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Celebrating 30 years of impact through collaborative effort

The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is a unique and proudly South African organisation that exists to represent all stakeholders in science, engineering, technology…

NSTF-South32 Awards

SET for a Quantum Leap Celebrating 30 years of excellence in science, engineering and technology (SET) in South Africa… and beyond It’s South Africa’s biggest night in science,…

Prof Bernand Slippers, Director of FABI and Innovation Africa @UP, and professor at UP.

The visionary leader

Prof Bernard Slippers cultivates scientific excellence through team building

Dr Tiisetso Elizabeth Lephoto, a  research leader in the Nematology and Bioprocess Laboratory at Wits.

The worm wrangler

Dr Tiisetso Lephoto enlists nature’s microscopic warriors for sustainable pest control

Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha, Chair of the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) for NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology.

The biosensor sage

Prof Emmanuel Iwuoha’s legacy transforms lives through nanoscience

Prof Claudia Polese, Head of the Aeronautical Engineering Stream at Wits.

The high flier

Prof Claudia Polese gives aerospace engineers wings

NSTF: Celebrating excellence in future changemakers

Brilliants Programme takes the lead in battling early SET talent pipeline leaks

At the National Science and Technology discussion forum, scientists warned that several elements are finite and must be managed sustainably

Systems thinking, sustainable development and chemical elements

Chemical elements from the perspective of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

The NSTF-South32 trophy

The NSTF-South32 Awards

Twenty-one years of recognising excellence in science, engineering, technology and innovation

Benjamin Roberts

Raising the public voice

Data for Research Award: for advancing the availability, management and use of data for research by an individual or an organisation

The NSTF-South32 trophy

Celebrating excellence in science, engineering, technology, innovation

This is the 20th anniversary of the NSTF-South 32 Awards

Professor Tiaan de Jager

Striving for a malaria-free Africa

Communication Award for outreach and creating awareness by a team or individual

Professor Keolebogile Shirley Motaung

Traditional innovation

Innovation Award: Corporate Organisation for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or an individual

Professor Conrad Fourie

SMME changes the global landscape of superconducting and quantum circuit design

Innovation Award: SMME for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or individual

Processing chemical wastes for product benefits

Solutions to environmental pollution.

Professor De Wet Swanepoel

Spotting hearing loss

Using smartphone-based software for early detection of hearing loss.

Taking to the air

Using sophisticated maths to create systems.

The power of the science communication role model

Reflection is powerful. As a young black child if all you see are images of white men as scientists, does science become a career option?

Members of the PCDDP team Liezl-Marie Scholtz

Advancing SA’s pharmaceutical industry

Developing pheroid-based products.

Saving the trees

Professor Brenda Wingfield is the deputy dean of the faculty of natural and agricultural sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP).