The privately owned facility was presented in Durban on Friday by Dean Macpherson, the minister of public works and infrastructure.
Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’
‘Three years later, the suspect is roaming outside’
Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…
Families have asked the Congress of Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones
Jes Foord told Lyse Comins that she believes she had to get the horrific ‘degree in rape’ so that she could help thousands of sexual violence victims through her nonprofit…
The World Health Organisation has enlisted a team of South African researchers to produce a new mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, but with no recipe to follow, it’s not an easy task
The South African law does not make it mandatory for citizens to be vaccinated, and the same will apply for Covid-19 immunisation. But experts say people still have the…
Is the evidence used to convict criminals always based on sufficient facts or data? Leletu Tonisi from the Wits Justice Project examines some of the flaws in the system
As Covid vaccines near the manufacturing stage, a look at two polio vaccines provides valuable historical insights
There are 30 skeletons in the Iroungou cave, and carbon dating has shown they are from the 14th century. It is only the second cave burial site to be unearthed on the continent
Our DNA is similar but our societal values are not, which will make it difficult to reach concensus
Legislation as well as academic research governance bodies have failed to safeguard the rights of participants from Africa in genomics research.
If we take our commitment to the liberty of the individual seriously, we must accept that people should be allowed to use this technology
By embarking on this new and daunting path, we are taking on incredible new responsibility
The fertility industry and technology are raising difficult questions about race
Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place
The last reported sighting was on March 26 this year by a US couple standing on the ramparts of the ruin of Urquhart Castle
That nagging fear may cause you to fall apart, but it may also serve as a call to action
Let us entertain the notion — if only for a moment — that cephalopods may be from space. How would we go about testing the hypothesis?
