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South Africa Closed Some Racial Service Gaps. Others Remain Stubbornly Wide

More than seven million South African records show dramatic progress in electricity and basic education since 2001, but much smaller gains in sanitation, refuse collection and upper-secondary schooling, with poorer rural communities increasingly at risk of being left behind.

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July 26, 2026
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Science

South Africa’s MeerKAT Heard a Neutron Star Astronomers Thought Was Silent

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has detected radio pulses from a young neutron star belonging to a class long considered radio-silent, suggesting astronomers may be overlooking a hidden population of extremely faint young pulsars.

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July 26, 2026
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Philosophy

Someone Disagreeing With You May Be a Reason to Doubt Yourself

Should another person’s moral disagreement change what you believe? A new philosophical argument suggests that recognising others as moral equals may sometimes require us to become slightly less certain of ourselves.

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July 26, 2026
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People

Your Friends May Be More Cynical Than You Think

People tend to see their friends as less cynical than those friends see themselves. New research suggests friendship combines genuine insight with a surprisingly persistent tendency to give one another the benefit of the doubt.

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July 26, 2026
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Health

A WhatsApp Symptom Checker Changed When South African Mothers Sought Medical Care

A South African study of 968 pregnant women and mothers found that a symptom checker integrated into MomConnect was associated with safer care-seeking decisions, but financial barriers still prevented some women from acting on medical advice.

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July 26, 2026
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Governance

A Clean Audit Does Not Mean a Municipality Is Working

A South African governance study argues that clean municipal audits measure financial compliance, not necessarily whether residents receive reliable services, raising questions about how local-government performance should be assessed.

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July 26, 2026
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Environment

Plastic Is Not Just in South Africa’s Water. It Is Falling From the Air

South African researchers found microplastics falling from the atmosphere at sharply different rates across urban environments, revealing how air may be helping plastic pollution move between cities, soil and waterways.

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July 26, 2026
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Education

The Students Who Started Furthest Behind Made the Biggest Reading Gains

A first-year university student can read every word on a page and still miss what the author is really saying. The difficult part is often hidden between the sentences: recognising an implication, connecting ideas that were never stated directly, or working out what a writer expects the reader to understand without explaining it explicitly. These […]

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Education

Why SME Trausiness Knowledge

South African research suggests SME performance depends on more than business knowledge. A Johannesburg study links stronger returns to a broader combination of knowledge, skills, values, attitude and experience, with implications for how entrepreneurs are trained and supported.

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July 26, 2026
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Technology

Your next smartphone may know you’re getting sick before you do

Researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can analyse everyday smartphone interactions to identify subtle behavioural changes that may signal the early stages of illness, opening the door to a new generation of preventative digital healthcare.

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July 18, 2026
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