Rome, 28th January 2021 – RES4Africa Foundation widens its field of action by welcoming CSIR and Nedbank : joining a network of excellence from across the European renewable energy value chain, the leading research centre based in Pretoria and the financial giant of Sandton are the first South Af...
CSIR ScienceScope Vol 17: Focus on the fourth industrial revolution
Read the latest edition of the CSIR's magazine, ScienceScope . This edition highlights some key issues of significance as the country starts to implement its fourth industrial revolution strategy. It also features CSIR people, research and development, as well as infrastructure. Contact Person: A...
CSIR releases annual power sector statistics highlighting the role of all power generating technologies in 2020
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2020. The 2020 statistics have expanded the focus to include all utility-scale generating technologies including coal, nuclear, hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV), win...
National Biodiversity Assessment
The exceptional biodiversity and high endemism in South Africa is matched by the country’s high cultural diversity and its need for sustainable development. The challenging socio-economic setting combined with global change pressures make the assessment and monitoring of biodiversity and ecosyste...
The Knysna fires of 2017: a grim disaster but also an opportunity
The 7th of June 2017 will be remembered as the worst wildfire disaster in South Africa’s history, causing financial losses of at least R3 billion. Although it burnt a relatively small area of 19 000 ha, its speed and ferocity and the fact that Knysna lay directly in its path, resulted in massive ...
Strategic Water Source Areas of South Africa
Water Source Areas (WSAs) have historically been defined using the criterion of the production of relatively large volumes of runoff which sustain lowland areas downstream. WSAs are places or areas such as water catchments, which produce disproportionately greater volumes of water per unit area t...
Science and technology solutions to help SA’s economic recovery under the spotlight
The acceleration of South Africa’s energy transformation to address current economic challenges and industrialisation opportunities for the country’s economic recovery will take centre stage at the upcoming virtual Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 7th Biennial Conference. The...
CSIR gears up to bring relevant science and technology conversations to all in its first online conference
A South African born surgeon living in the United States of America – and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector, Prof. Patrick Soon-Shiong – is amongst the top speakers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 7th Biennial Conference taking place on...