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Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary

Friday Niren Tolsi - 17 Sep 2020

Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial

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Meet the founder of Accra’s one-woman library

Friday Theresa Mallinson - 3 Jul 2020

Sylvia Arthur founded the Library for Africa and the African Diaspora to house her collection and share it with other readers

Reproducing Festac ’77: A secret among a family of millions

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 27 May 2020

An interview with Chimurenga founder Ntone Edjabe about his latest project

Mandela archive as a living system

Article Nicky Willemse - 10 May 2019

The existing Mandela biographies don't tell the whole story

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Department fails to protect archives and democracy

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Mar 2015

The archival system is in trouble. To think that we can have a well-ordered land reform process is unrealistic.

How to keep SA’s literary treasures in the country

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Sep 2012

If public institutions are to be trusted, they have to fight to defend their holdings, but preserving our literary archives is complicated.

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Corruption allegations resurface at state biology lab

Sabelo Skiti - 20 Sep 2020

The entire finance department senior management at Onderstepoort Biological Products, including an alleged whistleblower, have been suspended amid corruption probes

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The Qwelane case: When human rights meet human rights

Sarah Smit - 20 Sep 2020

The Jon Qwelane case brings into focus the tension between hate speech and freedom of expression

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Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

Lester Kiewit - 19 Sep 2020

Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'