South African plant pathologist is using an indigenous soil fungus to improve the stadium soccer fields for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
The study itself consists of an assessment of mathematics and science, as well as student, teacher and school questionnaires.
South African researchers have been criticised for not attending the launch of a pan-African gathering of biosafety experts.
As head of the pan-African science council, Egypt is urging other countries to meet the target spending of 1% of GDP.
Christina Scott reports on South Africa’s bid to host a major astronomy project.
<i>Touched by TB</i> will have its premier on World Tuberculosis Day at the SciFest Africa in Grahamstown.
Ecologist Dr Bob Scholes has been writing daily emails from the Antarctic to his son about the work he is doing aboard the <i>SA Agulhas</i>.
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/ 18 December 2009
Rewind to 1980: diesel mechanic Johan Nortje was about to live his dream. He was to spend a year at the South African base in the Antarctic.
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/ 18 December 2009
Ten South African high school learners return home on a high after attending a sold-out science lecture series in the United Kingdom.
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/ 13 November 2009
Christina Scott asks whether science centres educate or merely entertain.