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Khanya’s predecessor: Quintin the robot. (Damien Schumann)

The robot that allows Covid-19 patients human contact

A mental health pandemic: It’s far from ideal, but a dying mother was able to blow kisses to her child thanks to Khanya the robot

A meaningful life: Advocate Thuli Madonsela, who is now a lecturer, believes where a person’s burdens and talents come together is where their purpose lies. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Q&A Sessions: Love, Zuma, Stellenbosch and the heart for social justice

Thuli Madonsela speaks to Lyse Comins about how Zuma’s refusal to recognise any court and any structure that disagrees with him was sad. His violations were serious and he must…

Q&A Sessions: For Mosadi Mahoko, plastic surgery isn’t glamorous, but it saves lives

Plastic surgeon Dr Mosadi Mahoko reflects on the less glamorous aspects of her job, winning the prestigious Jack Penn award and why she loves the sea

‘It all depends’: Reviv CEO Sayed Mia says some doctors call IV drip treatments “expensive pee”, but he argues it’s a great source of vitamins if your diet is poor. Photo: James Puttick

Vitamin therapy is for drips

It may be marketed by influencers, but intravenous vitamin therapy is not necessary and probably not worth the hype, experts say

Some schools, predominantly the better-resourced schools, have been able to carry on with teaching online whereas in many other schools, learners have had to make do with a couple of radio and television lessons. (Graphic: John McCann)

Academics bemoan ‘toxic’ politics

Senior university managers say political parties should be banned from campuses, citing a climate of fear

Each year, somebody on a social media platform is either documenting or having a racist or sexist meltdown. (Kyle Oberholzer/Citizenside)

The humanities can cure our colonial, patriarchal hangover

Two academic articles raise questions about the inherent racism and sexism in scientific methodologies and research ethics

From Binyavanga, Brian Kamanzi learnt the importance about different kinds of “writing” and that it always involved confronting yourself.

​How to write about Binyavanga

Writing about Binyavanga, as is writing about Africa, is about what is left off the page

Shocking science: The campus of Stellenbosch University, where the problematic research article originated. (Courtesy of Stellenbosch University)

Scientific racism rears its head again

A recent journal article on ‘coloured’ women reflects an outmoded paradigm of race

Professor Resia Pretorius is the recipient of the TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual.

It’s in the blood

TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual

Put Africa back in our universities

Put Africa back in our universities

Decolonising and reimagining institutions is not a mere theory or idealism but a responsibility

Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar

Stellenbosch students traumatised by ‘men in black’ still have to write exams

Students distressed by events on campus asked for an opportunity to write exams in 2017.

Study paves the way for Karoo lamb to join the ranks of tequila, champagne and Kobe

Research from Stellenbosch University has shown that grazing on fragrant Karoo plants gives lamb a regional taste.

English given equal status at Stellenbosch, made primary language of instruction at University of Pretoria

Stellenbosch has also committed to growing isiXhosa in effort to ‘facilitate social cohesion and promote inclusivity’.

Afrikaans varsities perpetuate racial divisions

The use of a language that bars the majority of black African students – who do not understand Afrikaans – is indefensible.

Never far from controversy

Afrikaners: Stand up for what is right, for our future

A language is not preserved by formal applications, but rather in the home, in the arts and in literature, writes Josua Loots.