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Economic and Management Sciences announces top online lecturers of 2020
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences announced its top online lecturers of 2020 during a virtual prize-giving function on Thursday, 5 November 2020. The Emergency Remote Teaching: Top Online Lecturer Competition 2020 is a...
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COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities rare opportunity to restore trust
The COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities a rare window of opportunity to reboot and to restore the trust and confidence of local communities, writes Dr Harlan Cloete from the School for Public Leadership in an article (Monday 11 May)...
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We need to talk about women’s hidden traumas
Sunday (8 March) was International Women's Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana Claassens, Head of the Gender Unit in the Faculty of Theology, writes about how we can pay more attention to the hidden traumas women all around...
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Can the secret to weight loss be found in the spice aisle?
From studies done thus far, it appears that spices such as turmeric, chilli, cinnamon, ginger and garlic are not effective for weight loss, although they have other health benefits that may help to manage diabetes and heart disease. This is...
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World Consumer Rights Day: Support competition, support the consumer
World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated annually on 15 March. In an opinion piece for Business Day, Prof Willem Boshoff from the Centre for Competition Law and Economics writes that South Africans need to consider how regulatory...
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World TB Day: We need to close the policy-practice gap for SA’s children, adolescents with TB
Thursday (24 March) is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. In an opinion piece for Health24, Drs Karen du Preez and Marieke van der Zalm (Desmond Tutu TB Centre / Department of Paediatrics and Child Health) write that we urgently need to outline...
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World Kidney Day: More resources needed to increase access to life-saving kidney replacement therapy
On Thursday 10 March, we celebrate World Kidney Day. In an opinion piece for Health24, Dr Yazied Chothia (Division of Nephrology) writes that since access to kidney replacement therapy is limited and treatment rates are very low in South...
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Indigenous, underutilised crops can boost food and nutrition security in Africa
Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security was celebrated on Monday 30 October. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Dr Ethel Phiri from the Sustainable Agriculture Programme in the Faculty of AgriSciences writes that indigenous and...
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We shouldn’t look away when gender-based violence happens
The annual campaign of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children takes place from 25 November to 10 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana Claassens (Old and New Testament) writes that we can't afford...
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Digital connectivity gives women agripreneurs in Africa a fighting chance
The annual Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (MSMEs) Day is celebrated on Monday 27 June. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of Economics writes that digital connectivity can give...