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'Wits is still an ivory tower'
Source: Mail & Guardian
Original Source University of the Witwatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by Thabo Mohlala JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - As student anger erupted at Wits University this week over fee increases, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande refused to be drawn on whether he will pump up subsidies…
Resource type: News
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Court Declares home affairs actions in deporting asylum seeker as unlawful
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights
Lawyers for Human Rights is an Atlantic grantee. The South Gauteng High Court today ruled that the deportation of an asylum seeker by the Department of Home Affairs was unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid, and ordered the Department to pay for and facilitate his return to…
Resource type: News
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National Peace Accord Trust featured in ex-combatants documentary
Source: Al Jazeera
The following documentary on the situation of ex-combatants in South Africa features one of Atlantic's grantees: the National Peace Accord Trust. It aired on Al-Jazeera on 19 April, 2009. In 1961, Nelson Mandela formed the military wing of the ANC to help in the struggle…
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DNA proposal 'will violate rights'
by KARABO KEEPILE The South African Human Rights Commission has balked at proposed legislation designed to equip police crime-fighters with a DNA database, arguing that a number of its provisions may be unconstitutional. In a public hearing in Parliament on Tuesday, the commission argued that…
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Department's HIV drop report treated with some caution
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
The Health Department has reported a drop in HIV prevalence in its annual survey - but researchers warn that it's too soon to tell. "The findings suggest that the South African epidemic is on a downward trend," Minister of Health Manto Tshabala-la-Msimang said in her…
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Report from the Heartland: Elections as Opportunities for Unheard Voices
Source: Gara LaMarche
I just got back from Des Moines, Iowa, where I watched and listened as low-income people, all too often ignored in elections, took the opportunity to raise issues of concern to them with the leading Democratic Presidential candidates (the Republicans were invited, too, but none…
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The Defeat of Immigration Reform in the U.S. – Now What?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Some weeks after the U.S. Senate failed to muster the necessary votes to deal with America’s immigration challenges, a clearer picture is emerging of what happened and what needs to happen next. Atlantic has supported The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and a number of…
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments in Higher Education
Source: Susan Parker
This report summarizes Atlantic’s $2 billion investment to strengthen higher education in the United States, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Viet Nam, and Australia over the course of 35 years. The report found that Atlantic’s funding for a range of initiatives – buildings,…
Resource type: Research Report
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My Soul Has Grown Deep Like the Rivers
Source: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Closing Presentation of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) Panel at The National Museum of African American History and Culture By Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Emily Hargroves Fisher Research Professor of Education Harvard University Director of The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board What an extraordinary evening! Thank you to…
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Grantmaking in the Cancer and Biomedical Fields: 1986-2015
This report summarizes The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investments totaling more than $1 billion between 1986-2015 to advance cancer research around the world. [caption id="attachment_76572" align="alignright" width="450"] Atlantic invested $32 million to help establish the Translational Research Center in Queensland, Australia. Professor Ian Frazer is TRI’s founding…
Resource type: Research Report
