Prof Trefor Jenkins: a good man in Africa
When the Ford Foundation and the Oppenheimer Family Trust agreed, in 2004, to make a joint Endowment Grant to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)...
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[LISTEN] The Science Inside – HIV
by AdminBraai
Over seven million South Africans live with HIV, and we’re looking at the virus following last week’s International AIDS conference. We visit the country’s first...
Money the big issue when it comes to surviving HIV/AIDS # Scibraai Monday Menu
There is a cold reality contained in South Africa’s HIV/AIDS statistics: if you are poor, your chances of dying from the disease are more than...
Researchers tackle the rugby tackle
In the spirit of the World Rugby Cup, here’s a repost of an article by Morgan Morris: investigating the reasons why some players survive crunching...
Deworming not as beneficial as previously thought
by AdminBraai
Deworming children has long been considered a key intervention in developing countries that improves school attendance and reduces malnutrition. But according to a recent Cochrane...
Researchers tackle the rugby tackle
To fans, the rugby tackle is the stuff of oohs and ahs. To a rugby player, it’s the on-field physical contest for posessesion and territory,...