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ViewEquality body wants university funds tied to gender progress

Slow transformation at senior levels shows tougher rules are needed, parliament hears

ViewPretoria launches Africa’s first UN University hub

New research centre to pilot pan-African science policy solutions on climate and agriculture

ViewSouth Africa unveils funds for research hit by US cuts

Grants will help projects continue, wind down or stay afloat while seeking alternative funds

ViewSouth Africa ‘needs science-based foot-and-mouth response’

Agriculture minister admits “lack of readiness” and calls state response “stretched to limits”

ViewQ&A: Why South Africa updated its scholarly publishing code

Susan Veldsman explains how challenges including AI and predatory journals triggered revision

ViewRamaphosa removes South Africa’s higher education minister

Nobuhle Nkabane faced mounting pressure over allegations she lied to parliament about controversial board appointments

ViewMPs query South African space agency’s satellite partnership

Financial and operational challenges prompt calls to cancel contracts with state-owned technology company

ViewSouth Africa to tighten oversight of foreign university staff

Universities “may have been given too much latitude” in their internationalisation activities, department says

ViewScience department vows to hire more white and ‘coloured’ staff

South African department’s HR director says budget constraints have thwarted equitable recruitment

ViewSouth African MPs lament funding shortages for science

Everyone agrees there is a problem, minister admits in debate on 2025-26 science budget

ViewSouth Africa’s science spending drop is about more than just R&D

Survey of government science and technology activities shows steady decline in investment

ViewSouth Africa cuts funding targets for Black women

Limited budgets will affect National Research Foundation grants in 2026-27 and 2027-28

ViewCalls mount to remove South Africa’s higher education minister

Coalition partner files fraud charges over Nobuhle Nkabane’s alleged “false claims” to parliament

ViewSouth Africa calls for global action to fund southern science

“Crisis-level” gaps threaten development goals, research leaders tell side event at Seville aid financing summit

ViewNobuhle Nkabane apologises over Seta panel chair blunder

Higher education minister’s judge naming error deepens controversy over disputed appointments at training bodies

ViewSouth Africa ‘has no drug resistance plan’, experts warn

Scientists urge revival of national strategy and advisory body in line with international commitment

ViewDeputy vice-chancellor gunned down on campus in South Africa

Calls for security boost after second fatal shooting in three months at Walter Sisulu University

ViewQ&A: Free State’s planned vet school ‘ideal’ for research links

Nalize Scheepers explains how new veterinary programme drives South African-led research

ViewWits commits R22m to cushion US funding blow

But emergency allocation is “drop in the ocean” compared with grant losses, says research head

ViewFree State hopes to launch South Africa’s second veterinary school

Programme aims to tackle national shortage of veterinarians and support food security

ViewUptake of CSIR technology is insufficient, officials warn

Lack of collaboration highlighted between South African departments and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

ViewUniversities body hits back at economist’s closure call

Universities South Africa CEO says proposal to close most public universities is “misleading and damaging”

ViewSouth Africa ‘revives’ decade-old plan to boost maths and science

Government to review 2015 framework amid concerns over low student enrolment and performance

ViewSouth Africa’s ‘modest’ innovation fund needs investment

Planned scale-up requires industry support to “drastically improve” funding, says top science official

ViewSouth Africa ‘can unlock’ R153bn mining windfall through tech

Science minister says public-private partnerships are key to reviving struggling sector as shallow deposits run...

ViewFour science agencies pay chiefs above government guidelines

CSIR leads quartet of bodies paying executives in excess of Department of Public Service recommendations

ViewSouth Africa’s Algoa research vessel needs urgent upgrade

Fifty-year-old inshore workhorse “held together with sellotape and bubble wrap”

ViewSouth Africa’s presidential PhD programme takes shape

Call for university hosts next week will be followed by student search early next year

ViewUniversity of Cape Town outlines actions to handle US funding cuts

South African institution’s losses could amount to R1.67 billion over the next three years

ViewHeavyweight panel to steer South Africa’s response to US cuts

High-profile working group to deliver first report within weeks as research sector braces for impact