Young YOU| Fires and fynbos

Helicopters waterbombed the flames and firefighters battled for days to contain the runaway fire that broke out on Table Mountain...

02 May

Young YOU| Plagues and pests

You may have heard of the 10 plagues in the Bible, or maybe you’ve seen news reports of locust swarms devouring crops?

25 Apr

Young YOU| Learning about farming in SA

Our farmers producer a large portion of the country’s export products and contribute greatly to the local economy, especially as a source...

18 Apr

Young YOU| Calendars and time

Over thousands of years people created various systems to mark the passage of the days, months and years.

11 Apr

Young YOU| Oceans full of plants

Life on Earth wouldn’t be possible without these oxygen-producers

04 Apr

Young YOU| Toxic plants

Don’t underestimate the power of plants – not all plants are pretty and harmless.

28 Mar

Young YOU| The meaning of a shrinking economy

The economy is the system whereby money is made and spent in a country through the buying and selling of goods and services.

21 Mar

Young YOU| Indigenous and exotic vegetation

We take a look at some of SA’s indigenous trees and plants, including rooibos and a carnivorous (meat-eating) Western Cape plant.

14 Mar

Young YOU| SA's biggest cities

Our country boasts eight bustling metros with plenty to see and do.

07 Mar

Young YOU| Maps – symbols, keys and scale

Before there were GPS (global positioning systems) and smartphones, we used maps to navigate our way to a destination.

28 Feb

Young YOU: How maps came to be – Part 1

Thousands of years ago our ancestors created maps to try to figure out where they fitted into the world

21 Feb

Young YOU | The human skeleton – the body’s scaffolding

Our bodies are wonderous networks of different systems that work together for us to function

14 Feb

Young YOU | Why vegetables are so important, how and where they are cultivated

It’s best to listen to good advice – especially when it comes to eating your veggies.

07 Feb

Young YOU | Art history – Part 2

In our second look at Western art, we give an overview from Modernism to Postmodernism.

31 Jan

Young YOU| Art history

We take a look at the history of art around the world.

24 Jan

YOUNG YOU| Time magazine announces first kid of the year

American teenager Gitanjali Rao has just been named Time magazine’s kid of the year.

27 Dec 2020

Young YOU | Dinosaurs with long necks

Researchers have found an explanation for why this group of dinosaurs were so large – and why they had such long necks.

20 Dec 2020

YOUNG YOU| Credit ratings

Two of the world’s top credit-rating agencies recently announced that South Africa would be downgraded for the second time this year.

13 Dec 2020