Homo Naledi goes virtual
Thanks to funding received from the Royal Society of South Africa, Scibraai will be publishing a few new science stories in the coming months by...
Tag : South African science
Prof Trefor Jenkins: a good man in Africa
by AdminBraai
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)...
Jonathan Jansen: the talented transformer
by AdminBraai
Professor Jonathan Jansen doesn’t enjoy being in the media limelight. “I used to, but now I think it’s a drag,” says the former Vice-Chancellor of...
Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr: a biochemist who believes perceptions can be shifted
by AdminBraai
In academia, change often happens slowly. Academics are born into a paradigm and, more often than not, they maintain that paradigm rather than interrogating and...
It’s about the people for climate change scientist Jessica Thorn
Dr Jessica Thorn was recently announced as part of the first three Women in Climate Change Science Fellows, an initiative of the African Institute...
[LISTEN] What do you know about the shot hole borer?
by AdminBraai
This week’s The Science Inside radio show tells the story of a tiny beetle that is threatening Johannesburg’s trees. Hear from the people working on this,...
Bone accountancy
As part of her PhD in Anatomy, Mandi Alblas regularly visits Stellenbosch University’s Kirsten Skeletal Collection. Like an accountant she packs out, photographs and tallies each...
Glenda Gray: guided by the needs
by AdminBraai
The road to Kliptown runs more-or-less directly south-west from the centre of Johannesburg, past the core of Soweto, and then takes a sharp turn to...
So, who is South Africa’s new Minister of Science and Technology?
South Africa’s new Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, likes things to be done on time. She’s solution-driven and prefers preparing properly for briefings and other...
David Glasser: working towards economic benefits
by AdminBraai
On 29 September 1936, David Glasser was born in Alexandria in the Eastern Cape. A strong scholar, he was placed in St Andrews School in...