Dr Blade Nzimande visites the SANSA Space Weather Centre

South Africa - Cape Town-09 March 2021- The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, visited the SANSA Space Weather Centre in Hermanus on Tuesday, 9 March, as work begins to expand the centre into a multimillion Rand 24-hour state-of-the-art facility.For the past 10 years, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) had been operating the centre with limited research focus and capacity so the expansion brings very exciting developments to South Africa’s space weather research.The SANSA, an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has appointed a Research Chair to ensure advanced space weather research capabilities, growth in human capacity, maximum exploitation of data outputs for enhanced research outputs, and the development of new knowledge .Video: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency (ANA)