Habanero, an adult male loggerhead rescued in South Africa in February 2025, lost a front flipper to a bone infection. Scans now show him free of infection, and he is training at the Two Oceans Aquarium for his return to the sea.
Cape Recife High School, a special needs school in the Eastern Cape, won South Africa's 2026 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition with a device that turns plastic bottles into 3D-printer filament for sports gear.
A study of wild elephants in South Africa found they use more than 40 types of gestures intentionally, checking whether others are watching and repeating signals until they get the response they want.
President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the CSIR's FuturePharma facility in Pretoria on 7 October. The open-access site helps researchers and young companies scale up medicine ingredients, part of a push to cut South Africa's reliance on imported drugs.
Seven prototype Living Coast signs unveiled in Hermanus combine Braille, large print, seated-height access, several languages and audio guides, the start of a planned national series of 97 accessible coastal signs.
