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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month with World Head Injury Awareness Day being observed on Saturday 20 March. In this podcast, Emma du Preez from Campus Health Services sheds more light on the symptoms and potential long-term effects of concussion, and also how it can be prevented.

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In this podcast, Prof Geo Quinot from the Department of Public Law argues that, given the challenges around public procurement in South Africa, serious questions have to be asked about the way our government is procuring the vaccines and services needed to vaccinate the population.

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World Wildlife Day is observed annually on March 3. In this podcast, Dr Francis Vorhies from the African Wildlife Economy Institute talks about how linking the economy with wildlife in Africa can promote development in rural areas, boost food security and conserve wildlife.

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The Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni delivered his 2021 Budget Speech on Wednesday. In this podcast, Hugo Pienaar, who is the chief economist at the Bureau for Economic Research, assesses the budget and talks about how it will impact the average South African.

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South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout has started, but many citizens still remain skeptical about taking their jabs. In this podcast, Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health sheds more light on vaccine hesitancy and how we can overcome it. 

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Saturday (20 February) is World Day of Social Justice. In this podcast, Prof Ronelle Burger from the Department of Economics and RESEP (Research on Socioeconomic Policy Group) talks about how the bias in data availability perpetuates social injustice and existing inequalities.

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Thursday (11 February) is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In this podcast, Dr Taime Sylvester, who is a postdoctoral research fellow at the South African Medical Research Council’s Centre for TB Research in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, speaks about the importance of addressing the gender gap in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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Today (4 February) we observe World Cancer Day. In this podcast, Prof Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, who leads the Cancer Research Group in the Department of Physiological Sciences, highlights some of the advances in personalised medicine and biotechnology that are offering new hope for cancer patients.

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As a registered social worker but also a person with a disability, Noreth Muller-Kluits always knew it was her calling to facilitate change and help address the needs of persons with disabilities. She recently graduated with a PhD in Social Work, and in this podcast talks about her doctoral research, which focused on the experiences of adults with an acquired physical disability on social work support in a South African context.

Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel, Vice-Rector for Learning and Teaching, will retire at the end of 2020 after a long and distinguished career at Stellenbosch University. In this podcast, he reflects on the highlights and challenges.