Umjikelezo We-Science 2025

Early May saw the Kitchen Chemist head to Durban to join up with a team of like-minded science communicators for another edition of Umjikelezo We Science. This time we headed to the north-east of KwaZulu Natal province, close to the border with Mozambique and were hosted for two days (and accommodated) by the Mandla Mthethwa School of Excellence. On the […]

» Read more

South Africa and Brunei 2024

The final international trip for the Kitchen Chemist in 2024 was to South Africa and Brunei at the end of July/beginning of August. Both legs of the trip were very busy and fulfilling in different ways. On my first day in Johannesburg, a Sunday, I was whisked off to the Alexandra township to work with tutors at the Sakhimfundo Foundation, […]

» Read more