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/ 26 November 2010
In concert, individual baby steps can translate into giant strides in reducing emissions.
We can’t stop climate change so we must prepare for it.
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/ 19 November 2010
According to South Africa’s Water Research Commission, by 2025 around 600-million people in sub-Saharan Africa will have insufficient water.
A shocking projection highlights the urgent need for South Africans to start taking the looming water crisis seriously.
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/ 19 November 2010
Conserving water is not just the job of the country’s government departments and provincial authorities.
It takes big money to get communities to buy into conservation efforts to save habitats.
The government is taking measures to combat poaching but is it too little, too late?
Today’s safari is significantly more than a jolly jaunt for the rich and fabulous wazungus (white people) of yesteryear.
With the lion’s share of FTTSA-certified products, the Western Cape is fast becoming the home of responsible tourism in South Africa.
The empowering ability of tourism has never been more evident than in six groundbreaking projects spearheaded by a unique joint venture.
When the major decision of the day is whether to fish, take a cruise up the river or have another beer, the lower Zambezi Valley feels like paradise.
Besides the Big Five, Limpopo’s rich cultural history is also a drawcard for visitors
Eskom wants to run power lines through a tiny town that even apartheid couldn’t reach.
South Africa’s annual science festival kicks off in Grahamstown with a lecture from a homegrown heroine, writes Sharon van Wyk.
Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin is one of the star attractions at this year’s festival. Sharon van Wyk reports.
A keynote lecture at SciFest Africa will be about flying dinosaurs, writes Sharon van Wyk.
From biology to ballet shoes, the SciFest Talkshops
offer a fascinating range of topics.
Here are some of the highlights of SciFest Africa
2010’s lectures which are open to audiences of grade 10+ and cost R10 a person.
South Africa’s brightest and most promising tourism SMMEs are receiving the recognition they deserve, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 23 October 2009
Dr Niall Vine and his team are developing methods to mass produce the probiotics diet supplement that improves the perlemoen’s immune system.
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/ 23 October 2009
Although the tannin produced from wattle bark isn’t perfect, there are ways to make it ecofriendly, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 23 October 2009
Professor Chrissie Rey heads a Thrip-funded research project aimed at putting cassava on the map as Africa’s leading subsistence and commercial crop.
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/ 23 October 2009
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute is in war mode defending indigenous forests, writes
Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 23 October 2009
Sharon van Wyk looks at why Thrip, a research and development programme, ensures the growth of scientific development in the country.
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/ 23 October 2009
A dedicated group of scientists and students are working at making steak juicier, tastier and more tender than ever before, writes Sharon van Wyk
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/ 30 September 2009
This year’s EnviroCon seeks to stimulate debate and highlight important environmental problems, writes Sharon van Wyk
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/ 10 November 2008
To some it’s a desolate and forbidding landscape, but for others the Ai-Ais/Richtersveld National Park is the epitome of beauty. Jointly managed by South African National Parks and the local Nama people, the park is part of a transfrontier conservation area which spans the Northern Cape and southern Namibia.
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/ 15 September 2008
South Africa hosts an international exhibition to showcase the practical application of science
and technology, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 9 September 2008
Making maths fun to learn is the aim of an innovative new project, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 9 September 2008
The M2 Coffee Shop’s Grade 10 Autumn Academy this year unpacked the global skills shortage by highlighting some frightening worldwide statistics.
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/ 9 September 2008
German innovation and technical excellence have long been lauded, but few have been privy to the latest developments in German research.