SANSA intends to join a consortia of South African institutions, which includes the Universities of Cape Town, North West, Pretoria, Sol Plaatje, Western Cape and WITS as well as the SKA-South Africa, to establish a proto-type African Research Cloud (proto-type
Over the past decades, rapid variations in the Earth's magnetic field have occurred, highlighting the swirling dynamo at the Earth's molten core, 3000 kilometres under the surface. Researchers at SANSA have been keeping a close eye on the latest of
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="591"] Dr Val Munsami[/caption] Dr Valanathan Munsami has been appointed as a successor to Dr Sandile Malinga, as the new CEO for the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) effective from 3 January 2017. Dr Malinga left the Agency
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] Setjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra Township[/caption] With the devastating flash floods that occurred in Gauteng last week and expected heavy rainfalls in the coming days, it is important for our citizens to know about flood prone areas
With the devastating flash floods that occurred in Gauteng last week and expected heavy rainfalls in the coming days, it is important that people are aware of flood prone areas and take precautionary measures in time, to mitigate the impact
In a ground breaking move to provide better and improved services to the people of Gauteng province, the Gauteng provincial government recently entered into a partnership with the South African National Space Agency. Through this partnership, SANSA will provide Gauteng government
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="356"] (LtoR) Mr Potlaki Maine, Ms Joy-Marie Lawrence (Baord Chairman) and Dr Sandile Malinga[/caption] On 1 September, SANSA welcomed Mr Potlaki Maine as Acting Chief Executive Officer following the resignation of former CEO, Dr Sandile Malinga. Dr Malinga has
The agricultural sector in South Africa is set to benefit from the crop monitoring system that has recently been developed by SANSA in partnership with Airbus Defence and Space. The crop monitoring system called Crop Watch for South Africa was
This second SAR training and tour of key space institutions in Japan entailed advanced training on Remote Sensing and GIS technologies. The delegation was made up of ten (10) delegates, representing the following government departments and state institutions:- SANSA; South
Early-career research excellence has again seen Dr John Bosco Habarulema, a space science researcher at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus, as the recipient of an award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) this time as