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Digital storytelling can be a powerful tool for water researchers |
Storytelling and science may, at first glance, seem like strange bedfellows. Scientists usually share their research through academic journals and…

White butterflies are filling Johannesburg’s skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame |
Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa’s Gauteng province, including the city of…

Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago |
South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion…

Simon Nkoli’s fight for queer rights in South Africa is finally being celebrated – 24 years after he died |
Born in 1957, Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died, in 1998, of an AIDS-related illness. In…

how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong
South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN’s annual international 16…

Can an African team win the World Cup? New football study crunches the numbers
Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been…