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Cape Town to host Earthshot Week as spotlight is shone on ‘inspiring’ environmental solutions

Some of the worldโ€™s most influential artists, athletes, musicians and advocates will join the Earthshot Prize in Cape Town next month to spotlight inspiring environmental solutions to repair and regenerate the planet.ย  From November 4 to 7, Earthshot Week will celebrate this yearโ€™s 15 Earthshot Prize finalists from across the globe and highlight the growth […]

Senior botanist and police officers in court for fraud related to poached plants

A Senior Botanical Horticulturist with the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI), Adam Harrower, appeared in the Springbok District Court where he is facing charges of fraud and corruption related to poached plants. On Friday, Harrower joined his two co-accused including a former police officer, Captain Karel Coetzee Du Toit, and Warrant Officer Leonard William […]

Hidden South African observatory quietly shapes our view of space – TechCentral

Nestled in a natural bowl surrounded by hills 50km north-west of Johannesburg, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO), with its collection of radio dishes, looks quite out of place. The road that snakes towards the observatoryโ€™s security entrance seems to conspire with the surrounding hillsides to hide the facility below, obscuring the site in an […]