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Farmers, researchers collaborate to make waste useful

Latest news Limpopo Research University of Limpopo Apr 14, 2021

A workshop convened by the Rural Development and Innovation Hub (RDIH) at the University of Limpopo (UL), has convened small-scale farmers and researchers to collaborate on practices of using waste as energy. The one-day workshop was the first phase of the RDIH study on “Waste-to-energy practices on small-scale farms”... Read more

World leading HIV vaccinologist now Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research at Wits

Exploring ways to value water

UP part of global team that reveals behaviour of magnetic fields around black holes

Gauteng Latest news Research University of Pretoria Mar 26, 2021

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration – which produced the first-ever image of a black hole and of which the University of Pretoria (UP) is an associate institute – has revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: what it looks like... Read more

Study shows children with TB desperately need continued care

Latest news Research Stellenbosch University Mar 24, 2021

Many children with tuberculosis (TB) don’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. A relatively simple, hospital-based intervention could help to reduce the gap in reporting when children are diagnosed at hospitals and ensure a continuation of TB care once they’re discharged back to their... Read more

Dr Gina Chowa received prestigious research from University of North Carolina

Gauteng Latest news Research University of Johannesburg Mar 24, 2021

Dr Gina Chowa, CSDA Research Associate has been named the Johnson-Howard-Adair Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Social Work. This endowed professorship recognises a leading scholar whose work is focused on the impact and influence of poverty on individuals, families... Read more

Biodegradable cigarette butts have unintended consequences on the environment

Latest news Research Stellenbosch University Western Cape Mar 17, 2021

With an estimated 5.6 trillion cigarette butts discarded every year, smoking has in more ways than one become one of the leading causes of environmental pollution in the world. Now a group of third year microbiology students from Stellenbosch University (SU) have determined that even so-called environmentally-friendly biodegradable cigarettes... Read more

SU researchers reimagine housing post COVID-19 with a return to the kraal

Latest news Research Stellenbosch University Western Cape Mar 5, 2021

A return to the ‘kraal’ – or at least a dwelling around a central courtyard and water feature – can just be the secret to unlocking successful housing in years to come. This is according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers from across Sub-Saharan Africa and specifically Stellenbosch University... Read more

Cape Town’s economically vulnerable hit harder by first Covid-19 wave

Latest news Research Stellenbosch University Western Cape Mar 4, 2021

The stark inequalities within the South African population were brought to the fore in a new study by Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers that shows that poorer communities were much harder hit by the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic than more affluent communities. These findings suggest that lockdown regulations... Read more

First estimate of Namibia’s dolphin populations

Latest news Research Stellenbosch University Western Cape Mar 3, 2021

The Namibian Islands’ Marine Protected Area (NIMPA), covers 25% of the overall coastline of Namibia and one of the largest MPA’s in Africa, is home to a substantial population of around 1 600 Heaviside’s dolphins and 3 500 African dusky dolphins. These are the findings from the first population estimate of the... Read more