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AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

African youth perspectives on STEM and climate action

LCOY 2024 aims to provide youth aged 14 to 25 with the tools and knowledge to participate in climate policy and STEM-based solutions actively

  • SACAN
4 min read
Prof Linda Godfrey, Manager of Circular Innovation South Africa (CISA).
2023 2024 NSTF SOUTH32 AWARDS

The resource radical

Prof Linda Godfrey’s quest for a circular South Africa

  • Jamaine Krige
2 min read
Langeberg High School Science Club, winners of the High School Section.
ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE NPC

Advancing Knowledge NPC preparing STEM Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Smoke, flames, explosions and breathtaking experiments at Science Club Competition in Cape Winelands, Western Cape

  • Advancing Knowledge NPC
4 min read
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Advancing Knowledge NPC: Preparing STEM education for the fourth industrial revolution

A Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics And Innovation (Stemi) Roadshow was held as part of National Science Week

  • Special Reports
4 min read
Despite the proliferation of genomics research worldwide, less than 3% of participants in these studies are of African descent. (Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
110 000 GENOMES PROJECT

The time is ripe for a large-scale South African genome project

If the department of science and innovation’s 110 000 genomes project can get enough participants the data could be used to improve healthcare in the country

  • Donrich Thaldar
  • Amy Gooden
4 min read
The WHO and the United Nations (UN) celebrated World Food Safety Day on 7 June, with the 2022 theme, “Safer Food, Better Health”.
CLIMATE CHANGE

South Africa wastes 10mn tons of food a year

A new study shows how 45% of the available food supply is wasted in the country

  • Sheree Bega
11 min read
Power of nature: Water at the top of the Thina Falls is diverted to a pipe and turns the turbines that supply electricity to about 50 households in KwaMadiba village. The components are in a shipping container at the bottom of the falls.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Micro-hydropower lights up an Eastern Cape village

There is hidden potential for small hydropower plants in South Africa

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The pandemic is testing the resilience of most economies, especially those of developing countries. (Madelene Cronjé)
CORONAVIRUS

All hands on deck, we’re trying to revive the economy

Existing government aid schemes must persist, and new ones created, at the same speed as Ters was set up, if we are to survive and thrive after the crisis

  • Duane Newman
6 min read