The South African Journal of Science is a multidisciplinary science journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of South Africa. Our mandate is to publish original research with an interdisciplinary or regional focus and to provide a forum for discussion of news and developments in research and higher education. About the cover: Emergency care providers arriving at a hospital emergency department. In this issue, Govender and colleagues review the state of emergency medical services in South Africa, and Fitchett, Saffy and Lewis investigate the availability of antidotes for drug poisonings in emergency departments in a South African province. Other articles in this issue include: The state of emergency services in SA; Science and technology in SA's food system; Measures to assess research impact in HEIs; and much more!
