The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Stellenbosch University (SU) renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) following successful collaboration between the two organisations in various areas of research and development. Recognising the important role played by science co...
Mining sector to benefit from the CSIR's multidisciplinary research, development and innovation approach
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) continues to undertake research, development and innovation to benefit the South African mining sector. The organisation was recently selected as a partner organisation to deliver the Mine Health and Safety Council’s Centre of E...
Minister Pandor launches casting simulation network
Simulation software improves and confirms casting processes and tools, thereby providing the South African foundry sector with advanced technology to equip it in its role to provide vital inputs to the South African manufacturing industry. This was the message conveyed by the Minister of Science ...
How should we burn our landscapes? : The question of fire abatement programmes for Africa
Scientists, government officials, and fire managers will debate the pros and cons of introducing fire abatement programmes to the African continent during a meeting of the Southern African Fire Network (SAFNet) taking place at the Tanzanian Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) in Morogoro from 5 ...
SANREN/TENET/ASAUDIT Workshop on Federated Identity Management
The SANReN (South African National Research and Network) competency area at the CSIR Meraka Institute. TENET (Tertiary Research and Education Network of South Africa) and ASAUDIT (Association for South African University Directors of Information Technology) have held a joint workshop to establish...
Technology aimed at creating a new mobile media industry licensed for commercial piloting
The CSIR has developed a platform that allows entrepreneurs to operate their own television stations over the mobile Internet. The platform is made up of two main components. The first component, called Adaptive Real-Time Internet Streaming Technology (Artist) addresses bandwidth constraints. Usi...
Time Magazine inventions list features UNICEF/CSIR innovative solution for computer learning
The Digital Drum, a co-creation by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been cited by the world's largest weekly news magazine, Time Magazine, as one of the top 50 inventions in the world for 2011. The Digital Drum is a compute...
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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mLab Southern Africa appoints new CEO
The Mobile Applications Laboratory Southern Africa (mLab SA) has appointed Mr Derrick Kotze as its new CEO with effect from 15 June 2012. Kotze is currently the Developer Outreach and Marketing Manager (East & Southern Africa) at Nokia, where he spent the last two years working with local develop...
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Tackling unemployment through novel mobile applications
In September 2012, computer boffins from around the world joined forces to find ways in which to address the widespread unemployment problem. They were participants in the m2work Hackathon , a global programme investigating micro employment opportunities presented by new digital environments. m2w...