YouTube Series to Explore Iziko’s collections

May 16, 2022 | Latest

Aisha Mayekiso, Iziko Museums of South Africa The Iziko Collections and Digitisation Department has launched a new video series, set to showcase an aspect of Iziko’s extraordinary collections each month, and published on Iziko’s YouTube channel. The idea behind the...
Historical Methods of Detecting Pregnancy

Historical Methods of Detecting Pregnancy

May 16, 2022 | Latest

Aisha Mayekiso, Iziko Museums of South Africa Long before the 1970s, which is when the home pregnancy test was developed; women were subjected to all kinds of weird methods of detecting pregnancy. It is believed that the ancient Egyptian women would urinate on barley...
Making collections fashionable

Making collections fashionable

May 16, 2022 | Latest, Outreach

Fulufhelo Tambani, NSCF Hub How learners were introduced to natural science collections at a science outreach event in rural South Africa. The NSCF team, consisting of myself (Fulufhelo Tambani), Grace Kwinda from the ARC, Siphamandla Mceleli from SAIAB and Phistos...