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ViewAaaand they’re off!

Science and innovation jostled for position at South Africa’s end-of-year forum in Pretoria

ViewWhat is the 4IR anyway?

Fourth industrial revolution 'overcooked and overhyped'—and more from the 2019 Science Forum

ViewForesight exercise identifies nine priority areas for SA science

Critics say plan lacks focus and ‘out of the box’ long-term thinking

ViewTUT appears before Parliament, finally

Science and technology portfolio committee members remain unsatisfied

ViewSA launches national geospatial company

Public-private partnership designed to ‘demystify space for business’

ViewResist US pressure over copyright bill, Ramaphosa urged

Creative US industries are lobbying for SA sanctions should ‘fair use’ bill be passed

ViewNzimande: ‘We must bridge the gap between North and South’

South African science minister takes a swing at lopsided global science spending

ViewLarge classes and language barriers fuel SA plagiarism, trio claims

KwaZulu-Natal academics ‘feel relegated to security officers and investigators’

ViewTwo European research collaborations for SA

Ocean science and agriculture benefits from deals with Norway and France

ViewSA hosting of research integrity conference welcomed

Cape Town-based 2021 meeting will help Africa fight unethical practices, say NRF officials

ViewSouth Africa is on track building nanotechnology capacity

But racial and gender transformation remains a concern in the sector

ViewSA to partner Hungary on cars, water and lasers

‘Commonalities’ between economies will drive research partnerships

ViewTwo SA universities in top 100 health ranking

Thirty-four African universities appear in Times Higher Education subject ranking for health

ViewUS foundation backs SANBI data competition

Teams in Malawi, Rwanda, and Ghana will compete for prizes but more funding is available

ViewParliament fumes as TUT ‘gives it the finger’

No-show indicative of ‘culture of impunity’ at university, says committee chair

ViewSouth Africa to probe quality of PhD training

Doctoral numbers have increased faster than supervisory capacity at universities

ViewL’Oreal rewards first winners of SA programme

Five doctoral and two postdoctoral researchers share over R700,000 in total

ViewSouth African parliament ratifies SKA convention

But EFF denounces new body and says its adoption is ‘submitting to imperialism’

ViewBlack researchers in South Africa win more grants but less money

White men still dominate when it comes to large grant sums, 2018 NRF data show

ViewSouth African medical council doubles down on Plan S

SAMRC head wants things to be even more “disruptive”

ViewVC salaries irk MPs

Salaries must be regulated, says chair of parliamentary committee

ViewFees Must Fall put damper on postgrad funding, says Nzimande

Influx of undergraduates will add more pressure, science minister warns

ViewMost SA universities bank on subsidies

High variance between universities found in government figures

ViewDecolonise Plan S, South African academics hear

Scientists warned against ‘apartheidisation’ of research and spiralling costs

ViewSouth Africa’s R&D intensity crawls upwards

Government and foreign funding slows, while business funding shows small recovery

ViewFresh radio astronomy projects to bolster pan-African readiness

South Africa hopes small dishes and project co-location will improve sustainability of continental efforts

ViewDNA samples being returned to Africa after consent row

Stellenbosch in touch with communities involved in Sanger DNA study

ViewSouth Africa’s Royal Society elects first woman president

Stephanie Burton says body should be ‘voice for ethics and integrity’ in research

ViewSA parliamentary science committee backs SKA Observatory

Important that country is one of the first to ratify establishing treaty, says chairman

ViewSouth Africa could be postdoc heaven, report says

But difficulty attracting foreign researchers holds the country back