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Calvin Pokgwadi: “This is what we are trying to address – what happens to people who are not admitted to hospital but whose illnesses could be prevented and managed if only they had been tested.”
PATHOLOGY

Boy genius puts his skills to work at rolling out pathology services to the people

A science graduate believes his company can play a key role in preventative healthcare.

  • Mosibudi Ratlebjane
4 min read
A pig’s carcass lies in a cage at a secret ­location on the Cape Flats. Weather-monitoring equipment is attached to the cage.
FORENSICS

How dead pigs can help nail killers

Because pig flesh is similar to that of humans, how their corpses decay on land and in the sea can help forensic pathologists.

  • Sarah Wild
6 min read