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ON the BRINK of CATASTROPHE the World Is Heading for Meltdown SCIENCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA VOLUME 14 | NUMBER 4 | 2018 ISSN 1729-830X IPCC 1.5°C report: here’s what the HOW SOUTHERN AFRICA climate science says NEEDS TO MANAGE It’s going to be tough, RISING TEMPERATURES but we can do it DOES SUNNY SOUTH AFRICA REALLY HAVE AN IDEAL CLIMATE FOR TOURISM? NOT EVERY TOURIST THINKS SO ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHE The world is heading for meltdown ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA Editor EDITOR'S NOTE Dr Bridget Farham Editorial Board Roseanne Diab (EO: ASSAf) (Chair) John Butler-Adam (South African Journal of Science) Debra Meyer (University of Johannesburg) FULFIL YOUR Kevin Govender (SAAO) Himla Soodyall (University of Witwatersrand) Caradee Wright (MRC) Correspondence and enquiries The Editor PASSION FOR SCIENCE PO Box 663, Noordhoek 7979 Tel.: (021) 789 2331 Fax: 0866 718022 e-mail: [email protected] e-copies: http://research.assaf.org.za/ Apply for Masters and Doctoral degrees in: @QuestSa1 - Twitter Quest: Science For South Africa - Facebook Advertising enquiries BIOTECHNOLOGY Barbara Spence Avenue Advertising PO Box 71308 Bryanston 2021 Tel.: (011) 463 7940 CHEMISTRY Fax: (011) 463 7939 Cell: 082 881 3454 e-mail: [email protected] FOOD AND NUTRITION Subscription enquiries A great ride and back issues Tsepo Majake Tel.: (012) 349 6645 e-mail: [email protected] Quest 14(4) is my final issue of the FOOD SCIENCE magazine. 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Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa Email: [email protected] Tel:031 373 2506 www.dut.ac.za WWW.ASSAF.ORG.ZA | Volume 14 | Number 4 | 2018 3 The Time is Now to Future-Proof Learning VOLUME 14 | NUMBER 4 | 2018 CEO of Belgium Campus explains the importance of preparing students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution 20 Wetlands – providing ON THE COVER ecosystem services We are living in an era of advanced technology, where mind-blowing To this end, we exceed expectations by deploying a completely unique Alanna Rebelo explains how discoveries are emerging and impacting our lives daily. Across the world, instruction strategy. Firstly, to equip all our students to become true vision- 6 technology has played a critical role in improving people’s lives, as aries in their discipline, because IT people see solutions, connecting the ON THE BRINK OF palmeit wetlands function inventions and innovations continue to drastically change how people dots and making patterns, where others don’t. Secondly, to drive the kind 6 CATASTROPHE as ecosystem engineers live, what they do and how they do it. A new dawn is here, as we steer of innovation that cuts through all industries and make a meaningful con- The world is heading for 24 How we recreated a lost toward the advent of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, an era that builds and tribution to society. meltdown, as the latest extends the impact of digitization in innovative ways. A world involving Africa city with laser technology IPCC special report shows Using laser lights to see entirely new capabilities for people and machines; in which technology The future-proofed learner is one who is a problem solver, who is adaptive becomes embedded within societies and even our human bodies. and creative, and one who possesses great empathy for community. Our IPCC 1.5°C REPORT: the past. By Karim Sadr praxis is holistic – we see our students as individuals whom we engage 8 HERE’S WHAT THE 26 Senamile’s journey to CERN 10 There truly is no end to the extraordinary potential that technology holds with daily to ensure optimal performance and well-being; enriching their CLIMATE SCIENCE SAYS for our world. It keeps us connected, saves lives and moves us forward as Noni Sophe talks to the lives on a professional and personal level through support, counselling and It’s going to be tough, but we a species. In recent years, I have advocated the idea that if our world is first African woman to mentorship. to evolve, technology needs to go ‘glocal’ – integrating global and local can do it. By Keith Shine conduct an experiment at knowledge. This approach is built into our very ethos and educational the nuclear research facility Our Participatory Development Model WHAT SOUTHERN AFRICA approach at Belgium Campus, as we present global knowledge within a NEEDS TO DO TO MANAGE at the CERN laboratory local context that respects human rights. Our projects encapsulate the At Belgium Campus, we have created a ground-breaking, truly participa- 10 concept ‘think globally, act locally’ as our lecturers and students work tive education model, where the theoretical knowledge that our students RISING TEMPERATURES 33 Who gets the revolving chair? together with international universities, taking a global issue and making it gain is grounded and rooted in real-world experience. By partnering with The climate situation in By Tsepo Majake meaningful to society at the local level. international universities and local and global businesses, our aim is to southern Africa is already worse transform that knowledge base into practical skills and know-how, so that than in most other regions, 38 How African researchers The every-growing and evolving world of technology breaks through all our students walk straight from the grounds of our campus into the doors reports Robert Scholes are adding to deeper barriers of industry. Global research and data have shown that Informa- of the working world. knowledge about neutrons. tion and Communications Technology (ICT) has become a key enabler By Ntombizikhona of economic growth, by way of improving and instilling new business Through collaborative projects with students from international universities, FEATURES Beaulah Ndlovu agility and reaching new channels. And, if there’s one thing that South Af- through engagement and internships with industry to understand and rican businesses have become acutely aware of in recent years, it is the meet their needs, and by driving innovation to uplift and empower con- importance of ICT in growing their revenues. Now more than ever, with sumers and their communities; through technology we offer the skill set to 12 What the latest assessment NEWS global giants like China and Japan leading the technology innovation take students places. on global warming means front, it is imperative South African companies are active on many fronts for southern Africa of emerging and disruptive technologies and are supplying the market At Belgium Campus, we take a visionary and uncompromising approach For climate change ‘hotspots’ 17 How to grow a dinosaur ear with relevant products and services. to the quality of education we offer our students.
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