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A photo of a Siemens Blue gas-insulated switchgear system with a blue backdrop
State-of-the-art tech on display at Enlit
9th May 2025 By: Halima Frost

Products and solutions such as the Blue gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), Internet-of-Things-based decision-making tools and digital integration process technologies are only a few of the... 


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Some real-world prospects emerging as globe marks year of quantum science and technology
9th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Proclaimed by the UN, it celebrates the centenary of the development of the theory of quantum mechanics and is being marked by... 


Researchers have developed a robot dog that can swim
8th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Chinese technologists have successfully developed a robotic dog that is amphibious. This new robot was inspired by the ability of mammals to both move on land and swim in water, and was indeed... 


African policy researchers urge green industrialisation for Africa's prosperity
8th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Africa policy experts have called on the G20 to back Africa’s efforts to develop by aligning global trade and investment frameworks with inclusive green industrial development. The joint G20 input... 


Wits Mining Institute shows new-generation electronic blasting initiation system
Wits Mining Institute shows new-generation electronic blasting initiation system
8th May 2025

The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) in March demonstrated to students and media its latest blasting initiation technology being used at its simulated mine as part of practical learning for students and... 


baggage claim
Court rules ACS can continue to supply hold baggage screening equipment to ACSA
5th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aviation Co-ordination Services (ACS) has welcomed the Gauteng High Court ruling on May 2, which dismissed Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s... 


A forest conservation project in Zimbabwe
New forest-focused Earth observation satellite, built by Airbus, successfully launched
30th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus Space Systems, part of the global major aerospace group Airbus, announced on Tuesday that the Biomass forest-monitoring satellite had been successfully launched into space, on a Vega-C... 


Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
CSIR, Necsa sign MoU to collaborate on R&D
25th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to collaborate on research and... 


ASPI chairperson and CEO Paul Mann
Nasdaq-listed isotopes company to also list on the JSE
24th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Nasdaq-, New York, listed company ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which has its head office in Washington, DC, but most of its operations in South Africa, has announced its intention, assuming the granting of... 


CSIR develops cost-effective building block for houses using construction waste
24th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Research and development organisation the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) partnered with nonprofit organisation Use-It Waste Beneficiation and building solutions company Key... 


GirlCode founder and CEO Zandile Mkwanazi
GirlCode Summit to focus on more women-in-tech enablement
23rd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The GirlCode Summit this year aims to create more supportive communities where networking and collaboration are possible, says GirlCode founder and CEO Zandile Mkwazani. “In an era where... 


UJ launches Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies
23rd April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has launched the Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (CALTSTEAM), which integrates frontier... 


Openpit mining operation
Remote monitoring is the future of mining
18th April 2025

The mining industry relies on precise, durable equipment to extract resources from challenging environments. Unexpected equipment failures can lead to downtime, safety risks and increased costs. To... 


UP showcases mining VR centre
UP showcases mining VR centre
16th April 2025

The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology boasts a Kumba Mining Virtual Reality Centre, providing benefits in virtual and augmented reality... 


OGRC head Dr Duncan MacFadyen
Applications open for $150 000 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant
15th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation (OGRC) has opened applications for its yearly Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant. This grant provides early-career African scientists... 


An exhibit in the Sterkfontein Caves centre
Sterkfontein Caves reopened to the public
15th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

“One of humanity’s most important palaeontological sites”, the Sterkfontein Caves, reopened to the public on April 15, as it transitions to full management under the University of the Witwatersrand... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa tours CSIR on its eightieth anniversary
11th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, for its commitment to excellence... 


CGS junior scientist seismologist Tamara Makhateng
Council for Geoscience launches multifunctional National Data Centre that fulfils nuclear monitoring obligations
11th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) has launched a National Data Centre (NDC), which incorporates a capacity-building system installed by the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Comprehensive... 


International space sector development enterprise launches its Africa hub
8th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based space research and technology enterprise Space Network, which is focused on stimulating the international development of the commercial space sector, has announced the launch of its latest... 


An artist’s impression of the ExoMars lander touching down on Mars
Airbus to build lander to carry European Space Agency’s rover to the Martian surface
31st March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus Defence and Space has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) and mission prime industrial contractor Thales Alenia Space (TAS – a JV between Thales and Leonardo) to design and build... 


An image of Kopano Tholo
Drones improve disaster management efforts in high-risk areas
28th March 2025

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with their ability to provide real-time data, high-resolution imagery and rapid assessment capabilities, are fast becoming indispensable tools for effectively and... 


An image of a SkyBugs drone dropping beneficial insects at the Vergelegen Wine Estate
SkyBugs dropping insects by drone to help protect crops
28th March 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Mealybug and other plant viruses can have devastating effects on the quality and quantity of agricultural produce, but agricultural technology company Aerobotics offers solutions for virus... 


carbon tax illustration
African exporters to face market challenges as EU expands Carbon Border Tax
26th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Recent amendments to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulatory framework, introduced on February 26, are expected to have significant implications for African exporters. The... 


Cisco makes partner's existing office into smart building
Cisco makes partner's existing office into smart building
26th March 2025

Networking and cybersecurity company Cisco has made infrastructure fund manager Harith General Partners' offices in Chislehurston, Sandton, into a smart building.  


The entrance to Necsa's facilities
Necsa lauds successes of SAFARI-1, prepares for new multipurpose research reactor
25th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) marks the sixtieth anniversary of its SAFARI-1 research reactor, the entity is looking to build on the success of the reactor, with... 


Suiso, CGS launch joint programme to investigate carbon capture potential
25th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Blue ammonia production company Suiso and the Council for Geoscience (CGS) have entered into a collaboration to research South Africa’s subsurface potential for carbon capture and green hydrogen... 


Meta opens applications for Llama Impact Grant for startups, researchers in sub-Saharan Africa
20th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Social media and technology company Meta has announced the Llama Impact Grant for startups and researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa, which will support innovative projects that harness Meta's... 


Research team leader Dr Yaseera Ismail
Stellenbosch researchers partner in record-breaking quantum communications link
20th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics Department researchers, working in collaboration with Chinese colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, have successfully established the... 


SAIMC CEO Johan Maartens
Message queuing telemetry transport cited as a solution for data silos in mining
20th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With data becoming increasingly important for mining operations, the need for a unified, integrated data architecture that eliminates data silos, as well as enhances efficiency, profitability and... 


Mobile phone
South Africa to remove luxury duty on lower value smartphones
12th March 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's government has proposed to remove the luxury excise duty on smartphones worth below R2 500 from April 1 to support digital adoption for low-income households, the National Treasury... 


manganese core sample
Giyani produces high-purity manganese oxide in Johannesburg
3rd March 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, which is developing the K. Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, has announced the successful production of high-purity manganese oxide (HPMO) at its... 


cargo ship at sea
Tharisa invests £1.5m in JV to develop low-emission natural gas catalysers for shipping industry
27th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

Newly formed joint venture (JV) Methanox has secured a £1.5-million investment from platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates producer Tharisa towards accelerating methane emissions... 


UFS microbiology and biochemistry Professor Carlien Pohl-Albertyn
South African microbiologists find emerging pathogenic fungal yeast in brown locusts
26th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Researchers from the University of the Free State (UFS), the National Health Laboratory Service and the University of Venda have confirmed for the first time that common brown locusts are carriers... 


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