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Heather Dugmore

Heather Dugmore is a journalist and specialist writer for higher education

Ground Station For The Research On Top Of The Engineering Building At Stellenbosch University. (Ignus Dreyers)

South Africa and China set new quantum communication world record

Fast and extremely secure satellite link paves the way for next-generation quantum internet

OPINION | The impact of the NITheCS Internship on South African science

The annual National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences internship is being expanded to include 25 universities, led by Stellenbosch

The challenges faced by English FAL learners at university have their roots in the structure and implementation of the basic education system. (File photo)
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Free maths and science tutoring for all grade 11 and 12 learners – join the YouTube channel now!

Accessible anywhere on any device, Nelson Mandela University’s Yebo Tutor aims to raise maths and science education levels

Magnificent: A humpback whale breaches near a research vessel off the coast of South Africa. Photo: Stephanie Plon

Conference tackles ocean law, environmental justice and human rights

There cannot be talk about ocean justice and human rights without actively involving those whose lives are entwined with the ocean

Power of collaboration: Professor Peter Jenni, an experimental physicist at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, was a participant in the 2022 edition of the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications at Nelson Mandela University. Photo: CERN

The long journey to the Higgs boson and beyond: the power of collaboration

‘It is imperative that young people in Africa are motivated to learn physics and be part of big science projects’

DRC physics and maths educator Dr Raïssa Malu (centre) with students from the University of Lesotho, Mathai Ramahlele (left) and Mosa Masupha (right). Photo: Heather Dugmore

Pioneer is bringing science education alive on the continent

Dr Raïssa Malu inspired students at the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications, held in Eastern Cape this year

Beneficiary organisations collect a monthly supply of fresh produce and non-perishable food from a FoodForward SA Northern Cape warehouse. Photo: FFSA

Ten million tonnes of food wasted a year, but millions in SA go hungry

The country needs a food donation policy so that more people can be fed, says redistribution nonprofit FoodForward SA

The government has rolled out a five-year roadmap to safeguard South Africa’s 3 592km coastline while unlocking its potential for equitable prosperity, climate resilience and ecological health.

Shell v Wild Coast: Science, research and erring on the side of caution

Court applicants have argued that the company should be required to conduct an environmental impact assessment, based on the best available science, which has advanced…

Sea changes: A woman collects food from the sea, an important activity for people living along the coast from South Africa
to Somalia. (Garth Cripps)

Widespread starvation in Western Indian Ocean areas by 2035

Sixty million people in this region directly depend on the sea for food and livelihoods

Photographer Pierre Pistorius holds a sooty albatross for deployment of a tracking device on Marion Island.
(Ross Wanless)

Study highlights need for Southern Ocean marine conservation areas

The largest ever seabird and marine mammal tracking project says the world urgently needs to declare marine conservation areas

Healthy outlook: The grasslands, soils and wetlands in the Matatiele area are being restored, helping to protect the Maloti-Drakensberg watershed, essential to South Africa’s water supply and with profitable spinoffs for communal livestock farmers. (Willeen Olivier)

Project to heal the land a success

A partnership with chiefs, NGOs and businesses is helping Matatiele’s small-scale farmers adopt conservation practices and so turn a profit

Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Mike Roberts and ecoSUB — a new generation marine research robot. (Supplied)

South Africa wins Newton prize for ocean science and food security

The award recognises the essential contribution to research made by a team studying the Western Indian Ocean which faces an ecosystems and livelihoods disaster

Van Graan has always shown extraordinary commitment to having the arts officially recognised and supported through national policy. (Jorge de Araujo)

‘Elusive Spring’ reveals South Africa today

Mike van Graan’s 2012 political thriller comes to life again ― and its themes are more relevant than ever

(John McCann)

How to assess our schools’ eReadiness

An easy-to-download app has been developed to assess and evaluate the information and communications technology (ICT) or e-readiness of all government schools in South Africa.

Many drug ingredient makers in China remain shut or have cut their output. This is a huge problem, not only for us, but for all countries worldwide.

Covid-19 leaves SA at the mercy of overseas drug exporters

Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies

Breaking barriers: Children will bring to life the cosmic characters as they colour them in.

Discover the cosmic people in a colouring-in book

This multi-meaning colouring-in book that will be launched on February 29 at The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town

‘The soul of the nation’: Arts education needs to be significantly supported and developed, especially since besides its emotional value, the sector is growing faster than the SA economy. (Madelene Cronjé)

The arts sector is economic gold

Artists everywhere are self-publishing and performing through social media to get their voices heard.

A complex affair

Love affairs. We’d like them to be bright and breezy, like pompoms and smiles. But they are not. For love affairs, while they have their breezy side, are complex and dark. Well,…