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Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: 'It is so easy to destroy. But heroes are those...'Nelson Mandela's call to heroism as building and peace echoes his life. Born Rolihlahla Mandela, his journey shaped by tradition and educat...- Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: 'It’s always impossible, until it’s done'Nelson Mandela's life exemplifies transforming a nation through unwavering resolve and moral courage, from fighting apartheid to becoming S...
- Scientists propel 'Star Trek' tech from fiction to reality with quantum 'teleportation' breakthroughScientists have reportedly achieved a major breakthrough in real-life teleportation, bringing the futuristic technology seen in Star Trek i...
- Climate change to impact mountains, human activity on a global scale: StudyThe study shows how complex mountain systems respond in very different and sometimes unexpected ways to climate change, and how these respo...
- Economists, health experts urge Modi to reject compromise solution on vaccine waiverLast month, a “compromise outcome” to contain and treat Covid-19 had proposed a waiver for developing countries that exported less than 10%...
- As Omicron variant circles the globe, African nations are blamed and bannedBearing a worrying number of mutations that researchers fear could make it spread easily, omicron was spotted Saturday in Britain, Germany ...
- South Africa puts on hold AstraZeneca vaccination rollout after concern over efficacyIn a nationwide broadcast on Sunday evening, Health Minister Mkhize said that the roll-out will be put on hold until a committee of scienti...
- AstraZeneca vaccine less effective against S.African strain: studyThe University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, which conducted the trial, said in a statement that the vaccine "provides minimal protection...
- World's oldest hashtag unearthed in South AfricaJohannesburg, Sep 13 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known abstract pencil drawing by human hand -- which looks like a pres...
- Traces found of 'lost continent' under MauritiusJohannesburg, Feb 1 (IANS) The presence of minerals that are as old as three billion years in Mauritius points to the existence of a "lost ...
- 'Madala boson' may help unlock dark matter mystery: ScientistsThe experiment was repeated last year and this year, after a two-and-a-half year shut-down of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, said...
- Not a modern lifestyle problem: World's oldest evidence of cancer discoveredThe oldest previously demonstrated possible hominin tumour was found in the rib of a Neanderthal and dated to around 120,000 years old.
- Diamonds used to "probe" how the Earth was shaped 3.5 billion years agoWhile the diamonds of this study were found in 3 billion-year-old sedimentary rocks, diamond formation occurred much deeper.
- Academic calls for Shakespeare's grave to be exhumedFrancis Thackeray, from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said that he was "very interested in the possibility" of exami...
- Zone Startups takes longer term view on startups: Ajay RamasubramaniamZone Startups works with entrepreneurs from around the world to drive the innovation economy through strategic partnerships.
- Scholars mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South AfricaAcademicians from around the world who converged here to mark the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa.
- $5 million to be raised next fiscal: BSE start-up incubatorZone Startups would also invest itself in close to a dozen companies that it incubates, the statement said, adding the ticket size would va...
- States should not unjustifiably prevent internet access:UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem "Navi" PillayDescribing the Internet as "perhaps the most powerful global trend", Pillay said that it presented a complex range of human rights challeng...
- Deepest-living land animal 'discovered in South Africa'Researchers have discovered a new worm in three South African gold mines, which they claim is the deepest-living land animal ever found on ...
- Tata Africa provide 40 scholarships to South African studentsTata Africa has provided 40 scholarships worth 50,000 rand each to post-graduate students of four South African universities.
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