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29 Mar 2021 | What is decolonization for?
The efforts of Archie Mafeje and Cedric Robinson, two scholars and activists whose efforts to challenge Eurocentrism in political thought are becoming...
26 Mar 2021 | African narratives in the future of Artificial Intelligence
When the early European colonists set forth in the 15th century, the world was one to be conquered. Hundreds of years later, the advent of artificial ...
23 Mar 2021 | Feeding Our Future: Helping Children Thrive, Not Survive
When it comes to human rights, such as access to food, which is enshrined in our constitution, debates often revolve around the minimum requirements f...
23 Mar 2021 | SA's first national TB prevalence survey: A bleaker picture than expected
South Africa has a far higher number of people with tuberculosis (TB) than previously thought and many of them have not been diagnosed or treated, fou...
23 Mar 2021 | South Africa: First Ever National Survey Shows the Extent of South Africa's TB Problem
TB prevalence surveys are difficult and expensive to do, and so are not carried out routinely, but have been done in many high burden countries follow...
23 Mar 2021 | Survey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa's history
Dr Steven Gordon | Senior research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council To explore the patterns of collective memory in the country, the...
19 Mar 2021 | Awardees of the HSRC-USAF Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities Announced
Pretoria, Friday 19 March 2021 – After a rigorous process, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Universities South Africa (USAf) last ...
17 Mar 2021 | Soudien 'over the moon; about NRF A-rating
Emeritus Professor Crain Soudien is the latest University of Cape Town (UCT) researcher to receive the sought-after A-rating from South Africa’s...
16 Mar 2021 | South Africa to host World Science Forum 2021
Researchers, policy and decision makers from more than 100 countries gather every two years to present and answer pressing ethical issues of scientifi...
12 Mar 2021 | Wits Protest - Exclusions vs education access with Professor Thierry Luescher
We're exploring the reasons behind the latest student protests that turned deadly yesterday. Wits students say their fight is against financial exclus...