# Two South African innovators have been shortlisted for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Chemical engineer professor Dyllon Randall was recognised for developing a urine-to-fertiliser recovery system, while biomedical researcher Sincengile Ntshingila was shortlisted for creating a virtual tissue culture training platform. The finalists will compete in Johannesburg in October for the top […]
# Twee Suid-Afrikaanse innoveerders is op die kortlys vir die 2026 Afrika-prys vir Ingenieursinnovering. Die chemiese ingenieur, professor Dyllon Randall, is erken vir die ontwikkeling van ‘n urien-tot-kunsmis-herwinningstelsel, terwyl biomediese navorser, Sincengile Ntshingila op die kortlys is vir die skep van ‘n virtuele weefselkultuuropleidingsplatform. Die finaliste sal in Oktober in Johannesburg meeding vir die eerste […]
# SANParke vier die 60ste bestaansjaar van die Augrabies Nasionale Park in die Noord-Kaap, wat een van Suid-Afrika se mees ikoniese natuur-trekpleisters is. Die park is op 5 Augustus 1966 geproklameer en beskerm ‘n unieke dorre ekostelsel, die waterval van 56 meter en die graniet-skeur van 18 kilometer. JP Louw van SANParke het werknemers, omliggende […]
# Die watervlak van Europa se tweede langste rivier, die Donau, het so gedaal dat tientalle Nazi-skepe uit die Tweede Wêreldoorlog nou sigbaar is op die rivierbedding. Die rivier vloei van wes na oos deur verskillende lande, insluitend Duitsland, Slowakye, Serwië, Roemenië, Bulgarye, Moldowië en Oekraïne. Verroeste skeepsrompe word nou gesien in die middel van […]
# SANParks is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Augrabies Falls National Park in the Northern Cape, marking six decades of conserving one of South Africa’s most iconic natural landmarks. Proclaimed on 5 August 1966, the park protects a unique arid ecosystem, the 56-metre Augrabies Falls and an 18-kilometre granite gorge. SANParks’s JP Louw thanked employees, […]
# The second longest river in Europe, the Danube, is running so low that dozens of Nazi battleships from World War Two are emerging from the riverbed. The river runs through several countries from West to East, including Germany, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Rusty hulls are now visible in the middle of […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie vra Suid-Afrikaners om die 17-jarige Sikhulile Nkosi te ondersteun terwyl hy voorberei om die land later die maand in Stockholm, Swede, te verteenwoordig op die Junior Waterprys-geleentheid. Die graad 11-leerder van die Sekondêre Skool Sitintile in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, het die Suid-Afrikaanse Jeugwaterprys gewen vir die ontwikkeling van ‘n […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation is calling on South-Africans to support 17-year-old Sikhulile Nkosi as he prepares to represent the country at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden later this month. The Grade 11 learner from Sitintile Secondary School in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, won the South-African Youth Water Prize for developing an innovative […]
# Three lions have died from suspected heatstroke at Tokyo’s Tama Zoological Park as Japan endures an intense heatwave. The three lionesses, aged three, 11 and 15, showed signs of severe dehydration and multiple organ failure. Zoo officials say it’s the first heat-related lion deaths in the facility’s 62-year history. Several other lions are receiving […]
