India is an inherently high-risk country for an epidemic. The country holds 1.4 billion people, living in crowded areas.

So what carried the underdog to victory? And what does this mean for film-making in South Africa?

Faced with the pandemic and the key role of work in our lives it is important to consider the impact...

As if he was limbering up to play this role, at Freedom Day events this week Ramaphosa spoke bluntly about...

This was a tragic event that will affect many people for a long time.

A part of his enigma, though, also resides in his prodigious talent and remarkable work rate.

Fire hazard is influenced by three factors: the weather, an ignition source and fuel loads.

Why is the African Studies Book Collection so significant?

Some of the things you need to avoid are salt, caffeine, sugars and processed foods.

Ramaphosa’s rise to power, from when he became ANC president in December 2017, and head of state in February 2018,...

In 2019, South Africa had the largest share of mismatched workers, with skills mismatches of more than 50%.

African and Asian leopards have had a very different population history since their separation.

The main challenge we anticipated was what we called “the career and care crunch.”

Health experts had been lobbying for an increase to 20% – the levy recommended by the WHO.

A couple of years ago an octopus named Heidi was filmed changing colours as she slept. The footage shows her...

Humpback whales face new and emerging threats, including climate change.

The new and most useful content in his book provide the first insider account of the ousting of Maimane.

Here's what happens next, says the Australian doctor who went to China

They don’t seem to have any capacity for facial expression, or vocal communication – and we don’t even breathe the...

Dr James Wood explains what doctors know today about the risk children face of getting and spreading the coronavirus.

These rock surfaces provide evidence for where and how our ancestors walked, jogged, foraged, created images in sand, or used...

The decreasing performance of the existing Eskom plants is evident in the steady decline of the energy availability factor.

Increased research on forest elephants highlights the dramatic declines these secretive giants are undergoing.

Future studies at Driefontein will help to further acknowledge more recent complex histories.

There are some who might argue that chronic overuse of social media can be seen as an addiction.

Though leisure and sloth have variously been praised and scorned, a central tension runs through the history of idleness.

The process of identifying and characterising variants, then tweaking a vaccine to deal with them, can take time.

Enter seitan (pronounced say-tan), the latest food trend that’s going viral online.

Will the antibodies we make after being infected with or vaccinated against coronavirus, protect us against future viral variants?

Debates on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods have been raging forever.

The megalodon lived between 16 million and 2.6 million years ago, going extinct when the world’s oceans were much colder...