Jabulani Sikhakhane

1 month ago | fr.allafrica.com | Aliou Niane |Assane Diagne |Candice Bailey |Caroline Southey |Jabulani Sikhakhane |Lyrr Thurston

analysePartir de zéro est aussi intimidant qu'exaltant. On sent le coeur s'emballer, l'adrénaline monter, et l'excitation d'un départ qui ne ressemble à aucun autre. Dix ans après le lancement de The Conversation Africa, je ressens encore ces émotions intenses, comme si c'était hier. Ce jour où notre premier article a été publié, où notre newsletter a pris son envol.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Jabulani Sikhakhane

Eskort rolls out pop-up rib shack, ‘Grandpa gang’ on trial, new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and female composers in focus

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | Jabulani Sikhakhane

Harvard rejects anti-diversity policy as lawless, unconstitutional; Columbia says some academic freedoms are ‘not subject to negotiation’

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | Jabulani Sikhakhane

The City of Johannesburg’s annual flight of fancy — budgeting — is under way. Every year the former City of Gold projects great financial performances for the second and third years of its three-year budget cycle. Such performances always turn out to be a mirage, but this hasn’t stopped city officials and politicians from doing the same thing every year. The city’s projections of cash on hand by the end of a financial year is a good example.

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | Jabulani Sikhakhane

SA has for many years punched way above its weight in scientific research, especially in the medical field, helped mostly by money pumped into the country’s university system by Western countries and other donors. I won’t discuss the potential loss of lives; much has been said about that by other voices. The US decision to reduce, and possibly stop, the funding of research by SA academics therefore poses a big challenge to SA’s research ecosystem.