Gas sensing machine a breath of fresh air for Unizulu physicists
PHYSICISTS at the University of Zululand are beside themselves with joy after obtaining an important gas sensing machine, one of only two in the country....
Tag : KwaZulu Natal
#ScibraaiSides: Herpes virus linked to why breastfeeding mothers on ARVs still sometimes transmit HIV to their babes
It’s a question that has baffled many an AIDS researcher: why do antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) not in all cases stop breastfeeding HIV positive mothers from...
Save indigenous Zulu sheep and you save rural farmers
by AdminBraai
Zulu sheep are valuable to farmers because of their ability to brace the harsh environment in the KwaZulu-Natal region, writes Thembinkosi “Mnqobi” Xulu, a MSc candidate...
#Scibraai Sides: Who dies of what in rural KwaZulu-Natal?
Women living in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal are more likely than men to pass away because of HIV/Aids, heart related reasons, strokes or diabetes. Male residents...
Geen kenners in SA om nuwe motspesies te beskryf
by Elsabé Brits
Suid-Afrika se eerste Wêrelderfenisgebied, die iSimangaliso-vleilandpark in KwaZulu-Natal, het twee nuwe motspesies opgelewer. Die twee motte, Stenoglene perissinottoi en Stenoglene clucki, behoort albei aan dieselfde...
Physics needn’t be Greek to isiZulu
by Sarah Wild
The University of KwaZulu-Natal wants to introduce undergraduate courses in isiZulu but students are concerned technical words don’t translate well. You are sitting in a...