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Theories of innovation emphasize the role of social networks and teams as facilitators of breakthrough discoveries1–4. Around the world, scientists and inventors are more plentiful and interconnected today than ever before4. However, although there are more people making discoveries, and more ideas that can be reconfigured in new ways, research suggests that new ideas are getting harder to find5,6—contradicting recombinant growth theory7,8. Here we shed light on this apparent puzzle. Analysing 20 million research articles and 4 million patent applications from across the globe over...

The Autumn Statement announced a total of 110 measures to try and boost business investment. Will they be up to the challenges that lie ahead?

A relatively poor turnout of just over 40 residents attended the City of Cape Town’s stakeholder engagement session for Subcouncil 8, which was held at the Strand Town Hall last Wednesday (15 November).

Elsies River residents took to the streets in a protest on Tuesday night after enduring a five-day electricity blackout. City Mayco member for energy, Beverley van Reenen, confirmed that 60% of the district now had power.

Cape Town has intensified efforts to remove unlawful electricity connections that are costing the city millions.