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South Africa needs to bolster its biosecurity to control the spread of disease in livestock and poultry.

Biosecurity is vital for SA’s successful agricultural growth and export strategy

Frequent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and African swine fever suggest weakness in biosecurity controls and the effect of climate change

Flight searches for solo travel during Christmas and New Year saw a 172% jump compared to the 2019 festive period, with Asia being the top destination of choice for South Africans.
(Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tourism industry hopeful of UK red list review

Meeting between scientists of both countries may pave way for removal from red list

Lithium mines in Zimbabwe’s communal areas deprive people of their land rights, grazing land and water. Photo: Madelene Cronjé

The invention to detect foot-and-mouth disease in one hour

New technology helps manage the disease that spells gloom for economies and livestock

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…

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.”

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.

What started as a bizarre press release touting a “potential HIV cure” has gone viral leading media houses all over the world to lash out over firm Zion Medical’s latest claims.

Move over, Mr Einstein

One thing was clear at the Next Einstein Forum: Africa’s scientists are finding local solutions to the continent’s problems.

Betty Walakira was one of the scientists who pitched her innovation

From the judges’ seat: Three lessons for scientists

Here are three tips to help keep your scientific presentations interesting, full of life and not sleep inducing.

The high cost of drugs is putting them out of patients’ reach

Trial shows virus treatment effective against skin cancer

A genetically modified herpes virus succeeded in fighting skin cancer by infecting and destroying cancer cells and triggering an immune response.

‘There are vast quantities of conventional gas available from our neighbouring states of Namibia

Hidden levers of science are set to become more accessible to all

South Africa’s Academy of Science is helping to usher in the new by joining global open access.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

This is science at its best

Some interesting discoveries in the world of science.

Climate change pause exposes gaps in scientists’ theories

Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.

The Fermi Paradox holds that there is a high probability of extraterrestrial civilisations, yet there is no evidence of this.

Learning the truth about our place in the universe

Scientists reveal the goings-on at the galactic centre of space-time.

Scientific impacts felt on all levels

Not all scientific breakthroughs make it to the global news arena, yet they are happening all around us on a daily basis, mostly going unnoticed