eNews
#03 2024
NRF-SAEON in the media
By Staff Writer
uLwazi Node
The winners of the 2023–2024 NSTF–South32 Awards were announced on 12 July on page 2 of a special Mail & Guardian supplement dedicated to the awards. SAEON’s uLwazi Node won the Data for Research Award.
On page 7, the Mail & Guardian supplement also carried an article on the uLwazi Node and its achievements, titled Custodians of Earth’s digital heartbeat.
On July 12, Engineering News published an article titled NRF environmental data node wins prestigious award, stating that the uLwazi Node has become an “essential platform providing environmental data to researchers, policymakers and the public”.
The Node’s win also featured in:
- South Africa’s science “Oscars” awarded , published in Gadget on 17 July
- Honouring SA’s leading innovators in science, engineering and technology, published in Business Report (The Star, including Pretoria News; Cape Times; The Mercury)
- the website of the National Research Foundation – NRF-SAEON’s uLwazi Node Wins at the ‘Science Oscars’
A proud moment for the uLwazi Node at the awards ceremony. From left: Professor Glenda Grey, Leo Chiloane – Manager of the uLwazi Node, Shaun Swanepoel – Infrastructure Lead, uLwazi Node, Prof Khathutshelo Nephawe – Chairperson of SACNASP, and Dr Mmboneni Muofhe – Deputy Director-General for Socio-Economic Innovation Partnership at the Department of Science and Innovation.
SAEON eNews is the bimonthly online newsletter of the South African Environmental Observation Network.
SAEON is a research platform funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
SAEON serves as a national platform for detecting, translating and predicting environmental change through scientifically designed observation systems and research.