Sometimes a question can determine the course of a life. Kaylan Reddy is a Stellenbosch University PhD student who has already garnered five awards for his work in academia and is respected among his peers. However, he recounts a long journey that seemingly started...
Hendré van Rensburg, like most people, did not grow up telling people that he wanted to study worms. Quite the contrary. His younger self was convinced that he was cut out for engineering; he would use science to create. Consequently, his school years were focused on...
If biodiversity is one of the pillars of the sustainability of the African continent and the survival of its human inhabitants, then “Majeje” is a crucial brick without which the design would be very unstable. Majeje or Makeke are the indigenous names for a group of...
Zwannda considers herself as a goal-orientated person, originally from Venda (Thohoyandou) in Limpopo Province. She was awarded BSc in Botany & Zoology and Honours in Zoology at the University of Venda, and pursued a Master’s degree in Zoology at the same...
Lucan has lived and grown up in a little beach town called Gordon’s Bay, Cape Town, his entire life. Getting to his current field of study has been a process. He started his studies in human biology where he majored in Genetics and Human Physiology, he then did...
