The release of Nelson Mandela sent optimism coursing through South Africa's research community. Twenty years on, Michael Cherry finds that it is still struggling to get on its feet.
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Cherry, M. South African science: black, white and grey. Nature 463, 726–728 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463726a
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