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IAAF wants Semenya to lower her testosterone levels or quit, says report

Agency South Africa’s queen of the track Caster Semenya may be forced, once again, to lower her testosterone levels. If she doesn’t, she will not...

Private schools in Rwanda close down as public schools become more attractive to parents

Newspeak Private schools in Rwanda are on the verge of closing down due to low patronage. A report by Daily Nation says desperate proprietors who face closure of...

Nigeria: Dangote Foundation Donates N120 Million Secondary School in Lagos

Premium Times The Dangote Foundation says it has donated a well-equipped secondary school in Lagos valued at N120 million ($330 000) as part of its...

Decolonise science – time to end another imperial era

Rohan Deb Roy Sir Ronald Ross had just returned from an expedition to Sierra Leone. The British doctor had been leading efforts to tackle the...

South Africa’s most powerful nano-satellite sent off today

Veronica Mohapeloa  The Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, yesterday participated in a ceremony to send off South Africa's second nanosatellite to India, where...

Shadow profiles – Facebook knows about you, even if you’re not on Facebook

Andrew Quodling Facebook’s founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of grilling before US politicians this week, following concerns over how his company...

Kenya and its university strike cycle

Ishmael Munene Kenya’s public university lecturers are on strike, barely three months after another lengthy work stoppage. Ishmael Munene spoke to Moina Spooner from The Conversation...

Kenya signs law on free sanitary towels for schoolgirls

Lynet Igadwah Schoolgirls who have reached puberty will now receive free sanitary towels from the government, a new law aimed at minimising absenteeism and putting...

Website developed to buy and sell second-hand textbooks

Chulumanco Mahamba and Zamayirha Peter  A University of Pretoria student created a website that allows fellow students from all South African universities to buy and sell second-hand...

Remembering South African struggle hero Chris Hani

Arianna Lissoni  The “what if” game is popular with the media and the commentariat in South Africa. A popular example is “what if …” South African Communist...

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