by rendani | Mar 29, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
We’ve featured some of South Africa’s amazing science on this week’s show. Indigenous knowledge should be incorporated into science teaching says Maren Seehawer, a doctoral student at the Oslo & Akershus University College, in Oslo Norway. Our...
by rendani | Mar 24, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
An army worms infestation is affecting South Africa’s crops. We find out more with Dr Marinda Visser of Grain SA and look at some lessons from Japanese agriculture with Professor Idowu Oladele from North West University in South Africa and Professor Koichi...
by rendani | Mar 22, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
This year’s National Science Festival’s theme is “Tour de Science” with reference to the UN declared International Year for Sustainable Tourism for Development. So, we bring you travel science stories from an interactive workshop we did at...
by rendani | Mar 8, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
Two pieces of legislation are in the pipeline to regulate communities in rural areas. On the one hand, the Traditional Courts Bill, which regulates the administration of justice in traditional courts. On the other hand, we have the Traditional Khoi-San and Leadership...
by rendani | Mar 8, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
There is finally some good news after a long drought, since South Africa’s dam levels are now higher. This week in our science news we find out why you shouldn’t pee in the pool and how a rose by this name might generate electricity. We discover the...
by rendani | Feb 21, 2017 | News, The Science Inside
President Zuma’s State of the Nation Address tends to come with a lot more drama than the latest figures on unemployment. We get into the hype by looking at what may be in the mysterious syringes the EFF alleged were being used on MPs. In our UnScience feature...