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Tamara Hoveling and Ariadna Izcara Gual presenting their redesigned speculum. Image source: TU Delft.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Unchanged for 150 years, duck-bill speculum is reimagined

15 hours

Tapping into the lab economy: Africa’s big opportunities in medical research and diagnostics

Medical Research

Tapping into the lab economy: Africa’s big opportunities in medical research and diagnostics

Issued by ITP Communications 3 days

Medical Research

How SA discovered anti-cancer compounds in its deep ocean

3 days

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Financial Times names Omnisient one of Africa’s fastest growing companies

Markets & Investment

Financial Times names Omnisient one of Africa’s fastest growing companies

Issued by Omnisient 16 May 2025

Source: UCT. Simamkele Bongo

Medical Research

Meet the neuroscience star who’s using tech to decode the brain

Maya Skillen 21 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa

Susan Goldstein 4 Apr 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Climate Change

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

Wendell Roelf 1 Apr 2025

Source: Pexels.

Medical Research

#HumanRightsMonth: NIH's potential funding cut threatens South African medical research

19 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

Christina Naidoo, COO Huawei South Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Rewiring STEM to accelerate girls and women empowerment

Christina Naidoo 11 Feb 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

CPHI Middle East: Future of pharma takes centre stage

14 Nov 2024

How to eat right for a better life

Nutrition

How to eat right for a better life

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Oct 2024

Hospital Groups

CK Birla Healthcare's $150m funding bid to boost India's medical sector

9 Oct 2024

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

Palliative care

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

Issued by CANSA 3 Sep 2024

Partner with Enterprises UP for success in clinical trials

Specialties

Partner with Enterprises UP for success in clinical trials

Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 27 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

SA health startup makes the cut for Google training academy

SMEs

SA health startup makes the cut for Google training academy

4 Jun 2024

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

Higher Education

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

30 May 2024

Social Media

Science journalism in South Africa: social media is helping connect with new readers

Sisanda Nkoala 17 May 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Education & Training

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Healthcare

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

Research

20 key trends from VML's Tomorrow’s Commerce report

28 Mar 2024

HE Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC

Materials & Equipment

We face a transport and construction apocalypse if oil vanishes

Haitham Al Ghais 25 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Primary & Secondary Education

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Sonia A. Rao 16 Nov 2023

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

Higher Education

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

14 Nov 2023

Food Lover's Market, Cansa, Grid Worldwide partner for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Retail Marketing

Food Lover's Market, Cansa, Grid Worldwide partner for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

5 Oct 2023

Source: Professor Kogie Naidoo has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society in South Africa (RSSAf).

HIV/AIDS

Renowned TB scientist elected Fellow, Royal Society South Africa

18 Sep 2023

Public Health

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

Navigating commercial real estate trends in 2023 and beyond

Trends

Navigating commercial real estate trends in 2023 and beyond

Brent Townes 24 Jul 2023

Source: Sharon Teversham, founder of Azela Health.

Pharmaceuticals

#WomensMonth: Sharon Teversham, founder of Azela Health, brings hope to motor neuron disease patients with breakthrough treatment

Katja Hamilton 1 Aug 2023

The urgent need for responsible regulation of generative AI

Technology

The urgent need for responsible regulation of generative AI

De Wet Bisschoff, Issued by Stone 26 May 2023

Healthcare

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

Keymanthri Moodley and Stuart Rennie 9 May 2023

Can AI outperform human creativity? Tech magazine puts it to the test

Magazines

Can AI outperform human creativity? Tech magazine puts it to the test

Issued by Dentsu 9 May 2023

Public Health

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Covid-19

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Switch to reliable, productive and sustainable printing

Hardware

Switch to reliable, productive and sustainable printing

Issued by Epson South Africa 27 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation delivered her keynote address at the opening of the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics at the CTICC this week.

Medical Research

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Pivotal local research on antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals begins in earnest

22 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

Image source: angellodeco –

Medical Research

AstraZeneca announces R&D Postdoctoral Challenge winners

3 Nov 2022