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On Monday, 27 June 2022, the Council for Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR) will host a virtual media briefing to celebrate young researchers who are championing research and technology development in the fields of water and energy.
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will be participating in the Manufacturing Indaba on 21 and 22 June 2022 at the Sandton Convention Centre to show how it is supporting local industries to entrench digital transformation and exploit 4IR technologies such as robotics, additive manufacturing, augmented reality and the application of smart sensors and photonics in areas such as health, materials engineering and parts refurbishment.
The year 2022, will mark 46 years since the 1976 Student uprising. As part of the youth month programme, June 16 is the commemoration of the Youth Day. Read more about Youth Month
Research Centre Manager, Dr Jabu Mtsweni has been appointed as a Research Fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University for the period 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2025.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation, invites applications from students wishing to pursue a career in research, technology development and innovation as well as corporate/support areas. Read more...
Closing date for applications is 15 July 2022
On Wednesday, 1 June 2022, the CSIR team joined the Full-Value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa (FOCUS-Africa) workshop on climate services for food and water security. The main objective of the three-day workshop, which took place in Pretoria, was to get a better understanding of the local needs and requirements for related case studies in food and water security.
On Wednesday, 25 and Thursday, 26 May 2022, the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) hosted its Fifth Biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference at the CSIR International Convention Center (ICC) where the CSIR’s Energy and Water Centres exhibited their technologies.
“This appointment came about as a result of the collaborative work that we, at the CSIR, have been doing in the past years with the UJ, supervising students pursuing their Master’s and PhDs in metallurgy, as well as publishing a number of outputs with these students. It is a recognition of the value that we here at the CSIR and colleagues at UJ’s Department of Metallurgy can generate through collaboration,” says Prof. Machio.