Shine a light at Eskom Expo

SOUTH AFRICA’s brightest scientific minds will battle it out for their chance to win prizes worth well over R14 million as this year’s Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) gains momentum.

The expo provides a platform for pupils to showcase their scientific ingenuity and be rewarded for their excellence.

Thousands of young scientists will this month compete at the Eskom Expo regional finals in the nine provinces by presenting their projects to judges and industry experts in fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). They compete for a much soughtafter chance to represent their regions and provinces at the ISF in Johannesburg from October 2 to 5, where all these prizes will be awarded.

Prizes include university bursaries from Eskom, laptops, gadgets, cash, as well as the coveted chance to represent South Africa at prominent international science fairs in the US, China, Taiwan, Zambia and Kenya.

“The regional finals of the Eskom Expo are always an exciting display of how innovative the young people of this country are. With such great passion and enthusiasm, learners take on the challenge of looking at the problems they see around them; in their homes, schools, local communities and in South Africa more broadly, and find solutions to these problems,” said chairperson of the Eskom Expo board of directors, Pieter Pretorius.

Dates and venues of each of the regional Eskom Expos can be found at http://www. exposcience.co.za/expocalendar/month.