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UMP Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Internalisation, Professor Aldo Stroebel and Chief Executive Officer of the WRC, Dr Jennifer Molwantwa, sign the MoU between the two institutions. The witnesses behind them are Dr Stanley Liphadzi (WRC), Dr Salmina Mokgethle (UMP), Dr Bongiwe Mcata (UMP), and Dr Naledi Nthite (UMP).
ARTICLE

WRC and UMP sign water and sanitation MoU

The agreement will help Mpumalanga province find sustainable solutions to its water challenges

  • Sabelo Richard Nkosi
13 min read
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

NRF Women in Leadership

These women are contributing to the advancement of the NRF’s mandate and driving its vision in service of a better society

  • National Research Foundation
17 min read
Racist theory: Are white doctoral graduates the only ones with quality degrees?
ACADEMIC FREEDOM

The PhD quality debate has racist tones

More students are enrolling in doctoral studies, but gatekeepers are questioning their worthiness

  • Lukhona Mnguni
6 min read
UP has the largest number of nGAP academics of all South African universities. (John McCann/M&G)
COUNTRY

UP actively boosts women professors and researchers

The university has 83 (32.5%) women professors out of a total of 255

  • Tawana Kupe
5 min read
It is imperative that we break the silence and change the narrative of black women who enter academic spaces
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Foreign doctorates are attractive ― but don’t write off homegrown PhDs

There’s strong evidence that, all things being equal, leading South African universities provide “world class” training at PhD level

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Ntombizikhona Valela’s pieces on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela fails to acknowledge fails to acknowledge the likely influence of Dr Babalwa Magoqwana.
DR BABALWA MAGOQWANA

Winnie writer ignores key scholar

Ask anyone who was at Rhodes, this specific formulation of uMakhulu was promoted by Magoqwana

  • Sen Muller
2 min read
Unisa’s vice-chancellor Makhanya said the contribution by his management team was in recognition of “the importance of education in the growth and development of our country”.
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Ghost students created to defraud university bursary system

A Unisa payroll administrator created ghost students and defrauded SAAST, under the administration of NRF, to the tune of R1.7 million

  • Alex Mitchley
2 min read
The Net1 subsidiary’s director, Nunthakumarin Pillay, says in his affidavit that hundreds of thousands of social grant beneficiaries had opted to receive their social assistance in EPE accounts. (Gallo)
MEERKAT RADIO TELESCOPE

For tech to be funded, it must improve lives

Whether it was in the use of satellites to monitor the continent’s resources or precision medicine, we need technology to accelerate development.

  • Sarah Wild
6 min read
In June 2015, Molefe wrote to Optimum stating that Eskom had terminated the settlement process. (Samantha Reinders)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

MPs to get science classes

Political buy-in is vital to science and research, particularly in a constrained economic environment.

  • Sarah Wild
3 min read
Sick system: Mabuti Mphafa pushes his gravely ill wife
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Agriculture training in South Africa badly needs an overhaul

To stimulate innovation in the agriculture sector, education and training is in dire need of substantial reform.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
For universities, the logic of this governance can perhaps best be described as a form of neomedievalism
GAME OF THRONES

Something rank about ratings

The logic of governance at these institutions is that of neomedievalism in the war of excellence

  • Leonhard Praeg
  • Ulrike Kistner
  • Benda Hofmeyr
5 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Knowledge is the new currency of a thriving economy

Transforming the science and research landscape through the Thuthuka programme.

  • Advertising Supplement
2 min read
Knowledge creation is key
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Knowledge creation is key

The National Research Foundation (NRF) celebrates top South African researchers who have made a difference in their fields — and in society.

  • Advertorial Supplement
4 min read
A watershed of astronomical proportions
ASTRONOMY

A watershed of astronomical proportions

Will heavy-handed bureaucracy or best scientific practice win the day, asks <b>Marian Shinn</b>.

  • Marian Shinn
4 min read
Message from the Minister of Science and Technology
NALEDI PANDOR

Message from the Minister of Science and Technology

SARChI is a flagship initiative of Government designed to attract and retain excellence in research and innovation at South African universities.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Investing in knowledge and innovation
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Investing in knowledge and innovation

Real science doesn’t happen in a laboratory. It happens in life.

  • Advertorial Supplement
4 min read
Bioprocess engineering: Build the Bio-economy in South Africa
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Bioprocess engineering: Build the Bio-economy in South Africa

<strong>Professor Sue T L Harrison</strong> — SARChI Chair in Bioprocess Engineering.

  • Advertorial Supplement
2 min read
Security and justice: Pioneering physical and environmental security
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Security and justice: Pioneering physical and environmental security

<strong>Professor Clifford Shearing</strong> — SARChI Chair in Security and Justice.

  • Advertorial Supplement
2 min read
Drug Discovery: Towards establishing a thriving African Pharmaceutical Industry
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Drug Discovery: Towards establishing a thriving African Pharmaceutical Industry

<b>Professor Kelly Chibale</b> — SARChI Chair in Drug Discovery

  • Advertorial Supplement
2 min read
Computational modelling of materials: An emerging tool for value addition in South Africa
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Computational modelling of materials: An emerging tool for value addition in South Africa

<b>Professor Phuti E. Ngoepe</b>, SARChI Chair in Computational Modelling of Materials: Materials Modelling Centre.

  • Advertorial Supplement
3 min read