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The DSI calls for nominations for the 2024 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWISA). The theme for the 2024 SAWISA is “Transition towards an Innovation Economy: The Role of Women Leaders in STEM”. Click 👉🏿
#SAWISA24
#WomenInScience
#DSI
#Itspossible
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📢The third South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA) webinar
#SAWiSA2021
Theme: Technopreneurs – A Gendered Perspective
📅: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
🕝: 14h30-16h30
🖥️:
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Minister Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor was conferred an Honorary doctorate of science by the University College Dublin in Ireland this morning , In July Minister Pandor received an honorary doctorate from Nova Uni in Portugal
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South Africa and the UK deepen cooperation in science, technology and innovation, with the launch of the International Science Partnership Fund.
@DrBladeNzimande
attended the event with Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and UK High Commissioner to South Africa Antony Phillipson.
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#Covid19SA
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande
@ministerdrblad
will hold a media briefing on matters pertaining to the COVID-19 lockdown in the higher education, science and innovation sector.
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SAWISA has 6 award categories and this year, a category has been renamed to the, DSI-Ndoni Mcunu Fellowships to honour Ms Mcunu's memory as a phenomenal young woman and a brilliant scientist.
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The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation,
@ministerdrblad1
, sends his heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Prof. Gita Ramjee, South Africa's world-renowned HIV researcher.
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Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
@DrBladeNzimande
to tour the first hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions vessel, the Energy Observer, when it docks in Cape Town
#HydrogenVesselinZA
#ScienceSavingLives
#ItsPossible
Full statement -
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#SAWiSA2019
Distinguished Young Women Scientists – Natural (Physical & Life) & Engineering Sciences
The winner is Dr Banothile Charity Events Makhubela, University of Johannesburg
@go2uj
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South Africa and France announce the launch of Africa’s most advanced CubeSat to date. The media is invited to the sendoff in Cape Town on 17 April, and also view the ZACUBE 2.
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The day has finally arrived and for the first time Africa will host the World Science Forum 6-9 December 2022
@CTICC_Official
under the theme
#ScienceforSocialJustice
which will provide the scientific community with a global platform to exchange and discuss ideas.
#WSF_ZA2022
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Witness a rare conjunction of Moon, Jupiter & Saturn tonight
The Moon, Jupiter &Saturn will visible from southern skies.Moon will rise around 21:00 & you wil b able 2 see Jupiter &Saturn in close proximity to the Moon, best viewed after 22:00 when the Moon has risen further up
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Minister Nzimande
@DrBladeNzimande
congratulates Professor Tshilidzi Marwala on his appointment as the first African rector of the united nations university rector
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Address by
@DrBladeNzimande
on the occasion of the Inauguration of the South African Isotope Facility (SAIF) at the
@NRF_News
@iThembaLABSCape
in Cape Town on the 9th of June 2023
#SAIF
#iThembaLabs
#NRF
#DSI
#ScienceSavingLives
#ItsPossible
Full address -
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South Africa’s most advanced nanosatellite to date, ZACube-2, is scheduled for launch into space on 27 December, with the Russian Soyuz Kanopus mission from Siberia, Russia.
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Test Rocket-Phoenix-1B Mark IIr launches successfully in the Overberg
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#SAWiSA2019
Distinguished Women Scientists – Natural (Physical & Life) & Engineering Sciences
The winner is Prof. Michèle Ramsay, University of the Witwatersrand
@WitsUniversity
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The Department of Science and Innovation
@dsigovza
has been cited as one of the country's best performing government departments after achieving a clean audit for a third consecutive year.
@ministerdrblad1
@ButiManamela
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The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation,
@DrBladeNzimande
launched the 3D Printing Construction Project at
@go2uj
Doornfontein Campus that will see the use of 4IR technology to building sustainable housing
#3DPrintedHousesZA
#Sustainablehousing
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Nobubele Phuza is a researcher, teacher and keen sportswoman. She is currently teaching under the New Generation Academics Programme at
@MandelaUni
and working on her PhD, which focuses on radical articulations of gender transformation in South Africa.
#WomensMonth
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Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
@DrBladeNzimande
getting onboard the Energy Observer, which is a hydrogen-powered, zero emissions vessel, currently docked at the Table Bay harbour until the 20th of June 2023
#HydrogenVesselinZA
#HydrogenEconomy
#ItsPossible
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The Media is invited to the launch of the 3D Construction Project
@go2uj
Doornfontein Campus on the 27th of January 2023 (09:00-13:00). The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
@DrBladeNzimande
will deliver the keynote address
#3DPrintedHousesZA
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Investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) is key to improving the lives of all South Africans.
