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ViewBillionaire’s donation aims to fund ‘missing middle’ students at Wits

Gift targets needy scholars whose family earnings exceed state support threshold

View‘I’d rather jump before I get pushed’

Funding uncertainties brought on by the pandemic are demoralising young South African scientists

ViewFree education policy ‘fundamentally wrong’, says Parliamentary committee chairman

South African policy discriminates against students who enrolled before 2018, Mapulane says

ViewDigital health-data gathering could boost ‘safari research’

Gaps in ethics rules could leave South Africa’s population open to exploitation

View‘Scientists do not need to resort to race’

There are better variables for grouping populations in research, UK writer argues

ViewUniversity of Johannesburg launches centre to study race, gender and class

‘Emancipatory agenda’ will guide ‘difficult but necessary’ conversations

ViewRegional development bank supports African Covid-19 response

US$500,000 donation signals African countries ‘acting as one’, says bank chief

ViewSouth African science journal’s editor-in-chief to step down

Cites desire to focus on research—and ‘disturbing changes’ in academic publishing

ViewSouth Africa working on Covid-19 vaccine strategy, minister says

Also, universities will be allowed to welcome all students on campus under Level 1 lockdown

ViewAcademics call for regulations to jumpstart human gene editing in South Africa

Medical council is drawing up a framework, but has said Covid-19 delayed the process

ViewSKA Observatory one step from international organisation status

Australia ratifies convention on massive astronomy project, with pivotal UK approval ‘weeks away’

ViewResearch rating system correlates with publishing performance, paper reports

But the system might be on the way out anyway

ViewNzimande signals millions more for space

Swift implementation is key, says science minister

ViewDecolonised science is better science, webinar told

South Africa urged to train more African researchers

ViewDecolonisation: why science language matters

Words can be ‘exclusionary’ and ‘cold’, say South African researchers

ViewSouth African research funding to be ‘redefined’

Infrastructure resources must be shared, says Gansen Pillay

ViewWestern Cape health department bands with university on training

Deal includes joint staff appointments for health science teaching and research

ViewSouth Africa sets up coronavirus vaccine expert group

Committee will advise government on Covid-19 vaccine

ViewComplex marginalisation of Black women at SA universities

Confronting sexism is easier in historically white universities, sociology professor says

ViewExclusive: South Africa to advertise more top science jobs

NRF leadership could be first of many vacancies as government departments shift focus to innovation

ViewMulti-billion rand space hub could be ‘lifeline’ for South African science

R4.5bn plan will absorb science graduates and nurture innovation, says space chief

ViewSouth African science was slipping before the pandemic

Graduate employment, innovation performance and NRF research grants were all trending down before Covid-19

ViewLast-minute legal challenge frustrates MPs’ inquiry

‘Tedious and complex’ process to follow after university catches parliamentary committee unawares by contesting investigation

ViewSouth Africa’s NRF seeks new chief executive

Molapho Qhobela’s five-year term will not be renewed

ViewHalf of SA universities struggle to complete academic year

Some have not resumed teaching for a significant proportion of students

ViewNzimande to push for science support in South Africa’s recovery plan

Science system’s Covid-19 interventions ‘well appreciated’ by holders of nation’s purse strings

ViewPublication incentives ‘reward supply without consideration for demand’

Education scholars call for overhaul of South Africa’s ‘pay-for-papers’ policies

ViewInfrastructure projects unaffected by Covid-19 cuts, says SA minister

Message contradicts earlier warnings that building programmes will ‘slow down’

ViewSouth African MPs slam government ‘inaction’ on university gender violence

Criticism follows publication of national policy framework to combat the scourge

ViewSouth African students want ‘on campus’ experience

Tech focus of distance learning turns people away, says Tshwane University of Technology administrator