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View‘Unclear’ how state of disaster will solve South Africa’s energy crisis

Researchers question move that grants government extraordinary powers

ViewSouth Africa’s tech startup performance plummets

Entrepreneurs urge government to take action as Africa’s former “wonder child” loses its lead

ViewSouth Africa secures seat on ‘frontier science’ programme

Research institutions hope membership will bring fresh funding and collaboration opportunities in the life sciences

ViewCampus violence and threats ‘have reached crisis point’

Academics blame corruption and weak leadership for South Africa’s spate of violence against university staff

ViewPower crisis eats into South Africa’s university budgets

Cape university spends R1.5 million on diesel power monthly as government “consults” on way forward

ViewUniversity of Cape Town strike on temporary hold

Academic union considers new offer after rejecting “insulting and derisory” 3 per cent pay hike

ViewBeitbridge economic zone ‘may harm wetlands’ in South Africa

Scientific advisory group recommends halting Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone development

ViewSouth African facilities eye solar to solve energy woes

Renewables could help create operational stability at radio astronomy and medical radiocarbon facilities

View‘Many instruments are not going to make it’

South Africa’s power crisis could push science out of country’s poorly resourced institutions, biochemist warns

ViewFrequent blackouts cripple South African labs

Experiments could be forced overseas as country’s energy crisis deepens

ViewSouth African R&D dropped 7.6% in first year of pandemic

Fresh national statistics underscore decline in country’s gross R&D spending

ViewNzimande to ramp up safety on university campuses

National taskforce to probe security concerns following “assassination attempt” on Fort Hare vice-chancellor

View‘Radical’ action needed to move African languages from periphery

New head of Universities South Africa’s working group on languages vows to keep up momentum

ViewAttempt to murder vice-chancellor shocks South Africa

Shooting targeting Fort Hare head claims life of security chief

ViewUnisa retains accreditation for accounting degrees

Vice-chancellor credits outcome to “hard work and long hours” spent improving South African university’s programmes

ViewNzimande: Stellenbosch race report could help others

But institutional differences mean report's findings will not be universal, minister adds

ViewSouth Africa supports Emirati mission to the moon

Hartebeesthoek ground station will help Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre talk to its lunar rover

ViewConstruction of Square Kilometre Array begins in South Africa

Radio astronomy construction contracts worth €300 million awarded in Africa and Australia

ViewHealth faculty leads UCT on transformation—report

Transformation officer hire and broad engagement pushed faculty to the front at leading African university

ViewSouth Africa puts 14.5m rand into malaria surveillance system

Project will examine how well indoor spraying that started in 2019 has reduced transmission

ViewSouth Africa embarks on university language audits

Reviews will identify resource gaps that hamper academic multilingualism

ViewAnti-foreigner ‘hypocrisy’ in South African institutions

Institutions claim to be “African” yet Black foreigners experience discrimination, roundtable hears

ViewHydrogen, health and climate change top Ramaphosa UK visit

Science takes prominence as South African president is first head of state hosted by King

ViewAfrica’s first space weather centre built ‘on time and on budget’

Sustainable funding will not rely on government only, says space agency director

ViewUniversity of Cape Town sends governance row report to minister

Department of higher education says it is monitoring top research institution’s leadership crisis

ViewHIV pioneer to lead World Academy of Sciences

South African scientist Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the first woman to serve as TWAS president

ViewRooibos research gets much-needed funding boost

Grants will enable scientists to run clinical trials in the study of plant’s pharmacological properties

ViewOcean crime-fighting satellite array faces delays

Technical problems have marred South Africa’s trial constellation launched in January this year

ViewBlack Stellenbosch students and staff ‘still feel unwelcome’

Racial transformation policies not reflected in practice, retired judge’s inquiry finds

ViewCreate vaccines for Africa from Africa, conference told

“Local capacity solves local problems” says Aspen head of strategic trade development