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The CSIR shares milestone payments with two Lephalale communities

Two communities from the Lephalale area in Limpopo will receive milestone payments from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) resulting…

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CSIR scoops award for business incubation and information at international enterprise development event

The CSIR's enterprise creation for development activities have been singled out for the Award for Business Incubation and Information at the Forging Enterprise…

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Science partnership to improve the quality of indigenous food products in the SADC region

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Botswana's National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

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Launch of strategic environmental assessment of shale gas development

Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa; Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor; and Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Godfrey…

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CSIR's biotechnology spin-off company wins prestigious new product award at an international science exhibition

ReSyn Biosciences, a biotechnology spin-off company from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has won a prestigious new product award at…

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Scientists say four of nine boundaries that make Earth a safe and stable place to live, crossed

Four of nine planetary boundaries that underpin our life on Earth by making the planet a safe, stable and resilient place to live, have been crossed as a…

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2014 sees financial benefits from renewable energy exceed costs in South Africa

An independent study by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) found that renewable energy from South Africa’s first wind and solar (…

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First of its kind CSIR study utilising remote sensing tools sheds light on SA's water quality

A study funded by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Department of Science and Technology, using innovative remote sensing…

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