Science
A deadly disease that demands huge investment
No doubt you’ve heard there’s a disease about that is infectious, difficult to treat and that has an extremely high death rate.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 15 October 2014
Tim Noakes and the responsibility of experts
One of the major medical advances of the last few decades has been the two-dose vaccine for children against measles. A responsible doctor or public health expert would not do anything to jeopardise public confidence in the vaccine. Yet this is exactly what UCT's Professor Tim Noakes did this past weekend, writes Nathan Geffen.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 27 August 2014
The week in political activism
This week we cover the availability of generic drug-resistant tuberculosis medication in Khayelitsha, a worldwide anti-corruption campaign taken up by Corruption Watch, a parents’ camp hosted by Equal Education, and an upcoming school infrastructure reform conference.
Michelle Korte
News | 3 July 2014
Renewable energy streetlights could change lives
Nikolas Jankovich is the entrepreneur behind a brand new off-the-grid streetlight developed at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). The Twerly, he says, will change people’s lives.
Paul Kennedy
News | 11 June 2014
Why is there such great demand for illegal abortions?
Why are illegal abortions so widely advertised and used in South Africa? Ruth Atkinson has been investigating. She shares some of her insights here.
Ruth Atkinson
Analysis | 10 June 2014
Can sport help reduce city’s violence?
Gang members and competitive sportsmen may share a “warrior gene”, according to Don Pinnock of the Usiko Trust.
Pharie Sefali
News | 23 May 2014
Behind the abortion adverts
We see them plastered over walls in town, on stop signs, outside schools and even advertised in local newspapers. But what is the real story behind the 1-hour abortion posters?
Ruth Atkinson
News | 21 May 2014
Govt develops new toilet technologies - but how much will they help?
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has launched an initiative to test new toilet technologies for South Africa’s rural areas.
Paul Kennedy
News | 21 May 2014
Inside the mind of a seasoned donkey smuggler: How an alternative medicine dealer plans to evade new regulations
Last year the health department gazetted changes to the Medicines Act which, over about five years, will require complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) to be registered with the Medicines Control Council (MCC).
Koot Kotze
News | 4 March 2014