Planet Hopper
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit all four gas giants – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – giving… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Historic First Flypast
On 24 June 1995, a South African Airways Boeing 747-200, “Lebombo,” piloted by Captain Laurie Kay, made a historic low-level double… Read More
Whales Above Us
The average cumulus cloud weighs about 500 000 kilograms – roughly the weight of 100 elephants or the equivalent of… Read More
Millions of Minutes for Mandela
Nelson Mandela Day encourages South Africans to give 67 minutes of service – honouring Madiba’s 67 years of activism. Based… Read More
United in Pastry
The Cronut, a pastry that combines a croissant and a doughnut, was invented in New York in 2013 by French… Read More
Economic Freedom, Unequal Reality
Bilateral costs for trading partners in Commonwealth countries are on average 19% less than between those in non-member countries. Yet,… Read More