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Agriculture

Industrial scale farming is flawed: What ecologically-friendly farming practices could look like in Africa

Rachel Wynberg 24 Jan 2025

Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback

Mining

Mantashe tells China ‘king coal is back’

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Air pollution in South Africa: Affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time

Bruce Mellado 19 Aug 2024

Japan is South Africa's biggest partner in the hydrogen economy, but Europe will drive the biggest demand.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

H2 Moves Europe is Anglo’s latest play to stimulate hydrogen market

Lindsey Schutters 26 Jun 2024

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Food, Water & Energy Security

SA marks World Water Day

22 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

Energy

#MI24: Green hydrogen is not coming to save the PGM industry

Lindsey Schutters 6 Feb 2024

SADiLaR's Language Resource Repository empowers language research

Research

SADiLaR's Language Resource Repository empowers language research

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 20 Jun 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Environment & Natural Resources

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Issued by Stone 6 Apr 2023

Cabinet approves Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan 2022

ICT

Cabinet approves Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan 2022

2 Dec 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

How using a cross-curriculum approach in schools can boost entrepreneurship

Primary & Secondary Education

How using a cross-curriculum approach in schools can boost entrepreneurship

Sheena Crawford-Kempster 14 Apr 2022

How investing in the 'fuel of the future' stands to boost SA's economy, create much-needed jobs

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How investing in the 'fuel of the future' stands to boost SA's economy, create much-needed jobs

Sindy Peters 24 Feb 2022

Dr Udesh Pillay as director of the UFS Business School

Higher Education

UFS Business School appoints new director

13 Oct 2021

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Tax Law

Africa: tax implications of digital transformation in the consumer goods and retail sector

Jana Botha and Prenisha Govender 5 Oct 2021

Professor Felicity Burt

Covid-19

New variants of Covid-19 may prolong the duration of the virus

13 Aug 2021

South Africa grants world's first patent to an AI system

4th Industrial Revolution

South Africa grants world's first patent to an AI system

Jabulani Sikhakhane 10 Aug 2021

Kenyan authorities set to regulate free-and-easy fintech

Legislation & Regulation

Kenyan authorities set to regulate free-and-easy fintech

Ariana Issaias and Dominic Indokhomi 20 May 2021

South Africa's higher education funding system can be more realistic without betraying ideals

Higher Education

South Africa's higher education funding system can be more realistic without betraying ideals

Gerald Wangenge-Ouma 7 Apr 2021

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Mining

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

Professor Felicity Burt

Covid-19

SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

The work that’s done in research institutes and labs is crucial. nhungboon/Shutterstock

Covid-19

Investing in research is South Africa's best insurance policy against crises

Brenda Wingfield 9 Apr 2020

Department of Science and Technology sponsors NWU's mobile science lab

Primary & Secondary Education

Department of Science and Technology sponsors NWU's mobile science lab

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 30 Mar 2020

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Public Health

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Issued by COHSASA 17 Oct 2019

Unpacking SA consumers' in-store wine selection

Research

Unpacking SA consumers' in-store wine selection

9 Oct 2019

Student hunger at South African universities needs more attention

Food, Water & Energy Security

Student hunger at South African universities needs more attention

Marc Wegerif and Oluwafunmiola Adeniyi 27 Sep 2019

National conference to focus on farmworker struggles

Agriculture

National conference to focus on farmworker struggles

31 Jul 2019

Inaugural Africa Tech Week set for March 2019

Technology

Inaugural Africa Tech Week set for March 2019

29 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The state we are in

Top Trends

#BizTrends2019: The state we are in

Dion Chang, Khumo Theko 7 Jan 2019

From left to right: Professor Frans Swanepoel, Professor Louise Fresco and Professor Lise Korsten/ ©UP media

Sustainable Farming

Does African agriculture need a Green Revolution?

Xolani Mathibela 2 Jan 2019

SA research stars head for France

Primary & Secondary Education

SA research stars head for France

3 Dec 2018

RAW Industries en route to a greener future

Manufacturing & Parts

RAW Industries en route to a greener future

23 Nov 2018

Digital disruption: Who survives?

IoT

Digital disruption: Who survives?

Issued by Topco Media 9 Nov 2018

Drug Safety Africa 2018

Pharmaceuticals

Drug Safety Africa 2018

Issued by Drug Safety Africa 21 Sep 2018

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

Medical Research

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

24 Aug 2018

New approaches needed to beat food insecurity among students

Food Security

New approaches needed to beat food insecurity among students

20 Aug 2018

Research chairs on waste management appointed

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Research chairs on waste management appointed

16 Aug 2018

A patient collects her medication at a clinic in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Photo: MSF/Sydelle WIllow Smith

NHI

South Africa's universal health care plan falls short of fixing an ailing system

Laettia Rispel 3 Jul 2018

Distell relists on the JSE

Agriculture

Distell relists on the JSE

5 Jun 2018

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Agro-processing

R37.5m biorefinery facility launched in Durban to extract maximum value from biomass waste

22 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

How safe is the food on your plate?

12 Mar 2018

Mothers wait at a local clinic. The city of Johannesburg plans to open 24 hour clinics to alleviate queues. Photo: Reuters stringer

Public Health

Why setting up 24-hour clinics in South Africa's busiest city is a good idea

Laetitia Rispel 6 Mar 2018

SA students head to Germany for supercomputing competition

Development

SA students head to Germany for supercomputing competition

14 Dec 2017

Agriculture

Pomegranate PhDs: Research into the super fruit's quality, packaging and shelf life

11 Dec 2017

#WindAc 2017: Transition to renewables well under way

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

#WindAc 2017: Transition to renewables well under way

Sindy Peters 14 Nov 2017

From left: Prof Eugene Cloete (vice-rector: research, innovation and postgraduate studies of Stellenbosch University), the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, and Willem Botes (research leader of Stellenbosch University’s Plant Breeding Laboratory). Photo: Stefan Els

Agriculture

Wheat Breeding Platform launched to improve wheat production, yields

1 Nov 2017