Published on Mar 22, 2022
South African company Mzansi Meat is set to showcase what it claims is Africa’s first cultivated meat burger. The product will be revealed at a bespoke event in Cape Town next month.
To produce Mzans…
Published on Mar 17, 2022
Cannabis has been touted as the next big money-spinner in agriculture, with many farmers looking for a way to cash in on this market. Producing medical cannabis, however, presents a number of hurdles,…
Published on Mar 14, 2022
The Grain SA Research and Policy Centre team manages and coordinates research efforts in a consortium-based approach. The three main research consortia are Crop Improvement, Plant Health and Climate R…
Published on Mar 11, 2022
Did you know that the humble sorghum grain is high in dietary fibre, assists in digestion, prevents celiac disease and allergies, is rich in antioxidant phenolic compounds – and yet is the least utili…
Published on Feb 10, 2022
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will join Belgium’s Minister of Development Cooperation, Ms Meryame Kitir, on a high-level visit to Cape Town, on…
Published on Jan 25, 2022
Dear Fellow South African,
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION VITAL FOR OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY
As the country strives to recover from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing science and innovation playin…
Published on Jan 20, 2022
Africa needs, and is ready for, nothing short of a new public health order, with systems better able to prepare for and respond to the next health threat. Having engaged in outbreak response, research…
Published on Dec 09, 2021
Cape Town, South Africa's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has been boosted with the latest approval by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) of an innovative, locally dev…
Published on Dec 01, 2021
Nearly 700 scientists from across the globe have signed a petition urging the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to allow genetically engineered trees in the forests and products that it certifies.
The…
Published on Nov 25, 2021
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) will host this year’s Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) at its traditional home, with a number of exciting in-person sessions set to take place at the CS…
Published on Oct 26, 2021
A CSIR private-public partnership shows how funding through the national research and development system helped create South Africa’s own, locally developed PCR test kits and reagents to test Covid-19…
Published on Oct 11, 2021
South Africa, the largest carbon emitter on the African continent, is the preferred recipient for concessional climate (or green) funding to drive and speed up the decarbonisation programme of its eco…
Published on Oct 05, 2021
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has won the inaugural Green Economy Change Champions Competition for its project that adds value to bio-solids produced at waste water treatment facilitie…
Published on Oct 01, 2021
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and its partners will launch a state-of-the-art science centre equipped with advanced green technologies in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, 6…
Published on Sep 29, 2021
Scientists from the University of Cape Town, who spent two decades studying plant-made vaccines before shifting their focus to Covid-19 when the pandemic struck, have reported a successful, near-full…
Published on Sep 21, 2021
Contaminated water flowing from abandoned mines is one of the most significant contributors to water pollution. Acid mine drainage (AMD) can have severe impacts on aquatic resources, can stunt terrest…