SAMSYou are hereby reminded of the following deadlines.
Final Registration Deadline: 7 November 2025
Abstract Submission Deadline: 7 November 2025
Kindly visit the congress website
https://samscongress2025.mandela.ac.za
to register for the congress and to submit your abstract. The abstract template for preparation of your abstract can also be found on the abstract submission page of the congress website.
We look forward to your participation in this year’s Congress.
Founded in 2018 Teachers Plus is a not-for-profit company and public benefit organisation that was born out of the need to help address the poor state of mathematics education in South African schools.
Teachers Plus provides scholarships to talented students from under-resourced communities, enabling them to complete a distance learning Bachelor of Education degree while participating in our full-time specialised mathematics teacher training programme.
If you wish to join this initiative as an Executive Manager, please see the official advertisement: We’re Hiring – Executive Manager Teachers Plus Foundation
The University of Pretoria are looking to fill a vacancy in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. The closing date for applications is 31 October 2025. For more details, kindly see the official advertisement: 26125 (#1682) Lecturer_Senior Lecturer (Mathematics)
Please take note of the vacancy for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Division at Stellenbosch University. Preference will be given to candidates working in Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry or Analysis, but applicants from all areas of Mathematics will be considered. The closing date for applications is 30 October 2025. For more details, kindly see the official advertisement: NW082501025 Senior Lecturer_Lecturer Mathematics Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Please take note of the following vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at North-West University. The closing date to apply is 31 October 2025. For more details, please see the advertisement: PostdocAdvertPAA
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the University of Cape Town are offering Shuttleworth Postgraduate Scholarships (MSc & PhD levels only) to highly motivated black South African students, who aspire to become academics. The Shuttleworth Postgraduate Scholarship aims at training the next generation of black South African pure and applied mathematicians by providing a unique learning programme at one of the leading Centres of Mathematics in Africa.
The deadline for applications is 7 November 2025. For more details, kindly see the official advertisement: Advert Shuttleworth 2025
Dear Member
I would like to extend my sincere thanks for your continued support of the South African Mathematical Society through the payment of your 2025 membership fee.
If you have not yet paid your membership, we kindly encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience.
Regards
Dr Wen-Chi Kuo
SAMS Financial Manager
The School of Mathematics and the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand will host a special seminar by Prof. Andreas Meister (University of Kassel, Germany) on Thursday, 16 October 2025 from 10:15 to 11:00 in the T.W. Kambule Mathematical Sciences Building, Floor 3, Seminar Room. Below is some information about the talk and speaker:
Those interested to attend can contact Dr. Rina Durandt (rina.durandt@wits.ac.za) for more details.
The real world and mathematical modelling are intertwined and ICTMA23, to be held in the heart of nature, will remind the local and international community of this connection and will provide a golden opportunity for showcasing research, sharing ideas and taking part in discussions. We invite all researchers, teachers and mathematicians interested in the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling to take part in the event, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand in the Kruger National Park at Skukuza from 22 – 27 August 2027.
The theme at ICTMA23 is “Context and Diversity, and its Meaning in Mathematical Modelling Education”.
We look forward to welcome you in South Africa!
Please share the official ICTMA23 flyer with your network, and visit the website for more (and regularly updated) information: https://ictma23.carlamani.com/
Dr Rina Durandt
Chair ICTMA23
The link below contains a reminder about the upcoming short graduate level workshop followed by a mini-conference on Harmonic Analysis and its applications that will be held at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, from 27-31 October 2025. Please note that the registration deadline has been extended to 9 October 2025. Kindly distribute this information to anyone that may be interested to join the event.