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Nature 449, 384 (27 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449384b; Published online 26 September 2007

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Government adds 51 research chairs to its universities.

South Africa's mission to create a globally competitive national academy of sciences reached another milestone last week with the announcement of 51 new research chairs. The South African Research Chairs Initiative, launched by the government in December 2006, aims to create 210 research chairs by 2010 in a range of disciplines from nanophotonics to dignity jurisprudence.