Kenyan schoolgirls create female health app for Google
Five Kenyan teenagers, aged 15 to 17, have been selected to take part in the Google Technovation software development competition. Their innovative app design...
UWC takes the lead in physics research
A team of students from the University of Western Cape (UWC), led by Professor Nico Orce, is the first African research team to lead...
South African school wins top prize at world book quiz
Four students from St John's Preparatory School in Johannesburg have won first place at the World Literary Competition, an international youth event that promotes...
Young South African leaders honoured by the queen
Set up in 2014, the Queen Elizabeth II Young Leaders programme honours exceptional youth leaders in Commonwealth countries. This year, three South Africans have...
Charmaine Mrwebi, dreaming and writing in Setswana
Unable to find books written in her mother tongue, telling stories that related to her life, Charmaine Mrwebi wrote her own – and set...
Brand South Africa is now on Instagram
Brand South Africa has now joined Instagram. You can experience South Africa’s natural beauty and awesome people wherever you are. So join us on...
We must teach children how to be entrepreneurs
South Africa must teach innovation and entrepreneurship to schoolchildren; in the new world of work, problem solvers, collaborators and flexible creative thinkers will be...
New Stats SA research shows we are slowly becoming healthier
For the first time since 1998, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has conducted an exhaustive study of South Africa’s demographics. The first report, covering...
Press release: Brand South Africa, Nelson Mandela Foundation to launch poverty campaign
Brand South Africa will join hands with the Nelson Mandela Foundation at Constitution Hill on Wednesday 10 May 2017 to launch a new theme...
South African chemistry kit to inspire young scientists
A locally created chemistry experiment kit was created to ignite a love of science in learners. Developed by social entrepreneur Bathabile Mpofu, ChemStart is...
