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After being diagnosed with HIV at 33, retired Constitutional Court justice Edwin Cameron never thought he’d make it to 40. He’s now 73 and part of a generation that is growing older thanks to antiretrovirals and, he says, the activism that made sure it was available in South Africa. Photo: Stefan Els
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HIV made him expect to die at 40. At 73, Edwin Cameron asks: Who’s planning for our ageing survivors?

At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable…

Andre-leon-talley-vogue-may-2018: Andre Leon Talley wearing custom Tom Ford Caftan by Jonothan Becker

Remembering fashion icon Andre Leon Talley

A year after the death of the king of caftans, we remember the first black man to be a creative director at Vogue magazine

The House of Lords is expected to pass legislation that will make it illegal for citizens to bring home any animal body part.  (JENS-ULRICH KOCH/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

UK decision to ban trophy-hunting imports disregards South Africa’s conservation success, government says

Animal rights groups say trophy hunting is unsustainable in sub-Saharan Africa, but research finds a ban on imports could have negative socioeconomic consequences

Shield: A Tanzanian woman and her child use a mosquito net as a preventative measure against malaria.

Covid jab tech helps fight malaria

An estimated two-thirds of malaria deaths are among children under the age of five, most of them in Africa.

Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Khaya Sithole: The perils of vaccine nationalism

If distribution of the eventual Covid-19 vaccine occurs along economic and political lines, all countries will remain at risk

The vaccine being used in the South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial, led by Wits Professor Shabir Madhi, is called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. It is made from a virus called ChAdOx1, which has been engineered to express the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. (Image via Wits University)
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Q&A: 9 things to know about Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial

In about a year we’re likely to know if a candidate vaccine we’re beginning to test this week is effective against a virus that has devastated our country

Judge Edwin Cameron has made a tremendous positive impact on the lives of many in South Africa and this is reflected by people’s own accounts of their experiences of him. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Being a mensch first, Edwin-style

Above all, Justice Cameron learned and taught that you can never judge anybody by their cover

Rival education powerhouses such as Britain, Australia and Canada are the biggest beneficiaries, a survey by New Oriental China’s biggest private education provider said. (Getty)

Cambridge University investigates its links to slavery

The two-year project will seek ‘appropriate ways to publicly acknowledge past links to slavery and to address its impact’

Research has found when young people felt safe at school and lived in homes with access to cash transfers and parenting support that they were less likely to report experiencing abuse. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

How the UN’s new strategy could help development goals in the Eastern Cape

In 2015, countries committed to the UN’s sustainable development goals in an effort to end, for example, poverty, hunger and inequality

United Nation’s Women’s executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

Wits outshines Oxford in UN study on gender parity

Ten universities in UN Women project on employment parity and ending violence were the ‘guinea pigs’

Eddie Ndopu is ready, willing and able to conquer space

Brilliant South African on his way to Oxford despite needing full-time medical care.

Get cooking: Lorna Maseko and friends at Maropeng

Rare Shakespeare folio worth millions turns up on Scottish Isle

Four hundred years after the death of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare, a rare folio of his work from the 1600s has been found.

Tertiary institutions must initiate change, not pacify donors

The Rhodes Trust tries to mollify criticism of Cecil John Rhodes’s legacy while not offending its wealthy alumni and other donors.

‘The fate of this thing called history doesn’t depend on a single statue.’

#RhodesMustFall: Oxford alumni keep the colonial fires burning

Mr Chancellor, you canvassed only imperialist beneficiaries about whether the statue of Cecil Rhodes should stay, writes Carina Venter.

Oxford’s racist ‘superiority’ is founded in Christian myopia

To build a more pluralistic, peaceful world, denunciations of what others hold sacred and assertions of superiority must be avoided.

poster advertising a debate on reparations and a Colonial Comeback cocktail special.

‘Colonial comeback’ poster causes uproar at Oxford

An Oxford University student says that in SA universities racism is at least acknowledged, but in Oxford people still need to be educated about it.

An illustration of the late Dambudzo Marechera.

Dambudzo Marechera: Africa’s literary doppelgänger

As Zimbabwe prepares for ­Independence Day on April 18, Charne Lavery looks at one of that country’s greatest literary sons.

Universal flu jab passes crucial test

Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness.

Poor funding for PhD students

The UK may be missing out on talented EU research students because of a refusal to pay living costs.

How education leads to success

A family of MBA graduates recounts how their studies have turned their lives around.