Michelle Knights takes South Africa thro...

Michelle Knights, currently completing her PhD in Cosmology at UCT, is making history as the first EVER FameLab South African winner. She jetted off to the UK early this month (June 2013) to represent South Africa in the International FameLab competition and she made it all the way to the International final which took place on the 6th June 2013 in Cheltenham. South Africa is definitely proud of Michelle! Michelle Knights intrigued the judges with her presentation on the use of pulsars to demonstrate gravitational waves (an Einstein hypothesis). Only ten countries out of...

Science Spaza at the Royal Show

Our famous Science Spaza featured at the Royal Show Grounds from the 24th of May to the 2nd of June 2013. The Royal Show is an event in Pietermaritzburg and attracts an average of 220 000 visitors per year. Science Spaza was fortunate to have been there and reached many young learners and educators who are interested and excited about the field of science. Science Spaza attracted much attention from learners, educators, the general public and potential partners. This served to be a beneficial and educational experience for learners who received activity based resources...

Famelab

FameLab® is an initiative of the Cheltenham Festivals. Jive Media Africa in collaboration with The British Council has brought the international FameLab® competition to South Africa in 2013. And the winners are… From left: Prof Janice Limson (Judge), Lorenzo Raynard (SAASTA/ Judge), Robert Inglis (Director, Jive Media Africa), Febe Wilken (runner up), Barend Jansen van Vuuren, Christopher Maxwell, Ntokozo Shezi, John Woodland (runner up), Ahmed Seedat, Charlotte Hillebrand, Michelle Knights (overall winner), Charmaine Drury, Prof Albert Modi (UKZN Dean,...

Science Spaza at SciFest Africa 2013

SciFest Africa 2013 welcomed Science Spaza where we opened our doors to thousands of young budding scientists! Here you could get knowledge for mahala! Free resources were handed out and experiments done with simple found objects – for all to see that YOU CAN DO IT! To read more about this and to download resources go to www.sciencespaza.org, an initiative of Jive Media Africa....