# Marvel‘s latest comic book adaptation, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, topped the North American box office on its debut weekend. The film stars Pedro Pascal as scientific genius Reed Richards, who leads a space expedition with his wife, Sue Storm, played by Vanessa Kirby, and her brother, Johnny Storm, played by Joseph Quinn. Superman […]
# Grammy-winning South African star, Tyla, is set to perform at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival on Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York in September. The festival will be headlined by The Weeknd and Shakira. Nigeria’s Ayra Starr and Mariah the Scientist are also featured on the lineup. This year’s edition will spotlight African […]
# Johnny Mahlangu van Wits-universiteit is deel van ‘n wêreldwye span agter deurbraak-geen-terapie vir hemofilie A. Die ontwikkeling van hierdie behandeling is ‘n belangrike mylpaal in internasionale geen-terapie-navorsing. ‘n Fase 1-toets in Indië het getoon dat pasiënte vir meer as 27 maande bloedingvry bly nadat hulle met hierdie gemodifiseerde virus ingespuit is. Indien dit deur […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke het fase twee van hul Nuweland-woudrehabilitasieprojek in Kaapstad bekendgestel, met die plant van 100 Kaapse Beuke-saailinge om basafskilfering te bestry en die ekosisteem te herstel. Die Kaapse Navorsingsentrum en Biodiversiteitspan het die projek gelei, na ‘n vroeëre aanplanting van 50 saailinge in Junie, wat floreer. In ‘n verklaring sê SANParke dat […]
# University of Cape Town researchers are part of a groundbreaking global clinical trial using CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing technology to treat hereditary angio-edema. HAE is a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder that causes recurrent episodes of swelling in the limbs, face, intestinal tract, and airway. According to the Allergy Foundation of South Africa, early results […]
# The South African National Parks has launched phase two of its Newlands Forest rehabilitation project in Cape Town, planting 100 Cape Beech seedlings to combat bark stripping and restore the ecosystem. The Cape Research Centre and Biodiversity team led the effort, following an earlier planting of 50 seedlings in June, which are thriving. In […]
# Wits University’s Johnny Mahlangu is part of a global team behind a breakthrough gene therapy for haemophilia A. The development of this treatment marks a major milestone in international gene therapy research. A Phase 1 trial in India showed patients remained bleed-free for over 27 months after having been injected with this modified virus. […]
# Die gevierde Suid-Afrikaanse sjef, Siba Mtongana, is vereer as een van die Top 20 baanbrekers by die invloedryke Kanadese Wêreldtoekennings 2025. Die toekennings erken wêreldleiers wat verandering regoor nywerhede stimuleer. Mtongana, die aanbieder van Siba’s Table wat in meer as 150 lande uitgesaai word, het dankbaarheid vir die erkenning uitgespreek. Sy is bekend vir […]
# Die Vergelegen-wynlandgoed in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, wat bekend is vir sy uitsonderlike tuine, gaan iets besonders aan blomliefhebbers bied. ‘n Halwe hektaar oranje en geel Namakwa-madeliefies skep ‘n kleurryke blomtapyt naby die Stables-restaurant. Dié vrolike blommetjies sal na verwagting tot begin volgende maand blom. Vergelegen is een van slegs 39 Internasionale Kamelia-tuine en die enigste […]
