Designer student wins TWYG Student Award for her sustainable collection
Achieversarts and cultureCareersDurban University of TechnologyLatest news December 9, 2020
Designing clothing in an environmentally and socio-economically sustainable manner, to change the attitude and behaviour of people, is the aim of Bachelor of Technology Degree (BTech) fourth-year student, Alexandra Van Heerden. The environmentally-conscious student designer is creating fashion waves and recognition for her sustainable collection, recently winning the TWYG Student Award, which took place... Read more
SA’s first TV meme generating platform, AmaMeme, built by Guerilla
CareersLatest news December 9, 2020
From AmaAngry to AmaShook, DStv’s newest meme platform gives us Mzansi’s freshest, tastiest, locally sourced GIFs and reaction shots from the Nation’s favourite DStv shows. In the words of the launch campaign and Guerilla, the co-founders and creators of the platform, AmaMeme has AmaEverything for AmaSocial! DStv’s brand-new meme... Read more
A new digital humanities project, One More Voice, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, brings together a number of researchers from the US, the UK, and Africa. These researchers include Dr Jared McDonald from the Department of History on the Qwaqwa Campus, who is a project scholar and the... Read more
Panelists at UFS Thought-Leader webinar optimistic about SA post-COVID-19
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of the Free State December 8, 2020
The South African government must ensure that the COVID-19 vaccine is free of charge and that the most vulnerable and exposed in the country receive it first. South Africa cannot afford for anyone not to be immunised. This is according to Ms Zingiswa Losi: President: Congress of South African... Read more
Two SARChI Research Chairs at UFS extended for five years
AchieversLatest newsResearchUniversity of the Free State December 7, 2020
The Department of Science and Technology has extended two of the National Research Foundation’s SARChI research chairs at the University of the Free State (UFS). The Research Chair in Diseases and Quality of Field Crops, together with the Research Chair in Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens, have both been extended... Read more
Community plays important role in successful active TB surveillance
Latest newsResearchStellenbosch University December 7, 2020
Successful implementation of active surveillance of Tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa’s under-resourced areas hinges on a multifaceted approach that focuses on close cooperation between healthcare authorities and affected communities as well as strengthening teams of community health workers (CHWs). This is one of the main findings of a recent... Read more
Cheeba Cannabis Academy opens Africa’s first campus near Johannesburg
CareersLatest news December 7, 2020
The burgeoning SA cannabis industry has taken a foundational step forward with the announcement from trailblazer, CheebaAfrica that they are opening the first dedicated cannabis education campus on the African continent. Cheeba Africa has already established a solid online education offering through its international partnership with Medical Marijuana 411... Read more
UP’s Vehicle Dynamics Group employs smart transportation technology for improved mine safety
CareersLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria December 4, 2020
An engineering team at the University of Pretoria (UP) has pioneered an underground procedure which tests the performance of collision-avoidance systems (CAS) in an effort to improve the safety of workers on mines by reducing unwanted interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. The Vehicle Dynamics Group (VDG) is a research... Read more
UP launches Africa-first Engineering 4.0 facility for research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure
AchieversCareersLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria December 2, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure. Situated on the Innovation Africa@UP campus inHillcrest, Engineering 4.0 has its home in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT). A first for Africa,... Read more
PETITE study searches for best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV
Latest newsResearchStellenbosch University December 1, 2020
Researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) are searching for the safest and most effective treatment for babies at high risk of contracting HIV. “Babies with HIV constitute a small proportion of the HIV-positive population, and only a few antiretroviral drug formulations and little pharmacokinetic data are currently available to inform... Read more
