NSSL National Seed Storage Laboratory NSTF National Science and Technology Forum NUMSA National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUSAS National Union of South African Students NZG National Zoo. SAIChE South African Institution of Chemical Engineers SAIMR South African Institute for Medical Research SAJS South African Journal of Science.
QUARRAISHA ABDOOL KARIM |
In the early 1990s, Abdool Karim convened a group of scientists working on HIV in Durban to meet once a month and discuss their work. Abdool Karim had become determined to find a female-controlled HIV protection technology while working with sex workers in the early 90s.
SALIM S ABDOOL KARIM |
He is the founder and director of the Center for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), a R150 million per annum multi-institutional research centre, headquartered at the Nelson R Mandela Medical School of the University of KwaZulu- Natal (UKZN). . In 2001, Abdool Karim was recruited from the MRC to become deputy vice-chancellor for research at the University of Natal (which became part of the new University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004).
JILL ADLER |
I know I got it based on a promise, and not based on what I had already achieved in research,” she says. It was really good for me to put my head somewhere else,” she says.
PATRICIA BERJAK |
She was appointed full professor in 1985 and periodically serves as acting head of department, as well as in the capacity of Head of the Division of Biological Sciences. She was an active member of the Red Cross Ambulance Service in the 1960s, and was a gold medalist of the South African Red Cross Society.
THOMAS BOTHWELL |
This indicated idiopathic hemochromatosis, a genetic disorder in which iron builds up in the body, causing an overload of the mineral. He recounts a humorous aspect of this study when other workers in the building complained about the stench in the hallways.
SYDNEY BRENNER |
He also holds senior faculty positions at the Salk Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the US. He also had South African ties with the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in the late 2000s.
JUSTICE ARTHUR CHASKALSON |
South Africa is considered to have one of the best, if not the best, constitutions in the world. In 1993, he resigned as National Director of LRC, then and now recognized as one of the best public law "firms" in the world.
ANUSUYA CHINSAMY-TURAN |
This changed her career trajectory and made her a Fellow of the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf), the Royal Society of South Africa and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). It is one of many discoveries of new species she has been involved with.
PAUL CILLIERS |
As Hofmeyr puts it, "he wanted to explore the implications of recognizing the complexity of the world we live in". In this way, complexity can be thought of in the Aristotelian sense of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
EUGENE CLOETE |
I took a lot of risks with a lot of students and none of them disappointed me,” he says. Current sewage systems turn these resources into mountains of sludge that no one knows what to do with,” he says.
DARRELL COMINS |
Comins moved to the Transvaal and in 1964 became a PhD student in physics at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and also worked as a temporary lecturer in the Department of Physics during the latter stages. The following year he was appointed Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DST)/NRS Center of Excellence in Strong Materials (CoE-SM), a position he held from 2004 to 2007.
HOOSEN COOVADIA |
This included the publication of the definitive description of nephrosis in black South African children. He was active in the preliminary discussions and negotiations at the Congress for a Democratic Southern Africa (CODESA).
ANNA COUTSOUDIS |
This group aimed to assess the anthropometric, vitamin A and iron status of South African children, as well as consider immunization and goiter, thus informing the development of the related programs by the Department of Health. She also recognizes the important role of the many lay counselors and research assistants with whom she has collaborated on community health programs.
ROBIN MICHAEL CREWE |
Within this alliance, he was a member of the Feasibility Group and the Strategic Management Group. He was a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the Entomological Society of southern Africa, African Entomology, Insectes Sociaux and the South African Journal of Science.
GEORGE EKAMA |
Ekama enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in the late 1960s for a bachelor's degree in engineering. After graduating with honors in 1972, he got a job at the container quay in the port of Cape Town.
GEORGE ELLIS |
For someone who has spent a lot of time thinking about the structure of the universe, Professor George Ellis is remarkably down-to-earth. The point of the experimental method was that you had to try things out,” he says.
JACOBUS (KOBUS) ELOFF |
The need for change brought him to Kirstenbosch, where he became Executive Director of the National Botanical Gardens in 1983 and Harold Pearson Professor of Botany at the University of Cape Town (UCT). One of the first MeerKAT antennas was named after him by Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa, 2015.
BERNIE FANAROFF |
In 1994, he became deputy director general in former President Mandela's office and head of the POP office under Minister Jay Naidoo. Scientists will be able to look back into the history of the universe, right up to the moment the first stars formed.
JILL FARRANT |
Funnily enough, when I go up to the family farm to visit, it's raining,” she adds with a mischievous smile at UCT's Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. From the beginning, people said I was mad, that what I work with is too complex,” she laughs with some satisfaction.
WIELAND GEVERS |
He developed an interest in medical science, and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at the world-renowned Oxford University in the UK. In the late 1980s he already started the transformation of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf).
DAVID GLASSER |
Glasser has been involved in various roles with the South African Institute of Chemical Engineering, serving on the board and as president. He was also a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Engineering Council of South Africa.
GLENDA ELISABETH GRAY |
Seven years later she was admitted as a Fellow in Pediatrics of the South African College of Physicians. In her capacity as Chair of the ASSAf Standing Committee on Health, she was invited to represent the Academy on the National Health Research Committee and provided technical advice to the Director General of Health on research and development related issues.
WINSTON HIDE |
1 Winston's father Cyril Hide was a scientific adviser in the South African Diplomatic Service as part of the CSIR. He accepted an associate professorship at the University of the Western Cape with the challenge of establishing the South African Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI).
