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Internet access constrains science development and training at South African universities
Submitted: 30 March 2011 | Published: 06 September 2011
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Bernard Slippers, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaThokozani Majozi, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Fulufhelo V. Nelwamondo, CSIR Modelling and Digital Sciences Unit, Information Security, South Africa
Christine M. Steenkamp, Physics Department, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Esta van Heerden, Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, South Africa
Caradee Y. Wright, CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa
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