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Shoutout to all the
#WomenInSTEM
! Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
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#SAWiSA2019
Distinguished Young Women Scientists – Research and Innovation category winner is Dr Sibongiseni Thomasia Tunzelana Thotsejane, University of Cape Town
@UCT_new
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The Minister of Science and Technology,
@mmKubayiNgubane
, will host female learners at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg on Monday, 11 February 2019 to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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South Africa signs historic treaty establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory
#SKAtreaty
@dstgovza
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With the
#WorldScienceForum
happening for the first time in Africa, Cape Town
@CTICC_Official
under the theme
#ScienceforSocialJustice
here are some interesting facts about
#WSF_ZA2022
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Science and technology minister
@mmKubayiNgubane
has been nominated as a member of a new multi-stakeholder global artificial intelligence (AI) council.
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South Africa will soon join the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (C4IR Network) alongside China, India and Japan by launching an Affiliate Centre.
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#SAWiSA2018
@mmKubayiNgubane
to host SA Women in Science Awards in honour of Mama Albertina Sisulu
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The L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women In Science programme recognises South African female scientists for their groundbreaking research
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President Cyril Ramaphosa
@CyrilRamaphosa
will today Tuesday, 6 December 2022, deliver the keynote address at the opening session of the World Science Forum (WSF) in Cape Town, under the theme: Science for Social Justice
@PresidencyZA
#WSF_ZA2022
#WSF2022
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The theme
#ScienceforSocialJustice
will explore how science addresses the rights of people to equitable treatment; support for their human rights; a fair allocation of community resources and how science as a social science responds to issues of social justice.
#WSF_ZA2022
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South Africa’s first multimillion rand biorefinery facility will be launched by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, in Durban on Tuesday, 20 March.
@mmKubayiNgubane
@dstgovza
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The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation,
@ministerdrblad1
, welcomes the launch of the School of Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University, which will be officially opened in June 2021.
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@ministerdrblad1
addressing an interministerial media briefing on government's response to the COVID-19 virus,said
@dsigovza
had set aside R12mil & would redirect an additional R30mil for research interventions 2 assist in dealing with the spread of the virus.
#Covid19SA
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARDS.
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#SAWiSA2019
Distinguished Women Scientists – Research & Innovation. The winner is Prof. Tania Samantha Douglas, University of Cape Town
@UCT_news
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ZACUBE-2, described as the most advanced on the continent, will provide cutting-edge remote sensing & communication services to SA & the region. The 4 kg ZACUBE-2 was developed by the French South African Institute of Technology (F'SATI)
@CPUT
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Fourth Science Forum South Africa calls for people centered science. The Minister
@mmKubayiNgubane
emphasised that the conversations taking place at
#SFSA2018
should be relevant and address the needs of vulnerable communities.
@ScienceForumSA
@CSIR
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The Science Forum South Africa will be taking place 6-8 December 2023 held under the theme: "Igniting Conversations about Science" Register now:
#SFSA
#SFSA2023
#ScienceSavingLives
#Itspossible
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New 16-dish MeerKAT already the best radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere
@SKA_telescope
@dstgovza
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#Covid19SA
The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
@StellenboschUni
started a 3D printing laboratory about two years ago to assist surgeons in planning and rehearsing surgical procedures, they had no idea the lab would be put to use in a pandemic.
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South African students take second prize at international supercomputing competition.
#TeamSA
comprised six undergraduates from the Universities :
@WitsUniversity
,
@UWConline
&
@UKZN
.Well done !!
#YouthMonth2020
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Future Professors Programme – call for applications :
@HigherEduGovZA
calls on promising early-career academics to apply to be part of a transformative programme aimed at producing the next cohort of South African professors.
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The Science Forum South Africa will be taking place 6-8 December 2023 held under the theme: "Igniting Conversations about Science"
Register now:
#SFSA
#SFSA2023
#ScienceSavingLives
#Itspossible
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#Phoenix1CRocketLaunch
a huge success yesterday the Overberg Testing Range in Arniston. Congratulations to the
@UKZN
team. The Space Propulsion Programme is funded by the Department.
@DrBladeNzimande
@SANSA7
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Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
@DrBladeNzimande
making his way into the British High Commission to meet with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward and is received by the British High Commissioner to SA, Mr Anthony Phillipson
#SAUK
#SouthAfrica
#Itspossible
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Minister Pandor receives international award for successfully advancing science in society.
