Breastfeeding is the most beneficial feeding option for infants born to HIV-infected women and should be continued until at least 12 months. This 2010 recommendation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), revised in 2013 and again in 2016 and supported in South Africa in the Tshwane Declaration of 2011,... Read more
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training have expressed their appreciation for the amount of vaccines research and discoveries at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. “This is the kind of work that South Africans should be aware of about their own universities. The medical discoveries and... Read more
Hepatitis E gets little press compared to its better-known cousins A, B and C, but Stellenbosch University (SU) virologists say we should wake up to how the transmission of this virus is changing. World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July. Infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV) is... Read more
The aardvark will become increasingly rare as the world warms and dries, and the consequences go well beyond a decline in aardvark safari encounters. The aardvark, a highlight for anyone on a game-viewing African safari, will become increasingly rare as the world warms and dries, and the consequences go... Read more
Psychological assessments for employees have been controversial in South Africa because of the country’s troubled past. Cognitive ability and personality tests, for example, were originally developed for white, English speakers, but have been applied to other language groups as determined by Apartheid laws. In response, researchers at the University... Read more
Cultural flexibility was key for early humans to survive extremely dry Southern Africa
Research August 2, 2017
Early human’s ability to survive through prolonged arid areas in southern Africa developed from their ability to innovate and adapt. The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of early humans to survive through a prolonged period of pronounced aridification. The... Read more
Prof Nigel Bennett, the current incumbent of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) / National Research Foundation (NRF) Joint Research Chair (SARChl) in the field of Mammalian Behavioural Ecology and Physiology at the University of Pretoria (UP), successfully won its bid for the third and last five-year cycle.... Read more
Selling Agenda 2063 to Africa
Research August 1, 2017
Africa cannot evolve without research.” Charles Wangadya, Policy Officer of the Strategic Planning, Policy, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Resource Mobilisation Directorate of the African Union Commission (AUC), was speaking at a high-level meeting between Unisa and the AUC on 18 July 2017. Front, Charles Wangadya (Policy Officer: Strategic Planning, Policy, Monitoring,... Read more
Rhodes scientist develops new way to purify communal water
ArchivesResearchRhodes University July 31, 2017
Aphiwe Mfuku, 25 is on the verge of launching innovative research that will provide solutions to the water crisis currently faced by the country, including Rhodes University. As of Wednesday, 12 July 2017, Rhodes University has declared a water crisis and will launch a campaign to preserve water as... Read more
Young researchers highlight biodiversity of Golden Gate at international colloquium
ArchivesFree StateResearch July 31, 2017
Jacob Mabena, Dineo Modise, and Zama Shandu are some of the young and brightest researchers on the Qwaqwa Campus. This was confirmed when their posters, summarising their research, were selected as the best during the Afromontane Research Unit Colloquium. Study beneficial to livestock farmers in Golden Gate Mabena’s poster was... Read more
