An eye-watering odour wafts through UCT’s Sports Hall 2. The pungent gas doesn’t seem to bother the dozens of schoolchildren who are gathered in the sports centre. In fact, more and more are crowding around the source. It was perhaps not so much teenage tomfoolery as it was scientific... Read more
Unisa has won a platinum award at the 2017 Garden World Festival. Each year, students volunteer to assist College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) staff with the construction and design of a landscaped garden according to the annual theme set by the exhibition organisers. Students involved in the design, layout and... Read more
Professor Colleen Downs, South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, was honoured in the 2017 National Women in Science Awards (WISA), given by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Downs was announced as second runner up for the Distinguished... Read more
A student in UKZN’s Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit (ACRU), Ms Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana, has been awarded her Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics – a watershed moment in a distinguished academic career. Sikhosana’s thesis, in the area of astronomy and supervised by Professor Kavilan Moodley, was titled:... Read more
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) scooped top prizes at the annual Enactus South Africa National Competition held last month in Sandton, Johannesburg. Founded in the United States in 1975, enactus is an international non-profit organisation that brings together student, academic and business leaders who are committed to using... Read more
UKZN Music student Ms Thabile Buthelezi has graduated with her International Master’s degree in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage from the Roehampton University in London. Buthelezi graduated through the prestigious Choreomundus Scholarship, an Erasmus Mundus programme that investigates dance and other movement systems – such as ritual practices, martial... Read more
Dr Oscar Koopman, a lecturer in the Education Faculty, has published a book which focuses on how to improve the quality of teaching and learning of science in a multi-cultural context Following the success of his debut book which was published earlier this year, an academic in the Education... Read more
Molatelo Thebe, a master’s student in metallurgical engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been awarded the Ivan Ogilvie Scholarship by the Corrosion Institute of Southern Africa. The Institute is actively involved... Read more
“SPAM One is experiencing major telecommunications problems. We’re not sure if they realise it yet.” Ewan Reid was talking through a microphone. The situation seemed urgent, but Reid was the picture of calm. We were sitting in a makeshift ground control centre in Professor Peter Martinez’s office in the... Read more
The South Africa – Washington International Programme (SAWIP) aims to inspire, develop and support diverse new generations of emerging South African leaders to be active in bringing about social and economic transformation and justice within a sustainable democracy. It entails a seven-month leadership development programme for students, with the focus on... Read more
