Science and technology
New fox species found at Malapa
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- 25 January 2013
South Africa’s renowned Malapa cave at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site in Gauteng has yielded yet another discovery – a two-million-year old previously unknown fossil fox.
• Fossils tell the mammal story
Ubuntu coming to phones
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- 14 January 2013
South Africa’s super-entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth is planning to bring his Ubuntu operating system to smartphones, allowing the little devices to work as fully functional desktops when docked and connected to a monitor and keyboard.
• Visa buys SA’s Fundamo for $110m
SA Agulhas in historic polar trip
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- 10 January 2013
The South African polar ship SA Agulhas is en route to the Antarctic with a team of adventurers on board. They will attempt to cross the frozen continent in the dead of winter, a feat never attempted before.
• SA Agulhas II arrives
South African scientist hailed as power woman
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- 10 January 2013
A South African scientist has been named one of 20 ‘Youngest Power Women in Africa 2012’ by Forbes Magazine. These are women who are bringing about positive change on the continent.
• Engineering improves healthcare
Recyclable living for all by 2016
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- 07 January 2013
South Africa aims to have all households in the country's large centres separating their own waste into recyclable and non-recyclable material by 2016.
• Recycled corks, safer communities
Single dose ARVs on the way
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- 12 December 2012
Adherence is expected to increase and costs decrease with the introduction of fixed-dose combination antiretroviral drugs to South Africa’s huge treatment programme. The one tablet a day regime will be instituted in April 2013.
• Rooibos takes the fight to diabetes
Telecoms boom for South Africa
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- 04 December 2012
South Africa is getting ready for a telecoms boom, with the rollout of LTE mobile technology from all major providers in the industry set to make browsing and voice calls a whole lot faster.
• More broadband for SA
