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Team CSIR commemorates Youth Month 2023 looking at skills for the future and celebrating our youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI).
Meet some of our young people trailblazing in their fields with multidisciplinary research and technological innovation that contributes to the improved quality of life of South Africans.
On 8 April 2025, #TeamCSIR was honoured to host President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Pretoria Campus. The visit aimed to showcase the organisation’s key research areas, which support a capable state and the country’s socio-economic development agenda. President Ramaphosa was accompanied by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande and the Deputy Minister, Ms Nomalungelo Gina. Click here for the full speech and watch the video.
The CSIR, South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organisation, was created by the government with a very clear mandate — to foster scientific and industrial progress via research, development and innovation. As CEO of the CSIR, Dr. Thulani Dlamini is at the helm of an organisation expected to perform directed research and technological innovation that creates a clear and tangible impact. Read more...
Issued by: CIO Africa
The Mandela Mining Precinct is pleased to announce an Expression of Interest Call for identification of research partners for the South African Mining Extraction Research, Development and Innovation (SAMERDI) programme and for the SAMERDI Real Time Information Management Systems (RTIMS) programme.
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This month #TeamCSIR joins South Africa as we celebrate the extraordinary roles that women fill in all spheres of society. As we commemorate the importance of #WomensMonth2023, we also continue taking our efforts of attaining gender equality beyond the month of August. Read more...
Recently, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Coega Development Corporation (Coega), a leading public entity responsible for managing the Coega Special Economic Zone in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their collaboration aimed at advancing research, technology development, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
This public partnership marks a major milestone in South Africa’s push toward an innovation-led economy. It will enhance industrial competitiveness, catalyse job creation, and position South Africa as a leader in sustainable technology development. It signals a shared commitment to harnessing each party’s expertise to support South Africa’s reindustrialisation and technological advancement.
The CSIR-hosted Alliance for Collaboration on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS), along with other CSIR researchers and partners, are assessing the economic impacts of wind disruptions, and they are supporting the Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA) and its clients with short- and long-term wind predictions.
At the peak of the fruit picking and packing season, it is normal for Cape Town’s gusty summer southeaster to swirl over and around Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak. It is normal for that strong Cape Doctor wind to then blow down to the bay, focusing, as if through a lens, onto container ships and cranes moving in the port.
On Friday 11 April, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation
Waste material from the construction sector can now be used in an innovative green building block used to build low-cost RDP houses through a Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI)’ Circular Economy Demonstration Fund aimed at demonstrating proven circular economy interventions, such as, technologies, innovative process improvements, social innovations that have not yet achieved scale or impact in South Africa.
The CSIR and the IEEE ComSoc hosted a workshop, including an expert panel, on how software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) will impact the development of 5G. The aim of the session was to bring together expert engineers and researchers from the South African industry and academia who work in the telecommunications field.