Tebogo Manamela talks to Lucas Ledwaba about helping to preserve Africa’s heritage and the rewards of working with – and sometimes being attacked by – animals at the Kruger National Park
Risk of next pandemic greater than ever, scientists say, but world can act
The smart, fun and easy-going warrior scientist in the film ‘Wakanda’ challenges gender stereotypes
The sole black astrophysicist at Nasa’s science mission directorate traces his roots and his work with black South African astro-science students
A new study has shown that similarities between human brains and those of mice can make them useful for studying mental illness, something previously believed impossible
The pandemic has forced a digital migration in education. We must capitalise on that opportunity
The reactions to Elon Musk’s billionaire status are evidence that far too many South Africans have not fully grasped the destructive consequences of inequality. Entrepreneur Musk was recently crowned the richest man in the world. The founder and chief of Tesla Motors sits on a total net worth of $195-billion. The rapid swelling of Musk’s […]
The high court has set aside the decision by the department and education quality assurer Umalusi that matrics would have to rewrite two subject leaked just before the matric exams
Curating the End of the World deploys Afrofuturism to respond to Covid-19, anti-black violence and capitalism
Robots will have to learn from scratch, like babies, if they are to have a sense of self and proper social interactions
South African inventions that have changed the world are all underpinned by research, development and significant financial backing — to lose this would be tragic
A tiny robot is vaping methanol to power up its artificial muscles and punch above its weight
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the role of universities in nurturing scientific inquiry and evidence-based policy-making to the fore
Invincible defence technology uses transcendental meditation to reduce crime and violence
We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens
We have now entered a phase in which increasing complexity is creating a world that no one understands in detail
Mendeleev’s discovery accurately maps the link between atoms and elements, and the micro and macro worlds
Mendeleev’s discovery accurately maps the link between atoms and elements, and the micro and macro worlds
The university is launching four transdisciplinary initiatives to harness knowledge in the 4IR era
Twenty-one years of recognising excellence in science, engineering, technology and innovation
A recent World Bank report highlighted the costs of limiting educational opportunity for girls
There’s nothing innate about scientific ability, but some male scientists, in South Africa and internationally, still believe women can’t cut it
SAICE president Errol Kerst says the board has spent many hours ‘carefully deliberating the matter’
What is needed is to increase women’s economic participation and contribution to the national output
Women who raise their voices against the sexism in this field do so at the risk of their careers
SAICE is under pressure to act after lobby group for women in engineering, WomEng called on the organisation to ‘rethink their choice of CEO’
BRICS leaders are working together to develop policies to deal with the opportunities and threats presented by the fourth industrial revolution
Any good leader knows that scientific discovery and innovation fuel progress, facilitate development and can tackle issues
Through bursaries, scholarships and working with SMMEs, the roads agency is building a South Africa Mandela would be proud of