Opinion and features
CCA Bridges Academia, Policy and Diplomacy in Southern Africa's Water Security Agenda
This expanded role has never been more vital. In an era marked by rapid geopolitical shifts and complex transboundary challenges, science diplomacy has emerged...
Natural and mathematical sciences
Research grant will unlock critical mineral potential in Central Africa
A major new research initiative will shed light on one of Africa’s least understood yet promising mineral provinces, the West Congo Belt (WCB), extending for...
Media release
Pan-African Parliament adopts continent’s first Model Law on Sustainable Soil Management
Africa has taken a historic step forward for sustainable development, food security and environmental protection when the Pan-African Parliament (PAP)...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Literary giants probe writing, power and belonging in Chancellor’s Lecture
What, truly, is the meaning of the Nobel Prize for Literature? Who – writer, nation, language or market – does it finally serve? Might it be time, as JM Coetzee...
Media release
In Africa, with Africa, for Africa: Visit paving the way for future collaboration
Stellenbosch University's (US) Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, recently led a high-level delegation on a first-ever strategic tour through...
Engineering and technology
World Telecommunication Day: Aspirations and Disappointments of Digital Education
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is celebrated annually on 17 May. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Dr Sonja Strydom from the...