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Nicky Willemse
Nicky Willemse works from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Freelance journalist, copywriter, proofreader, editor, booklover, parent Nicky Willemse has over 43 followers on Twitter.
E-tracking marine predators to protect Southern Ocean’s rich feeding grounds
Scientists from a number of institutions collaborated to collect data on 17 marine birds and mammals such as penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales in the ocean around Antarctica
Coding without computers reaches thousands of learners
“It was the opportunity of a lifetime for some of our kids … allowing them to explore a world of programming and the creative use of technology.”
Programme multiplies pupils’ success
A maths and science incubator run by Nelson Mandela University is producing promising results
What does it mean to be a university named after Nelson Mandela?
Unique colloquium introduces Mandela studies at Nelson Mandela University
A conversation to frame Critical Mandela Studies
Mandela the social figure of justice requires greater ‘excavation’
Mandela, the Merc and the making of stories
Two films about Mandela’s car come to different conclusions
Why the HSRC and NMF came on board to support TIMS
Madiba will be used as a prism, through which modern problems can be viewed
Mandela archive as a living system
The existing Mandela biographies don’t tell the whole story
Cooking home food for Mandela, the ‘ordinary man’
He was a loving but strict grandparent
Two exhibitions link Mandela and art
The artworks build on and questions the legacy of Nelson Mandela
‘Why I decided to call my brand MaXhosa’
Designer Laduma Ngxokolo has kept his family together in his business
Nelson Mandela University studies Madiba to transform society
The institution looks at how it could become an academic expression of Nelson Mandela and live out the social values he stood for
How the early bird recaptured the sky
The recently grounded progenitor of the modern bird could fly after all, an SA scientist has shown.
Comment: Vaccines for Africa
With World Immunisation Week (April 20 – 26) drawing attention to vaccinations, Nicky Willemse turned the spotlight on Dr Seth Berkley.
Muscling in on the boys’ club
More women are making their mark in the traditionally male domain of engineering.