# Tygerberg Hospital is marking its 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades of providing specialised healthcare in the Western Cape. Since opening in 1976, the hospital has treated patients with complex medical conditions and trained generations of healthcare professionals. It has also been involved in major medical breakthroughs, including South Africa’s first test-tube quadruplets in 1986 […]
# Byna alle katkos wat in ‘n nuwe ondersoek getoets is, het giftige stowwe bevat, insluitend chemikalieë wat in plastiek voorkom, die onkruiddoder glifosaat en swaarmetale soos lood, kwik en arseen. Die ondersoek, deur die Clean Label Project, het bevind katte kan deur hul leeftyd blootgestel word aan hiedie stowwe want hulle eet dikwels elke […]
# Nearly all cat foods tested in a new investigation contained toxic contaminants, including plastic chemicals, the weedkiller glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. The investigation by the Clean Label Project found cats could be exposed to these substances throughout their lives because they often eat the same food every day. […]
# A Gauteng grade eleven learner has taken top honours at the 2026 Eskom Expo International Science Fair. Rudra Patel, from UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation, won the Top Senior Scientist Award and a 75-thousand-rand prize for research into using plant extracts to improve wheat growth. Free State grade eight learner […]
# ‘n Graad 11-leerder van Gauteng het die toekenning as die Beste Senior Wetenskaplike by die 2026 Eskom Ekspo Internasionale Wetenskapuitstalling verower. Rudra Patel, van die UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation, het ‘n prys van 75-duisend-rand gewen vir navorsing oor die gebruik van plantekstrakte om die groei van koring te verbeter. […]
# South Africa is mourning legendary musician Babsy Mlangeni, who has died at the age of 83 years. Mlangeni, who was blind from childhood, built a career spanning more than five decades as a celebrated singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Lebogang Maile described Mlangeni’s death as […]
# Japan se eerste sittende burgemeester wat kraamverlof geneem het, is op TIME se TIME100 Next-lys van opkomende wêreldleiers aangewys. Die 36-jarige burgemeester van Yawata, Shoko Kawata, het in 2023 die jongste vroue-burgemeester in Japan geword. Sy het in Julie kraamverlof geneem en verlede maand geboorte geskenk aan haar eersteling-dogter. Kawata het haar pligte vir […]
# Die afgetrede Konstitusionele Hof-regter Mbuyiseli Madlanga het universiteite geprys vir hul rol in die vorming van toekomstige leiers en die bevordering van openbare diens. Hy het tydens die Universiteit van Fort Hare se lentegradeplegtigheid in Alice in die Oos-Kaap gepraat, waar ‘n eredoktorsgraad in die regte aan hom toegeken is. Madlanga het die erkenning […]
# Japan’s first sitting mayor to take maternity leave has been named on TIME magazine’s TIME100 Next list of rising global leaders. The 36-year-old mayor of Yawata, Shoko Kawata, became the country’s youngest female mayor when elected in 2023. She took maternity leave in July and gave birth to her first child, a girl, last […]
