Basic sciences for sustainable development Basic sciences are known ultimately to have contributed to improving the quality of life of human beings, through their contributions to medical sciences, agricultural sciences, space sciences, etc. These applied sciences, in turn, have generated…
Phila Mbuyisa is fascinated with the human body and hopes to one day come up with a useful medical invention or two to improve people’s lives. Phila Mbuyisa matriculated at Nsalamanga High School in KwaZulu-Natal. He is studying medicine at…
Prof Wellington Didibhuku Thwala Prof Wellington Didibhuku Thwala Transforming sustainability in construction management Professor Wellington Didibhuku Thwala received the Engineering Research Capacity Development Award. His research focuses on how design error containment and prevention through digitalisation in the built environment…
Prof Guy Midgley Prof Guy Midgley Changing the human relationship with the environment In the 1990s, professor Guy Midgley, then an assistant agricultural researcher with the Botanical Research Institute (BRI), began to study emerging work on how a secure human…
Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela Staring a pandemic down … and winning Imagine embarking on the role of CEO of a country’s health products regulatory authority, and taking office just a couple of months before a global pandemic struck?…
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