SAJS in the News

August 2021

15 August 2021 - Klip River’s ‘holy water’ a danger, Mail & Guardian | SAJS article

08 August 2021 - Companies are grasping at straws, Mail & Guardian | SAJS article

June 2021

24 June 2021 - The greatest shoal on earth: It’s all eyes on the KZN coast for the anticipated arrival of the annual sardine run, Daily Maverick | SAJS article

20 June 2021 - Other’s eyes ‘see’ for blind student, Sunday Times | SAJS article

16 June 2021 - An odyssey in search of ochre, New Frame | SAJS article

10 June 2021 - Remembering Tania Douglas: a brilliant biomedical engineer, academic and friend, The Conversation Africa reposted on All Africa, MyZA, and Global Advisors | SAJS article

01 June 2021 - African men most at risk of fatal burns finds SA Journal of Science, Cape Times | SAJS Article

May 2021

28 May 2021 - Madagascar May Be Stronghold for Ancient Fish With 420-Million-Year History, Smithsonian Magazine | SAJS article

27 May 2021 - COVID-19 stories by children, Leadership reposted on The Cable All Africa and Daily Maverick | SAJS article

27 May 2021 - Lightning Detection System a Life-Saver for Rural Communities, Yiba | SAJS article

26 May 2021 - Madagascar may be a secret stronghold for 'living fossil' fish, Live Science | SAJS article

25 May 2021 - The risks of tree plantation in grassland and non-forest areas, Mongabay | SAJS article

25 May 2021 - LEADERSHIP, Venturion In Historic Collaboration With UNICEF To Produce Special Newspaper For Children’s Day, Leadership | SAJS article

24 May 2021 - Advent of gillnets has led to significant numbers of coelacanth captures, Phys.org | SAJS article

23 May 2021 - What Is The “Four-Legged Fossil Fish” Found In The Indian Ocean?, Hit News Industry | SAJS article

21 May 2021 - 'Fossil Fish' known as 'Old Fourlegs', once thought extinct, found alive, JOE | SAJS article

21 May 2021 - Fish Species Believed to Have Gone Extinct With the Dinosaurs Found Alive, Inside Edition | SAJS article

20 May 2021 - Rare Fish Species That Existed Over 420 Million Years Ago Discovered in Indian Ocean, Nature World News | SAJS article

19 May 2021 - Extinct Fish Species That Existed Over 420 Million Years Ago Found Alive in the Indian Ocean, People | SAJS article

18 May 2021 - Fish That Predates Dinosaurs, With History Dating Back To 420 Million Years, Caught Alive, Republic World | SAJS article

17 May 2021 - 'Four-legged fossil fish' predating dinosaurs found alive in Indian Ocean, TRT World | SAJS article

15 May 2021 - ‘Extinct’ Fossil Fish Thought To Have Lived 420 Million Year Ago Found Alive, Unilad | SAJS article

15 May 2021 - Coelacanths: Four-Legged "Living Fossil" Fish Found in Madagascar, Science Times | SAJS article

14 May 2021 - 'Extinct Fossil Fish' Dating Back 420 Million Years Found Alive in Madagascar, News Week | SAJS article

14 May 2021 - Wildlife farming vs Creecy’s panel, Mail & Guardian | SAJS article

12 May 2021 - Ghost fish: after 420 million years in the deeps, modern gillnets from shark fin trade drag coelacanths into the light, Mongabay | SAJS article

12 May 2021 - ‘Bad science’: Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees, Mongabay | SAJS article

06 May 2021 - Publishing should be for social and disciplinary impact, University World News | SAJS article

02 May 2021 - Viral load: Why e-devices are making our kids sick, Times LIVE South Africa | SAJS article

April 2021

04 April 2021 - 'We need all hands on deck for vaccinations' - experts, Times LIVE South Africa | SAJS article

March 2021

10 March 2021 - Two SAMRC scientists help highlight the urgency to solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity’s future, South African Medical Research Council | SAJS article

February 2021

23 February 2021 - A new twist to whodunnit in science's famous Piltdown Man hoax, Middle East North Africa Financial Network | SAJS article

