South African Research Chairs Initiative
latest news & developments
South Africa wins Newton prize for ocean science and food security
The award recognises the essential contribution to research made by a team studying the Western Indian Ocean which faces an ecosystems and livelihoods disaster
Still searching for ‘the human’
It is shortsighted to promote science at the expense of the humanities.
Investing in knowledge and innovation
Real science doesn’t happen in a laboratory. It happens in life.
Funding for science research diverted
A plan to boost SA’s scientific research has taken a knock, after the Science and Technology Department failed to secure R180-million in funding.