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| The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for socio-economic growth. |
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World Development Information Day is observed annually on 24 October to draw attention of worldwide public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them. Segopotso Moshapo, a researcher at the SAP/Meraka Unit for Technology Development (UTD) is passionate about the potential of information and communications technology (ICT) for people living in developing countries to find ways to solve longstanding problems.
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Chéri Green and Gerbrand Mans, both based at the CSIR regional office in Stellenbosch, undertake facility location planning, which combines facilities location analysis and access standards using geographic information systems (GIS)-based accessibility analyses.
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CSIR researcher, Ivy Ndhundhuma, is at the forefront of the photodynamic diagnosis technique that can be applied for early detection of cancerous cells. The aim is to be able to use this novel technique for early diagnosis of skin cancer and treatment. “Cancer in general is a deadly disease,” she says.
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User Facility senior scientist, Dr Lorinda Wu says that most of African Laser Centre (ALC) members – including students – are forced to come to South Africa if they want to employ lasers in their research. The CSIR National Laser Centre is also a key node of the African Laser Centre, hence this facility is open to African scientists and students. However, for them to use the facility there needs to be a specific and approved project for them to be able to access this facility.
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South Africa, through the CSIR National Laser Centre (NLC), is one of the frontrunners in pursuit of Free Space Quantum Communication – transmitting optical signals through the air, by using the quantum properties of laser light. The aim – according to principal researcher and project leader Dr Stef Roux – is to provide secure and safe ways of communication using lasers as opposed to fibre optic cables.
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After studying the last five years in the US, Dr Jeannette McGill returned to the CSIR to head up the Novel Mining Methods competence area at the CSIR Centre for Mining Innovation (CMI). She returned with her second Master’s degree in mineral economics, as well as a PhD in economic geology from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), one of the best engineering universities in the world.
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Locally-designed, researched and developed smart card technology – to suit South African needs and demands – is coming to fruition. A smart card is a credit card-sized piece of plastic embedded with computer chips that can securely store information and provide a myriad of other services.
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The International Mother Language Day of the United Nations (UN) is annually held on 21 February to celebrate languages spoken worldwide. It also observes the human right to use these languages. Nothing could be closer to the heart of Dr Febe de Wet, a principal researcher at the CSIR Meraka Institute, whose passion is resource gathering and localisation of human language technologies (HLT) work for South Africa’s resource-scarce official languages.
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