22 February 2021 - Somers in SA raak langer, Netwerk24 - Landbou.com | SAJS article

18 February 2021 - Pandemic hits children hard, Stellenbosch University | SAJS article

15 February 2021 - Five principles that should guide future DNA ‘editing’ in South Africa, The Conversation Africa reposted on Global Advisors, All Africa, Biz Community | SAJS article

10 February 2021 - COVID-19 has made Prof Abdool Karim a media celebrity, Medical Brief | SAJS article 1, SAJS article 2

04 February 2021 - COVID-19: How some scientists became media stars, University World News | SAJS article 1, SAJS article 2

January 2021

29 January 2021 - What South African policymakers want, Research Professional News| SAJS article

29 January 2021 - Global south researchers ‘carry a hidden burden’, Research Professional News | SAJS article

25 January 2021 - 4 Desserts Made for Summer in South Africa, Roodepoort Record | SAJS article

20 January 2021 - SA should build 95 000 wooden houses a year – new study explains why, Building and Decor | SAJS article

December 2020

05 December 2020 - Three years on, the shot-hole borer continues to eat away at SA’s trees, DailyMaverick | SAJS article

01 December 2020 - The South African Journal of Science celebrates the International Year of Plant Health, International Society for Plant Pathology Newsletter (Dec 2020)| SAJS articles

01 December 2020 - Suggested Reading: November/December issue of the South African Journal of Science dedicated to the International Year of Plant Health , International Year of Plant Health Newsletter (Nov 2020)| SAJS articles

November 2020

27 November 2020 - National Science and Technology Forum, Mail&Guardian | SAJS partnership with NSTF award winners

26 Novemeber 2020 - Aardbewings: die aarde wat skud en rammel – wat van Suid-Afrika?, LitNet | SAJS article

23 November 2020 - South Africa is now having longer summers, Independent Online reposted on DFA | SAJS article

19 November 2020 - 'The Greatest Shoal on Earth': Protecting South Africa's sardine run, CNN reposted on Plus Financials | SAJS article

October 2020

30 October 2020 - Sosiale media en die Afrikaanse leefwêreld uit ’n navorsingsoogpunt, Litnet | SAJS article

25 October 2020 - Dirty air kills 476 000 newborns, Mail&Guardian | SAJS article

22 October 2020 - New fossil tracks belonging to human ancestors found in South Africa, The Conversation Africa reposted on SA People News, Go South and All Africa | SAJS article

18 October 2020 - Benefits of red meat ignored in shift towards plant-based diets, Mail&Guardian reposted on Technology Times Pakistan | SAJS article

13 October 2020 - Israel and UFS, Voices360 reposted on Independent Online | SAJS article

12 October 2020 - Integrity of science crucial in pandemic times, Stellenbosch University | SAJS article

10 October 2020 - OPINION | Covid-19 peer-review of research: Integrity of science crucial in pandemic times, News 24 | SAJS article

08 October 2020 - Publish, profit, predate, perish and peer review, University World News | SAJS articles

04 October 2020 - Why flushing scarce water into the sea, ‘the world’s biggest toilet bowl’, makes no sense, Daily Maverick | SAJS article

01 October 2020 - Online as the ‘new normative’ will damage public interests, University World News | SAJS article

September 2020

30 September 2020 - SA’s summer lasts for six months, say researchers – and starts earlier in Joburg than in Cape Town, Business Insider SA | SAJS article

29 September 2020 - Tracking Early Modern Humans in South Africa, Popular Archaeology | SAJS article

28 September 2020 - New study shows sustainable wood-based housing market possible in SA, Cape Business News | SAJS article

28 September 2020 - SA could build 95,000 wooden houses a year – here’s why it should, according to a new study, Business Insider SA| SAJS article

28 September 2020 - Sustainable wood-based housing market possible in SA, Stellenbosch University reposted on News 24, Eikestad Nuus,Transport and Construction, Leading Architecture & Desig, Table Talk and TimberIQ| SAJS article

23 September 2020 - Breaking the plastic wave - South Africa’s strategy to solving plastic pollution, Engineering News | SAJS articles

