Mosa Moshabela: fireproofing African research amid US conflagration

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US conflagration??? Please use any English language dictionary

Mosa Moshabela: fireproofing African research amid US conflagration

Africa’s flagship university may have escaped the arson that has blighted some South African campuses but its research prowess could have gone up in smoke earlier this year when Donald Trump began slashing research funding, Cape Town’s vice-chancellor tells Jack Grove

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Mosa Moshabela: fireproofing African research amid US conflagration

Africa’s flagship university may have escaped the arson that has blighted some South African campuses but its research prowess could have gone up in smoke earlier this year when Donald Trump began slashing research funding, Cape Town’s vice-chancellor tells Jack Grove

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