Breastfeeding and the politics of the female body
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadUniversity of Pretoria August 7, 2018
If breastfeeding did not already exist, someone who invented it today would deserve a dual Nobel Prize in medicine and economics” – Keith Hansen, World Bank (2016). At the beginning of every August, we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). And every year we are reminded of the elixir-like qualities... Read more
7th Annual Standard Bank Rising Stars Awards winner
AchieversArchivesDurban University of Technology August 7, 2018
Sinqobile Nkabinde, 32, who was born and grew up in Isipingo and went to school in Umlazi, KZN, took the honours in the Transport, Logistics and Security category which was held in Johannesburg on Thursday last week. Nkabinde is the chief engineering technician at the Port of East London,... Read more
Dr Elona Toska, a postdoctoral research fellow in the AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU) and an associate lecturer in the Department of Sociology, is one of two UCT recipients of a prestigious Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) grant. The second awardee is Dr Millicent... Read more
CSET to host International Conference on Development Informatics
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of South Africa August 6, 2018
There is still little consensus among scholars on what development means, who and what needs to be developed, and for what purpose. This raises fundamental questions about the future of Development Informatics research and brings to mind Geoff Walsham’s haunting question, ‘Are we making a better world with technology?’.... Read more
Why tackling sexual violence is key to South Africa’s decolonisation project
ArchivesLatest newsStellenbosch University August 6, 2018
Horrific incidences of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment are so common in South Africa that it has been dubbed the “rape capital of the world“. Yet these issues have been curiously neglected in the country’s politics. In South African political discourse, transforming race relations is prioritised over the... Read more
Wits maths fundi equates to global maths advocate
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand August 6, 2018
Former Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Loyiso Nongxa has been elected as a Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The acclaimed maths fundi was elected during the IMU’s Annual General Meeting held in Brazil from 29 to 30 July. The IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organisation aimed... Read more
The social impact project “Overcoming Career Circumscription and Compromise” – which offered career guidance to Grade 9 learners in communities with little to no resources – is so crucial that efforts must be redoubled to ensure the project’s continuation. This was the conclusion of the team and funder responsible... Read more
New higher education network to boost production of PHDs among university staff
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadUniversity of Pretoria August 3, 2018
A higher education network that entails American and South African universities working together, was launched in Johannesburg recently. The overall collaboration will strengthen various aspects of the South African higher education system. The organising members of the United States-South Africa Higher Education Network are Rutgers University-Newark, the University of... Read more
Unisa new director puts students at the centre of all operations
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of South Africa August 2, 2018
Creating a friendly virtual space for master’s and doctoral students is one of the top priorities of Professor Hugo Lotriet, newly appointed director of the School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies (SIRGS) under the College of Graduate Studies (CGS). He says the fourth Industrial Revolution has dawned, bringing... Read more
Dr Judy Dlamini announced as new Wits Chancellor
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadUniversity of the Witwatersrand August 1, 2018
Dr Judy Dlamini elected as the new chancellor of Wits University. The University of the Witwatersrand is proud to announce that Dr Judy Dlamini has been duly elected as the new Chancellor of the University, a position that she will take up from 1 December 2018. She takes the... Read more
