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Massmart, Wits University improve tinned seafood testing process

Retail

Massmart, Wits University improve tinned seafood testing process

26 Jun 2024

Inaugural Cape Agritech Connect bridges gaps in local agriculture

Agriculture

Inaugural Cape Agritech Connect bridges gaps in local agriculture

12 Jun 2024

Image source: Anna Ivanova –

Legal

#WorldIPDay: Celebrating the women connecting IP and science

Amy Anderson and Dirk Hanekom 26 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Tania Broughton 11 Mar 2024

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Healthcare

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Issued by University of Pretoria 28 Jun 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Agriculture

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

Healthcare

Pivotal local research on antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals begins in earnest

22 Nov 2022

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Education

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Andrew Hibling, Issued by EDGE Education 7 Oct 2022

Image source: Getty Images

Education

Are our teachers of the future currently working in industry?

Shan Radcliffe 15 Aug 2022

9 UP academics nominated for NSTF/South32 Awards, SA's 'Science Oscars'

Education

9 UP academics nominated for NSTF/South32 Awards, SA's 'Science Oscars'

Masego Panyane, Issued by University of Pretoria 12 Jul 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Retail

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds

Agriculture

#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds

Robin Fredericks 14 Jul 2022

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Legal

#YouthMonth: Young legal minds aim to be the change

Shan Radcliffe 28 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Refiloe Masekela, head of UKZN’s Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Healthcare

Children in sub-Saharan Africa dying of Covid-19 at a higher rate than others

20 Jan 2022

The headlines you remember, the ending you don't. Just weeks after 9/11, terror struck a second time

Marketing & Media

The headlines you remember, the ending you don't. Just weeks after 9/11, terror struck a second time

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 24 Nov 2021

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Education

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Issued by University of Pretoria 22 Nov 2021

Image source: © Luca Bertolli–

Education

Medical training scholarships open for application

4 Nov 2021

Wonder Women Wednesday's with Algoa FM's Brian Ndevu

Marketing & Media

Wonder Women Wednesday's with Algoa FM's Brian Ndevu

Issued by Algoa FM 31 Aug 2021

CoCT to appoint expert panel to guide water strategy

Construction & Engineering

CoCT to appoint expert panel to guide water strategy

30 Aug 2021

SA bursaries - last call for applications

Education

SA bursaries - last call for applications

2 Aug 2021

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Healthcare

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Marilyn J Roossinck 15 Jun 2021

Lifestyle

#YouthMatters: Nombuso Nomzamo Khanyile on the sustainable roots of accessory brand Afrikan Passion Designs

Ruth Cooper 1 Jun 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Healthcare

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

14 May 2021

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Education

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 May 2021

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Healthcare

Abdool Karim steps down

26 Mar 2021

Biodegradable cigarette butts a potential source of toxic pollution

ESG & Sustainability

Biodegradable cigarette butts a potential source of toxic pollution

19 Mar 2021

New Head of Operations for Bonitas

Healthcare

New Head of Operations for Bonitas

Issued by Bonitas 2 Mar 2021

Healthcare

How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of Covid-19

Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021

Groundwater increasingly important, needs to be used wisely

Construction & Engineering

Groundwater increasingly important, needs to be used wisely

22 Jan 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Healthcare

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Issued by Daikin 14 Dec 2020

New test for Johne's disease could be a game-changer

Agriculture

New test for Johne's disease could be a game-changer

4 Dec 2020

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, Pfizer South Africa

Healthcare

Antimicrobial resistance - a threat to modern health

20 Nov 2020

Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. GettyImages

Healthcare

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a growing threat: a South African case study

Remco Peters & Liteboho Daniel Maduna 28 Oct 2020

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Retail

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 Oct 2020

Heineken SA entrepreneur profiles for Women's Month: Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, CEO of Brewsters Craft

Entrepreneurship

Heineken SA entrepreneur profiles for Women's Month: Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, CEO of Brewsters Craft

Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Aug 2020

Medical doctor Karabo Tlale expands horizons with skincare line

Retail

Medical doctor Karabo Tlale expands horizons with skincare line

19 Aug 2020

It is unclear how well masks work.
People Image Studio/Shutterstock

Healthcare

3 major scientific controversies about coronavirus

Manal Mohammed 11 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Healthcare

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes

Jako Nice 15 Jun 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.
NIAID

Healthcare

What we do and do not know about Covid-19's infectious dose and viral load

Marta Gaglia & Seema Lakdawala 2 Jun 2020

Tourism & Travel

Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act

Ipek Kurtböke 22 May 2020

Healthcare

Lockdowns and research: what we lost and what we stand to gain

Stephanie G Burton & Michael Sean Pepper 13 May 2020

Buildings have their own microbiomes - we're striving to make them healthy places

Construction & Engineering

Buildings have their own microbiomes - we're striving to make them healthy places

Kevin Van den Wymelenberg, Leslie Dietz, Mark Fretz 21 Apr 2020

The insert to detect TB was 3D printed. Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

3D-printed device makes TB diagnosis faster and simpler

19 Feb 2020

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

Agriculture

Insights from Senegal: Involving farmers in research is key to boosting agriculture

10 Feb 2020

Experience design thinking: A fish called wonder [Part 1]

Marketing & Media

Experience design thinking: A fish called wonder [Part 1]

Simon de Haast 6 Feb 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell.
Design_Cells/ Shutterstock

Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

Manal Mohammed & Andrew Millard 21 Jan 2020