Working from home made women academics feel worse than ever about juggling roles: For working women with children, the pressure of several competing roles created their sense of guilt. GettyImages Academic guilt is well-established in literature on the work of women scholars who are simultaneously mothers and lecturers, homemakers and researchers, nurturers and administrators. It’s …
South Africa in the news: How Elon Musk made his £141billion fortune and became world’s richest man: ELON MUSK sold his first computer program at age 12, and over 40 years later he is now the richest man on Earth, but how did the Tesla boss get to where he is now?: “South Africa” – …
Supply chains can easily break – here’s how they can be made more resilient to prevent shortages: shutterstock Supply chains are essential to everyday life, bringing materials to factories, food to your plate, and fuel to your car. The links in those chains – the manufacturers, logistics companies, warehouses and retailers – combine to form …
Nobel Prize for groundbreaking way of building molecules that made chemistry greener: List (left) and MacMillan (right) are winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. NobelPrize.org, CC BY-SA Benjamin List and David MacMillan, respectively from Germany and the US, will share the 10 million Swedish kronor (£870,000) Nobel prize in chemistry 2021 for their …
South Africa in the news: UWC scientists to showcase progress made in fighting COVID: The first day of the campus’ 5th Annual Research Week started on Tuesday with researchers reflecting on the past 18 months of the pandemic.: “South Africa” – BingNews RIP | Griquas’ greatest fan, legendary ‘Oom Bushy’ dies: Sad news this morning …
Merkel’s caution has made Germany the great economic underachiever of our times: Angela Merkel 2015 portrait by Colin Davidson. Raymong Tang Germans are taking to the polls on September 26 to elect the members for the 20th Bundestag. For the first time in 16 years, there will be a new chancellor as Angela Merkel steps …
South Africa in the news: International travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates: PM Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that international travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, amid several countries adopting different sets of …: “South Africa” – BingNews Remgro investments start to …
How conflict has made COVID-19 a neglected epidemic in Ethiopia: People who fled the war in Tigray gather around in a temporarily built internally displaced people. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images The number of COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia has been increasing. The delta variant has been identified recently in the country, but officials are still …
Gas price spike: how UK government failures made a global crisis worse: JazzLove/Shutterstock The UK government has been in emergency talks with leaders from the energy industry as gas prices (and with them, electricity prices) have soared to more than four times the level they were at the same time in 2020. Concerns are growing …
Why the pandemic made some cats sick with stress – and how we can help them: Cats were likely stressed because we interrupted their daily routine. Tatyana Vyc/ Shutterstock Those of us who own pets probably enjoyed their company in the depths of the pandemic. Not only are pets potentially good for our physical health, …
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We discovered the earliest prehistoric art is hand prints made by children: One of the hand prints discovered in Tibet that is believed to have been made by children. Matthew Bennett, Author provided Fossilised footprints, and more rarely, hand prints, can be found around the world; left as people went about their daily business, preserved …
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African researchers make headway in getting decisions made based on evidence: shutterstock Waldemarus/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the challenges facing African countries, including poverty, inequality and unemployment. Solutions exist. But they must be based on the best available evidence. That allows governments and policymakers to ensure scarce resources are carefully, transparently allocated where …
COVID-19 has made the transition from primary to secondary school harder. Here’s how parents can help: The transition to secondary school is a major life event for 11-year-old children in the UK. With a larger school environment comes greater social challenges. New pupils have to make new friends as well as build new relationships with …
Nando’s chicken shortage: how the pandemic has made supply and demand tougher to predict: Shutterstock/easyknotcoco Peri-peri chicken fans were disappointed and frustrated when Nando’s announced the temporary closure of nearly 50 restaurants. A chicken shortage has been blamed, and while reactions to the closures were satirised on social media, the problem is a serious challenge …
Ex-offenders should be made prison wardens in South Africa. Here’s why: An inmate busy in the woodwork area of The Leeuwkop Correctional Facility. WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images Appointing former prisoners – or ex-offenders – as prison wardens is an international trend in corrections from which South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services can take …
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