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The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is a non-profit company representing South African organisations in the public and private sector with an interest in science, engineering, technology, and innovation. Its aim is to promote science, engineering, and technology, and to engage with related government policies.
The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3 or S 2 A 3) is a learned society, originally known as the South African Association for the Advancement of Science (SAAAS). Established in 1902, its principal aim is to increase the public awareness and understanding of science, engineering and technology, and their role in ...
The major sources of funding for ESASTAP are the European Commission, through the Seventh Framework Programme, and the South African Department of Science and Innovation. In the 2020/2021 financial year, the department received official development assistance (ODA) from the European Union of R5 000 000 [ 2 ] over a three-year period, earmarked ...
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.
the Technology Innovation Agency, which serves to provide funding to turn innovative research into commercial products; the South African National Space Agency, which covers space-related research and development initiatives; the Human Sciences Research Council, which focuses its research on human health and disease.
The minister of science, technology and innovation is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The office was re-established in June 2024. The office was re-established in June 2024. Between 2004 and 2019, the office was called the minister of science and technology .
Mabel Jansen (née Pellissier), the Academy's first female member. The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK) (literally South African Academy for Science and Arts) is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting science, technology and the arts in Afrikaans, as well as promoting the use and quality of Afrikaans.
When it isn't Festival time, the non-profit organization SciFest Africa concentrates on various other projects related to science, technology, engineering and maths in South Africa: SciFest-on-the-Road is the national outreach programme which aims to promote science across South Africa. A tour of one or more provinces over a two-week period ...