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August 2016
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There and back again Mpofu tackles SA’s science education crisis

Bathabile Mpofu beat 24 000 entrants when she won the 2016 Total Startupper of the Year. Her prize-winning creation, ChemStart, is a science kit that offers high school learners a fun experiment per week for the whole year.

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Register with rePhotoSA to become a citizen scientist and document the changing face of South Africa   The Foxy Five: using film to provide a South African perspective on feminism   Rifqah van Schalkwyk finds peace amidst the punches as chair of UCT Karate
Register with rePhotoSA to become a citizen scientist and document the changing face of South Africa   The Foxy Five: using film to provide a South African perspective on feminism   Rifqah van Schalkwyk finds peace amidst the punches as chair of UCT Karate
 
Attend a lecture by Dr Marina Elliott, one of six women palaeontologists who excavated Homo naledi   Dr Roderick Roddy Sauls: a creative journey from technical assistant to professor of fine art   Four students show what it takes to run a successful start-up while completing your studies
Attend a lecture by Dr Marina Elliott, one of six women palaeontologists who excavated Homo naledi   Dr Roderick "Roddy" Sauls: a creative journey from technical assistant to professor of fine art   Four students show what it takes to run a successful start-up while completing your studies
 
 
Stella Clark Teacher’s Award is history

Salwa Southgate, a history teacher at Trafalgar High School in old District Six, is the recipient of this year’s Stella Clark Teachers’ Award. She was nominated by a former pupil, Lameez Hendricks, who is currently a first-year BSocSc student at UCT, but only thanks to her continued motivation: "If you want it bad enough, you fight for it. And if you really want it bad enough, you will get it."

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 Stella Clark Teacher's Award is history
 
 
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