Category: NRF in the News

The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC), hosted annually by Telkom, took place from 30 November to 03 December 2025 at Kogelberg Biosphere near Hermanus. This year’s theme, Africa’s Ascent: Towards a sustainable and resilient future enabled by

Science infrastructure is not just critical for the generation of new scientific knowledge and the development of researchers and scientists. Science infrastructure also has immense potential to drive socio- economic development for local communities and stimulate science tourism. Over the

The National Research Foundation (NRF) co-hosted an interactive session titled People, Planet, and Possibility: Systems Science Meets Journalism for Wellbeing with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) on 04 December 2025 at the World Conference of Science Journalists

By Dr Anton Binneman / NRF–SAASTA On the slopes of the Magaliesberg, surrounded by quiet farmland and wind-cut ridges, stands a radio telescope with a story few South Africans know; a story that stretches from the heart of the Cradle

Statement from the Future Earth Africa Hub Leadership Centre’s Consortium at the G20 Africa’s Scientific Renaissance – A vision for sustainability The National Research Foundation (NRF), in its capacity as the secretariat of the Future Earth Africa Hub in collaboration

A significant milestone in South Africa’s research and innovation landscape was reached this past week as the National Research Foundation (NRF), through the Presidential PhD Programme, and the Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (Globelics)

The 6th National Global Change Conference, jointly hosted by the National Research Foundation (NRF); the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI); and the University of Mpumalanga (UMP); officially commenced today at UMP’s Mbombela Campus. The conference provides a national platform

The South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), in collaboration with the University of the Free State’s Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), has installed the highest weather station in Southern Africa in the Mont-aux-Sources area of the Maluti-Drakensberg. Positioned atop the iconic

The NRF has deepened its strategic partnerships with fellow African science funding agencies, following productive bilateral engagements with the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) and the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) during the 2025 GRC Sub-Saharan Africa Regional

This serves to inform you that the NRF Connect system is now open for the submission of the 2025 Progress Reports (PRs). Motivations for the Carry Forward of unspent funds should be submitted in the financials section of the Progress