Durban team in battle Down Under

Am intrepid team of Durban scientists yesterday embarked on the mission of a lifetime: a week-long drive across Australia fuelled by nothing but solar power. The seven students and four lecturers from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, along with a nine-strong logistics and support crew, began the 3,000km trip in Darwin yesterday hoping that, come the weekend, they will be the first to cross the finish line of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.