School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted ...

This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

South Africa has been struggling with mathematics education for quite some time now. It seems that something is always going wrong, and the students are not being taught what they need to know. In ...

There are six mathletes left in Cruxlearning Mathematics Contest Africa (CLMCA) as the race for the title of the champion and university scholarship gets to the final lap this week. Twelve mathletes ...

Happy Pi Day! Cheers to black female mathematicians. Today, March 14 (3/14), marks the annual celebration because the date represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant π (pi), ...

Fort Valley State beat out some Ivy League schools, such as Harvard and Georgetown, when it comes to African-American math graduates. An academic journal, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, recently ...

Ahead of International Mathematics Day, South Africa faces a maths crisis: only one in three matriculants took pure Mathematics in 2025, while pass rates and distinctions continue to fall. Historical ...

As schools prepare to host the first rounds, thousands of learners across the country will soon test their mathematical thinking in what has become an important annual milestone on the academic ...

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Mathematics underpins science, technology and modern society - from cell phones to computers and satellites. On September 6, 2011, the Government of Senegal led by His Excellency President Abdoulaye ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Evelyn Gitau became hooked on chemistry in high school in Kenya. Alta Schutte remembers nearly losing her father to cardiovascular disease in the South African mining town where ...