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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed an agreement with Afriplex - a well-known South African manufacturer of nutraceutical and healthcare products - to carry out biological evaluation studies on the herbal extracts that may be beneficial in the management of colds

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Monday, March 28, 2011 - 00:00

Drug discovery and development scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have recently joined the European Union's 7th Framework Programme 'PlantLIBRA' consortium, thus strengthening their capacity in support of product development for plant food supplements.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 00:00

Dr Math, a mobile mathematics tutoring programme developed by the CSIR Meraka Institute, received a Technology in Government in Africa (TIGA) award in Dar es Salaam on 27 May 2011.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 00:00

The Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angew andten Forschung e. V., Germany, and the CSIR Meraka Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at strategic cooperation to develop and market technical and other solutions.

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Monday, October 24, 2011 - 00:00

The CSIR reported outstanding performance in its activities towards the fulfilment of its organisational mandate over the past year.

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Monday, October 24, 2011 - 00:00

Cabinet recently renewed the contract of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) CEO Dr Sibusiso Sibisi for a third five-year term with effect from 1 October.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 00:00

Dr Cornelius Ruiters has been appointed to the leadership team of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He joined the organisation as Executive Director: CSIR Built Environment on 1 December 2011.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 00:00

A group of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are the first in Africa to establish a groundbreaking biomedical stem cell technology, which could hold the key to finding cures to some of Africa's most significant diseases.

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Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 00:00

Johannesburg, 16 July 2012 - The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and ICON, Munich/Halle, Germany, have announced that they have entered into an agreement that will allow the CSIR to make use of its plant-based manufacturing platform known as 'magnICON®' for research and development

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Monday, October 1, 2012 - 00:00

With October being International Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has warned that people should be more responsible with the information they share on internet, especially on the social networks such as twitter and facebook.