Intellectual Property:

Beating about the Rooibos

http://blogs.sun.ac.za/iplaw/2013/02/11/beating-about-the-rooibos

Africa IP Forum 2013 - Reflections - Tracy Rengecas

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2013/03/africa-ip-forum-2013-reflections-tracy.html

Africa IP Forum 2013 - Reflections - Denise Nicholson

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2013/03/africa-ip-forum-2013-reflections-denise.html

South Africa Leaning Toward Support Of Pan-African IP Office, Minister Says

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/02/28/south-africa-leaning-toward-support-of-pan-african-ip-office-minister-says/

South Africa: Activists Make Concerns Heard At African IP Forum

http://allafrica.com/stories/201302271152.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Definition

http://opendefinition.org/okd/

Strong Open Access Bill (USA)

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i8/Strong-Open-Access-Bill-Introduced.html

New Bill Helps Expand Public Access to Scientific Knowledge

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/new-bill-helps-expand-public-access-scientific-knowledge

Predatory online journals include subscription access journals

http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/02/20/predatory-online-journals-include-subscription-access-journals/

Publish Open Access, Free of Charge

http://openeconomics.net/2013/02/19/publish-open-access-free-of-charge/

Can We Have Open Data Without Open Access?

http://openeconomics.net/2013/02/11/can-we-have-open-data-without-open-access/

 

Digitisation issues:

Digitisation, Preservation, Digital Curation and Data Management Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration