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It was pouring with rain when Cyril Ramaphosa and a clot of politicians stood on the airport tarmac in late January to welcome the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines.  That soggy image got economist Professor Imraan Valodia wondering just how South Africa got to the point of having to import vaccines in the first place. What happened to its vaccine production capability?  His questions led to bigger questions: what’s happened to South Africa’s inclusive economic growth plan? What happened t...

1. IIT Kharagpur One of the pioneering architecture departments in India, the Department of Architecture here was conceived for ensuring a holistic integration of the development of science and technology. This architecture department was the first of its kind in the IIT system in 1952 with the undergraduate course in architecture. Now it offers post-graduate and even doctoral degrees in the field. Students need to qualify JEE Advanced AAT examination for admission to this course.  2. IIT Roor...

4 February 2021 - Faculty Communications The Wits Faculty of Health Sciences welcomes its newly appointed Assistant Dean: Teaching, Learning and Undergraduate Affairs. Associate Professor Lindelani Mnguni recently took over the reigns of the Teaching, Learning and Undergraduate Affairs portfolio in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Mnguni is an expert in the field of health and life sciences education with a special interest in curriculum and instructional design as well as development. His fiel...

How many SAs have had Covid-19? And why does no one know? - Biznews 30 January 2021 - How many people have Covid in South Africa? How many have had it? What difference does it make and why does no one seem to know? These are a few of the questions that have been overlooked in fashionable conversation since the second surge, but answers are forthcoming. While the latest Covid-19 statistics will tell you that just over 1.4 million South Africans have tested positive, the real number is far high...

How many SAs have had Covid-19? And why does no one know? While the latest Covid-19 statistics will tell you that just over 1.4 million South Africans have tested positive, the real number is far higher. In September last year – when the official number was closer to 650,000 – BizNews spoke to Ryan Noach. The Discovery Health CEO and his team of experts estimated the number closer to 13 million. So, how many South African’s have actually had Covid-19? When the IRR’s Gabriel Crouse po...

A/Prof. Pradeep Kumar (BPharm, MPharm, PhD) is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at Wits’ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. A/Prof. Kumar has an experience of over 10 years in academic teaching and research with pharmaceutics as the core subject along with biomaterial design, tissue engineering, and nanomedicine. His PhD thesis was focused on the design and development of Polymer-Engineered Neural Devices for potential application in reducing neurological deficits after...

14 December 2020 - Wits University Almost 10 000 students graduate from Wits in 2020. “You represent hope for a nation, you demonstrate that it is possible to overcome and to achieve, despite the odds. You provide hope for society. You have the ability to heal the divides of our fractured past so that we come together as a country and a collective humanity. You are on the frontlines of creating a global academy of commons, and producing world-class science, technology and innovation to solve ...