The freshly launched "International Traditional Knowledge Institute" (ITKI) is an ambitious effort to preserve, restore and promote the re-use of traditional skills and inventions from all over the world.

I was walking in the mall with my son who noticed all the Christmas trees when I realized that I do not know why we have Christmas trees.

Indigenous natural and healing plants should be used with caution. In the case of the plant Sceletium tortuosum, the science seems to show that people should be careful not to overdose. Scientist Dr Carine Smith of Stellenbosch University warns that if you want to chew its leaves to calm you or make you feel less depressed, you should do so in moderation ' don't indulge yourself indiscriminately.