US recession fears hit financial markets again, but sharp decreases in...
MARKETS ON MONDAY: Many investors are nervous that the decision by the US Federal Reserve on interest rates is too late and is behind...
Electric seaweed fuels pursuit of algae power in Chile
Slimy, green seaweed floats in water-filled beakers, buckets and bins in the University of Santiago’s labs, algae which scientists in the Chilean capital are...
SA scientists unveil fragment of motorcycle-sized meteorite
South African scientists this week unveiled a fragment of what they described as a motorcycle-sized meteorite that was discovered in a town in the...
Teach a man to fish, or build a megacity
GREY MUTTER: It is worrying that over the course of three decades South Africa has seemingly begun to unravel, while elsewhere, on the other...
SA economy to get R50 billion boost from Sanral
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited has announced that it is injecting at least R50 billion into the country’s economy.THE SOUTH African...
SA’s scarce water needs careful management – study finds smaller, local...
INSIGHT: Agricultural economist Saul Ngarava studied 1,184 homes in South Africa’s Northern Cape, North West and Eastern Cape provinces to see which types of...
Renewables rule: Keeping South Africa’s data centres lit and reliable
OPINION: South Africa’s power grid isn’t winning any awards for reliability and our data centres are feeling the heat - and not in a...
Financial markets await US jobs data, SA economic growth data
MARKETS ON MONDAY: South African financial markets took a breather last week after three consecutive weeks of robust growth, writes economist Chris Harmse.SOUTH African...
‘Was that a comet?’
PERSPECTIVE: As dinosaurs faced an impending cosmic catastrophe 66 million years ago, a T-Rex and a Triceratops debated whether a looming celestial object was...
Brazilian judge orders suspension of X in dispute with Elon Musk
Latin America’s largest country, X’s fourth-largest market, is a key arena in the global debate between free speech and disinformation.By Terrence McCoy, Trisha Thadani...