22 September 2020 - Insanitary tradition of fouling Cape Town’s seas, New Frame | SAJS article

22 September 2020 - Council for Geoscience starts deep drilling in Karoo basin, Mining Weekly | SAJS article

19 September 2020 - Night-time driver safety tips, Car Insurance - Arrive Alive | SAJS article

08 September 2020 - MAXIM® Quattro stel ’n nuwe standaard teen saailingsiektes, Landbouweekblad | SAJS article

August 2020

20 August 2020 - South Africa might be past its peak, but a world of uncertainty awaits, Dispatch Live | SAJS article

12 August 2020 - HE during Covid-19: Not business as usual, UNISA | SAJS article

9 August 2020 - Responses to COVID-19 require inputs from every angle of people’s lives, The Conversation Africa | SAJS articles

3 August 2020 - Neglecting HIV and other diseases during Covid-19 pandemic will have ‘devastating impact’, warn experts, Independent Online | SAJS article

July 2020

31 July 2020 - Poor living conditions leave Kliptown residents vulnerable to Covid-19, Independent Online | SAJS article

2 July 2020 - Mammal data unlocked for Karoo ‘shale gas’ region, SANBI | SAJS article

June 2020

28 June 2020 - Floating litter booms are now on Cape Town's rivers to help fight plastic waste, Business Insider | SAJS article

06 June 2020 - Renewed call to end plastic pollution, Independent Online | SAJS article

03 June 2020 - You are what you eat – including plastic, Newframe | SAJS articles

June 2020 - 'Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences?', Commentary by Nicoli Nattrass, view media mentions here | SAJS article

May 2020

26 May 2020 - Transparency on pay could close the gap for women, FAnews | Reposted on Limpopo Business Online, Skills Portal, After12 Magazine, Bedfordview and Edenvale News, GoodThingsGuy, IT-Online, BizCommunity and TALENT360 | SAJS article

March 2020

31 March 2020 - Fossil track sites tell the story of ancient crocodiles in southern Africa, The Conversation Africa | Reposted on AllAfrica , GoSouth and HeritageDaily | SAJS article

03 March 2020 - The human and environmental cost of discarded food, Daily Maverick | SAJS article

February 2020

11 February 2020 - OPINION: Mind the (gender) gap in STEM fields, News24 | SAJS article

11 February 2020 - Roars of outrage at move to allow wildlife genetic tweaks, Times Select | SAJS article

January 2020

31 January 2020 - Keeping Animals' Diversity, Genome Web, | SAJS article

29 January 2020 - South Africa: wild animals at risk of 'genetic pollution', The Guardian | SAJS article

29 January 2020 - South Africa’s move to allow farming of lions and other wildlife is a bad idea, scientists say, Science | SAJS article

December 2019

15 December 2019 - 'Forgiveness not good for all women', Sunday Times | SAJS article

15 December 2019 - Smartwatches help students beat the system, Sunday Times | SAJS article

15 December 2019 - South African students cheat with smartwatches and copy-paste skills, My Broadband | SAJS article

November 2019

28 November 2019 - Large classes and language barriers fuel SA plagiarism, trio claims, Research Professional News | SAJS article

5 November 2019 - Open windows cut risk of minibus TB, SciDevNet | SAJS article

October 2019

25 October 2019 - Team effort needed to conserve South Africa’s natural heritage, Green Times | SAJS article

24 October 2019 - Prioriteite vir die bewaring van plante en diere uitgestippel [Priorities for the conservation of plants and animals outlined], Netwerk24 - Eikestad Nuus | SAJS article

23 October 2019 - Can climate change have an impact on NHI?, South African Medical Research Council | SAJS article

23 October 2019 - South Africa needs team effort in conserving natural heritage, Bizcommunity | SAJS article

23 October 2019 - Environment: joint effort call, Cape Times| SAJS article

19 October 2019 - How climate change will hit healthcare sector, IOL, Saturday Star, MSN, HeadTopics, Safrica24| SAJS article

11 October 2019 - The grand scheme of things, The Sunday Times (first, second and final edition) - Port Elizabeth (first, second and final edition), KwaZulu-Natal (first, second and final edition), Cape Town (first, second and final edition) | SAJS article

8 October 2019 - Whole Foods and Exercise for better health, Western Cape Government | SAJS article

1 October 2019 - High levels of toxic waste in farm water, Daily Dispatch | SAJS article