# SANParke het ʼn duisend duine-spinasie-struike by die Boulders-pikkewynkolonie in Kaapstad aangeplant as deel van ʼn voortgesette veldtog om hulle habitat te herstel. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê die saad is by Boulders geoes en by die Kaap die Goeie Hoop-kwekery ontkiem voor dit weer in die kolonie geplant is. Hy sê die struik […]
# SANParks has planted one-thousand dune spinach shrubs at the Boulders penguin colony in Cape Town as part of an ongoing habitat rehabilitation initiative. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says the seeds were collected from Boulders and germinated at the Cape of Good Hope nursery before being replanted at the colony. He says the shrub is […]
# ‘n Airbus A350 het presies 24-uur en 24-minute geneem om ‘n toetsvlug vanaf Melbourne in Australië na Toulouse in Frankryk te voltooi as deel van Quantas se Project Sunrise. Dis ‘n nuwe rekord vir ‘n regstreekse vlug. Die redery het voorheen aangedui vlugte oor die Stille Oseaan is ‘n moontlikheid vir ‘n regstreekse roete […]
# It took an Airbus A350 exactly 24 hours and 24 minutes to complete a test flight as part of Quantas Airline’s Project Sunrise from Melbourne in Australia to Toulouse in France, setting a new record for a non-stop flight. Qantas has previously indicated that trans-pacific crossings – taking advantage of wind conditions – are […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse chirurg Kirthi Ramdhani het die eerste dokter in Afrika geword om in beide pediatriese chirurgie en plastiese- en rekonstruktiewe chirurgie te kwalifiseer. Die 38-jarige van Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal het hierdie mylpaal bereik nadat sy haar tweede spesialiskwalifikasie voltooi het. Haar prestasie word beskou as ‘n belangrike mylpaal vir gespesialiseerde gesondheidsorg in Afrika. […]
# South African surgeon Kirthi Ramdhani has become the first doctor in Africa to qualify in both paediatric surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. The 38-year-old from Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, reached the milestone after completing her second specialist qualification. Her achievement marks a significant milestone for specialised healthcare on the continent. Based at Tygerberg Hospital and […]
# Wetenskaplikes in Frankryk het die boustene van die merkwaardige verskeidenheid voëlsang ontdek, wat een van die mees verfynde vorms van klank-kommunikasie in die natuur is. ‘n Navorsingspan het meer as 100-duisend klanke van drie-duisend voëlspesies ontleed en bevind almal bestaan uit agt basiese klankpatrone. ‘n Belangrike bevinding is die omgewing waarin voëls ontwikkel, vanaf […]
# Kaapstad is aangewys as een van die wêreld se mooiste plekke om in te woon. ‘n Wêreldwye studie plaas die Moederstad agtste op ‘n lys van bestemmings met unieke en ontwerpgerigte verblyf. Dis die hoogste posisie in Afrika en plaas die stad onder die wêreld se mees gesogte reiservarings. Die navorsing het luukse verblyfkeuses […]
# Scientists in France have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong, regarded as one of the natural world’s most sophisticated forms of sound-based communication. A team analysed over 100-thousand songs from three-thousand bird species and revealed they are all composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call motifs. […]
