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February 10, 2021

Addressing traffic congestion through ‘pedal power’

Thabo Mohlala Late last year the City of Tshwane invited students to submit ideas as part of its ‘Tshwane Inter-University Innovation Challenge’ to solicit...

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Horizontal shot of heavy traffic on the interstate highway.

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Data scientists created an AI tool to help government locate informal settlements across the country

Thabo Mohlala Collaboration between the South African National Science Agency (SANSA) and Amazon Web Services and African Data Science has yielded a scientific tool...

by greena December 29, 2020

Data scientists created an AI tool to help government locate informal settlements across the country

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Crucial Milestone for Ecosystems Research in South Africa

By: National Research Foundation (NRF) Extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders has led to the selection of six ecosystem research sites located...

by greena December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

Crucial Milestone for Ecosystems Research in South Africa

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A South African agricultural entrepreneur is driving positive change in Africa

Alex Rose-Innes WOMEN across Africa are changing the way the planet is run and Metsana Kojane is another trailblazing agri-entrepreneur from the soil of...

by greena December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

A South African agricultural entrepreneur is driving positive change in Africa

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SA’s wildlife cryptotrade

The South African-based marketplace for online wildlife trade is Africa’s largest. Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism found out where this cryptotrade is taking place A...

by greena December 1, 2020

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Namibia’s controversial hyena cull to save its wild horses

Shooting hyenas to save wild horses raises heated debate about whether conservation authorities should intervene between endemic wildlife and ‘feral’ animals. Linda Baker investigates...

by greena November 26, 2020

Sole survivor: Apart from the foal injured in 2019, no other foals have survived over the past five years and the youngest animal in the herd is now seven years old.

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Why rhinos shiver and shake

Understanding and dealing with tremors during veterinary treatment is essential to securing the species, reports Louise de Bruin The reality of rhino poaching has...

by greena November 20, 2020

Professor Leith Meyer: ‘We have to do these tests now while we still have many rhinos because if they do get to the stage where they become critically endangered, we may have a very serious problem.’ Photo © workingwithrhinos.org

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Wildlife has no part in TCM, say Chinese doctors

Yuexuan Chen talks to qualified practitioners about wildlife treatments in traditional Chinese medicine, and the perceptions of Western media Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Traditional...

by greena November 12, 2020

A three-month-old baby receives a paediatric massage as TCM treatment to regulate the spleen and stomach for lactose intolerance

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Ugandan activist is putting African climate change on the global map

Alex Rose-Innes Hilda Nakabuye may not be an entrepreneur or innovator, but in mobilising her peers to protest against climate change, she is doing...

by greena November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

Ugandan activist is putting African climate change on the global map

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Africa’s pangolins caught in ‘the perfect storm’

Recent seizures of huge hauls of scales have turned Nigeria into Africa’s key illegal pangolin exporting country. Alexis Kriel investigates what is driving the...

by greena November 6, 2020