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ViewAustralian alumni network raises R80m for Wits

Centenary campaign benefits from network launched last month

ViewThe Rensburg review at a glance

Quick guide to the ministerial review of South Africa's higher education, science and innovation landscape

ViewPartnerships to boost R&D ‘may work—up to a point’

Rensburg review: Universities SA chief Ahmed Bawa weighs in on findings

View‘Urgent’ action needed to save South African research

Rensburg review depicts “chronically siloed” system of HE, science, technology and innovation

ViewSouth African breweries bankroll social innovation

Innovation and universities funds and awards to flow from partnership with technology agency

ViewNzimande lauds space agency’s Durban flood response

Science minister makes comments after MPs criticise his department for lack of action

ViewSouth Africa drops among Africa’s top R&D spenders

Fresh Unesco data places country behind Egypt, Rwanda and Tunisia

ViewSouth Africa to improve R&D coordination from 2023

Science department says “thinking differently” can free up resources

ViewPandemic sidelined top women academics

Only two women among top ten 10 Covid-19 experts given exposure

ViewSouth Africa and Germany partner on sustainable jet fuel

Three-year project to develop catalysts for aviation industry

ViewStudy confirms employability of South African PhDs

Country’s first doctoral tracer study shows that studying further pays off

View‘Honestly, we don’t have enough money’

South Africa’s science minister Blade Nzimande admits to science budget shortfall

ViewRace, gender balance highlighted in science budget debate

Making space for Black and women scientists a priority for science minister

ViewWalter Sisulu University in hot water over unaccredited courses

Diplomas in auditing and journalism, degrees in zoology, obstetrics and pathology affected

ViewNRF chief: ‘Prioritisation is our big challenge’

Fulufhelo Nelwamondo on the difficult choices facing his agency and whether ratings still matter

ViewUCT launches programme to turn ‘ideas to impact’

Platform will help structure IP and commercialisation agreements for young researchers

ViewSouth African higher education stalwart mourned

Tributes to former Council on Higher Education chief Narend Baijnath

ViewSouth Africa launches new phase of research-to-policy scheme

The aim of SA-Tied is to move from diagnosis to solutions for economic challenges

ViewSouth Africa’s space agency scrambles to cover 22% cut

Sansa looks to service fees and industry partnerships to fill funding gaps

ViewEnvironmental observation network gets new head

Mary-Jane Bopape is one of Africa’s few Black women meteorologists

ViewUniversity of Cape Town deputy vice-chancellor steps down

Lis Lange quits as head of teaching and learning with immediate effect

ViewStellenbosch announces next research and innovation head

Sibusiso Moyo to replace Eugene Cloete in influential role at top institution

ViewSouth African science delegation tours Silicon Valley

Minister leads mission to the US seeking insights to inform 10-year science plan

ViewTributes pour in for Black Women in Science founder

Minister, funder mourn loss of South African science champion Ndoni Mcunu

ViewMPs query science response to South Africa floods

Call for action after disaster kills more than 400 in KwaZulu-Natal

ViewSouth Africans prepare to cast off on French research schooner

Floating microbiology lab will study Africa’s west coast under local direction

ViewSouth Africa urged to restore respect for scholarship

Law professor Barney Pityana blasts attitudes toward academia

ViewPostgraduate scheme to train African thought leaders

Almost 100 scholarships for exchanges at honours, masters and PhD level

View$3m donation to bolster innovation at Wits

Bequest from US-based entrepreneur and alumni David Fine will fund new chair

ViewThe West’s Ukraine response ‘only hardens positions’

Chair of ANC's foreign policy committee says US and European actions “polarise and divide”