Report: Inaugural South African Research Software Symposium 2025 Research Workflows, Code & Software Critical Pillars of the South African Digital & Open Research Infrastructure

The first South African Research Software Symposium was held on 4 November 2025 at the University of Cape Town under the theme Research Workflows, Code & Software Critical Pillars of the South African Digital & Open Research Infrastructure. The report was developed for UCT eResearch and provides insights into the event programme, participants, and outcomes. Recordings are available on YouTube at youtube.com. Sponsors: UCT eResearch Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI) Talarify