South Africa declares new national park in Eastern Cape grasslands
Grasslands National Park covers around 10,226 hectares and was created mainly through conservation agreements with landowners.
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Johannesburg scientists create a ‘light-powered brain’ that reads information hidden in beams
A system developed at the University of the Witwatersrand recognised 81 light patterns after being trained on just 15 examples.
South African students win hackathon with app to fix potholes and dumping in their neighbourhoods
The Blockfix app lets residents report problems, pool money and hire local workers to sort them out.
Smarter HIV drug resistance testing moves into routine care in South Africa
A strategy tested in Johannesburg identifies sooner who needs resistance testing and cut laboratory costs by 23%.
‘Little Foot’ skeleton helps show when human ancestors came down from the trees
A study of the limb bones of this South African fossil, around 3.67 million years old, points to a major shift in how our ancestors moved.
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