eNews
#04 2024
NRF-SAEON in the media
By Staff Writer
To coincide with the Women in Science Awards held on August 15, Dr Mary-Jane Bopape, managing director of NRF-SAEON was interviewed on Lotus FM (Women in STEM), SABC News (LIVE | SA Women in Science Awards 2024 – SABC News – Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa’s news leader.) and Umhlobo Wenene (Women making strides in male-dominated industries). The interview was also published online on The Africa: Live Sa Women In Science Awards 2024 (theafrica.co.za)
Arid Lands Node
An article on the Prince Albert Vygie written by arid land scientists Sue Milton and Helga van der Merwe, and published in the previous edition of SAEON eNews, appeared in Mail & Guardian (The Green Guardian) of August 30: Drought and warming a threat to endangered Western Cape vygie – The Mail & Guardian (mg.co.za). The article was also republished in The NRF Bulletin of September 3 under the title Drought and Warming, a Threat to Endangered Western Cape Vygie.
The Prince Albert Vygie, Bijlia dilatata, is an endemic species found in the Prince Albert region of the Western Cape, South Africa. (Photo: C. Hundermark)
Science engagement
SAEON was mentioned as one of the sponsors in an article on the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists – published in News24 online on September 11: Young brainiacs given the platform to excel in science, engineering
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.