By: Dr Kaylee Smit (RIPP Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow, NRF-SAIAB) South Africa continues to strengthen its role as a hub for marine science capacity development across the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). From 27 to 29 April 2026, the NRF-South African Institute...

By: Ricky Taylor and Alan Whitfield (NRF-SAIAB Emeritus Chief Scientist and Honorary Research Associate) St Lucia is progressing along a geological trajectory that has taken it from its ancestral form of a large deep estuary with major connections to the...

From 26 January to 13 February 2026, the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) hosted the Nekton Ocean Census Comoros Species Discovery Workshop in Makhanda. The workshop formed part of the broader Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census programme, a global...

By: Dr. Yonela Sithole (NRF-SAIAB), Dr. Thethela Bokhutlo (BIUST), and Mr. Daniel Nkosinathi Mazungula (NRF-SAIAB) Regional capacity building lies at the heart of the mandate of the National Research Foundation’s-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB). In line with this...

By: Kaylee Smit South Africa continues to strengthen its pivotal role in deep-sea research, making contributions that are significant for Africa, relevant within the Western Indian Ocean, and valuable to the wider Global South. From 27 July to 5 August,...