Women in Physics

Loading player...
Women are the greatest resource any Country has, providing encouragement and opportunities to a girl child and women in engineering, chemistry, Biology and Physics is one of the most powerful ways of harnessing this resource and their skills for the development of Our Country.

The Role of Women in our families, communities, Society and in educational sector is very critical, they have the greatest influence on the next generation, and educating women means educating South Africa's next generation.

As we celebrate Women’s month, it is important to celebrate and salute the heroic women who are changing the world, innovative women contributing positively to advance and make the world a better place.

The number of women working, studying and researching in scientific and Physics related fields has increased significantly over recent decades, they are working tirelessly and playing a huge role implementing their scientific skills to make the world a better place to live in.

VOW FM host Harvy T chats to Miss Onesimo Mtintsilana, a PHD Candidate from the women in physics in south Africa and Professor iyabo Usman, an associate Professor about women in physics.
19 Aug 2020 English South Africa Technology · Music

Other recent episodes

IN CONVERSATION WITH Dr Phiyani Lebea ON SCIENCE WISE

Dr Phiyani Lebea, a South African biotechnology researcher, entrepreneur, and animal health specialist whose work focuses on developing innovative solutions to some of Africa's most pressing livestock disease challenges. He is the Chief Scientific Officer of TokaBio, a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing diagnostics, vaccine development, and disease surveillance technologies…
16 Jun 46 min

IN CONVERSATION WITH Dr Kristie Bloom ON SCIENCE WISE

Dr Kristie Bloom is a scientist at the Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her research focuses on nextgeneration vaccine technologies, particularly mRNA-based vaccines for tuberculosis. She works on understanding how specialised immune responses, especially tissue-resident memory T-cells in the lungs, can improve protection…
9 Jun 28 min

IN CONVERSATION WITH Professor Laura Pereira ON SCIENCE WISE

Professor Laura Pereira is a South African sustainability scientist whose work focuses on climate change, biodiversity, food systems, resilience, and the future of sustainable development. She is a professor at the Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand and a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm…
26 May 35 min

IN CONVERSATION WITH Mr Light Mkhumbuza ON SCIENCE WISE

Light Mkhumbuza is a PhD student at the University of Graz whose research focuses on combining integrated photonics with microfluidics, essentially bringing optical circuits and fluid channels to better understand how light interacts with liquids and particles at very small scales. Before this, Light completed his MSc research at the…
19 May 31 min

IN CONVERSATION WITH HLENGIWE MTSHALI ON SCIENCE WISE

Hlengiwe Mtshali is a Red List Scientist at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, where she works within the Threatened Species Programme. Her work focuses on assessing the risk of extinction for South Africa’s plant species using internationally recognised IUCN Red List standards, helping guide national conservation priorities and biodiversity…
5 May 30 min