Astrophysicists attached to the Southern Africa Large Telescope (Salt) are observing supernovas “almost weekly”, Naledi Pandor, science & technology minister, was told during a tour of the facility
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The department of science & technology needs more than the R7,4bn set aside in the budget for South Africa to stay abreast of global innovations, minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday
The first antennae for the MeerKAT radio telescope – the precursor to the large-scale Square Kilometre Array project – will be ready for service at the end of June, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Friday. “Twenty-one antennae will be mounted and
The development surrounding the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is a sign to the world of Africa’s capability of producing excellence, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Friday. The SKA project is an effort to build the largest and most
South Africa is making a number of bold moves that could see the country leapfrog into being a leading hydrogen fuel cell technology industrial hub, said minister of science & technology
Presenting a report on basic education, higher education, health and science & technology, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said more could be done to improve South Africa’s education system. “Comrades [in commissions] expressed the need to
“South Africa is fortunate to boast excellence in a large number of cutting-edge science and technology domains. Whether it is in nanotechnology or astronomy, laser technology or high-performance computing, South Africa has made an impact in
Access to education has opened up since 1994, but the government has been less successful at improving the quality of education pupils receive, science and technology minister Naledi Pandor said on
South Africa needs more research and development. This is what makes the figures from the latest annual R&D survey, conducted by the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators at the Human Sciences Research Council, disappointing. The country has once again failed
Spending on research and development (R&D) remains stubbornly low at 0,76% of GDP for the third year in a row, according to the 2012/2013 National Survey of Research and Development. However, the rand amount spent had risen to R23,9bn, which is R1,6bn more than the previous