“Cure for death discovered” - Why media reports on science are often misleading
Stories about science in the media are often misleading and over-hyped. In today's science column, Kerry Gordon discusses why.
Kerry Gordon
News | 10 April 2013
HIV patients still waiting for easier-to-take drugs
Patients with HIV in South African public clinics have to take at least three separate pills once and maybe twice daily. But in the private sector, as well as in the United States and Europe patients have for years been able to take their HIV treatment as one pill once a day.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 10 April 2013
Ending the book famine for the blind
A treaty that has the potential to change the lives of millions of blind people is at risk of being hijacked by publishers who show no sympathy for the difficulties faced by blind people across the world
Marcus Low
Opinion | 10 April 2013
Outspoken activist for gay rights arrested in Zambia
Paul Kasonkomona, a Zambian human rights activist with many years’ experience, was arrested in Lusaka on Sunday for publically supporting the rights of Zambia’s sexual minorities. He was arrested shortly after appearing on an independent television channel, Muvi TV, where he spoke in favour of access to health care for sex workers, prisoners, and sexual minorities.
Jacques van Heerden
News | 10 April 2013
Telkom accused of dismissing interns without pay
Telkom is being accused of dismissing 23 learner interns without pay. The matter is going to the CCMA.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 3 April 2013
South Africa should learn from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia
BRICS has come and gone. It has been driven from the headlines by Jacob Zuma using the hopes and aspirations of the millions who vote for the ANC as a means to enrich his narrow circle of crony capitalists through misuse of the SANDF in the Central African Republic. But before the memory of BRICS fades, let's remember the B in BRICS is for Brazil, a country with which South Africa is often compared.
Jack Lewis
Opinion | 3 April 2013
The Real Threat to BC Today
On a cold afternoon in July 2010, a group of us met in Newtown to
distribute pamphlets around the Johannesburg CBD and hotspots of the
2008 "xenophobic" attacks, such as Diepsloot etc. We were only about
twelve, so we had to break into groups of four.
Malaika Mahlatsi
Opinion | 3 April 2013
How gamers solved a puzzle that eluded AIDS researchers
This is the first of an occasional new feature science column from GroundUp. We hope these short articles will make science more popular and encourage learners to study science. Today's article by Kerry Gordon describes how in 2011, game players solved a difficult science problem.
Kerry Gordon
News | 3 April 2013