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The PhD thesis of Dr. Charlton Tsodzo is published and can be downloaded on our website

The PhD thesis of Dr. Charlton Tsodzo, the first graduate of the International Development Studies Doctoral Programme of the Centre, is published and can be downloaded: The Role of Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of the SimPill Technology & Tuberculosis Treatment in South Africa

New Scholarship Holders at our Centre!

We want to welcome six new scholarship holders at the Development Research Section of our Centre at the University of the Western Cape. Whereas Kennedy Alatinga (missing on the foto) and Kassahun Kelifa (middle) are taking part in our phd programme, Collins Yeboah, Winnie Sambu, Joyce Marangu and Seyfe Tadesse are studying the MA in Development Studies.

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Network Meeting of the DAAD Centres of Excellence took place in Windhoek/Namibia

From 14 - 17 March 2012, Dr. Gabriele Bäcker and Britta Niklas took part in the network meeting of the DAAD Centres of Excellence (DAAD-magazine) at the Namibian-German Centre for Logistics. On 17th March 2012, the opening ceremony of the meeting took place in the Polytechnic Hotel School close to the campus of the Polytechnic of Namibia. During the Meeting the topic " Governance, Institutions and Legal Pluralism" was discussed in order to learn from each other´s experience in the management of the cetnres.