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Carla Bernardo

Cape Bali, Cape Town
As seen in: African News Agency, BMJ Open, MDPI, News24, Business Report, Cape Times South Africa, Daily News SA, Independent Online, IOL Motoring, Publico (Portugal), Eyewitness News and
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Carla Bernardo’s Journalist Portfolio

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Gang life: How to leave and stay out

Gang life: How to leave and stay out

While gangs are found all over the world, including in South Africa, gangsterism in Cape Town is a critical p…

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Through dysphoria to a doctoral degree

Through dysphoria to a doctoral degree

Your time at university is meant to challenge you, push you and, perhaps, even change you, hopefully for the …

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Infecting, disrupting and transforming the City

Infecting, disrupting and transforming the City

In partnership with the Institute for Creative Arts (ICA), the 12th instalment of Infecting the City (ITC) ki…

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The unusual Henry de Bruyn

The unusual Henry de Bruyn

Henry de Bruyn was an unusual man. At least, that is, to Professor Thomas Alan Stephenson, who headed the Zoo…

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UCT team's central role in R5-bn settlement

UCT team's central role in R5-bn settlement

University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay were part of a team t…

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The boy who would build a nation

The boy who would build a nation

When liberation struggle icon Denis Goldberg was a little boy, he dreamt of becoming an engineer. He wanted t…

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Waste As A Resource, Not A Problem: Insights From The Breede Valley

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By Carla Bernardo
| University of the Western Cape
Nolutando Didiza presents her initial findings at the CoE-FS 10-year Anniversary Research Symposium in 2024. Image: Je’nine May/CoE-FS Food security is often framed in terms of production: how to grow more, distribute better, and feed more people. But what if one of the most powerful solutions lies not in producing more, but in wasting less?
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Israel’s genocidal use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza

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By Stephen Devereux, Julian May, Carla Bernardo
| Daily Maverick Verified
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OP-ED The Israeli regime’s cutting off and restriction of food and water in its war on Gaza has a hauntingly long history and the implications will be felt for generations to come.
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Five reasons to support draft Labelling Regulations R3337

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By Carla Bernardo
| uwc.ac.za
South Africa’s Minister of Health Joe Phaahla recently granted an extension for submissions on the draft regulations relating to the Advertising and Labelling of Foodstuffs (Labelling Regulations R3337). The extension is until 21 September 2023. Two researchers at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), hosted by the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and co-hosted by the University of Pretoria, were instrumental in providing evidence to inform the proposed regulations.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

As an intern, covering the Anni Dewani murder trial

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, for fun as a child.

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