2017 NSTF-South32 Awards Gala Dinner, 29 June 2017 – NSTF

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2017 NSTF-South32 Awards Gala Dinner, 29 June 2017

NSTF-South32 Awards trophies made by Titanium through 3D printing

Lifetime Award winner Prof. Nicolas Beukes delivering his acceptance speech

Lifetime Award winner, Prof. Nicolas Beukes (middle) with Minister of Science & Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Director General of Department of Science and Technology Dr Phil Mjwara (right)

Research and its outputs Award winner Prof. Aletta Schutte delivering her acceptance speech

Prof. Aletta Schutte (middle) after receiving her award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor with the President of South32 Mr Mike Fraser (right)

Research and its outputs Award winner Prof. Nancy Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya delivering her acceptance speech

Prof. Nancy Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya (middle) receiving her Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and the president of South32 Mr Mike Fraser (right)

Emerging Researchers Award winner Dr Robyn Pickering delivering her acceptance speech

Dr Robyn Pickering (middle) after receiving her Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Co-Chair of proSET Mr Reinhard Meyer (right)

Emerging Researchers Award winner Prof. John Ataguba delivering his acceptance speech

Prof. John Ataguba (middle) after receiving his Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Co-Chair of proSET Mr Reinhard Meyer (right)

Research capacity development Award winner Prof. Colleen Downs delivering her acceptance speech

Prof. Colleen Downs (middle) after receiving her Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Eskom Senior General Manager Mr Leo Dlamini (right)

Engineering capacity development Award winner Prof. Ochieng Aoyi delivering his acceptance speech

Prof. Ochieng Aoyi (middle) after receiving his Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Eskom Senior General Manager Mr Leo Dlamini (right)

Engineering capacity development Award winner Prof. Diane Hildebrandt delivering her acceptance speech

Prof. Diane Hildebrandt (middle) after receiving her Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Eskom Senior General Manager Mr Leo Dlamini (right)

DataFirst’s Director, Data for research Award winners Prof. Martin Wittenberg delivering his acceptance speech

DataFirst’s Prof. Martin Wittenberg (middle) after receiving their Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Square Kilometre Array Africa Associate Director of Africa and Special Projects Ms Anita Loots (right)

NSTF-Water Research Commission Award winner Prof. Bhekie Mamba delivering his acceptance speech

Prof. Bhekie Mamba (middle) after receiving his Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Water Research Commission CEO Mr Dhesigen Naidoo (right)

NSTF-GreenMatter Award winner Prof. George Ekama delivering his acceptance speech

Prof. George Ekama (middle) after receiving his Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and GreenMatter CEO Dr Sibusiso Manzini (right)

Minister Naledi Pandor with Dr Riaan Els of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation

The 2017 Brilliants Programme students

NSTF Executive Director Ms Jansie Niehaus

President of South32 Mr Mike Fraser

Brilliants Programme student Margaret Jane Mouton delivering a speech

Brilliants Programme student Adriana Christiena Dodkins delivering a speech

Brilliants Programme students Marlie Lente Harris and Adriana Christiena Dodkins jointly delivering a speech

Brilliants Programme student Dylan Hlamulo Maluleke delivering a speech

Decor

Centre piece

Corporate organisation Award winner Prof. Eugene Cloete delivering his acceptance speech

Prof. Eugene Cloete (middle) after receiving his Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and the dti’s Director of Innovation and Technology Unit Ms Takalani Ramuthaga (right)

CenGen’s Director and Owner, SMME Award winners Dr Renée Prins delivering her acceptance speech

CenGen’s Dr Renée Prins (middle) after receiving their Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Business Report’s Group Executive of National Sales Ms Agnes Peter (right)

CoE-SM’s representative, Communication Award winners Prof. Deena Naidoo delivering his acceptance speech

CoE-SM’s Prof. Deena Naidoo and Mrs Casey Sparkes (middle) after receiving their Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and CSIR’s Group Executive for Research and Development Dr Molefi Motuku (right)

Minister Naledi Pandor delivering the keynote address

Head Adjudicator Mr Denis Hunt announcing the winners

MASDT Executive Director, NGO Award winners Ms Lynette Bezuidenhout delivering her acceptance speech

MASDT’s Ms Lynette Bezuidenhout (middle) after receiving their Award from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and NSTF Chairman Prof. Ali Dhansay (right)

Prof. Lindie du Plessis (middle) after receiving an Award on behalf of Prof. Melville Saayman from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation CEO Dr Riaan Els (right)

Dr Robin Drennan delivering an acceptance speech on behalf of Management Award winner Prof. João Rodrigues

Dr Robin Drennan (middle) after receiving an Award on behalf of Prof. João Rodrigues from the Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor (left) and Mail & Guardian Supplements & Special Projects Editor Ms Zamantungwa Khumalo (right)

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