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What South Africa will be sacrificing by hosting the Commonwealth Games

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imageSeabelo Senatla of South Africa scores a try against New Zealand during the gold medal match of the Rugby Sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Reuters/Russell Cheyne

As a sports fan, I was disappointed to find myself thinking more about economics than track-and-field events after hearing that the South African city of Durban had been...

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Giving faces to South Africa's missing children

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imageFor many children who are victims of crime, their remains are only discovered some time later as a result of perpetrators concealing the crime.shutterstock

Five years ago, when an unidentified skull needed a face, a forensic artist would use general UK and North American population data and put pencil to pad or mould a 3D facial reconstruction...

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How South African universities are governed is the biggest challenge

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imageA statue of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes is removed from the University of Cape Town after student protests. Could real transformation come through changing governance structures?Nic Bothma/EPA

The stories emerging about black students' experiences in South African universities are nothing short of tragic. Stellenbosch University students have...

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