News
Undersea cable to create sustainable competitive market
08 May 2008 - Government has identified the Broadband Infraco-led African West Coast Cable (AWCC) project as a lead initiative to create a sustainable competitive international bandwidth market in the country.
Science Week to encourage youth to pursue science
05 May 2008 - Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena will on Thursday officially open the National Science Week (NSW) aimed at persuading the youth to pursue careers in the science field.
India, Brazil, SA navies engage in joint exercises
05 May 2008 - The navies of Brazil, India and South Africa are, for the first time in the history of the trilateral IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) initiative, engaging in joint exercises in the seas off the southern coast of South Africa.
Google may be planning to provide 3D mapping of ocean floor
05 May 2008 - Google has assembled an advisory group of oceanographic experts and invited researchers from around the world to discuss plans for the creation of a 3D oceanographic mapping service similar to Google Earth and Google Sky.
PhD Fellowship programme for natural or life scientists
25 April 2008 - A notification about a PhD Fellowship programme for Natural or Life Science Students from one of the South Africa Development Community (SADC) countries has been received by the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR).
Sea Level Rise may be higher than first expected
24 April 2008 - A recent study by researchers from the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory in Britain revealed that global sea level rise could be as high as 1.5m by the year 2100. The new prediction is significantly greater than what was previously estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Cape Town welcomes Argentinean tall ship
23 April 2008 - One of the world's tallest and fastest sailing ships, the ARA Libertad belonging to the Argentinean Navy, arrives in Cape Town on Saturday, 26 April on a six-day goodwill visit.
Sci-Fest Africa encourages youth to take science careers
20 April 2008 - The Department of Science and Technology, through a number of strategic interventions such as the Sci-Fest Africa, has encouraged learners to take science based careers.
Norway, SA sign declaration on climate change, energy
19 April 2008 - Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg have signed a joint declaration on climate change and issues relating to energy.
SA cannot interfere with China-Zim shipment
19 April 2008 - South Africa is not in the position to interfere with a shipment of weapons reportedly from China en-route to Zimbabwe which is currently docked at the Port of Durban, says Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, Aziz Pahad.