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L'incertitude sur le début de la consommation régulière de viande par nos ancêtres laisse une lacune dans notre compréhension de l'évolution humaine.
To ensure the civil service is staffed by qualified people, human resource management in the public sector must be professional.
South Africa’s government has a new plan to license water providers and revoke the licences if they don’t deliver clean, drinkable water.
A review of research over two decades points to steps that can make education systems more resilient in times of crisis.
This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.
L’étude de dents fossiles issues du gisement de Sterkfontein, en Afrique du Sud, ouvre des pistes pour réussir un jour à dater le début de la consommation régulière de viande chez les premiers hominines.
A new book looks at the spiritual dislocation experienced by people to make way for coal mines.
A sugar-sweetened beverage tax is effective in reducing sugar consumption and should be increased for health reasons, researchers argue.
Historian Christa Kuljian and paleoanthropologist Dipuo Kgotleng talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the complicated legacy of the Taung child skull, 100 years since its discovery.
Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human evolution.
Reducing emissions, removing greenhouse gases, repairing ecosystems and building resilience are the four R’s that can save the planet.
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its citizens.
A South African court judgment makes it clear that accusing someone by name is not necessarily harassment.
Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only casualties.
People of African descent often have non-communicable and infectious diseases at the same time. Research needs to be done into integrated treatment.
Between the 10th and 15th centuries, the gold market boomed, especially in Egypt, Persia, India and China. Southern Africa played a crucial role in meeting demand.
Chemical engineering specialists have mapped out the risks for South Africa in setting up a multi-billion dollar green hydrogen industry.
Permettre aux employés d'utiliser leurs propres appareils pour le travail offre de nombreux avantages, mais comporte également des risques importants.
Letting employees use their own devices for work has many benefits – and many risks, too.
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Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Archaeology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Professor in the Division of Human Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and Director of the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Manager, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law, University of the Witwatersrand
