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Town like Alice takes on German ‘biopirate’

A South African community is to challenge German homeopathic giant Schwabe Pharmaceuticals in court in Munich next week over a traditional medicine the company is seeking to patent. The case could set a precedent in cases in which multinationals use the plants and indigenous knowledge of developing countries, where laws may not protect communities’ intellectual … Read more

Bafana Bafana star creating opportunities for young soccer players

South African national soccer team player Sboniso Pah Gaxa hails from the township of KwaMashu and he is the first professional player to host a tournament within this township. The tournament is called a “Gaxa Cup”.

Sboniso Gaxa also plays for the South Africa’s ABSA Premier Soccer League Champions, Mamelodi Sundowns said he is doing this to make sure that soccer does not die in the township and he also want to make sure that the people are ready for the FIFA World Cup Tournament taking place South Africa.

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Using Indigenous Knowledge for Studying Climate Change

Temperatures dropped and big, unseasonal flakes of snow swirled in the breeze earlier this week in Copenhagen, turning skies gray and streets slippery. But the change discussed in conversations wherever you go in this ornately decorated city is not the week’s weather but the coming century’s climate. Nowhere does climate change feel more ominous than … Read more

Research Masters students in Local Economic Development or Idigenous Knowledge

The Leadership Centre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is seeking 4 high-calibre students (2 students in each area) to undertake full-time research at Masters level in 2010, in the following two topic areas, under the broad research theme of large scale systemic change:

Leadership and Indigenous Knowledge
Local Economic Development

The Masters programme by supervised research must be completed in a period of one year full-time. Prospective students (who may originate from any disciplinary background) will undergo a rigorous process of selection.

This programme will be suitable for you if you are committed to:

rigorous research in an applied context
high-intensity learning that stretches you intellectually and practically
contributing to the body of knowledge in the field of leadership
making a positive difference to organisations, communities or society,

Indigenous Cultural Entrepreneurship in South Africa

South Africa consists of people who live out their culture in different or in similar ways. Culture includes all the various languages which people speak as their mother tongue and as a second or even a third language. It also includes the music, literature, visual arts, dance, drama, oral traditions, traditional practices which include food, … Read more