Celebrating International Mother Language Day
The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), a business unit of the National Research Foundation, with the mandate to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa, recognises the importance of promoting science communication and awareness in all nine official languages, through various science competitions and its Youth Science and Technology Journalism (YSTJ) programme.
In 2019, it celebrated the International Year of Indigenous Language through its Young Science Communicators Competition’s inclusion of a category for indigenous languages.
Indigenous Languages
- Finding Fish – Ms. Molly Czachur
Van ʼn padda vere probeer pluk: die onmoontlike uitwissing van indringer Platannas te probeer vermag – Ms. Natasha Kruger
- Ukubaluleka kwe remote sensing – Ms. Akhona Madasa  Â
Chos chosi nganstomi- ibali lamaGongqongqo – Ms. Cebisa Mdekasi
Ubukrelekrele be ndalo-akulahlwa mbeleko ngakufelwa – Ms. Chwayita Ncedana
Yintoni engenziwa ukwehlisa isifo sengcongconi eAfrika – Ms. Sindisiwe Mvango
Ukusuka kwiLindle ukuya Emandleni: Ilindle lingaba yiGolide emnyama yethu elandelayo – Mr. Siviwe Humelton Bunge
I-CO2 Ukuthathwa Nokugcina (CCS): Umthwalo Noma Isixazululo? – Mr. Kelvin Yoro
Umhlaba Oguqukayo – Mr. Nkululeko Khanye
Bonke abafana mabafike nentombi zabo – Mr. Senzelokuhle Nkabini
Bangama doda yini nabo? – Mr. Senzelokuhle Nkabini
Factors influencing fuel choice in Atok Village – Ms. Makaepea Peta
- Affordable solar energy storage to help remote rural areas move to clean and sustainable energy – Ms. Makaepea Peta
- Identification of potential drivers of patterns in deep reef epifaunal assemblages in KwaZulu-Natal – Ms. Mapula Salome Makwela
Oh, No gudela zwa matombo? – Ms. Humbelani Muofhe
Hlokomelang: ente ke bophelo! – Ms. Malefu Moleleki
Gezi ra nuclear tani hi vhilwa ro tisa nhluvukiso eka vaaki – Mr. Best Khoza
Languages – Mr. Ephrium Makamu
Swiharhi swo mamisa swale xihlaleni xa Marion Island – Mr. Yinhla Shihlomule
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