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Over the past 15 years there’s been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to happen, it’s important to know what’s holding people back from pursuing or completing their doctoral degrees. The authors of a new…

Tragic standoff in South African gold mine results in 87 deaths. Authorities face scrutiny over handling of rescue operation.

South African mine rescue operation concludes with all survivors and bodies retrieved, emphasizing mine safety and community support.

Death toll is expected to rise as rescuers pull out both surviors and bodies

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police try to clear out illegal miners who have been underground for months.

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine

Claim the Proteas got there ‘on the back of beating pretty much nobody’ shows lack of respect for their achievements

South African authorities have recovered at least 60 bodies from an abandoned gold mine more than two kilometres underground. Hundreds more men are feared trapped following a deadly siege during a crackdown on illegal mining.

Exclusive: Findings suggest ‘weakening of west’ as relations become more transactional, say report’s authors