# ‘n Pas gegradueerde PhD-student aan die Universiteit Pretoria se Fakulteit Geesteswetenskappe hoop haar navorsing sal help om groot getalle Suid-Afrikaners te help om oor-die-toonbank-gehoorapparate te kan kry wanneer hulle dit nodig het. Anders as in Amerika waar hierdie gehoorapparate deur die voedsel-en-medisyne-administrasie beheer word, geld dit nog nie in Suid-Afrika nie. Doktor Megan Knoetze […]
# Stellenbosch University researchers are playing a leading role in a global trial investigating the use of artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis diagnosis. The project, titled ‘Computer assisted diagnosis with lung ultrasound for community based pulmonary tuberculosis triage in Benin, Mali and South Africa’, involves a consortium of 10 health and research institutions across Africa […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says Africa must end its role as a mere supplier of raw materials. Speaking during the third G20 Sherpa Meeting, Lamola called for a critical minerals framework to drive beneficiation, industrial growth, and job creation. Lamola urged cooperation between the Global North and South for equitable development. […]
# Vier oudstudente van die Universiteit van Kaapstad het gereageer op die kommerwekkende ongeletterdheidsvlakke in die land deur ʼn bron met kinderboeke, getiteld TAQA, in videoboek-formaat te skep. Dit integreer die geskrewe, geïllustreerde en luister-dele van ʼn boek om interessante kinderstories te skep. Volgens die studie oor vordering in internasionale leesgeletterdheid kan meer as 80-persent […]
# The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition will launch two e-commerce platforms next Tuesday. The platforms will be hosted by ProudlySA and will offer locally made products to consumers. ProudlySA says this will support small, medium, and micro enterprises. One platform will help corporate buyers find local suppliers, while the other will help consumers […]
# Four University of Cape Town alumni have responded to the alarming literacy levels in the country by creating a repository of children’s books titled TAQA in video-book format. This integrates the written, illustrated, and audio components of a book to create engaging children’s stories. According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, more […]
# A recent PhD graduate from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities is hoping to use her research skills to help large numbers of South Africans gain access to over-the-counter hearing aids when they need them. Unlike in the US, where OTC hearing aids are approved and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, […]
# Die Departement van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake is onder skoot nadat hy ʼn hofbevel veronagsaam het om meer as nege-miljoen-rand aan die Insika-stigting te betaal. Die stigting het die hof genader om die departement te dwing om te betaal vir dienste wat gelewer is, en dis toegestaan. Die departement het geappelleer, maar die […]
# Die veelbekroonde sangeres, liedskrywer en maatskaplike aktivis, Simphiwe Dana, vier vandag en môre 20 jaar in die musiekbedryf met konserte in die Baxter-teater in Kaapstad. Sy sal verskeie besonderse liedjies in haar repertorium sing, insluitend dié op haar debuutalbum, Zandisile. Dana beklemtoon haar stemontwikkeling oor die afgelope 20 jaar is die bewys van haar […]
