Applied science and research and development agency, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), reports that a field trial of biobased and biodegradable agricultural mulch films is... 

The space business of Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group Airbus has announced that the second Copernicus Sentinel-6 ocean-surface monitoring satellite has been transported to... 

South African home appliance manufacturer Defy will invest an additional R500-million in its local operations over the next five years, CEO Mustafa Soylu said on July 22. Speaking at an event at... 

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has published the third version of its guidebook to ensuring excellence, integrity and transparency in scholarly publication. The original was... 

Statutory body the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA), in partnership with glass group PG Group, has launched a new Smart Skills Centre, in Gauteng, aiming to bridge the... 

Life-science and clinical research company Thermo Fisher Scientific, Department of Health entity the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Department of Science, Technology and... 

South Africa’s scientific research funding, facilities and skills development agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International... 

The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) has awarded the Oppenheimer Fellowship Award to University of the Witwatersrand physicist Professor Andrew Forbes and University of Cape Town paediatric... 

The UK-based international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced its selection as the organisation’s next director-general. She is Professor Jessica Dempsey, an Australian... 

Rather than adopting green innovations just for the sake of it, Africa must focus on the sustainable growth that can be achieved through the local use of green technologies and innovations across... 

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which falls under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), has highlighted the success of its participation in last month’s Ministerial... 

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) has received an allocation of R9.06-billion for 2025/26, which adds to a consolidated government expenditure on innovation, science and... 

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Edinburgh, in the UK, have established a new research Chair in Digital Humanities to shape more inclusive, just and equitable... 

The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) & Africa programme Southern African regional stakeholder workshop, held on June 17 and 18, highlighted the progress of leveraging Earth... 

The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) has entered into strategic cooperation agreements with the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) of China and the Instituto Nacional de... 

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has called for expressions of interest (EoIs) from the country’s universities and research entities that are interested in hosting the Presidential PhD... 

SQM Lithium Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of SQM International Lithium, has announced its investment of $3-million in Vok Bikes, an Estonia-based startup developing next-generation... 

Development think tank the Milken Institute and philanthropy organisation the Motsepe Foundation have announced the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The challenge calls on... 

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, in a potential workaround of South Africa’s Black-empowerment rules to gain an operating license, may invest about R2-billion in the country, Business Day reported... 

It is not a deficit of resources that is holding Africa back but rather a deficit of belief in Africa’s prospects as a formidable player in the global political economy, African Union (AU)... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Coega Development Corporation (Coega), which is responsible for managing the Coega Special Economic Zone, in the Nelson Mandela Bay... 

Energy and automation company Schneider Electric launched its first Innovation Hub in Africa at its new head office in Midrand, Gauteng. The Innovation Hub now forms part of Schneider Electric’s... 

The decision whether to award Elon Musk’s Starlink an operating license in South Africa will ultimately rest with the country’s industry regulator, a government minister said. The Pretoria-born... 

The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) announced on Tuesday that its MeerKAT radio telescope array had for the first time, and successfully, participated in a regular international... 

Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a... 

Green economy nonprofit GreenCape and civic education nonprofit Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom has opened entries for the 2025 GreenPitch Challenge and invites innovators and... 

Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, have, in an unprecedented study, used proteins extracted from two-million-year-old fossilised teeth to... 

Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) new incubator dedicated to biotech startups, LaunchLab CERIBio, was full even before its’ recent official opening. The university has already decided to build an... 

A South African regulator started a probe into allegations that Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Starlink internet-satellite service was operating in the country illegally. The Independent Communications... 

South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen and widen their research... 

South Africa’s government is proposing a workaround to Black ownership requirements that will pave the way for Starlink and other satellite services to operate in the country. The government is... 

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) supports the country adopting small modular reactors (SMRs) and believes that it can play a key role in this process. So affirms Necsa Group... 

The Small Business Institute (SBI), Old Mutual and Vodacom on May 20 held the SBI SME Indaba, with speakers presenting a variety of solutions that aim to address the myriad challenges identified by... 

Huawei South Africa has showcased its newly opened 14 000 m2 artificial intelligence-powered, green intelligent warehouse in Johannesburg. Natasha Odendaal tells us more. 

Gas and energy company Renergen’s share price on the JSE surged by more than 78% on May 20, after the company and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes announced that ASP Isotopes... 

South Africa’s government plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of local Black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in the country, aiming to ease tensions with both the... 

Two medical microbiology students of the Central University of Technology (CUT), in the Free State, recently presented a paper on the use of AI to identify pathogenic organisms at the University of... 

Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and...