South Africa’s Resolve: Our Humanity Prevails, Unconditionally
South Africa’s Principled Stand: A Moral Beacon in Geopolitics
Brand South Africa launches State of the Nation Brand Report
Becoming a Nation: Exploring the heartbeat of a nation through the lens of Behaviour...
SA ocean gliders tackle climate change
Open-access research data for SA
Science and technology minister Derek Hanekom has launched SciELO-SA, an open-access, searchable journal database that promises to make the country’s research data more visible on the international stage.
• Research output rises, papers double
Research output rises, papers double
An analysis of South Africa’s scientific performance shows that the country has increased its research output. Between 2000 and 2010, it improved its international publications ranking by two positions, and was ranked 33rd in the world.
• Top award for local invasion biologist
SA to spend R2m on rooibos research
Ground-breaking find by South African researcher
A South African microbiologist has discovered that a certain fungus can be used to create an enzyme which bleaches paper, thus eliminating the use of harmful chlorine in the food and paper industries.
• Sci-Bono CEO gets French knighthood
Forensic kit to help ID rapists
A kit that can help identify male rapists has been developed by researchers under the leadership of Prof Sean Davidson at the forensic DNA laboratory at the University of the Western Cape.
• Giant leap for science in Ethiopia
