A free public talk by Professor Ken Findlay, Research Chair: Oceans Economy, Cape Peninsula University of Technology will be presented at the S A Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) Auditorium, Observatory, Cape Town on 16th August at 5pm.  Abstract: Human populations depend on a number of provisioning, cultural and regulatory ecosystem services, including a suite of services from the ocean […]

Congratulations to all the 2017 Winners and their Teachers as another successful Competition is concluded.   The winning schools will be contacted individually shortly.   To all participants – many thanks to you for supporting this Competition, we do hope that it has been of benefit beyond the prizes. Topic 1 : ‘There is huge […]

The NSTF-South32 Awards, was held at a prestigious Gala Dinner in Gauteng on Thursday, 29 June 2017. It is the 19th celebration of this flagship project of the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF). ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA congratulates all winners (see full list) and is delighted that those below are counted among RSSAf […]

The Royal Society of Chemistry recently awarded Professor Dudley Shallcross FRSSAf  the Nyholm Prize for his contributions to the field of chemical science education.   He received £5,000, a medal and a certificate. See The Nyholm Prize for Education recognises a major national or international research or innovation contribution to the field of chemical science education.  This […]

RSSAf Fellow Professor Lee Berger and his team announce new discoveries in Rising Star Cave System The new discovery and research was done by a large team of researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, James Cook University, the University of Wisconsin and more than 30 additional international institutions have announced two major discoveries related […]