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In celebration of Heritage Day, we collaborated with the Iziko South African Museum on its In_Herit Festival 2026: Public Lecture Series. As part of the series, our LTO-Land Research Coordinator, Abuyiselwe Nguna (fondly known as Abu), delivered a public lecture on 19 September 2026 at the Iziko...
The NRF-SAEON Egagasini Node and its research infrastructure, the South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI), were part of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) South African delegation at the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China. South Africa being...
Four of our representatives at the South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI) participated in the 12th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference (OSC) and associated business meetings in Oslo, Norway, from 8–19 August 2026. The delegation comprised Dr Anne...
The Marion Island Annual Relief Voyage for the 2026/27 season resumed in early August 2026, following a three-month interruption after the emergency evacuation of the previous overwintering team in May. This marked an important step towards re-establishing South Africa’s permanent occupation and...
