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Haleon partners with UWC to improve oral health to Western Cape communities

The significance of a healthy smile goes far beyond what meets the eye. We do more than smile with our mouths and teeth – we talk, we chew, and we bite. When our oral health is compromised, beyond the embarrassment of issues such as halitosis, it can also be painful, uncomfortable, and unpleasant, affecting both […]

  • Shaun Goosen
4 min read
South African higher academic institutions have called for a ceasefire and the promotion of education in Palestine-Israel

University of Pretoria still reviewing resolution on Palestine

Students and staff at the university who are sympathetic to Palestine have asked that it boycott all Israeli academic institutions

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) team.

The cosmos decoders

IDIA team pioneers data-intensive astronomy in South Africa

  • Derek Davey
2 min read
Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha, Chair of the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) for NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology.

The biosensor sage

Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha’s legacy transforms lives through nanoscience

  • Derek Davey
2 min read
Prof Timothy Dube, Director of the Institute for Water Studies at UWC.

The aqua innovator

Prof Timothy Dube harnesses AI to revolutionise water management

  • Derek Davey
2 min read
File photo: The pilot project involves 39 public higher education institutions, including the University of Johannesburg and the University of the Western Cape. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

NSFAS accommodation project is a ‘time bomb’ says Outa

The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read