South Africa The Good News - Science & Technology

Junior Achievement SA launch innovation camps

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:42:31 +0100

Junior Achievement South Africa today announced it is working with BlackBerry® to kick off the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Innovation Camps, with 1,000 high-school learners from 14 countries expected to compete.

Innovation Challenge set for a reprise

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:11:30 +0100

Building on the success of last year's HIP2B² 3M Innovation Challenge, innovative multinational technology company 3M and non-profit youth organisation HIP2B² are gearing up for a reprise in 2013, along with new partner Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology.

SA, Germany deepen science alliance

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:02:13 +0100

South Africa and Germany have deepened their collaboration in science and technology and launched several initiatives in the field, it was announced at the close of the German-South African Year of Science last week.

SA scientist wins award for TB research

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:55:52 +0100

South African scientist Valerie Mizrahi from the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine has been awarded the Grand Prix Christophe Mérieux Prize by the Institute de France in Paris for her tuberculosis research.

UFS breakthrough in Karoo cactus research

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:51:57 +0100

The most challenging areas for agricultural development and job creation in South Africa are the arid and semi-arid regions of the Karoo and Northern Cape, where only cactus appears to flourish. But researchers from the University of the Free State have made three startling discoveries about this prickly and unlovely plant.

South Africans encouraged to participate in SKA

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:57:16 +0100

SKA South Africa joins 'big data' project

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:28:29 +0100

Square Kilometre Array South Africa is joining IBM and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Astron) in a four-year collaboration to research extremely fast but low-power exascale computer systems aimed at developing advanced technologies for handling the massive amount of data that will be produced by the SKA.

UJ now part of the quest for cosmic gamma rays

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:58:48 +0100

Researchers and physics students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) are now part of a team of more than 400 scientists and scholars from 90 universities and laboratories across 19 countries on six continents, working to unveil the mysteries of the high-energy universe.

SA team develops new rabies antidote

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:10:20 +0100

Researchers from South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed the world’s first injectable medicine from a tobacco plant – an antidote for rabies which could change the way the deadly viral disease is treated worldwide.

KZN duo named 'South Africa's Top Young Innovators 2012'

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:48:37 +0100

KwaZulu-Natal took the top spot in the HIP2B² 3M Innovation Challenge, with Grade 10 Uxholophambili High School learners Nhlakanipho Shezi and Thabani Dlamini of Mpumalanga Township earning the title of South Africa's Top Young Innovators 2012 .

2011 Expo winner appointed as LIYSF counsellor

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:45:55 +0100

2011 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists overall winner, Palesa Masuku has been appointed a counsellor at the prestigious London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF).

SA ploughs R798m into National Research Foundation

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:57:01 +0100

Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom has approved the transfer of R798 million to the National Research Foundation (NRF) for human resource development for the next three years.

ASSAF recognises top SA scientists

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:31:31 +0100

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) recognised top South African scientists at its prestigious Annual Awards Ceremony held in Pretoria on Wednesday. ASSAf annually awards up to two ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking for the benefit of society. This year two awardees were selected.

National Science Week 2012

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:10:37 +0100

From 30 July to 4 August 2012, the nation will have another opportunity to participate in the annual National Science Week celebrations led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

SA pupil wins international science prize

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:33:58 +0100

A South African matric pupil has won first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, in the United States, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday.