South Africa Archives

A champion of physics in South Africa

A cartoonish illustration of a man in a labcoat holding a yellow book. Behind him to the right are notes with equations on them. To the left of him, goats. In the background, trees and a starry night. In the left upper corner, in a bubble similar to a thought bubble in a comic strip, a child reading a book by candlelight.

In recognition of his own past, physicist Azwinndini Muronga has brought STEM enrichment opportunities to youth in remote, underserved towns and villages.

Decolonizing science through sci comm

Growing up in South Africa, the first language that science writer Sibusiso Biyela learned was Zulu, the most common mother tongue in the country. But the scientific content he consumed as a child—movies, cartoons and documentaries—was in English. Biyela aims to bring science back to South Africa’s Zulu communities.

How’s it going, LIGO?

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has a new digital assistant.