Primary & Secondary Education
SA learners struggle with reading comprehension: Study reveals a gap between policy and classroom practice
Tracy Kitchen 27 Aug 2025
News
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better
Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025
Circular Economy & Waste Management
The global plastics treaty process has fallen flat. Here’s what went wrong, and how you can help
Melanie MacGregor 20 Aug 2025
Food, Water & Energy Security
The science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of food
Ola Anabtawi and Berta Valente 12 Aug 2025
Public Health
The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
Jonathan E. Cohen 8 Aug 2025
Mental health
Extreme weather affects mental health: what vulnerable women in Kenya told us
Cyprian M. Mostert 1 Aug 2025
Aesthetic Medicine
Scroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damage
Rachael Kent 23 Jul 2025
ESG & Sustainability
Gen Z and the sustainability paradox: Why ideals and shopping habits don’t always align
Melise Panetta 7 Jul 2025
Hospitality
Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town: A playful, contemporary city stay
Robin Fredericks 3 Jul 2025
Higher Education
Can academics use AI to write journal papers? What the guidelines say
Sumaya Laher 30 Jun 2025
Environment & Natural Resources
Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind
Susan Reid 20 May 2025
Higher Education
AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do
Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma 19 May 2025
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
Tiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap it
Philiswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025
Healthcare
Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?
Alistair Farley and Helen Smith 22 Apr 2025
Emergency Medicine
South Africans don’t donate enough blood – technology can help drive the numbers
Relebohiseng Matubatuba 23 Apr 2025
Environmental Law
South African court says no to new coal-fired power: What’s behind the ruling
Melanie Murcott 14 Apr 2025
