UCT council receives new claim from Kruger against vice-chancellor Phakeng

The University of Cape Town (UCT) council has received a new complaint against embattled vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng from suspended executive director for communication and marketing Gerda Kruger. Kruger has asked the council for help in a “desperate attempt to seek an internal resolution to an egregious failure of the university leadership to adhere to … Read more

Kids Learning activities during Coronavirus lockdown

Kids Learning activities during Coronavirus lockdown

Kids Learning activities during Coronavirus lockdown: According to Mmaki Jantjies, (Associate professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape), Kids can keep learning even during a lockdown. Here’s how: South Africa, like most countries in the world, has ordered all schools to close to try and stop the spread of COVID-19. Many schools have also asked parents … Read more

Local barista academy skills the youth of Soweto

The ANC elective conference has created an economic hub at Nasrec and the standout stall is a coffee shop called Huis Van Cofifi completely manned by students in school uniform, as the baristas.  The students have been taught to brew premium coffee delights such as Sowetocana (a play on Americano), Sowetoccino (modelled on the cappuccino), … Read more

Economic policy a sideshow to ANC spectacle

COMMENT It is widely accepted that if President Cyril Ramaphosa is replaced by someone who is not investor-approved there will be a ripple effect on the economy.  Support the journalism that helps you navigate your world Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story … Read more

Inflation cools to 7.4% year-on-year

Annual consumer inflation eased to 7.4% in November, down from 7.6% the previous month. This is according to data released by Statistics South Africa on Wednesday, which also showed that annual core inflation (which excludes food and fuel prices) was unchanged at 5%. Economists suspect that inflation peaked in July, when it hit 7.8% year-on-year … Read more

How to help students with a hearing impairment as courses move online

help students with a hearing impairment

How to help students with a hearing impairment as courses move online. An Article by Dr Diane Bell, Researcher , Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Schools, colleges and universities across the world have been closed as a result of COVID-19. But students are expected to continue their studies. As higher education institutions scramble to take their teaching … Read more

The long journey to the Higgs boson and beyond: the power of collaboration

“Finding the Higgs boson at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was all about the power of long-term research and collaboration in large science projects between large numbers of top physicists from many countries,” says Peter Jenni.  He’s an experimental physicist at Cern (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland and the University of Freiburg … Read more

5 ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns

Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns

Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns. At article by Willie Chinyamurindi, Associate Professor, University of Fort Hare. The COVID-19 pandemic has begun affecting a range of African countries where infection rates have been rising, though not at the rates being experienced in the US and Western Europe. Governments have been taking drastic steps to stop the spread of … Read more

Restructure Reserve Bank ownership, but do so cautiously, says ANC

The ANC has reiterated its view that the South African Reserve Bank’s mandate and ownership structure should be changed.  This and other proposals are outlined in the ANC organisational report, which was tabled on the second day of the party’s 55th elective conference. The nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, and the call for “flexible monetary … Read more

Petrol price rises, cost of diesel eases

From Wednesday, the price of both 93 and 95-grade unleaded petrol will rise by 59c a litre while the wholesale cost of diesel will fall by R1.52 to R1.57 a litre. The department of mineral resources and energy said in a statement on Tuesday that petrol prices had increased because of  higher demand by motorists … Read more