credits outcome to “hard work and long hours” spent improving South African university’s programmes

ViewNzimande: Stellenbosch race report could help others

But institutional differences mean report's findings will not be universal, minister adds

ViewSouth Africa supports Emirati mission to the moon

Hartebeesthoek ground station will help Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre talk to its lunar rover

ViewConstruction of Square Kilometre Array begins in South Africa

Radio astronomy construction contracts worth €300 million awarded in Africa and Australia

ViewHealth faculty leads UCT on transformation—report

Transformation officer hire and broad engagement pushed faculty to the front at leading African university