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How do we make democracy work for the poor?
Rebecca is a researcher and writer based in Johannesburg. She has spent several years writing about tech, copyright, open access and Internet freedom issues in the developing world and has recently completed a Masters in Journalism at Wits. She doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but likes the idea of one.
Rebecca Khan -
The Department of Science and Technology has, in the last month, proposed legislation for the regulation of intellectual property from publicly funded research that, should it be written into law, will set South Africa at odds with the rest of the word, and have long-reaching, and detrimental effects on research and innovation in South Africa, as well as possible implications for the future of academic freedom in this country, a freedom which is protected in the Constitution.
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