What is Quest?
Quest: Science for South Africa is a full-colour, quarterly, popular science magazine aimed specifically at the youth and the general public who have an interest in the sciences.
It aims to present the country’s (South Africa’s) foremost scientific work in an accessible form and can be used to support curricula work at various levels and institutions.
Quest is distributed to public high schools with science departments, universities, libraries, science centres, government departments, parliamentary committees, embassies, NGOs, TVETs and resource centres.
Quest is also available at selected national science events, science Olympiads, DST events and Focus weeks and at various communal functions.
Inside our latest issue:
Message from our editor
Life, abundantly…
Welcome to the final issue of Quest for 2025!
Our theme for this edition, “Life, abundantly…”, is about more than just species survival – it is about how we can thrive together. This issue involves the deeply connected worlds of biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability. Here in South Africa and across the continent, we are surrounded by natural splendour, but preserving it requires innovative policies, cutting-edge science, and a passion to protect what we have on this tiny speck of a planet. In putting the issue together, I was astonished at the amount of exciting research that is happening in this space at South Africa’s universities.
Latest Editions

Quest vol 21.3 – Big Data World

Quest Vol 21.2 – Coding, robotics & AI

Quest Vol 21.1 – Feed the Future

Quest Vol.20.4 – Med + Tech

Quest Vol 20.3 – Climate Changers

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