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ViewFormer South African deputy science minister dies

Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi praised for her energy, enthusiasm and commitment

ViewSouth Africa bolsters university plans to tackle gender violence

GBV and mental health “battles” must be won, says higher education health body

View‘Huge’ numbers of South African postgrads miss out on funding

Candidates overlooked because of budget constraints and new policy

ViewFormer student activist elected permanent committee chair

Nompendulo Mkhatshwa lists gender and racial transformation as science committee goals

ViewFears sun is setting on South African research

"We are falling short of both our visions and our aspirations," says government adviser

ViewFree summer school on IP and tech transfer

Online course for South African students, innovators and researchers

ViewVaccine hesitancy growing among South African youth

Trend is a big concern as vaccination pace appears to falter

ViewFormer student activist takes charge of science committee

Nompendulo Mkhatshwa elected interim leader of Parliamentary group

ViewSouth Africa represented in almost half of Southern Africa climate research

Academy report finds year-on-year publication growth of 16 per cent

ViewSouth African to advise African disease centre on genomics data

Alan Christoffels says role will integrate pathogen genomics with health policy

ViewSouth Africa’s inequality ‘intolerable’, scientists say

Webinar participants advocate greater effort to narrow the rich-poor gulf

ViewSouth Africa approves space weather hub

National space agency will provide data for international aviation network

ViewScience committee bids farewell to chairman

Replacement remains unknown as Philly Mapulane is promoted to deputy communications minister

ViewAssaf hits back at South African vaccine hesitancy

Academy booklet provides ‘essential facts’ on Covid-19

ViewPandemic has ravaged business research in South Africa

Reduced spending and staff layoffs threaten R&D performance

ViewSouth Africa’s riots take a bite out of food security

Widespread unrest could disrupt food flow for “foreseeable future”, scientists warn

View‘Implementation problem’ hampers South Africa’s evidence-based plans

Policies are good but execution lets government down, webinar hears

View‘Science sceptics threaten to disillusion researchers’

If morale falls so will science quality, warns top South African journal editor

ViewLocation will determine vaccine type in SA’s university rollout

Johnson & Johnson Covid jab to be used where cold chain poses challenge

ViewTop South African higher education official suspended

Gwebinkundla Qonde on “precautionary suspension” pending investigation into problem-stricken national skills fund

ViewUniversities to study roots of South African riots

Task team created to push research that probes country’s poverty and inequality

ViewRushed introduction of online learning a ‘danger’ to South Africa

Covid-provoked change opened door for abuse, says former university council head

ViewDurban law school to gauge opinion on human gene editing

Study will be first to map views in South Africa of the controversial technology

ViewHealth, food and environment prove SA’s Horizon 2020 strengths

ICT and transport research less successful

ViewBeta variant researcher to lead proposed pandemic institute

Centre will train 100 African fellows

ViewUCT online school aims to tackle widening education gulf

University will ‘reimagine basic education from ground up’

ViewVaccine plant fire ‘not an attack’

Electrical fault likely cause of Biovac fire, says official

ViewSAMRC to take vaccines to rural areas

Mobile labs will reach every district by August

ViewNamibian research council still scouting for permanent CEO

Board foresees no day-to-day disruptions to operations

ViewSouth African academics call for ‘activist’ universities

“The country is burning, the universities are quiet,” warns senior university figure