DIANE HILDEBRANDT |
From here she completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). This is one of the most common methods of separating elements in the chemical industry, but traditionally these processes consume extreme amounts of energy.
JAN-HENDRIK HOFMEYR |
Now you can measure almost anything in a cell.” Hofmeyr calls this systems-wide biology and laments that just because you can measure it doesn't mean you know how it works and interacts with different elements in the system. The problem was that I was in the Faculty of Science, he was in the Faculty of Humanities, and never the twain shall meet." Hofmeyr and Cilliers applied for funding for a Center for Studies in Complexity.
JONATHAN JANSEN |
The best I could hope for, I thought, was to get a job and do as well as I could,” he says. If you have an impact on a poor child's life, there is no better job," he says.
TREFOR JENKINS |
In this work, it was his encounter with sickle cell anemia in the pediatric ward that proved to be the first of the great defining moments of his life. He also played a major role in establishing the Institute for Human Evolution, serving as interim director from 2004 to 2009.
JOHANN LUTJEHARMS |
They knew that most of the water in the Agulhas Current is diverted by colder water and begins to move south and east toward the Indian Ocean. The observations sparked international interest in the Agulhas and its role in the larger-scale ocean and climate system.
MALEGAPURU WILLIAM MAKGOBA |
During his time at the MRC, Makgoba was also the founding chairman of the UNAIDS/WHO African AIDS Vaccine Program. Two honorary doctorates – one from the University of the Free State and the other from the University of Pretoria.
WALTER FRIEDRICH OTTO MARASAS |
This was followed by an appointment as a Pawlett Visiting Scholar in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Sydney, Australia. He was also appointed Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Free State in 1989.
TSHILIDZI MARWALA |
I thought it was pronounced "oh-hee-oh" and not "oh-high-oh," he recalls with a laugh. I realized that books have more impact than newspaper articles," he explains.
BONGANI MAYOSI |
One of the first clinical problems that alarmed him was unexplained heart failure. A wrong turn in the genetic analysis led the team to spend seven years studying the wrong part of the chromosome.
DUNCAN MITCHELL |
Beginning work with Prof Cyril Wyndham, who headed the Human Sciences Laboratory of the South African Chamber of Mines Research Organisation. Wyndham directed the Human Sciences Laboratory of the South African Chamber of Mines Research Organization at Wits.
VALERIE MIZRAHI |
UCT has a fantastic system in house to support senior management through coaching,” she says. I think leaders should step down after ten years at the helm,” she says.
PHUTI NGOEPE |
After obtaining his BSc and BSc Hons (Physics) from the University of the North, Ngoepe considered studying engineering. Ngoepe is a founding member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa and was a CSIR Fellow.
WISEMAN NKUHLU |
I appreciate the exchange of ideas and learning from the leadership styles of others," he adds. I had a strong belief that Africans, given opportunities, are equal to any other human being in the world,” he said in his biography.
TEBELLO NYOKONG |
I was brought up with the discipline of hard work," she recalls of growing up in rural South Africa and Lesotho. Support from an extended family was wonderful, but it does not remove the heart of the mother," she said in one of many documentaries about her life.
CLAIRE PENN |
And we are looking at how interpreting should take place in the healthcare sector." For example, although her work falls in the humanities, many insist that research belongs in the health sector.
MAMOKGETHI PHAKENG |
I also taught them pure mathematics and mathematics education." She was fascinated by the challenges of teaching mathematics to students in multilingual and multicultural classrooms. We have never done mathematics education." She began to read and think a lot about mathematics education, cementing her dedication to the field.
NYAMEKO BARNEY PITYANA |
One can only wonder what would have happened if I had received that passport," he muses. I was more directly attracted to many of the causes for social justice that I was passionate about," he reflects on his family's move to Switzerland at a critical time in the apartheid struggle.
DAYA REDDY |
If Reddy was interested in postgraduate studies, why did he not seek to go abroad. The freedom of not having all those courses and projects was such a relief,” he says.
HELEN REES |
The first grant I collected was from the German government for first aid training and services for village communities that were under siege at the time,” she recalls. Working with exceptional people who are fully committed is what has made Wits RHI grow,” she notes.
MICHAEL SAMWAYS |
However, as early as the late 60s, Samways was concerned about the lack of insects in the Red Book. He was head of the department until 2014, when he resigned but remained a professor (now professor emeritus) in the department.
BARRY SCHOUB |
Medical virology was in its infancy at the time, and Schoub says that he was attracted by the challenge and the novelty of the field. Schoub explains: "I was involved in the transformation of SAIMR to become the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), and the NIV to become the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)." Research in bacteriology, parasitology and microbiology was added to human virology to form the NICD in 2002.
FRIEDEL SELLSCHOP |
In this regard, Basil Schonland was probably one of the people who had the greatest impact on Sellschop's life. Sellschop's research in diamonds brought him into contact with Dr. Henry Dyer, then Managing Director of the De Beers Industrial Diamond Division.
OLIVE SHISANA |
HIV involves behaviour, social structure and economic problems." The HSRC allowed her to open an office in Cape Town and supported her efforts to establish a national program to study the social aspects of HIV/AIDS. My membership meant that I had a platform to share scientific evidence with policy makers and non-governmental organizations to improve policy and program development." The HSRC report became the basis for the planning of South Africa's National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan.
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