Science and technology
SA's inflatable hovercraft
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- 26 January 2009
South African inventor Gary Gribben fell in love with hovercrafts on his honeymoon, and determined to make small inflatable craft for the recreational market – something the experts said couldn’t be done.
CSIR develops low-cost Aids drug
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- 15 January 2009
South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has developed a low-cost method of manufacturing the antiretrovirals used to treat HIV/Aids, paving the way for more extensive HIV treatment across Africa.
Unearthing our human ancestors
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- 06 January 2009
A team of researchers from South Africa, Israel and Canada, led by Canadian anthropologist Professor Michael Chazan, has found artefacts, thought to be at least 2-million years old, in a cave in the Northern Cape.
Barnard: surgeon with heart
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- 22 December 2008
December marks the anniversary of one of the most significant events of the 20th century – the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant, performed in 1967 by the late South African Dr Christiaan Barnard.
Healthy babies for HIV couples
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- 10 December 2008
A special kind of fertility clinic has opened it doors in Cape Town – one that gives HIV-positive couples the opportunity to conceive and give birth to HIV-negative babies.
Board games make learning fun
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- 03 December 2008
The educational power of the board game is being unleashed thanks to nifty creations by Afro Games – a one-man company that tackles pertinent social issues using customised games.
CTICC gets green makeover
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- 27 November 2008
Cape Town’s award-winning International Convention Centre, a building that has been honoured numerous times for its advanced facilities, is about to undergo a R1.4-billion expansion – one that will make it the greenest building in South Africa.
