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The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is the national science academy in South Africa. It was started in 1996, and encompasses all fields of scientific work. [ 2 ] Its legal foundation is the Academy of Science of South Africa Act , Act 67 of 2001, which came into operation in May 2002.
South Africa portal; The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a South African scientific research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its campus in Pretoria. [3] It is Africa's largest research and development organisation and accounts for about 10% of the ...
South Africa dismantled its nuclear weapons programme in 1989, the first nation in the world to do so, and became a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1991. [11] South Africa continues to use its surplus of Uranium as part of its nuclear energy programme, supplying the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station and SAFARI-1 research reactors.
Universities and colleges in South Africa (8 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Scientific organisations based in South Africa" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
It was established on 1 April 1999 as an autonomous statutory body in accordance with the National Research Foundation Act.Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2021.
AECI's principal manufacturing sites are located in Johannesburg (mining solutions and specialty chemicals), Sasolburg (specialty chemicals), Durban (specialty chemicals) in South Africa. AECI is a specialty product and services group of companies which claims to provide "value-adding solutions to customers through science, technology and ...
Other South African facilities also assisted in tracking satellites to determine the effects of the upper atmosphere on their orbits. [7] In 1980s work on the development of a launcher and a satellite had been in progress but was discontinued after 1994. In 1999, South Africa launched its first satellite, SUNSAT from Vandenberg Air Force Base ...
He was a candidate officer of the South African Air Force, [2] as well as a private pilot, a DJ, and a biker. [3] In 2013 he was one of 23 winners out of a million entrants to a competition [3] by the Axe Apollo Space Academy [4] to attend a US space academy, in order to be the first black South African in space. He was nicknamed "Afronaut" and ...