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If you’ve ever wanted to travel back hundreds of thousands of years, now’s your chance: a university museum in South Africa has unveiled a full virtual reality exhibit. This technology has changed how museum-goers around the world experience art and history. Tammy Hodgkiss explains how it’s being used to bring ancient African artefacts boldly to life.
The financial troubles visiting South African state owned enterprises has rekindled the debate about their role in the country’s economy. Steven Friedman argues that it’s time the government developed a proper strategy instead of being driven by political expediency.
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This picture of a reconstruction of a hominin skull is one of a variety of multimedia that can be experienced in the Origins Virtual Reality experience.
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Tammy Hodgskiss, University of the Witwatersrand
Bringing the past into a digital space creates so much more overt space for interpretation and different narratives.
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Business + Economy
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Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
Privatisation talk in South Africa shows how state owned enterprises are being used as tools for enrichment by the connected and less as key elements of development.
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Politics + Society
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Laurie Nathan, University of Pretoria
Mediation is common in Africa but there hasn't been enough emphasis on how it affects the outcome of peace negotiations.
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Arts + Culture
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Zimitri Erasmus, University of the Witwatersrand
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
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From our international editions
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Seb Eskauriatza, University of Birmingham
It seems the culprits in a "cash-for-kills" scheme that claimed thousands of lives might find a way to wriggle out of the peace process.
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Jacqueline Hamilton, University of York
Most people know that second-hand smoke is dangerous, but evidence that third-hand smoke is dangerous too is growing.
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Barry Godfrey, University of Liverpool; Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, University of Tasmania
A new study highlights the stark difference in living conditions experienced by old- and new-world working-class adults in the Victorian era.
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