NOVEMBER/DECEMBER eISSN: 1996-7489 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John Butler-Adam
SOUTH AFRICAN
Office of the Vice Principal: Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
Journal of Science
MANAGING EDITOR Linda Fick
Academy of Science of South Africa
ONLINE PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATOR Nadine Wubbeling
volume 112
Academy of Science of South Africa
number 11/12
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Sally Archibald
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Nicolaas Beukes
Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg
Leader Resolving fractured debates about fracking? The shale gas industry in South Africa John Butler-Adam ..................................................................................................................... 1
Tania Douglas
Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town
News & Views
Menán du Plessis
Associate Editor awarded Science-for-Society Gold Medal John Butler-Adam & Nadine Wubbeling .................................................................................... 2
Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Kavilan Moodley
Commentary
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
ASSAf and young scientists: Transforming the future of science in South Africa Bernard Slippers ...................................................................................................................... 3
Jolanda Roux
Sex and gender transformation in Africa Zak Yacoob ............................................................................................................................... 5
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria
Maryna Steyn
School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Pieter Steyn
Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University
Marco Weinberg
Understanding the polarisation of environmental and social activism in South Africa Hannah R. Simon ...................................................................................................................... 7 A note on aspects of risk and return for South African bond investors Eben Maré ................................................................................................................................ 9 Science to policy – Reflections on the South African reality Sophie von der Heyden, Peter Lukey, Louis Celliers, Kim Prochazka & Amanda T. Lombard ........ 12
Book Review
Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand
Towards the study of South African literature as an integrated corpus Menán du Plessis ..................................................................................................................... 18
Merridy Wilson-Strydom
Military psychologists as scientists and practitioners Roelf van Niekerk ...................................................................................................................... 21
Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development, University of the Free State
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Laura Czerniewicz Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town
Roseanne Diab
Academy of Science of South Africa
From biological control to controlling biology Hannes van Wyk ....................................................................................................................... 22
Review Article The phenomenon of skin lightening: Is it right to be light? Lester M. Davids, Jennifer van Wyk, Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo & Nina G. Jablonski ....................... 24