Well-travelled professor who loves technology
He’s wearing blue skinny jeans, a matching t-shirt, trendy sneakers – and curiously – a formal pin-striped, black jacket. When I sit down for the interview,... Read more.
Reluctant leader now readies for global role
For a reluctant leader, professor Tshilidzi Marwala has served the University of Johannesburg (UJ) with distinction for the 13 years he has been with the varsity.... Read more.
Malnutrition: is moringa, termite pap the answer?
Nutritionist Khavhatondwi Netshiheni is writing her PhD thesis, which is due in December, yet her research is already a tangible product and on sale, and has received... Read more.
Mbeki prediction off: SA has fallen to pieces already
On the eve of Women’s Month, South Africa woke up to the horror of the gang rape of eight women at a mine dump in Krugersdorp, west of Joburg. Gender-based violence,... Read more.
Teaching in Etwatwa a daily battle
Though the winter cold pierces the dilapidated mobile classrooms at the Amos Maphanga Secondary School and pupils bring blankets to keep warm, it protects them from... Read more.
Mushonga to head decolonised studies
Buoyed by the Rhodes Must Fall and the subsequent Fees Must Fall protests in 2015 – which necessitated universities and colleges to take a hard look at the colonial... Read more.
Magaia: Boos unleashed the beast in me
Banyana Banyana striker Hildah Magaia has for the first time described the intimidating and overwhelming atmosphere during the final of the Women’s Africa Cup... Read more.
Financial education for the poor punted
With most households in South Africa being low-income earners, it concerns 25-year-old Dr Phemelo Magau that there is no legislation that promotes adequate and appropriate... Read more.
Mental health at centre of SA’s major challenges, says Dr Mmatlala Mabeba
For South Africa to tackle the major challenges brought about by mental illness, the government needs to put more resources into infant mental health, says expert... Read more.
Young scientists show us the future
Innovation-driven entrepreneurship was put under the microscope this week as young researchers and scientists from all over South Africa came together to present... Read more.
