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First-of-a-kind study measures children’s utterances in Southern Bantu languages

Education

First-of-a-kind study measures children’s utterances in Southern Bantu languages

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 20 Jun 2024

Child speech database research project attracts international attention

Education

Child speech database research project attracts international attention

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 7 May 2024

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

Agriculture

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

7 May 2024

Call for abstracts: Cornerstone Conference 2024 - Explore the future of higher education

Education

Call for abstracts: Cornerstone Conference 2024 - Explore the future of higher education

Issued by Cornerstone Institute 18 Apr 2024

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Healthcare

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Issued by COHSASA 12 Mar 2024

Home solar installations are on the rise, but many owners don't know that the panels are underperforming. Source: Vinvint Solar/Unsplash

Construction & Engineering

Your solar panels could be performing better

Mark Williams-Wynn 19 Feb 2024

AI hardware could be a bigger power consumption problem than crypto mining. Source: Microsoft Designer.

ICT

OpenAI is getting into the hardware business in the AI arms race

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jan 2024

Cox Yeats adds to annual awards haul with Best Lawyers win for 2024

Legal

Cox Yeats adds to annual awards haul with Best Lawyers win for 2024

Issued by Cox Yeats 20 Nov 2023

Malcolm Weaich presented his research at the awards.

Construction & Engineering

Young South African academic honoured for sustainable housing research

17 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

US states sue Meta for knowingly hurting teens with Facebook and Instagram - here are the harms researchers have documented

Christia Spears Brown 30 Oct 2023

South Africa must fix its academic incentives, or other universities may meet the same fate as Unisa

Education

South Africa must fix its academic incentives, or other universities may meet the same fate as Unisa

Neil Thomas Stacey 29 Aug 2023

Source: Ruben Hanssen via

Agriculture

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu achieves full professorship in town, regional planning

Construction & Engineering

Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu achieves full professorship in town, regional planning

8 Aug 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Agriculture

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Robin Fredericks 25 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Healthcare

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

ESG & Sustainability

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Issued by The Coup 24 Mar 2023

AI and higher education: What must tertiary institutions consider?

Education

AI and higher education: What must tertiary institutions consider?

22 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Energy & Mining

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

UP-US study maps roaming habits of elephants in Southern Africa to boost conservation efforts

Education

UP-US study maps roaming habits of elephants in Southern Africa to boost conservation efforts

Issued by University of Pretoria 29 Nov 2022

Stellenbosch University improves in 2023 THE World Universities Ranking

Education

Stellenbosch University improves in 2023 THE World Universities Ranking

Issued by Stone 26 Oct 2022

New study finds ICT infrastructure investment to be key in alleviating inequality in Africa

ICT

New study finds ICT infrastructure investment to be key in alleviating inequality in Africa

27 Sep 2022

Source: Je'nine May. Professor Suki Goodman, the dean of the Faculty of Commerce at UCT

Finance

UCT's Department of Finance and Tax celebrates 10-year anniversary

Stephen Langtry 19 Sep 2022

Finance

SA's economic-freedom rating deteriorates further

8 Sep 2022

African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay

ESG & Sustainability

African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay

Wendell Roelf 17 Aug 2022

Fact vs fiction: eMoyo's Kuduwave. Clinically validated audiometry tool for the mining industry

Energy & Mining

Fact vs fiction: eMoyo's Kuduwave. Clinically validated audiometry tool for the mining industry

Issued by eMoyo Technologies 20 Jun 2022

Image source: Ion Chiosea –

Education

Young academics urged to participate in research

15 Jun 2022

Accounting collides with IT for acceleration of digital assets and decentralised finance

Finance

Accounting collides with IT for acceleration of digital assets and decentralised finance

Issued by SAICA 17 May 2022

Dr Raeesah Chohan

Marketing & Media

NFT marketing with Dr Raeesah Chohan

Emily Stander 10 Feb 2022

Breast cancer and Covid-19 - A look back and reflection

Healthcare

Breast cancer and Covid-19 - A look back and reflection

Issued by MANGO-OMC 3 Feb 2022

Healthcare

Covid-19 update: Outbreak of worrying new IHU variant

7 Jan 2022

Healthcare

Release of first plant-based coronavirus vaccine imminent

8 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Omicron update: GSK drug works against all mutations

8 Dec 2021

Source: © Kawin Samerphark

Marketing & Media

PR companies' role in US climate change politics highlighted

3 Dec 2021

Source: ©Parmalive

Healthcare

One-size-fits-all approach to breast cancer no longer acceptable

27 Oct 2021

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Tourism & Travel

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Alexander Richard Braczkowski and Duan Biggs 20 Oct 2021

South Africa's employment tax incentive is not a success story

HR & Management

South Africa's employment tax incentive is not a success story

Seán Mfundza Muller 30 Sep 2021

A healthcare worker administers the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination to a woman in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August, 2021. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Healthcare

South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations

31 Aug 2021

Are South Africa's socially deprived at greater risk for breast cancer mortality?

Healthcare

Are South Africa's socially deprived at greater risk for breast cancer mortality?

Issued by MANGO-OMC 18 Aug 2021

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Healthcare

Study: Lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose - but vaccines still work

Zania Stamataki 28 Jul 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Survey estimates half of all adults under 70 have likely had Covid-19

Michael Cherry 8 Jul 2021

Education

New online magazine to showcase science across the African continent

7 Jul 2021

Why South Africa needs evidence-based regulations for vapes

Retail

Why South Africa needs evidence-based regulations for vapes

Issued by Irvine Partners 4 Jun 2021

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Healthcare

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021

Sun International scoops African marketing award

Tourism & Travel

Sun International scoops African marketing award

12 May 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Brendan Seery 20 Apr 2021

An X-ray with yellow line illustrating neutral mechanical alignment.

Healthcare

Getting the balance right in knee replacement surgery

22 Feb 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

Norval Foundation reopens with solo exhibition from Georgina Gratrix

Lifestyle

Norval Foundation reopens with solo exhibition from Georgina Gratrix

8 Feb 2021