2017 Jansky Lectureship Awarded to South African Astronomer Bernie Fanaroff:
2017 Jansky Lectureship Awarded to South African Astronomer Bernie Fanaroff:
Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have awarded the 2017 Jansky Lectureship to South African astronomer Bernie Fanaroff for his exceptional contributions to radio astronomy and his unparalleled leadership through public service. He is specifically recognized for his work with the South African Square Kilometer Array Radio Telescope Project .
REFILE-South African ANC leadership battle overshadows policy debate:
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 South Africa's ruling ANC meets this week to debate the future of a country mired in recession, corruption and political deadlock, but proceedings may be overshadowed by a power struggle between rivals seeking to succeed President Jacob Zuma. Critics charge that under Zuma, the ANC idealism and ethics epitomised by former president Nelson Mandela have been replaced by a relentless scramble for power, dividing the party and tarnishing the reputation of the post-apartheid “Rainbow Nation”.
South African ANC leadership battle overshadows policy debate:
South Africa's ruling ANC meets this week to debate the future of a country mired in recession, corruption and political deadlock, but proceedings may be overshadowed by a power struggle between rivals seeking to succeed President Jacob Zuma. FILE PHOTO: Former African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma reacts before addressing a lecture to members of the African National Congress Youth League in Durban, South Africa, April 20, 2017.
Court Rules South African Public Schools Cannot Promote Just One Religion:
The South African Department of Basic Education has welcomed the judgment handed down in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that public schools cannot promote just one religion. “This ruling is consistent with the department's own policy informed by South African Schools Act and the Constitution that no one religion should be promoted above another,” the department said here Wednesday, adding that it would study the judgment in detail.
DA can’t cure its foot-in-mouth syndrome:
With the ANC in crisis, the Democratic Alliance seemed to be getting it right. But then came a flurry of inexplicably tactless tweets.
Maria Ramos’s analysis of SA’s savings culture:
The Higher dependency ratio is straining the ability of many South African households to save, amid rising unemployment and the cost of living, Barclays Africa chief executive Maria Ramos said yesterday. Speaking at the launch of national savings month in Johannesburg, Ramos said, as at the end of June last year, the National Credit Regulator estimated that about 40percent of the 24.08 million credit consumers in South Africa had impaired credit records.
.com | Ruling expected on Masuku hate speech charge:
The High Court in Johannesburg is on Thursday expected to rule in the hate speech case against the Congress of South African Trade Unions' Bongani Masuku. According to reports, the SAJBD had accused Masuku of hate speech for comments he made during a lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Young Communist League.
Present crisis, past ghosts:
As the nation is sucked into national crisis after national crisis, the small everyday suffering of ordinary people in their pursuit of justice and equality remain forgotten. The inquest into the death of Ahmed Timol, an anti apartheid activist, which began at the South Gauteng High Court reveals old wounds.
South African Youth Fed Up With Formal Politics:
As in the United States and many other countries, the rate of participation of those aged fifteen to twenty-five in South African politics is disappointing. Some observers had breathlessly anticipated that the “born-frees,” those born after the end of apartheid in 1994, would somehow improve political life in South Africa.
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