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NITheCS Celebrates World Quantum Day with Public Talk and Launch
04/14/2026
Today, NITheCS joins the global community in celebrating World Quantum Day with a special public event that brings together cutting-edge science and collaboration across Africa.
NITheCS Bursary Holders Present Research at Workshop
04/13/2026
The NITheCS Bursary Holders Workshop is currently underway at the NITheCS offices in Stellenbosch, bringing together 22 bursary students from across the country for two days of presentations and academic engagement.
Featured scientist: Prof Sonali Das
03/25/2026
The work of NITheCS Associate Prof Sonali Das (University of Pretoria) contributes to a growing community of researchers who address real-world challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Another successful CHPC & NITheCS Coding Summer School
02/25/2026
The 16th CHPC & 8th NITheCS Coding Summer School on Data Science and Machine Learning, jointly hosted by the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) and NITheCS, took place from 26 January to 6 February 2026 across more than 20 institutions in South Africa.
NITheCS & AIMS host first joint Public Lecture
02/24/2026
NITheCS hosted a public lecture — for the first time in collaboration with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) — titled “Patterns and Tessellations: Models for Regular Structures” at STIAS in Stellenbosch on 19 February 2026.
Featured scientist: Dr Charles Takalana
02/23/2026
Dr Charles Mpho Takalana is an astrophysicist and a science-for-development practitioner whose work bridges cutting-edge cosmology research with meaningful global impact. His academic interests include astrophysics, cosmology, and radio astronomy.
2026 kicks off with a combined physics event
01/26/2026
The NITheCS events calendar began on 8 January 2026 with the 34th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School, held jointly with the 8th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School & Workshop. This marked the first time these two prestigious theoretical physics programmes were combined.
Featured Scientist: Dr William Vambe
01/26/2026
Dr William Tichaona Vambe’s work is guided by a simple but powerful principle: technology must serve people, not the other way around. A Computer Science scholar and Senior Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University, his research focuses on building AI and digital systems.
68th Annual SAMS Congress held at NMU
01/06/2026
The 68th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) was held from 2–5 December 2025 at the Summerstrand South Campus of Nelson Mandela University. The congress brought together mathematicians from across South Africa, along with some international participants
