Education

Katherine Johnson, known for her pioneering work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) received an honorary degree from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Monday evening at the age of 100. 

Her work contributed to efforts to put the first men into space and eventually the moon.

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Four Rhodes University PhD Chemistry students have come out tops in the 2019 Hult Prize Challenge for their electronic and electrical waste management system, putting them in line to win a $1m (about R14.3m) startup injection for their business idea.

When it comes to autism, most interventions focus on children. But what happens when autistic children become adults and have to make their own way in the world?

Some children on the autism spectrum grow up to function independently as adults, with careers and families of their own. Others do not.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says a new model used to build better schools in the country will help in eradicating schools without water, sanitation and electricity.

Ramaphosa was speaking in Dannhauser in northern KwaZulu-Natal, at the official handing over ceremony of three new schools.

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