ASSAf News

The call for the annual process of nominating and electing new Members to ASSAf has commenced in accordance with Regulation 1 of the Academy, and you are herewith requested to submit nominations by using the attached nomination form.

South Africa is a country with significant socio-economic development challenges. The majority of South Africans have limited or non-existent access to basic infrastructure, services, education, primary health care, housing and socio-economic opportunities. The urban housing backlog exceeds 2.4 million houses, with many families living in squatter housing or informal settlements. The Breaking New Grounds Policy, 2014 for the creation of sustainable human settlements, acknowledges the...

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) cordially invite you to the ASSAf stakeholder engagement with NGO’s/Civil Society Organisations webinar Civil Society Organisations in conversation with science: Synergies aimed at addressing developmental challenges for the societies we serve.

ASSAf cordially invites you to a science engagement week from 15 to 19 March 2021. The aim of the week is to ignite conversations around policy, projects and activities that shape science engagement. It is to look at roles played by different stakeholders in the national project of promoting science and supporting education in general. Read more and register.

You are invited to the following webinar, hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in collaboration with the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) An overview of the use of DOAJ by different stakeholders: researchers, funders, librarians and publishers and their specific needs.

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) cordially invites you to a virtual discussion on Challenges lying ahead with COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa. Moderator: Prof Mosa Moshabela, Chair: ASSAf Health Standing Committee, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).Keynote Speaker: Prof Shabir Madhi, Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)Respondent: Prof Wolfgang Preiser, Professor and Head: Division of...

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in collaboration with The University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and North West University (NWU) cordially invite you to a series of webinars on the 'No Paraffin! Campaign' National Roundtable Discussion Webinar Series.

During Science Forum South Africa 2020, ASSAf Executive Officer, Prof Himla Soodyall, hosted a panel discussion themed The policy & practice of drug, alcohol & tobacco use during COVID-19. https://youtu.be/b-IeQYQKPM0 The discussions explored the ethics of intervening in the lives of others under the lens of South Africa’s go-it-alone ban on tobacco and alcohol sales to tackle COVID-19. Leading medical, policy and civil society experts from at home and abroad weighed up the scientific evidence for...