Perspective
Do alternative vitamin and mineral supplements work? Or are you flushing your hard-earned cash down the toilet?
Complementary and alternative health and wellness supplements are used by millions worldwide. More than 10 million South Africans use vitamins...
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It’s time to change the way we see education
By Stefan Botha Youth Month is a time in South Africa when we typically commemorate how far we have come...
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Time to redraw R&D funding strategies
The time is ripe for South Africa (SA) to reconsider its strategies for advancing basic science. With global challenges and...
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ICT is the answer to South Africa’s youth unemployment
While South Africa’s youth unemployment rate rampantly soars, the country’s digital skills shortage is expanding at its seams. Information Communication...
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The need for authentic African science teaching
Alex Rose-Innes In a scientific report for UNESCO’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), three Malawian co-authors discuss...
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African female scientists wear various hats
Alex Rose-Innes Female scientists and health professionals in Ethiopia traded their lab coats for radio to promote childhood vaccination among...
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PMI acknowledges women’s role in corporate environ
The embracing of citizen developers by the IT industry could herald significant changes to the development of SA’s digital future....
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Artificial Intelligence: evolution or existential threat?
George Asamani While the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) was already underway, Covid-19 dramatically accelerated its use and adoption in...
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Top academic taps into social media to disseminate health information
Thabo Mohlala Professor Liezel Cilliers is certainly among the most decorated female academics in the country boasting not less than...
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Breaking the silence of abuse
Alex Rose-Innes For the past 43years, People Opposed to Women Abuse (POWA) had fought for abused women and this year,...
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