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Are you planning to embark on master's degree studies? Are you considering a career as an academic? Then the Nurturing Emerging Scholars Programme (NESP) may just be for you.
@FrenchEmbassyZA
@HigherEduGovZA
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The theme
#ScienceforSocialJustice
will unpack how science as a social justice tool has responded and continues to respond to challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and discusses how science is connected to greater social issues.
#WSF_ZA2022
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Young scientists from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will deliberate on the eradication of hunger and food security at a workshop hosted by the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) this week.
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG) has successfully tested a powerful liquid propellant rocket engine as the first step towards developing a launch vehicle for placing satellites into Earth orbit.
@UKZN
#itspossible
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South Africa wins the right to host the 2024 IAU General Assembly
@mmKubayiNgubane
congratulated the bid committee, saying winning bid was proof that Africa is the next big hub for astronomy, with mega projects like MeerKAT,
@SKA_telescope
,
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#NSW2019
@ministerdrblad1
Minister Nzimande to launch 2019 National Science Week in Kimberley As weather conditions continue 2 become more extreme,sea levels rise and wild animals are forced 2 migrate, the issue of climate change is in the spotlight.
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The DSI congratulates Director General, Dr Phil Mjwara, the 2023 recipient of the
@NSTF_SA
Ukhozi Award for outstanding contribution to Science, Technology and Innovation in South Africa
#NSTFAwards2023
#ScienceSavingLives
#ItsPossible
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Talking women in science with Prof Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi - live
@Phalaphala
87.9 - 107.8 FM or DStv Channel 811 at 14h30 on Thursday, 10 Sep. Mavhandu-Mudzusi is a Professor of Health Studies
@unisa
& a winner of 2017Distinguished Women Scientist Award
@dsigovza
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Ghana and South Africa celebrate first success of African network of telescopes.
@dstgovza
@SKA_Africa
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The Department welcomes the new Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Technology,Dr Blade Nzimande. Executive and all the staff.
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The testing campaign of two hybrid rockets, Phoenix-1C and Phoenix-1D is hugely significant for South African engineering and the development of an African satellite rocket launch capability.
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📢Join
@ButiManamela
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
#OffTheCuff
on Twitter Space
💬: Talking all things space science with The South
African National Space Agency
📅: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
🕢: 19:30 - 21:00
🖥️
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Thulile Khanyile: Passionate about research and building the next generation scientists and researchers
Celebrating Women in Science during Women’s Month in honour of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Realising Women’s Rights
#WomensMonth2021
#research
@nkathuto_edu
@2llyfuthi
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#NSW2022
The National Science Week 2022 is back after a two-year absence due to COVID-19. From the 1-6 August South Africans, young and old, can join activities around the country,“Celebrating the role of basic sciences in the modern world”.
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Scifest Africa still spectacula.This year marks the 23rd anniversary of Africa's largest science festival, Scifest Africa. The science extravaganza will be held from 6 to 12 March 2019 in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape.
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Minister Pandor congratulates the CSIR's CHPC for unveiling the fastest computing system in Africa
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
and Minister
@DrBladeNzimande
meeting and greeting exhibitors at their various stalls as they entered Exhibition hall 2 at
@CTICC_Official
for World Science Forum opening session
#WSF_ZA2022
#ScienceforSocialJustice
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Applications are invited for the NRF's Postgraduate Scholarship 2021 funding call.
Applications are invited for the NRF's Postgraduate Scholarship 2021 funding call.
All the info needed to apply, as well as the contact details of designated NRF officers for queries, is set out on our website here: .
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#MDASAT2022
we are counting down to this significant event. We are launching 3 Nanosatellites on SpaceX Transporter 3 Mission. The satellites will monitor our oceans. We are doing this work through
@CPUT
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@ministerdrblad1
, has congratulated the developers of the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Phoenix-1B Mark IIr sounding rocket on their successful test launch that took place at the Denel Overberg Test Range in the Western Cape
@UKZN
@DenelSOC
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Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimade signed a declaration with the German Minister of Research and Education Bettina Watzinger-Stark to establish a Joint Research Chair on Just Energy Transition
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Postgraduate Funding Call.
Check our Twitter at 12:00 every day (over the next 2 weeks) for an info snippet about the NRF’s General 2022 Postgraduate Funding Call. Let's start with the qualifications that are supported, which are full-time degrees only:
#NRFPG2022
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South African nanosatellite successfully deployed from International Space Station.
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The Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Mr Buti Manamela
@ButiManamela
, will host a BackChat session at the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Thursday, 29 April 2021, at 17:30.
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