Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015- to 2018, has also had success in higher education, winning top awards in science
South Africa’s first black female doctor of mathematics , Mamokgethi Phakeng, is now a top British UK university’s first ‘illustrious visiting professor’.
Money is an impediment but so too is the lack of political will, accountability and quality teacher training and support
Public science organisations were allegedly instructed over email on 1 March by a senior department of science and innovation official not to comment on the invasion
A large portion of the learners finishing high school will join the millions of unemployed youth if they do not pursue further studies
Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council
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