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Continue reading →: Silent Killers: How Street Pesticides Are Claiming the Lives of South Africa’s Children
By Stephanie Petersen A child in a modest Cape Town neighbourhood reaches for what appears to be tiny granules of dark sand that are hidden in a kitchen corner. It is not food. It is poison. This is not fiction. Dangerous agricultural pesticides are being illegally repackaged and sold as…
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Continue reading →: It’s amazing how things turned out.
By Athianda Bukula I had made peace with the fact that I wouldn’t be accepted into Honours, yet God came through for me, and I got accepted. At the time, I didn’t have any funding. I had been rejected by every bursary I applied for. Still, I took a risk…
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Continue reading →: Harnessing Bacterial Toxins: Can MazF Fight Cancer?
By Athianda Bukula Who would have thought that the microscopic world of bacteria could offer new hope in the fight against cancer? As cancer research continues to explore many approaches, one unexpected candidate has emerged from bacterial systems: the MazF-MazE toxin -antitoxin system. At the heart of this mechanism is…
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Continue reading →: Reflective piece
By Boniwe Ncethelo I will always remember the 26-hour bus ride I took from Johannesburg to come to Cape Town for the first time, it has always been my dream. I was so nervous yet excited at the same time. The joy I had when I made my student card,…
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Continue reading →: Mind lost to parasites
By Boniwe Ncethelo Have you ever watched a heist movie and funny how most times we side with the criminals because we admire how smart they are, for instance in the series that was popular in 2017: Money heist. I was on the criminal side. I know it sounds bad,…
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Continue reading →: FIGHTING SICKLE CELL AT ITS ROOTS: VOXELOTOR SHOWS PROMISE IN THE HOPE TRIAL
By Lesego Mahlasi Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common hereditary blood disorders worldwide. It is marked by the presence of sickle haemoglobin, which disrupts red blood cell (RBC) activity. A point mutation in the B-globin gene on chromosome 11 causes sickle haemoglobin (HbS) to replace normal haemoglobin (HbA).…
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