The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is developing a new White Paper intended to set the long-term policy direction for the South African government to ensure a growing role for science, technology and innovation (STI) in a more prosperous…

It was 1983, when his country was still in the full throes of political upheaval, that the Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara uttered the famous words: “I can hear the roar of women’s silence.” These words recognise that the status of…

The African National Congress has just recently concluded a two-day NEC Lekgotla in Tshwane. The Lekgotla focused on a number of issues, including the current status of our economy, job creation and land reform. It further engaged on issues of…

As we have entered the ?rst days of Women’s Month again, my thoughts go back to Helen Joseph. Most of us know Helen in those iconic pictures of the 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings, where she stands together…