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Communications and Digital Technology Minister Mondli Gungubele
'The world is not waiting for us' on digital technology - Minister Gungubele
12th September 2023 By: News24Wire

South Africa will become an irrelevant trading partner if the country does not keep up with the pace of global technological development says Communications and Digital Technology Minister Mondli... 


South Africa has joined China’s lunar research station programme
12th September 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) regarding lunar exploration.... 


South Africa’s environmental monitoring network has celebrated its twenty-first anniversary
11th September 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The National Research Foundation’s South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Friday. Organised in “nodes” spread across the country, the... 


New top level research institute to be hosted by a consortium led by Stellenbosch University
6th September 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Stellenbosch University (SU) announced on Wednesday that a consortium that it heads has been selected by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) to... 


Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande
International collaboration in particle physics is important for South Africa, says Minister
4th September 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has emphasized the importance to South Africa of its collaboration with the European Organisation for Nuclear... 


World’s top physics instrumentation conference has opened in Cape Town
4th September 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The sixth iteration of the Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP) conference was opened at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Monday. This is the first time that... 


South Africa’s first comprehensive space conference taking place in Pretoria
31st August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s inaugural National Space Conference (NSC) is currently under way in Pretoria (in Metropolitan Tshwane), at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s International... 


Artist’s impression of the Vikram lander and (right) the Pragyan rover on the lunar surface
Indian space agency reports that all systems are go on its historic Chandrayaan lunar mission
25th August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) history-making Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission has continued to go to plan with the activation of key experiments aboard the Vikram lander. This... 


Universities to progress human trials of what could be groundbreaking TB vaccine
25th August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The universities of Walter Sisulu and North-West have announced some astounding results from preclinical trials for a combination vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and Covid-19, with more trials to... 


A Chinese-built rocket
South Africa joins China’s space alliance in race against US
23rd August 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa will partner with China on space exploration as Beijing seeks to bolster its influence in the competition for lunar dominance against the US and its allies. Two agreements on official... 


Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell, December 30, 1970 – August 19, 2023
Leading South African space scientist and Sansa executive has died
22nd August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) announced on Tuesday that Sansa Space Science Programme MD Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell had died, following a short illness, on Saturday. She would have... 


A mesh of conveyor belts carrying ore with the sun behind
Global giant acquires materials handling supplier
18th August 2023

Mining and construction equipment manufacturer Metso signed an agreement to acquire privately-owned Australian company Brouwer Engineering in July. Brouwer Engineering specialises in automation,... 


DCDT, Huawei partner to help SA reach its ICT development goals
11th August 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and information and communications technology (ICT) group Huawei have partnered to accelerate South Africa’s ICT development... 


Image of a furnace being installed
Company diversifying its international portfolio
11th August 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

The Dickinson Group of Companies (DGC) is finalising plans to expand and diversify the product and service offering of its subsidiary, industrial solutions provider DGC Africa, says DGC chairman... 


Company releases new products  for cleaner air
Company releases new products for cleaner air
8th August 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Having spent 30 years researching and developing original products to reduce particulate matter (PM) from global industrial sources, air filtration solutions provider Aircure is launching three... 


An artist’s impression of RFA ONE entering orbit, with the first stage falling away in the background
German space startup wins US investment
7th August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

German space launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) announced on Monday that it had received a €30-million investment from US-based global investment company KKR. This meant that KKR had... 


Airbus and US space company sign agreement on development of new space station
3rd August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global aerospace group Airbus has entered an agreement with leading US-based space exploration company Voyager Space, which will permit the development of a transatlantic partnership... 


Ewan Gray (left) of RMB Ventures with Chloe Cormack (centre) and Melian Dott (right) of BAOM eco solutions
Two biotech startups, BAOM and BioAge, win GreenCape’s 2023 GreenPitch challenge
28th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town-based non-profit green economic solutions development support organisation GreenCape on Friday announced the winners of the 2023 FNF GreenPitch Challenge. They are, in the startup... 


An image of project managers working on a project
Navigating effective project management hurdles
28th July 2023 By: Nadine Ramdass

Project management firms must contend with various challenges, including navigating methodologies that clients may not understand, and shortage of experienced personnel. One of the main challenges... 


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Cape Town to roll out a number of technologies to combat crime
28th July 2023 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town will this year introduce a number of new technologies to combat crime. Some of these technologies may be familiar, such as drones and body cameras, with other perhaps less... 


The International Space Station
Sansa clarifies comments on possibility of a future South African astronaut
25th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) on Tuesday issued a clarification regarding the possibility of South African astronauts being trained and sent to the International Space Station... 


National Science Week launched with appeal to schools to support STEM education
24th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s 2023 National Science Week (NSW) was successfully launched over the weekend, the launch being hosted by the University of Venda, in the Limpopo province. The NSW was first held in... 


ATNS control tower at OR Thambo
ATNS now using space-based tracking, surveillance system
21st July 2023 By: Darren Parker

South African air navigation service provider Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has started using global aircraft tracking and surveillance system manufacturer Aireon’s space-based... 


Private sector helps provide acceptable air quality
21st July 2023

Amid ongoing loadshedding, members of the private sector are looking for ways to improve air quality during working hours owing to higher emissions being released as a result of State-owned utility... 


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Companies bolstering defences as cyberattack threats rise
21st July 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Companies across all industries are increasing their cybersecurity maturity across people, process and technology aspects, but are also increasingly looking at how best to respond in the event of... 


automation in robotics manufacturing
South Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind
17th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adopting 4IR technologies and developing their workforces and, if South Africa fails to follow suit, the... 


UK-SA Tech Hub renews funding for South African startups group
13th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The UK-SA Tech Hub, an initiative of the British High Commission (Embassy) in South Africa, has announced that it will provide a second round of funding for South Africa’s Startup Act Movement... 


Save7 member Matipa Ledwaba and founder Jonty Wright
Stellenbosch medical students using AI to raise organ donation awareness
12th July 2023 By: Schalk Burger

A group of Stellenbosch University medical students are harnessing the power of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to raise much-needed awareness of organ donation in South Africa. The... 


Nearly 1 000 households in 30 communities across central Uganda are already on the YUNGA network, which has successfully prevented around 130 break-ins and related crimes
South African, Ugandan entrants win Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
7th July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

South African biomedical engineer Edmund Wessels and Ugandan electrical engineer Anatoli Kirigwajjo have jointly won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.... 


Enceladus hosts on ocean under its ice crust, which might contain life
International panel seeks to protect Earth from extraterrestrial contamination
5th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

A theme that has been expounded more than once in science fiction is of alien organisms being brought back to Earth, endangering human life. In reality, scientists have long been concerned with... 


Artist’s impression of Euclid at Sun-Earth L2
Space telescope intended to probe dark energy and dark matter successfully launched
3rd July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope is now on its way to its permanent operating location, some 1.5-million kilometres from Earth (or four times the distance to the Moon),... 


Sita unveils new innovation centre for SMMEs
30th June 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

A new innovation centre aimed at enhancing innovation within the small, medium-sized and microenterprise (SMME) space has been launched at State Information Technology Agency’s (Sita’s) Centurion... 


Safran to supply programmable White Rabbit devices for SKA telescope
30th June 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

French multinational Safran Electronics & Defence will provide more than 200 White Rabbit (WR) devices for the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO). Safran states that the SKA radio telescopes... 


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