Renatha was the first deaf child in SA to receive a cochlear implant. Nearly four decades later, she’s just become the first deaf student at UFS to submit a thesis…
The new infrastructure will allow researchers to focus on large-scale studies on diseases affecting South Africans! Free State, South Africa (18 March 2026) – The University of the Free…
Birds are telling secrets that better help scientists understand and conserve one of the most threatened ecosystems in South Africa… Free State, South Africa (24 February 2026) – Toka…
Love Howick and its Green Learn to Earn participants hit the ground running last week, uplifting public spaces across town! KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (15 January 2026) – Last week, the…
SA’s highest weather station has been installed right on top of the Amphitheatre in the Maloti-Drakensberg, 3100 metres above sea level! Maloti-Drakensberg Park (18 November 2025) – Installed by…
Hope rises on very long legs as scientists open a world-first giraffe research facility in the Free State! Free State, South Africa (03 November 2025) – The University of…
Explain your life’s work in three minutes. That’s the challenge a group of South Africa’s brightest PhD minds were handed at the National Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition this year. …
Mthi Mthimkhulu, a blazing 400m athlete from the University of the Free State (UFS), just proved that dreams do come true on the world stage after sprinting with heart at…
Go to high school, matriculate, get into university, study medicine and become a doctor. While this may have been the dream Onazo Daniso had growing up in rural Lusikisiki, her…
Recognising the importance of inclusivity and support for children with cancer and people with hearing impairments, CHOC and the University of Free State collaborated to raise awareness and share their…
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