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Emerging Researchers Symposium
The Emerging Researchers Symposium was initiated to showcase the work done by emerging researchers at the CSIR, who include candidate researchers, researchers, individuals on the postgraduate bursary programme (CSIR bursary students, Department of Science and Innovation Inter-Bursary Support Programme and Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority bursary students), students in the studentship programme, as well as postdoctoral programme candidates.
The two-day event is a continuation of the CSIR’s Youth Month celebrations and is used as a curtain raiser for the 8th CSIR Biennial Conference. Emerging researchers from the CSIR and our strategic stakeholders will present and discuss topics in their areas of expertise.
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Buti Kgwaridi Manamela
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Mr Buti Kgwaridi Manamela is the Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation. His previous portfolio was as Deputy Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Youth Development and Administration. Deputy Minister Manamela has been a Member of Parliament since 2009, serving as Whip of the Labour Portfolio Committee; and as Chief Volunteer to parliament's Nelson Mandela Day.
Deputy Minister Manamela is a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP). He served as the National Secretary of the YCLSA from 2003 until 2014 and has also served in various roles in the ANC Youth League, South African Students Congress and various other student organisations. Deputy Minister Manamela also worked as organizer for trade union SACCAWU in 2001.
Deputy Minister Manamela completed his Matric in Phagameng High School and went on to study towards his N-Certificate in Electronics at Mamelodi College until 2001; and completed his Post-Graduate Diploma (2014) and Master of Management in Public Policy at the University of Witwatersrand (2017).
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, welcomed Africa's recently launched science diplomacy initiative aimed at ensuring that world-class scientific input is used to respond to key societal challenges on the continent.
Malinga holds an MEng degree in Technology and Innovation Management from the University of Pretoria.
On 22 and 23 June 2022, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the University of Cape Town’s (UCTs) Occupational Medicine Division, hosted the first traini
