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BABESGOTBYTES: How This NPO is Helping Girls and Women Succeed in the IT Industry

Science Stars chats to Phindiwe Nqanqaru about her journey from being a young woman who didn't have access to coding education to co-founding an NPO that creates spaces where women and girls can be...

Deputy Minister of the Department of Science and Innovation Visits RLabs in Mitchells Plain

The Deputy Minister, Buti Manamela, from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), visited the Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) facility on Thursday, May 25, in Westridge, Mitchells Plain...

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South Africa will play key role in putting the first woman on the moon. In just a few months, construction will start on a communications facility in Matjiesfontein, situated in the Central Karoo...

District Expos 2023: Take Your Research to the Next Level

Aspiring young scientists in Grades 4 to 12 across South Africa are invited to showcase their initial Eskom Expo research endeavours at an upcoming District Expo. Here, you will have the opportunity...

Drones for Good: How These Robots are Making a Difference in Africa

From delivering emergency supplies to helping decrease the risk to miners' lives and identifying survivors of natural disasters, these robots are used to solve big problems across the continent...

Tips for 1st-year tertiary students

The transition to tertiary education can be very daunting and the first year can be a culture shock. To help you as you embark on this new adventure, we have asked students from different...

Industry Insight

Agriculture isn’t only about growing fruit and vegetable crops and rearing animals to provide the world’s population with food. Instead, it includes raising livestock and preparing animal products...

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See a sea squid National Geographic reported that the first photos of the very elusive giant squid were taken in 2004. Prior to this, scientists…...

Agriculture in Africa: What Does our Future Look Like?

Africa is home to 60% of the world’s arable land – it is considered an important centre of agricultural production. It has enormous potential to meet our own food needs and those of other countries on...