Home    Search    Sitemap
The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) aims to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa.

 
 
National Science Week 2010
National Science Week
2-7 August 2010

Theme: "The Role of Science in Economic Development"

Highlights for activities for National Science Week 2010

More information
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
Announcement: Young Science Communicators' Competition Prizes
Young Science Communicators' Competition Prizes

We wish to thank all the participants in this round of the Young Science Communicators’ Competition for the excellent quality of the submissions for written and audio production categories. Due to circumstances beyond our control we were not able to complete the adjudication process in time to award the overall winners with the opportunity to attend the Euroscience Open Forum in Torino, Italy in July; however, this announcement serves as notification that the overall prize for both the written and audio categories will be awarded the opportunity to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. from the 17th to the 21st of February 2011.

More information

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
Press release
Press release: Shedding Light on Human Genetic Diversity

A paper detailing the the Southern African Genome Sequencing Project and its results was published in the journal Nature.

Please see the press release for more details.

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Press statement
Press statement: Stem Cell Symposium

A Stem Cell Symposium is scheduled for 2 and 3 August 2010 in Cape Town. The symposium will be followed by a workshop where scientists, physicians and surgeons will offer hands-on tutorials for registered professionals.

Please see the press statement for more details.

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 

2009 SA Calling young scientists!

Calling young scientists!

Grab this chance to stir the public's imagination and win wonderful prizes.
Enter the Young Science Communicators' Competition now!

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 

2009 SA Science Lens winners announced

2009 SA Science Lens winners announced!

The entries in this year's SA Science Lens competition represented a wide range of science areas and many techniques were used to capture them, from state-of-the-art electron microscopes to digital and standard cameras. View the winning entries!

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
Sci-Bono Relief Teachers

Relief Teachers

Sci-Bono seeks to register and train a group of relief teachers whose role will be to temporarily take the place of school teachers selected for training. Relief teachers will spend limited periods at a time, in school classrooms in a care-taker role, while the selected teachers are away on training.

Read more
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 

Smart Interactive Board for top Dinaledi School

This year, SMART will provide the Dinaledi School which tops the SAASTA National Science Olympiad a SMART Board interactive whiteboard at a value of R 50 000.

For more information on the National Science Olympiad click here; for a project description of the National Science Olympiad, click here.

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
2009 African Science Communication Conference (ASCC)
2009 African Science Communication Conference (ASCC) Presentations

Theme: Shaping Africa's future - science communication's contribution to science, technology and innovation, and the development of democracy in Africa

To view the presentations, visit:
http://www.saasta.ac.za/ascc/2009/

 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


View previous News in Brief items posted on this page.

thumb Latest EasyScience Fun experiments, puzzles & more
NRF Space Workshop report and presentations now available
Join SASCON, a free email network for those in the field of science communication
Public Understanding of Biotechnology (PUB) - learn more about biotechnology!
2nd ASCC 2009
International Polar Year 2007-2008
International Year of Astronomy 2009
Planet Earth 2007-2009
SAASTA Schools Debates



Free downloads

Astronomy Cartoons

African Origins Cartoons

Biosciences Booklet

Periodic Table of the Elements

Major science thrusts in South Africa poster



How to find us

View and download a map & directions to SAASTA
 [Staff email access] Top