Back on the road A ZAR1.1 billion COVID-19 relief fund is being disbursed to minibus-taxi, cab and e-hailing drivers in South Africa, who were severely affected by lockdown restrictions in the country. Fikile Mbalula,… Read more
Jab on the go A mobile vaccination service is giving outlying communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, greater access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Vaxi Taxi aims to increase vaccination uptake in previously underserved… Read more
Greener living The largest 3D-printed affordable climate-smart housing project in Africa is to be built in Kenya. Swiss building-material manufacturer Holcim says the Mvule Gardens project will form part of the Green… Read more
Aiming high Postgraduate students of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa have successfully tested their own prototype rocket engine for launching satellites into orbit. Masters and doctoral mechanical engineering students… Read more
Deep analysis Two new research centres have been established at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Wits Mining Institute (WMI) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The facilities will focus on real-time information management systems… Read more
