MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE JOURNAL
- to serve as an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal in which South African research results from the natural sciences and technology are published for national and international exposure;
- to provide Afrikaans-speaking scientists with the opportunity to publish their research results in their mother tongue;
- to give recognition to scientists from other languages by accepting manuscript submissions in English which will also be translated into Afrikaans upon publication; and
- to maintain and further expand the Afrikaans professional language in the natural sciences and technology.
HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL
On an academic level, the Tydskrif vir Wetenskap en Kuns was published since 1922 under the editorship of dr. D.F. Malherbe. In 1948, however, the Engineering Department of the SAAWK decided to start publishing the Tydskrif van die Ingenieursafdeling of the SAAWK (under the editorship of Mr. S.A. Malan) separately. This magazine’s mandate was extended in 1949, after which it was replaced by the magazine Tegnikon under the editorship of Mr. F.S. Uys. In 1961, it was decided to split the Tydskrif vir Wetenskap en Kuns into two, from which the Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe (under the editorship of Prof. P.J. Nienaber) and the Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskappe (under the editorship of Dr. A. Strasheim) see the light. In 1982, Tegnikon and the Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskappe merged to form the South African Journal of Science and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie: SATNT) – at that time still under the editorship of dr. A. Strasheim. After 2000, Prof J.N. Eloff appointed as the Chairman of the Editorial Committee of the SATNT. With new developments in computer communication technology, the first electronic online edition of the SATNT is published in 2012. Between 2013 and 2016, prof. J. G. Maree left as the Executive Editor, and after 2016 Prof J.N. Eloff again appointed the Executive Editor of the SATNT. Prof. Oppel B.W. Greeff then took over as Editor-in-Chief in January 2021 – a position he held until the end of February 2023. Since March 2023, prof. Hannes Rautenbach appointed as the Chief Editor of the SATNT.