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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s ongoing water challenges are exacerbated by ageing water infrastructure, owing to failing asset performance and tardy maintenance, in relation to plant efficiency and stable water supply, says energy, automation and digitalisation specialist company Schneider Electric’s water and wastewater (WWW) segment leader Peter Marumong. Consequently, the Schneider Electric WWW segment is offering municipalities automation, telemetry and analytical platform solutions to digitalise their respective water operations, including pumpstations, reservoirs, treatment plants and distribution networks.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Alexandra Abrahams says the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s (dtic's) specialised industrial development instruments designed for the aerospace and defence sector are supporting innovative local companies. Stellenbosch-based advanced technology company Reutech Radar Systems, which serves the defence, mining, industrial and commercial sectors, benefitted from various industrial development instruments, such as the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative, the National Industrial Participation Programme and the Export Development and Promotion programme.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[An Anglo-South African project is employing AI and digital technologies to automate optical and infrared telescopes and make them “smarter”, that is, able to monitor themselves, immediately process data, and capture images of sudden astronomical occurrences, such as exploding stars, in real time. The programme, designated “Intelligent Observatory”, is a collaboration between the Hartree Centre of the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the UK, and the South African Astronomical ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats and the Gauteng Department of Economic Development recently celebrated its three-year partnership that aims to support the implementation of the Gauteng Township Economic Development Act by bringing township businesses into the digital economy. Lynne Davies tells us more.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Cape Town-based international Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and Johannesburg-based innovation advisory company the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a strategic collaboration between the two organisations. The OAD is a partnership between South Africa’s National Research Foundation and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The RIIS has a focus on impactful innovation in particularly the ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s social sciences and humanities science council, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mpumalanga (UMP), to formalise their cooperation in research and other academic activities. The MoU will facilitate collaboration between the two institutions in research, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building. “It is a moment to pause and celebrate the achievements of 30 years of democracy,” noted HSRC CEO Professor Sarah Mosoetsa. “It is also not just a ceremonial signing of an MoU but a partnership of like-minded institutions with an aligned vision of development, capacity building, and innovation. These are the key drivers that inform the HSRC decision to embark on this journey with UMP.”]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It was not an easy task for a team of dinosaur-hunting scientists to reach the remote site called Jenguebi in northern Niger deep in the Sahara Desert. It was fitting that the closest locality was named Sirig Taghat, meaning &#34;no water, no goat&#34; in Tamasheq, the local Berber language. But the arduous three-day off-road journey in 2022 through harsh desert terrain paid off with the discovery of fossils of the magnificent fish-eating dinosaur Spinosaurus mirabilis, one of the largest meat-eaters ever to walk the Earth.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Three South African researchers have been honoured by having new marine species named after them. This has been jointly highlighted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and the National Research Foundation’s South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON). The NRF is an agency of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation.   The three are NRF-SAEON Egagasini Node Biodiversity Scientist Dr Lara Atkinson, University of the Western Cape marine biologist Professor Mark J Gibbons, and DFFE Oceans and Coast Research Unit researcher Liesl Jansen. Each of them had a new species of sponge named after them. A fourth new species discovered was named after the Namaqua eco-region, which is where all these species were found.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cautious investor sentiment and sustained cost pressures continue to shape technology adoption in South Africa’s materials-handling sector, with safety, affordability and asset life extension taking precedence over large-scale automation rollouts, equipment provider Shumani Industrial Equipment MD Victor Nemukula says. While automation, Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity and AI are increasingly embedded in global materials-handling solutions, uptake in South Africa has been slower than anticipated. In this regard, Nemukula notes that many local operators remain reluctant to move away from established practices, particularly where safety and reliability are perceived to be well managed under conventional operating models.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hudaco Industries generated R1.4-billion from operations for the year ended November 30, 2025, with the group benefitting from a robust, defensive portfolio of diverse businesses in a challenging environment. Hudaco is a South African group specialising in importing and distributing a range of branded automotive, industrial and electronic consumable products, primarily within the Southern Africa region.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Technology-driven mining and industrial fan and ventilation manufacturer TLT Turbo Africa last year launched its new sustainable monitoring and airflow response technology, or SMART Fan, for mining operations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a keynote address at the Innovative Building Technologies (IBT) Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre, in Johannesburg, on February 3, as a show of his support for cost-effective, sustainable and disaster-resilient construction solutions. The two-day summit will bring together government officials, representatives from the building and construction industry, academia, investors, and civil society to advance innovative solutions for the delivery of sustainable human settlements.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dr Titus Mathe will step down as South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) CEO on March 31 after being appointed as the new Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) CEO, SANEDI announced on January 30. Mathe has led SANEDI since October 2022.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <title>Indaba to focus on how Agentic AI could transform and disrupt mining</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The focus of this year's Investing in African Mining Indaba on disruptive technology reflects a growing acceptance that mining will not remain competitive using historic operating models alone, states Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s) Johannesburg branch MD Tycho Möncks. Mining Indaba organiser Hyve Group has described AI as the mining industry’s “next strategic battleground”, and a key focus of the 2026 Indaba is to foster a conversation that “moves beyond hype [and speculation] to hard realities as leaders dissect the rise of Agentic AI”.