Diversity in our Language
Zulu (24%), Xhosa (14%), Afrikaans (14%), English (12%) and Sepedi (10%) make up the top five of the more than… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
I know what you did last Summer
In 2018, September recorded 82,876 South African births, 5% higher than the average monthly birth rate throughout the year. March… Read More
The Equinox Oddity
The Julian Calendar miscalculated the length of the solar year by 11 minutes. This concerned pope Gregory the XIII because… Read More
Flower Power
Every year the Western Cape experiences an explosion of colour as some of the 9,600 species of plant in the… Read More
Is it spring yet?
The timing of spring flowers depends on a gene called CONSTANS, which increases with exposure to sunlight. As the days… Read More
Almost half a day of light
The Vernal Equinox takes place on Tuesday 22 Sept and is one of two days when the Earth’s axis neither… Read More