A touch of madness… touched by modernity
This tiny little village, my home-town, now boasts more than ten buses plying through the only dusty main road. The…
South Africa’s wine industry: a horror story
Our wine industry is responsible not only for the dreadful consequences of the ‘dop system’ but also for the massacre…
Auroville: a Blueprint for Living
Is there really a place on earth where human beings from all nations and ways of life, have come together…
DME’s Energy Summit puts our heritage at risk
In 1994, South Africa held its first democratic elections. Part of that democratic heritage was that a new way of…
Cancer doubt remains over mobiles
The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded. A major six-year research programme…
Honda makes first hydrogen cars
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. The four-seater, called…
Engineered weathering process could mitigate global warming
Researchers at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University have invented a technology, inspired by nature, to reduce the accumulation of…
Coca-Cola: mood-altering, addictive, totally legal
Its logo is in every shop and street, it sponsors TV programs, appears almost everywhere, and is readily valued and…
Japan drops humpback whale hunt
A controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says.…
Dangerous Signs of New Era of Eugenics
The era of pre-birth genetic screening of babies has commenced. Doctors at University College in London have produced what they…