Some of the world’s largest telescopes can be found here, allowing international and local astronomers to look deeper into the universe than ever before.
Three of the Covid variants of concern were first discovered by a team of sequencers from Stellenbosch. The continent is also the home of the earliest scientific endeavours undertaken by mankind.
Thousands of undocumented migrants live and work in South Africa. Their precarious status makes it hard for them to get vaccinated. An University of Pretoria initiative is helping them.
In November 2021, a team of researchers headed by Professor Tulio de Oliveira discovered the Omicron variant. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists in South Africa were doing research on epidemics. Yet not everyone approves of their work.
The largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere was put into operation at the National Centre for Astronomy in South Africa. The South African Large Telescope, so called SALT, is used by the scientists to find out how galaxies and gas clouds are distributed in the universe.
Thousands of undocumented migrants live and work in South Africa. Their precarious status makes it hard for them to get vaccinated. An University of Pretoria initiative is helping them.
In November 2021, a team of researchers headed by Professor Tulio de Oliveira discovered the Omicron variant. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists in South Africa were doing research on epidemics. Yet not everyone approves of their work.
The largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere was put into operation at the National Centre for Astronomy in South Africa. The South African Large Telescope, so called SALT, is used by the scientists to find out how galaxies and gas clouds are distributed in the universe.
