Tanya Farber Senior science reporter

Tanya Farber is the senior science reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE.

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SAHRC finds against Stellenbosch University regarding only-English policy

Stellenbosch University violated the rights of Afrikaans-speaking students when it said they could only speak English ...

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Dutch kitesurfer dies in horrific accident in Muizenberg, Cape Town

The year has ended tragically for a Dutch kite surfer who got swept up in heavy winds pelting Cape Town on the last day ...

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Growing South African measles outbreak sees cases climb to 297

The number of measles cases being detected across South Africa is rising daily.

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Collective action or collective suicide: Lancet report warns of climate deaths

As delegates head off to COP27, kicking off in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, the health community has thrown down the ...

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WOMEN'S DAY | Why should a woman risk her life because she needs to use the bathroom?

This Women's Day, thousands of families across the country are still caught in a web of grief at the loss of loved ones ...

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Earliest known cases of Covid-19 originated in a wet market in Wuhan

An international team of 18 researchers has confirmed that the first cases of Covid-19 originated in a wet market in ...

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Children in SA face among the worst bullying across the globe — report

Levels of bullying, victimisation and school violence in SA are among the highest in the world, placing a heavy burden ...

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Silence and pitfalls in services: Child victims of crime left out in the cold

The recent harrowing crime stats showed an increase in the first three months of this year of more than 37% when it ...

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Chances of finding 60 missing KZN flood victims virtually nil

While KwaZulu-Natal has been thrown into turmoil by a fresh bout of flooding that has already claimed one life, ...

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Quick uptick in Covid-19 cases not yet cause for concern, says NICD

The increase in positive Covid-19 tests is not yet cause for alarm, says the National Institute for Communicable ...