The CSIR and its industry partners - the Department of Science and Technology (DST), National Research Foundation (NRF), Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) and Aerosud - will launch a multimillion-rand Additive Manufacturing platform. This dual launch will take place at the CSIR Nationa...
Minister Pandor welcomes the new CSIR Board
"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has gone from strength to strength, and is still, as it was in the 1950s, the biggest and best-resourced science laboratory complex in the country," said the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, at the inaugural CSIR board meeting ...
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CSIR-Aerosud-Airbus partnership takes off to new additive layer manufacturing heights
A partnership between leading international aircraft manufacturer, Airbus; local scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisation, the CSIR; and South African aviation industry leader, Aerosud; aims to dramatically cut aircraft component production costs through new...
Semi-Solid Processing the focus of conference in Cape Town
The 12th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites (S2P) will take place at the Westin in Cape Town, South Africa, from 8 - 11 October 2012. This is a biennial conference focusing on the advancement of fundamental knowledge and development of materials and industr...
Poverty-related diseases to be the focus of high-level nanomedicine workshop
It is estimated that poverty-related diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), chagas disease, HIV/Aids and others kill approximately 14 million people annually. While these diseases reflect a dynamic relationship between poverty, morbidity and mortality, they f...
Workshop to define challenges of microsystems-based diagnostics for health in South Africa
Microfluidic and microsystem -based devices are at the forefront of diagnostic development for resource-poor areas. They offer solutions to problems such as lack of electric power, running water, clean laboratories and skilled people. Work on devices to be used at the point of care (POC) in Afric...
CSIR reports excellent performance for the 2010/11 financial year
The CSIR reported outstanding performance in its activities towards the fulfilment of its organisational mandate over the past year. Human capital development is critical for the development of science, engineering and technology solutions of the highest calibre to improve the lives of South Afri...
Cabinet renews contract of the CSIR Chief Executive Officer
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. The renewal was approved following the CSIR board’s recommendation to the Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pand...
Two national workshops guide way forward for Biocomposites CoC
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), together with the CSIR, recently held two well-attended national workshops on a Biocomposites R&D-led Industrial Development Programme in South Africa. Part of the programme involves the establishment of a Biocomposite Centre of Competence (CoC), wi...
DST/CSIR's Nanomedicine Research programme awarded status as ANDI Centre of Excellence in health innovation
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Nanomedicine research programme, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been awarded Centre of Excellence in health innovation status by the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI). Based at th...