Sibusiso Biyela

Johannesburg, South Africa

Science Journalist at Freelance

Senior Producer, Digital News at South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

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INFOGRAPHIC: Eskom spends R200m in 7 days on diesel

4 days ago | sabcnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

The latest data from Eskom shows that the power utility spent an estimated R208 million between 04 May (Sunday) and 10 May (Saturday) on diesel. According to Eskom’s latest statement on Friday 9 May, the power utility has spent R2.43 billion on diesel fuel for their open cycle has generators (OCGT) to generate 415.91 GWh since 1 April 2025, which amounts to an estimated cost of R5 842 per megawatt hour.
Mining down and electricity production up: Stats SA

4 days ago | sabcnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

The latest economic wrap-up for April 2025 from StatsSA shows a mixed bag, such as year-on-year declines in sectors including mining, manufacturing, and road passenger transport and increases in sectors including electricity generation, passenger rail transport, and income from tourist accommodation.
South African court dismisses Rift Valley fever vaccine dispute

1 week ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

Biotech company maintains it “lawfully received” pathogen despite ruling dismissing its applicationA legal application from biotech company Vetvax, which claimed rights to a virus strain used in vaccine research, has been dismissed by a South African court.
Free State universities reject claims they favour foreigners

1 week ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

International hires make up small percentage of staff, institutions sayTwo universities in South Africa’s Free State province—the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Central University of Technology (CUT)—have publicly dismissed allegations that they favour foreign nationals over South African citizens when hiring academic staff.
South Africa’s probe of US cuts to analyse other funding risks too

1 week ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

Image: DSTI New ministerial working group expected to deliver final report by the end of JuneA working group being established by South Africa’s Department of Science, Technology and Innovation to measure the impacts of US funding cuts on research will extend its analysis to other geopolitical risks too, the country’s science minister said last week.
The 18 African cardinal electors that will vote for new pope

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

The Vatican announced on 28 April that the conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on Wednesday, 7 May, taking place behind closed doors in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The upcoming conclave (election of a new pope) will consist of 133 cardinal electors who will vote behind locked doors four times a day until a new pope is elected with a two-thirds majority.
Africa CDC set to reconsider Mpox emergency status

2 weeks ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

Epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim to chair review of continent’s first self-declared health emergencyThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) will hold a high-level meeting on 17 May to determine whether Mpox should continue to be treated as a public health emergency amid uneven trends in infections and the emergence of a new variant.
Nzimande: ‘We have yet to grasp the full extent of US cuts’

2 weeks ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

Image: Department of Science and InnovationNew committee appointed to gauge impact on research funding, South Africa’s science minister saysSouth Africa’s government has appointed a committee to investigate the impact on its research programmes of the many recent cuts the United States has made to its federal research budgets. “We need to understand the scale of the threat.
3D map of Pope Francis' funeral procession

2 weeks ago | sabcnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

SABC News Sibusiso Biyela shows the most important locations from Pope Francis’ funeral proceedings. The graphic illustrates the distance between St. Peter’s Square, where the funeral is taking place, and the St. Mary Major church where Pope Francis will be interred. Francis will be the first pope to be buried outside the Vatican in over a century. VIDEO:
Memory of Rhodes Must Fall protests ‘still fresh’

4 weeks ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Sibusiso Biyela

Legacy deeply affects campus life a decade later, University of Cape Town vice-chancellor saysA decade after a statue of Cecil Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town’s main campus amid protests that made international headlines, tensions still linger at the university, its vice-chancellor has said.