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Guests of honour at the Career Day for Law Students
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Career Day inspires future lawyers to carry Mandela’s legacy forward

Three decades after South Africa adopted one of the world’s most progressive constitutions, more than 150 aspiring lawyers gathered at Stellenbosch University...
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Proper investment, biodiversity stewardship crucial for SA’s ecological infrastructure

Proper investment, biodiversity stewardship crucial for SA’s ecological infrastructure

Investment in ecological infrastructure (EI) – ecosystems such as mountain catchments, wetlands, coastal dunes and riparian corridors that deliver a range of...

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Contribution of informal farming sector should not be underestimated, says BFAP expert

Contribution of informal farming sector should not be underestimated, says BFAP expert

South Africa's informal farming sector is contributing far more to the economy and ultimately also food security than is officially being recognised. More...

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Dr. Precious Simba – this is the conversation that feminism needs to have with Ubuntu

Dr. Precious Simba – this is the conversation that feminism needs to have with Ubuntu

​In 2011, Dr Precious Simba left her job in senior retail management to pursue her passion for inspiring young women from underprivileged backgrounds. She went...

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Lunching with the king

Lunching with the king

He may not be the poet laureate, but Dr Alfred Schaffer of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch has twice been lauded and lionised in the space of a little...

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Building more inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities

Building more inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities

​Friday (3 December) was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Armand Bam from the University of Stellenbosch...

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Access to Justice: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Access to Justice: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

​​It is well known by those in the intellectual disability services and disability rights movement that South Africa requires a 'vulnerable adults care act,'...

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