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27 Jul 2020 | Dr Justin Visagie - Resettling informal communities, bad idea
Dr Justin Visagie and his fellow academics have penned an article highlighting the need to transform the informal housing sector. The Covid-19 pandemi...
22 Jul 2020 | Dr Justin Visagie on Channel Islam International
Dr Justin Visagie discusses the impact of the Covid19 lockdown on informal settlements. To listen to the interview click on the link below:...
22 Jul 2020 | Dr Visagie - interview on SABC Channel 404
Dr Justin Visagie discusses the impact of the Covid19 lockdown on informal settlements.To listen to the interview click on the link below:...
21 Jul 2020 | Dr Visagie's interview on NewzRoomAfrika
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21 Jul 2020 | Survey shows South African firms in some sectors are highly innovative
The ‘one good thing’ caused by COVID-19, according to a recent Harvard Business School publication by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso, is tha...
20 Jul 2020 | Reconfiguring dense informal settlements is in the policy spotlight - and rightly so
By Justin Visagie, Mark Misselhorn, Andreas Scheba and Ivan TurokResettling informal communities is not an option because of the damage it causes to l...
15 Jul 2020 | Covid-19 and the role of the judiciary: Contradictions and confusion
A recent series of judgments by courts on the Covid-19 disaster regulations have reached seemingly contradictory conclusions – the pending appea...
15 Jul 2020 | Ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence research initiative for the African region
The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and industries within the African continent hold much promise for proffering innovative approa...
14 Jul 2020 | Previewing President Ramaphosa's nation address: Prof Narnia Bohler Muller
This address by the President is the first since June 17 when he announced the move to Level 3 - and follows a meeting of the National Coronavirus Com...
11 Jul 2020 | South Africa needs to re-think science, technology and innovation policy
How can policy enable STI to respond rapidly and effectively to emergencies like COVID-19, against a backdrop of enduring poverty and inequality and a...