Tshwane, 16 February 2021
According to Independent Education Today, mother tongue education improves learning
abilities in adolescents. On 21 February, we celebrate International Mother Language Day and
discover how learning in one’s mother tongue impacts the cognitive abilities of South Africa’s
youth.
A mother language is the first language a baby is taught, hears and speaks. Cognitive and
intellectual development is faster for children who learn in their mother language and higher
rate of educational success is linked to lea...
Tshwane, 18 March 2021
One out of three schools in South Africa doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and clean
sanitation. This World Water Day, commemorated on 22 March, two local innovators from The
Innovation Hubs’ Climate Innovation Centre SA do their part to improve the water and
sanitation standards of local schools.
Children aged six to 18 are most affected and most at risk of contracting waterborne diseases
and are in danger of unsafe sanitation. Polluted water leads to bacterial, viral and parasitic
diseases like...
Tshwane, 1 March 2021
Over five percent of the world has hearing loss. Four million South Africans suffer from this
affliction. In a vast continent such as Africa, 90% of affected persons do not have access to
hearing-related care.
Hearing loss is an invisible epidemic. For this reason, World Hearing Day is observed annually
on 03 March to raise awareness of the prevention of deafness and hearing loss, and the
promotion of ear and hearing care across the world. We live in a vibrant world full of visual
and auditory stimuli. The exper...
Tshwane, 4 February 2021
International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on 11 February, in
recognition of the vital role that women and girls play in the science, engineering and
medical spheres. Two such South African powerhouses, Sibongile Mongadi and Kathryn
Malherbe share how they have broken down barriers and added tremendous value to the
scientific community with innovations from their respective companies – Uku’hamba and
Invisio AI.
*At present, less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. And although ...
Tshwane, 28 January 2021
Although the rise of COVID-19 presented many challenges to our country in the year
2020, it stimulated the growth of technological innovations that we can build on to the
effects on how we do business, how we trade, how we work, how we produce goods,
how we learn, how we seek medical services and how we entertain ourselves in 2021.
With climate change being one of the biggest challenges facing humanity, and the use
of technology experiencing exponential growth, Dr Rethabile Melamu, General
Manager of Green Econ...
