An opportunity to join the Fresh Produce Food Safety Research group of Professor Lise Korsten at the University of Pretoria as a Masters student. The project involves investigating the safety for ready-to-at baby vegetables sold within retailers in South Africa; as well as determining the presence of foodborne pathogens as well as determining their virulence and relatedness using innovative and next generation molecular tools.

Farm workers are an integral part of South Africa’s economy and the food system. Yet they are

One in four children in South Africa remain stunted, despite a comprehensive social grant system, according to research by the UK-South Africa Bilateral Research Chair in Social Protection for Food Security at the University of the Western Cape, Prof.  Stephen Devereux.

 

PhD STUDENT PERSEVERES THROUGH MASTER’S HICCUPS TO URGE CAUTION ON MOROGO’S CARE. 

Looking at the entirety of the cucumber agroecosystemi.e the complete agricultural environment in which cucumbers are grown and harvestedMasters student, Manana Dlangalala is trying to detect the genes that trigger the production of enzymes known as Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase.

An aggressive mushroom pathogen is the focus of a study by Kololwetu Cetyiwe, a University of Pretoria based student funded through the Centre of Excellence in Food Security.

A study by the University of the Western Cape is trying to gauge if South Africa’s new sugar tax has persuaded consumers to cut back on sugary drinks.

Remembered: UWC’s Emeritus Professor David Sanders, hailed as a pioneer of public health and champion of economic and social justice in South Africa, has died.

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