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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 to the promise of a better life for all?  The answers, the dean in the Wits Faculty of Commerce, Law...

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 Roorkee With a state of the art lab on Net Zero Emissions, set up under the INDO-UK program as its lates...

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 field of mastery is topical in the ongoing discussion around the alignment of curricula of South African...

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 higher. In September last year – when the official number was closer to 650,000 – BizNews spoke to R...

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 posed that question to two prominent medical professionals, both gave him the same answer – ‘that ...