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine James</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) facilitated a tour for the Durban University of Technology (DUT) to the Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Infrastructure on January 20 and 21. The HySA Infrastructure programme is jointly hosted by the North-West University (NWU) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has announced that its satellite imagery-based Advanced Fire Information System’s (AFIS’) active fire location layer is now available to the public and media, without needing to log-in. This will allow them to monitor active wildfires across the whole of the country. This is currently particularly relevant to the Western Cape province, where summer is the dry season, and where there have been a series of major wildfires in recent weeks.   AFIS provides near-real-time fire detection, with updates every half-hour or so, as new satellite imagery becomes available. It also provides an alert capability, notifying users of active wildfires, allowing early warning and rapid response. It can be viewed via the AFIS Map Viewer.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Government has recorded progress under the prevailing Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) 2024-2029, with improvements in energy stability, tourism recovery, industrial growth and social protection; however, deep structural constraints persist, including in local government, logistics, youth unemployment and spatial development, impeding inclusive growth, and more work is required to tackle these challenges.   This was highlighted by Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, on January 23, briefing media on government’s performance against the MTDP.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), which is the local partner for the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO’s) Inventor Assistance Programme (IAP), is highlighting an example of the local success of this programme, in rural Limpopo province. The IAP catalyses innovation worldwide, by connecting people and small businesses with qualified professionals who help them negotiate their national patent systems, for free. The example highlighted by the CIPC ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) has been used, by international astronomers, to solve a “cosmic mystery”. Located in the South African Astronomical Observatory complex at Sutherland in the Karoo, in the Northern Cape province, SALT was used to observe one of the most extreme stars ever found, designated WOH G64, which lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC – a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way). WOH G64 is one of the coolest but also most luminous, as well as dustiest, red supergiant stars in the LMC. This kind of star ends its days in a core-collapse supernova explosion. And, over the past ten years WOH G64 has faded to a significant degree, while its pulsations have been suppressed, and the spectrum of the light that it emits has become dominated by emission lines from ionised gas, rather than those typical of red supergiants. Moreover, in 2024, it was discovered that the star was being veiled by a fresh dust cloud.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa’s electricity market transformation creates new opportunities for smart energy management and cost optimisation, smaller municipalities are finding themselves at a disadvantage compared to well-resourced metros, says specialised energy and water management solutions developer Utility Consulting Services (UTCS).  In an effort to tackle this inequality UTCS is making advanced digital energy platforms accessible to rural and under-resourced municipalities that previously lacked the means to participate fully in the new energy economy.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[This month saw the achievement of another milestone for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme, which is being developed by the UK-based SKA Observatory (SKAO) and is composed of two instruments, based in South Africa and Australia. The milestone was reached by the SKA-Mid instrument, being developed in the Karoo region of South Africa’s Northern Cape province, and involved two of the SKA-Mid’s dishes working together as an interferometer for the first time.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>Science &#38;amp; Technology</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) will require provinces and metropolitan municipalities to allocate at least 2% of their 2026/27 housing grants to innovative building technologies (IBTs), signalling a push to accelerate housing delivery and improve resilience in disaster-prone areas. Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane confirmed this during a briefing on January 21, which preceded the DHS’s hosting of the Innovative Building Technologies Summit from February 3 to 4, at Nasrec, in Gauteng.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mountain glacier ice cores long-term storage facility opened in Antarctica</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Europe-based Ice Memory Foundation has announced the inauguration of its mountain ice cores sanctuary, with the arrival of the first two cores at the facility, located at the Franco-Italian Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. Concordia is one of only three permanent research stations in the interior of the continent, being located on the Antarctic Plateau. The Ice Memory Foundation was launched in 2015 by an alliance of French, Italian and Swiss institutions. The French agencies are the National Centre for Scientific Research, the National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, and the University of Grenoble Alpes. The Italian institutions are the National Research Council (CNR) and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The Swiss agency is the Paul Scherrer Institute. The initiative is also supported, with funding, by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.  ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &#38;amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>The SKA-Mid telescope array has passed its first true test as a science instrument</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced the successful conclusion of a key test of its South Africa-based SKA-Mid instrument. The SKA-Mid (Mid being short for mid radio frequency), being constructed in the Karoo region in the Northern Cape province, would, when completed, be composed of 197 dishes (including those of South Africa’s established MeerKAT radio telescope array, which was ultimately intended to be integrated into the SKA-Mid array). The test saw two of the seven SKA-Mid dishes so far assembled, work together as an interferometer for the first time. Their target was a radio galaxy located some 2.6-billion light years from Earth.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &#38;amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Astronomy to support socioeconomic development under Royal Bafokeng-IAU agreement </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU–OAD) and the Royal Bafokeng Nation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate using astronomy as a catalyst for socio-economic development and community upliftment. The agreement, signed by IAU0OAD director Kevin Govender and Dr Koketso Rakhudu, Office of the Kgosana and the chief of the Tsitsing community within the Royal Bafokeng Nation, establishes a formal framework to align traditional leadership with scientific innovation.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &#38;amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Six technology-driven small, medium and micro enterprises were recognised at the SA Tech Challenge 2025 during the opening plenary of the 10th Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) in Pretoria, with a total of R3-million in grant funding awarded to support the commercialisation and scaling of locally developed innovations.

