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President Ramaphosa to bestow the 2024 National Orders

The President will bestow on deserving recipients the Order of Mendi for Bravery, the Order of Ikhamanga, the Order of the Baobab, the Order of Luthuli, the Order of Mapungubwe, and the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo.

By The Presidency about 13 hours ago

South Africa and renewable energy: a 12-year-old programme offers insights for countries moving to cleaner power sources

Based on our findings we point to ways to get closer to the country’s key targets. These include increased capacity, decarbonisation, local development, and addressing energy poverty among lower-income households.

By Aalia Cassim - Visiting Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand. Imraan Valodia - Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand. Julia Taylor - Researcher: Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand. Professor Rod Crompton - African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand 5 months ago

Reimagining the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Africa

In a recent publication titled "The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Techno-Colonialism, and the Sub-Saharan African Response," author, Edmund Terem Ugar, outlines his perspective on how Sub-Saharan Africa should respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

By Edmund Terem Ugar, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Philosophy and Research Assistant Centre for African-China Studies (CACS), University of Johannesburg   8 months ago

Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy – a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem

Visible light is just one part of the electromagnetic spectrum that astronomers use to study the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope was built to see infrared light, other space telescopes capture X-ray images, and observatories like the Green Bank Telescope, the Very Large Array, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array and dozens of o...

By Christopher Gordon De Pree Deputy Electromagnetic Spectrum Manager, National Radio Astronomy Observatory & Christopher R. Anderson Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy & Mariya Zheleva Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University at Albany, State University of New York about 1 year ago

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