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Exhibition: The talent on display at SA Innovation Week 2026 is truly inspiring. Photo: Department of Science,Technology and Innovation SA

Why brilliant ideas aren’t enough

The country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that…

‘Toxic, hazardous’ dust harming preschool children in Kuils River

Residents say the findings proves their concerns about pollution ‘are real’

The new apartheid is decentralised, encrypted in algorithms, and cloaked in the language of economic rationality and legal formalism and it’s not only in South Africa. Photo: File

In an unequal world, mental health must be redefined

Reducing socioeconomic inequalities and improving mental health are twin goals that cannot be separated; we must demand better from government, while also taking collective…

Wastewater Based Epidemiology Surveillance programme surveillance and needs to be escalated in the fight against this pandemic

In the Covid storm our poop doesn’t tell lies

Wastewater Based Epidemiology Surveillance programme surveillance and needs to be escalated in the fight against this pandemic

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

How SA wants to sell the AstraZeneca vaccine for half the price and what the loss could be

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap

There is a sanitation crisis In numerous informal settlements around South Africa. Photo: Sewage waste. Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Testing sewage: The Covid canary in our wastewater

Local scientists are using wastewater-based epidemiology to trace the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa’s sewage system, which could act as an early warning system for outbreaks…

Generative AI, cybersecurity threats, new labour-market demands and accelerated technological change are now reshaping universities.  (John McCann/M&G)

Incentivise the adoption of 4IR technologies

With great rewards for bringing new technologies into different sectors will come great opportunities for South Africa’s economy

‘As feminists

For land reform to have a chance of success, women are key

There is a constitutional imperative to empower the majority gender

Get up, stand up, stand up for your cardiovascular might

Going to gym twice a week isn’t enough to counter the effect of sitting on your backside all week.

SA, UK form Newton Fund to boost science and technology projects

The landmark agreement will see both countries make investments to foster developments in key institutions.

[From our archives] Is SA ready to turn over a new leaf?

Cannabis may well have beneficial properties, but experts warn that smoking it is still bad for your health.

Distinguished women in the life sciences

Winner: Professor Soraya Seedat

Decrease in women abuse = decrease in HIV infections, say researchers

Women who experience gender-based violence have a higher risk of contracting HIV: this should be considered in South Africa’s prevention strategy.

Study shows war on women begins at home

Almost 80% of men in Gauteng admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women, a study revealed by the MRC and Gender Links revealed.

Brutal legacy of terrible twins

Around the world and across all cultures, drinking and interpersonal violence are inevitably linked.

DA: Lack of leadership has caused rape crisis

A lack of appropriate action by South Africa’s leaders has allowed the country to become the rape capital of the world, the DA said on Friday.

MRC: Quarter of men in South Africa admit rape

One in four men in SA have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim, according to a study by the Medical Research Council.

The health hangover

Most South Africans say they don’t drink — about half the men and almost 80% of women claim to be abstainers.

Report: Karoo plant hailed in fight against diabetes

A plant found only in the Eastern Cape has been hailed as a new miracle cure for diabetes, the Herald Online reported on Wednesday. Researchers said ”astounding results” had been…

HIV vaccine trials in SA put on hold

All HIV vaccine trials in South Africa have been put on hold following the failure of the Phambili trial. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang on Wednesday invited…