Projects

Against the background of ongoing debates about decolonisation and religion in Africa, this project examines the representation of, and engagement with Christianity in contemporary African literature....

On 17 October the South African government introduced a Community Schemes Ombud Service for the swift and inexpensive resolution of disputes in community schemes of which sectional title schemes are the...

Critics on both sides of the so-called ‘Afrikaans question’ tend to characterise the language as a hyper-local, and hence insulated, socio-cultural phenomenon. For supporters, this serves to foster...

The ability to characterize cell types and their genetic programs across tissues, have profoundly accelerated through the development of single-cell sequencing methods. These innovations in molecular methods...

Despite its fundamental status in biology, the species category definition remains controversial and quantitative methods to test species status are in their infancy. One aspect of the controversy that...

Can seaports function as growth poles outside the Traditional Maritime Nations? If so, under what conditions? If not, why not? Can ports skew or stunt development? How well have Nigeria and Angola harnessed...

With increased transnational migration in recent years, children growing up with more than one language has become more and more common as people cross borders, integrate into new cultural-linguistic landscapes,...

Skin stem cells give birth to daughter cells that eventually become specialized cells to form our protective, watertight skin and to produce hair. An imbalance of cell type composition, molecular signaling,...

The way we talk about abortion needs to change. Abortion is a safe medical procedure that has a significant impact on one’s life, is emotionally and materially experienced in different ways, and must...

Evolution depends on the copying of genetic information (DNA) with the incorporation of changes (mutations) that are inherited by subsequent generations. Evolutionary biologists use the information in...

For millennia humans have gazed into the sky and wondered where it all came from. Today, using cutting-edge supercomputer and telescope technology, numerical cosmologists are assembling a scientifically-based...

Changed circumstances since the adoption of the primary international human rights treaties, a multitude of scattered education rights norms, and distinct new challenges require a “reframing” of the...