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The fires in the Garden Route in June 2017 caused unprecedented destruction in Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Thornhill near Port Elizabeth. The CSIR provided direct support to the disaster personnel on the ground through its Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) and the organisation is now supporting efforts to rebuild the area by mapping the burnt area for post-disaster assessments. Read more...
Access to clean, affordable, adequate and reliable energy is essential for economic growth, which significantly contributes to poverty reduction, societal wellbeing and prosperity. We should build our future on sustainable energy sources that will continue to supply future generations’ needs.
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The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) invite applications for a bursary under the DST-CSIR Inter-Bursary Support Programme (IBS) grant scheme.
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Eastern Cape learners turned up in their thousands to attend the launch of the 2017 National Science Week (NSW) at the newly renamed Nelson Mandela University. Hosted at the institution’s Missionvale campus, about 3500 learners from schools in and around Port Elizabeth attended the annual event.
The CSIR has developed a cost-effective platform to inspect and monitor horticultural crops on local farms. This automated, intelligent robotic system has significant potential to improve the monitoring, production, harvesting and processing of produce.
The ability to forecast wind speed is becoming more important as South Africa adds renewables to its future power system. An earlier study by CSIR and German researchers quantified the combined effect of wind and solar energy resources in South Africa and concluded that it is a viable source of renewable electricity. Wind farms can be established across the country, but a successful system will need to incorporate wind speed forecasts that rely on mathematical algorithms. CSIR researchers are building local capacity in this field of mathematical modelling.