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Celebrating 200 years of being at the forefront of scientific excellence

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2020/10/19

Thabo Mohlala The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) will on October 20, 2020 celebrate 200 years since it was founded in 1820. The event has been planned to coincide with the unveiling ceremony of the observatory as a National Heritage Site in Cape Town. In December...

Address factors that affect women’s success in STEM’ appeals African Academy of Sciences

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2020/10/14

Thabo Mohlala Patriarchy, lack of professional support and programmes to recruit women scientists, coupled with backward societal beliefs and poor...

The Next Generation of Brave: Meet Sibongumenzi Mtshali

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2020/10/13

Adcock Ingram OTC introduces the first of ten feature nominees for Sponsors of Brave: The Next Generation “If I am...

The Nobel Prize 2020: Female duo makes history as they ‘re-write the code of life’

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2020/10/13

Thabo Mohlala Two women made history last week Wednesday when they were jointly awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry...

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Environment

Green economy prioritised

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2020/09/24

Staff reporter The Green Economy has been identified as one of the four sectors that have been prioritised by the government to assist with economic recovery. This according to Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy who said South Africa has realised that green industries...

Women scientists mean business

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2020/08/21

Science and entrepreneurship has a common ground from which women could exploit the substantial benefits of embracing both fields simultaneously...

Meet Ledumahadi Mafube the Jurassic giant of Mzansi

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2020/07/27

Meet Ledumahadi Mafube the Jurassic giant of Mzansi People who harbour doubts about the Jurassic world and prehistoric creatures have...

Social vs natural science – A false dichotomy

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2020/07/20

Manusha Pillai (Social vs natural science - a false dichotomy published in Science Forum 2019) Forging a natural-social science...

Education

Department of basic education is pulling out all the stops to save the 2020 academic year

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2020/10/05

Thabo Mohlala Minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, said her department is on course to complete the remaining 2020 academic year even though the Covid 19 pandemic has negatively impacted its plans. Motshekga briefed the nation since the country moved to alert level 1 and four...