The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is a unique and proudly South African organisation that exists to represent all stakeholders in science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa (SA). The NSTF marked its 30th anniversary last year as the largest, longest-standing and most representative independent stakeholder body of its kind. The NSTF […]
SET for a Quantum Leap Celebrating 30 years of excellence in science, engineering and technology (SET) in South Africa… and beyond It’s South Africa’s biggest night in science, where groundbreaking research meets recognition in a celebration that spans two cities, unites the country’s brightest minds, ignites imaginations across the continent and shines an international spotlight […]
Prof Bernard Slippers cultivates scientific excellence through team building
Dr Tiisetso Lephoto enlists nature’s microscopic warriors for sustainable pest control
Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha’s legacy transforms lives through nanoscience
Prof Claudia Polese gives aerospace engineers wings
Brilliants Programme takes the lead in battling early SET talent pipeline leaks
Chemical elements from the perspective of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Twenty-one years of recognising excellence in science, engineering, technology and innovation
Innovation Award: Corporate Organisation for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or an individual
Communication Award for outreach and creating awareness by a team or individual
Innovation Award: SMME for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or individual
This is the 20th anniversary of the NSTF-South 32 Awards
Data for Research Award: for advancing the availability, management and use of data for research by an individual or an organisation
Solutions to environmental pollution.
Using smartphone-based software for early detection of hearing loss.
Using sophisticated maths to create systems.
Reflection is powerful. As a young black child if all you see are images of white men as scientists, does science become a career option?
Developing pheroid-based products.
Professor Brenda Wingfield is the deputy dean of the faculty of natural and agricultural sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Improving biodiversity and the ecology.
Researching DNA-based diagnostic methods.
Understanding rabies-related viruses.
Decoding the ways of thinking of the past.
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death in South Africa and a national public health emergency.
Leading the fight against asthma.
The Annual NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards was held on July 3 2014 to celebrate outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation.