NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK 2021: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN “Making it possible through science”

1.2 Implementing the Strategy The consolidation and deepening of the science engagement programme under the Strategy involves the introduction of new interventions and expansion of existing ones. [...] Perhaps 1 National Science Week 2021 Implementation Plan _________________________________________________________________________ the challenges to conducting in-person activities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic are blessing in disguise as the lack of technology use in conducting the NSW and across the science engagement programme in general, slowed down the its reach to the target publics. [...] 2.2 Objectives The objectives of celebrating the NSW 2021 under the aforementioned theme are to: (a) illustrate the role of science in tackling problems and challenges encountered in creating and sustaining a prosperous society; (b) demystify the myths surrounding some of the innovations that are important to the advancement of society; (c) display that South Africa is a home of some discoveries a. [...] Website traffic Website traffic and host / link the events on the website Main-stream media Listenership/viewership/readership of the programmes on radio / TV / Online Social media The number of responders to the posted activity and engagement within the event, and those after the event has ended. [...] In all these instances, the destruction of the mobile phone infrastructure is fuelled by conspiracy theories that falsely link the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to the roll out of 5G technology PLATFORMS EVENT OBJECTIVES: OUTPUTS: THE SPEAKERS: Zoom How viruses (COVID-19) are transmitted? The panel discussion will List of experts YouTube simplify some of the and/or panellists Facebook How.