Treating depressed children: how will history judge us?
Aug 13, 2018 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
An investigative report by the BBC recently found that the number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen 24% over the past three years. Drugs may not be the most...
Bribery and buying favours: why Uganda's MPs want longer terms
Aug 13, 2018 14:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Ugandas Constitutional Court has removed the constitutional age-limit for presidential candidacy. It was previously 75. As a result, President Yoweri Museveni who has been in office since 1986 and is 73 years old can now...
South Africans differ on land reform. But there needs to be a meeting of minds
Aug 13, 2018 14:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosas late night announcement that the government was going to push ahead with implementing a decision taken by the African National Congress (ANC) at its national conference last year to expropriate...
How biobanks can help improve the integrity of scientific research
Aug 13, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Biobanks are repositories which receive, store, process and disseminate specimens. These include DNA derived from humans and animals; bacterial strains; and environmental samples like plants and soil. Biobanks also provide...
Why unsafe paraffin stoves are still being widely used in South Africa
Aug 13, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The discovery of fire is often considered to be the most important in the history of humankind. But an untamed fire is also insidious and destructive. In South Africa, untamed fires are on the rise in informal...
Why Elon Musk should take Tesla private
Aug 13, 2018 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Elon Musk has announced that he is thinking of taking Tesla private, eight years after the automakers initial public offering. The news immediately created a buzz in financial markets and Teslas share price...
The rise of cyberlockers: how online piracy is fighting back
Aug 13, 2018 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Illegal downloading is on its way out. A new report released by polling firm YouGov has found that only 10% of people in the UK now use illegal downloads to access music, down from 18% in 2013. And the recently released...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects