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Constant wind speeds of five to six metre per second – that is ideally what you require for operating a wind turbine effectively for electricity generation. “We are obtaining data on wind speeds and frequency along the South African coastal and escarpment regions as part of an international project to update the Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA),” explains Eric Prinsloo of the CSIR’s infrastructure engineering competence area.
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The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is commemorated annually on 3 December. The theme for 2010 www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1540> is Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond, a fitting backdrop to the contribution by Willem van der Walt, a blind researcher at the CSIR. Van der Walt worked with a fellow researcher, Gerhard van den Berg, on the development of a computer for use by blind persons, called ‘the notetaker for the blind.
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Concordia University beckons for one of CSIR’s young researchers, Lesedi Masisi.
Masisi, 26, is leaving the sunny South African shores next month for a sojourn in Canada to pursue his PhD studies.
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Ishmael Msiza is one of the new generation of young men and women within the CSIR Modelling and Digital Science (MDS) unit who are trying to establish themselves as researchers, scientists and engineers.
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The General Assembly of the United Nations instituted World Development Information Day in 1972 to draw the attention of the world’s public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.Through his strong links locally and abroad, Johan van Rensburg, Manager: rural economic development and access at CSIR Meraka Institute, has set a powerful example through the implementation of sustainable solutions for rural communities, enabled by information and communications technology (ICT).
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When Nonhlanhla Precious Cele received her PhD in physics in September this year, she also achieved a number of ‘firsts’ at her university, and in her community and family. At her graduation ceremony, she was therefore made to feel extra special.
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Software Freedom Day is an annual event that will be celebrated worldwide this year on 18 September 2010. It is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free and open sources software (FOSS) and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Meet Onkgopotse Molefe, a researcher at the CSIR Meraka Institute, who is passionate about the potential of FOSS to make a difference to South Africa and the world.
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Dr Ereck Chakauya, senior scientist and research group leader of the CSIR Biosciences plant expression group, was born 33 years ago in Chiredzi, a small town in the sugarcane growing area south-east of Zimbabwe.
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Dheepak was born in Durban, a city famous for its golden beaches and warm waters. He grew up in Silverglen, a suburb of Chatsworth. He registered for a BSc degree at the then University of Durban-Westville and did not complete his studies.
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Daniel Visser, a senior biotechnologist at CSIR Biosciences was born in Kimberley, South Africa, the capital of the Northern Cape, also known as the Diamond City. He moved to Johannesburg in 1980 to pursue his secondary education at Krugersdorp High School.
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Kersch Naidoowas born in KwaZulu-Natal and had a bit of a nomadic childhood as he schooled at various towns such as Queenstown, Tongaat, La Mercy and the Lower South Coast. As a young boy, he was inquisitive and very passionate about the manufacture of items around him; leading to his eventual decision to become a chemical engineer.
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Natasha Govender says this new research field is exciting and very challenging. She is a senior researcher with the mobile intelligent autonomous systems (MIAS) group that resides within the CSIR modelling and digital science research domain. MIAS focus is field robotics.
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Professor Reinhart Poprawe – managing director of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT – was one of those men who, through his international laser expertise, helped decide the future of laser research and development in South Africa. |
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Senior CSIR scientist and remote sensing specialist, Philip Frost, is blazing a trail into Africa and abroad to put detection information directly into the hands of those best equipped to deal with the potential devastation of fires.
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Being able to converse with fellow South Africans in 10 official languages – including Sign language - holds a major advantage for CSIR social researcher Gerty (Gertrude) Matsebe.
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Starting off as an assistant labourer in his father’s bricklaying business did not deter Dr Donald Mkhonto from attaining success in a highly scientific research career.
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Dr Siyakatshana is a senior researcher at CSIR Modelling and Digital Sciences' Advanced Mathematical Modelling (AMM) competency area .
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Sandile Ngcobo (30) is a young, learned and modern South African man but has not forgotten his roots. This young Zulu inkosana hails from Kwa-Mafunze village on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. Mapholoba, his clan name, is from a royal family but he shies away from divulging his royal lineage. |
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He was only 26 when appointed as acting manager of CSIR Modelling and Digital Sciences’ information security competency area last year – and this at an age when many researchers are still cutting their proverbial (scientific) teeth. Now Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo leads the biometric research group as a senior research scientist. |
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South Africans now have the opportunity to use a mother language of their choice when interacting with technology, thanks to the research of Aditi Sharma. Her work in the human language technology (HLT) research group of the CSIR Meraka Institute, supports the use and promotion of mother language. The use of mother language is endorsed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). |
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After six months in the United States as a visiting scholar, PhD student Thabo Gcwabaza returned home with valuable knowledge gained from his learning experience and the distinct possibility of collaboration. He brought both back to the CSIR. |
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