Anja du Plessis, Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa – 7 December 2023 A new report by South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation paints a grim picture of the quality of the country’s drinking water, and its water infrastructure. The Blue Drop Audit Report is meant to ensure that water […]
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AGOA: South Africa will need to tread carefully in relations with US and China
Arno J. van Niekerk, Senior lecturer in Economics, University of the Free State 29 October 2023 South Africa must tread carefully in its economic relationships to avoid being caught in the escalating tension between east and west, and more specifically China and the US. The country’s hosting, and the outcome, of the 2023 Agoa Summit […]

South Africa’s 2022 census: has Joburg stopped growing or is the data questionable?
17 October 2023 South Africa’s census is a vital source of information for policy making, planning and research, and so the Census 2022 findings released last week were eagerly awaited. It offers many insights on everything from marriage rates to language distribution. But as urban scholars and planning practitioners with decades of interest and experience […]

Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides
Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg – 21 August 2022 Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China […]
News, Politics & Opinion

“If Israel fails in Gaza, all of us in the West will be next” – from one who knows!
TAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS NOTEWORTHY SPEECH 23 November 2023 Mosab Hassan Yousef, eldest son of … [Read More...]

New Aviation Fuel Levy Condemned
Most alarmingly, this amendment appears to have been enacted without any industry … [Read More...]

SA Navy frigate and submarine refits less than half funded
Guy Martin, defenceWeb - 23 May 2023 The cost of the refits for the South African Navy’s blue … [Read More...]
Science & Technology

Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage
Chondrites are the oldest rocks in our solar system, dating back 4.567 billion … [Read More...]

It’s reassuring to think humans are evolution’s ultimate destination – but research shows we may be an accident
Matthew Wills, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for … [Read More...]
Interesting

Democracy, a corrupt and inefficient form of government – Socrates
Socrates believed that wisdom was parallel to one's ignorance. One's deeds were … [Read More...]

A Short History of Human Emotions
In this fascinating TED talk, historian Tiffany Watt Smith explains how … [Read More...]

The science of dreams and nightmares
Drew Dawson, Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia and Madeline … [Read More...]
Food, Health, Innovations

Baking your own Sourdough Bread
Lyndal Collins, Research dietitian, Department of Gastroenterology, Monash … [Read More...]

How to improve my immunity, tips on what to do – and what to avoid
Theresa Rossouw, Professor, University of Pretoria - 8 February 2023 The … [Read More...]
Nature’s World

The bizarre and ecologically important hidden lives of mosquitoes
In the process of looking for nectar, mosquitoes pollinate many of the flowers … [Read More...]

Moths do the pollinator night shift – and they work harder than daytime insects
Richard Elton Walton, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biology, Newcastle … [Read More...]

Gregarious charming Pin-tailed Whydah
The Pin-tailed Whydah, Vidua macroura, is a small resident songbird that lives … [Read More...]
The Arts

An African violin from indigenous woods
Martina Meincken, Associate professor, Stellenbosch University - 9 December … [Read More...]
History and Biographies

Why there was reluctance to confront Nazi Germany
By Nicholas Lorimer of Daily Friend - 3 February 2022 When we look back on … [Read More...]

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
Gerhard Maré, Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of … [Read More...]

Who lived at Machu Picchu? DNA analysis shows surprising diversity at the ancient Inca palace
Roberta Davidson, PhD candidate in Genetic Anthropology, University of … [Read More...]