Two South African scientists have won the African Union's (AU's) first awards for excellence in science. The awards were made during the AU's heads of state summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday.

Professor Diane Hildebrandt, co-director at the centre for optimisation modelling and process synthesis at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand, was the winner in the basic science and innovation category.

Patrick Eriksson, head of the geology department at the University of Pretoria, was the winner in the earth and life sciences category.
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