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Debbi Schultz

Creator

Debbi Schultz

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Lifetime focus to improve service delivery

Lifetime Award by an individual

Mangaliso Matika (Find it in Kimberley)

Low carbon energy economy with socioeconomic benefits

Special Annual Theme Award: Sustainable Energy for All in recognition of the United Nations ‘International Decade of Sustainable Energy for All’

Professor Nicolas Johannes Beukes is director of the  DST–NRF Centre of Excellence for Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis

Changing our understanding of the world one rock (succession) at a time

Award for achievement over a lifetime, by an individual

Professor Melville Saayman

Finding answers in tourism

Special Sustainable Tourism for Development Award

Future-proofing South Africa for food and environmental security

NSTF-GreenMatter Award for achievement by an individual or team in biodiversity conservation, environmental stability and a greener economy

Designing solutions with polymer chemistry

For achievement over a lifetime, by an individual

Pioneering crop biotechnology research

Special Annual Theme Award in Crop Science and Food Security (sponsored by the DST)

Paving the way for SMME incubators

Achievement by an NGO through technology transfer or training activities

Professor Martin Hill

Innovative biological control of invasive aquatic plants

NTSF-Green Matter Award for achieving biodiversity conservation, environmental stability and a greener economy

Professor Andrew Forbes is putting South Africa on the phototonics map.

Moving South Africa into the light fantastic

By an individual through research and its outputs over a lifetime: or over the last five to 10 years; or as an emerging researcher

The site of a major car bomb and gun attack against an intelligence headquarters and detention facility in the centre of Mogadishu

Mentorship model to aid new teachers

Achievement by an NGO (including NPOs and community-based organisations) through technology transfer or training activities

Professor Helen Rees

The activist changing health policy on global scale

For achievement over a lifetime, by an individual

Professor Robert Scholes works in systems ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand

A life of global impact on environmental science

For an achievement over a lifetime, by an individual

The new NTSF trophy is manufactured by the National Laser Centre from titanium using a 3-D printing technique.

Shining light on science

While pure research is recognised, capacity building, commercialisation of the research and the impact on society are taken into consideration

Census 2011 enumerators hard at work during the census.

Was Census 2011 sucessful?

With a cost of around R3-billion, one of the questions raised is whether the census was a success.

Kefiloe Masiteng

Trends in education

The critical nature of education is reflected in the numerous debates and high media profile around the current situation and potential futures.

Statistician General Pali Lehohla gives a brief history of the census during a Mail & Guardian business breakfast event.

The South African numbers story

The counting of the country’s people goes beyond government planning to understanding who we are, where we are and where we are going.

Director-general of the department of science and technology

‘Innovation is more than R&D’

Scientist criticises ministerial review report for having a limited and linear view of innovation

Innovative design and construction methods show the way forward

The Legacy Project is a model of high-density housing using eco-friendly and alternative building technologies.

Ensuring safe, habitable houses

Home warranty schemes manage home-building risks to provide consumer protection.