Six Months in South Africa: Grahamstown’s Mobile Science Laboratory

Grahamstown’s Mobile Science Laboratory visits Nombulelo Secondary School  to offer the use of scientific equipment and expertise that enables learners to study scientific concepts by doing han...

Six Months in South Africa: Hiking at Hogsback

Three days of hiking at Hogsback intoduced us to the quirky Eastern Cape high-country village’s knock-out vistas, hiking trails, birdlife and soul-stretching indigenous Afromontane forest dominated ...

Six Months in South Africa: Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the Coelacanth

Two serendipitous observations led me to explore the story of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the coelacanth, possibly the greatest scientific find of the twentieth century.   Recently, while Vili...

Six Months in South Africa: Grahamstown’s Gunfire Hill at Sunrise

In the brilliant light of a clear South African morning, I ran up Grahamstown’s Gunfire Hill at sunrise and was greeted by stunning views of the 1820 Settlers National Monument and Fort Selwyn.Â...