Tanya Farber is the senior science reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE.
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 ...
Growing South African measles outbreak sees cases climb to 297
The number of measles cases being detected across South Africa is rising daily.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...