The national challenge, led by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), was hosted at the CSIR International Convention Centre and forms part of government’s drive to advance technologies that address South Africa’s socio-economic development priorities.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A state-of-the-art hot isostatic press (HIP) facility has been unveiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in Pretoria, Gauteng, providing South African manufacturers with domestic access to technology that improves the strength and durability of metal components. The facility was established through National Equipment Programme funding from the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI).]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
            <category>MANUFACTURING</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding and a licensing agreement with a California-based data and life sciences platform, PromptBio, to help drive medical sovereignty on the African continent. The partnership will support integrated multiome data analysis and AI-powered insights as part of the Clinical Multiome Atlas Platform (Clin-MAP), which is housed at the CSIR. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>New study into DNA of ancient Southern Africans changes perspectives on their origins</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest studies yet conducted of the DNA of ancient Southern African hunter-gatherer people has upended previous theories about the origin of the Khoe and San peoples. Conducted by population geneticists from Uppsala University in Sweden, and a cognitive archaeologist from the University of Johannesburg, the study involved the analysis of the DNA of 28 people who lived in Southern Africa from 1 200 years to only a few hundred years ago. “[T]hese genomes provide an unadmixed view of early Southern African population history,” pointed out study co-author Carina Schlebush. “With increasing numbers of high-coverage ancient genomes, we are now approaching true population-level insights. This gives us a much clearer foundation for understanding how modern humans evolved across Africa.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &#38;amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[UK-based international non-profit organisation, the Earth Rover Programme, which currently operates in Colombia, Kenya and the UK, has globally launched its “soilsmology” initiative, to allow even poor farmers to be able to assess their soils accurately, and in a non-invasive manner. And farmers using this technology will also be able to form a global “citizen-scientist” soil data network, using open-source encrypted platforms. The result would be a trusted and shared global soil map. “It’s really challenging to know what’s going on underneath our feet,” pointed out University of Greenwich Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Professor Jacqueline Hannam, who is part of the Earth Rover Programme. “The Earth Rover Programme’s methods have enormous potential to quantify key soil properties such as depth, bulk density, and water movement – without putting a spade into the ground. This breakthrough is urgently needed to reverse soil degradation and support sustainable management.”]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The convergence of the automotive and mining value chains is strengthening Africa’s capacity to shift from resource extraction to advanced manufacturing, positioning the continent as an increasingly credible participant in global industrial supply networks, states industry organisation African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) CEO Victoria Backhaus-Jerling. Africa’s automotive component manufacturing sector is entering a decisive period of transformation, characterised by localisation, regional integration and a shift towards sustainable, technology-led production.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>UK and South Africa deepen their science, technology and innovation cooperation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The UK High Commission in Pretoria, and the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), jointly announced on Tuesday that three major cooperative programmes have been launched or renewed. The two new programmes that have been launched are the UK-South Africa Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Training Programme and the Space Ecosystem Development Toolkit (SEDT). The programme that is renewed is the DSTI-Global Innovation Fund (GIF) partnership. “The UK ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &#38;amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/asp-isotopes-sponsors-photonics-chair-at-wits-to-support-light-science-2025-12-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[US-based advanced materials company ASP Isotopes, which has a secondary listing on the JSE, has established a Photonics Chair at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) for a period of three years. ASP Isotopes’ donation and involvement at Wits is expected to strengthen South Africa’s photonics research capabilities, including by supporting the work of the Structured Light Laboratory, in Wits’ School of Physics.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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