Using The Scifest Africa Programme and Booking Your Shows
USING THE WEBSITE Click the category that most interests you on the black menu bar (above) to view the shows. Each show includes a genre list option to help you refine your search before booking. By clicking ‘All Shows’ on the top menu, you get additional options to view shows by date or as a calendar and see what is happening on the dates you are at the Festival. [...]
Scifest Africa 2022 – A Taste Of What To Expect
20 July 2022 After two years of hosting Scifest Africa virtually, South Africa's national science festival is returning to its live format in Makhanda from 7 - 13 September 2022! Our theme for 2022 is “Back to the Basics”, inspired by UNESCO’s “International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022”. In 2022, we will be highlighting the crucial role of basic sciences (physics, [...]
Scifest Africa Celebrates 26 Years with a Return to the Basics
24 March 2022 After two years of hosting Scifest Africa virtually, South Africa's national science festival is returning to its live format in Makhanda from 7 - 13 September 2022! Since 1996, Scifest Africa has been a doorway into the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI) for the people of South Africa. Since its inception, Scifest Africa has hosted hundreds of [...]
SCIFEST 2020 TAKES OFF!
... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... LAUNCH! 19 October 2020 For the first time in 24 years SciFest Africa, South Africa’s National Science Festival, has gone virtual! The online presentation of the festival affords Scifest Africa the opportunity to extend our celebration of science beyond the week-long format of a physical festival. Already in progress, the festival is set to run over six months until the end of [...]
South Africa’s National Science Festival goes Online
Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is well known for hosting South Africa’s National Science Festival, Scifest Africa. The annual festival, which started in 1996, has been a gateway to the world of Science, Technology Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation for 24 years. The Festival has hosted hundreds of international speakers and workshop leaders, and hosted well over a million attendees of all ages, becoming the largest such event on the African continent. [...]
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Scifest Africa 2020 Postponed In light of the national and global situation regarding the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the pressing need to take all necessary precautionary measures to reduce the potential risk of exposure to the virus, the boards of the Grahamstown Foundation NPC and the National Arts Festival NPC have jointly taken a decision to postpone our festival. This decision was made in the context of the [...]
Scifest Africa 2020 – the 24th National Science Festival
Scifest Africa 2020 will take place from 15-21 April. The theme “Take root…nurture!” celebrates the International Year of Plant Health as proclaimed by the United Nations. The theme recognises that plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, ecosystem function, food security and boosts economic development. The theme feeds into the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and recognises that plants are relevant in various disciplines. In 2020 we [...]
Make Science Communication A Mission
Missions are pretty straightforward things. You have your objectives that you want to complete. You have your plan of action. You know what the potential threats are. You know what you have to do to get the job done. And you know the risks. And once you accept the mission you commence to action. Follow the plan. Or maybe you improvise. Whatever you do you keep your eye on the [...]
‘World’s Oldest Known Periodic Table Found’
The chart of elements dating back to 1885. Image: University of St. Andrews "A classroom chart bearing an early version of the periodic table of elements has been discovered in a University of St. Andrews chemistry lab. Dating back to the 1880s, the chart is thought to be the world’s oldest. The storage room of the chemistry department at the Scottish university hadn’t [...]
Scifest Africa 2019
Scifest Africa celebrating 23rd anniversary South Africa’s National Science Festival, Scifest Africa, will be celebrating its 23rd anniversary event from 6-12 March 2019 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The theme for 2019 is “Discover your element”, with reference to the 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements as proclaimed by the United Nations. In 2018, Scifest Africa attracted more than 62,000 visitors and offered a festival programme [...]
2018 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists: Regional Final
The Eskom Expo for Young Scientists is South Africa’s leading, and only existing, national science fair that affords learners the opportunity to enter a project to exhibit their own scientific investigation. The project aims to inspire and develop young scientists who are able to identify a problem, analyse information, find solutions and communicate findings effectively. The 2018 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Grahamstown Regional Final which is coordinated by [...]