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Electricity demand forecasting paper wins at a 2018 international conference

CSIR statistician Paul Mokilane won the Best Track Paper Award at the 2018 First African International Conference for Industrial Engineering and Operations…

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Data revolution: The gold rush of the information age

Statistics has entered almost every aspect of human endeavour from sport to weather, health, population growth rate, agriculture, housing, schooling,…

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Norwegian Minister for Research and Higher Education visits the CSIR to discuss strengthening ties

Over the years, South Africa and Norway have enjoyed close ties and have a long history of collaboration in the areas of research and higher education. The…

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Draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2018

The Department of Energy released its draft Integrated Resource Plan on 27th of August 2018 to allow 60 days for public inputs and comments. The submission…

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Minister Tito Mboweni: Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2018

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is a central part of our planning as a country. It is designed to outline how we spend scarce resources for the benefit…

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CSIR chief scientist addresses UNFCCC governments on global warming issues

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Summary for Policymakers of its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, on 8 October 2018…

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CSIR Biomanufacturing Industry Development Centre hosts SMME knowledge sharing session

A host of entrepreneurs and stakeholders joined the CSIR Biomanufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC) team for an SMME sharing session on Friday, 21…

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CSIR pioneers the low-cost treatment of domestic wastewater in Africa

The CSIR-developed algae wastewater treatment technology has proven successful at two sites in South Africa and is ready to be exported. The low-cost…

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