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Date: 
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 00:00

South African, Malagasy and French researchers have discovered the existence of a coastal current off Madagascar. The newly-described current, the South-west Madagascar Coastal Current, flows poleward off the south-west coast of Madagascar. Knowledge about and a thorough understanding of it will help scientists understand ocean circulation in the region and have direct implications for the management of local fisheries south of Madagascar.

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| News
Date: 
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 00:00

The world’s first comprehensive, evidence-based regional assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa compiled by over 100 leading experts, including CSIR biodiversity experts, acro

| News
Date: 
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 00:00

CSIR researchers at the Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observatory (SOCCO) will put five years of climate and ocean study to the test as part

| News
Date: 
Friday, May 18, 2018 - 00:00

In a review paper last year in the high-ranking journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Benjamin Heard and colleagues presented their case against 100% renewable electricity systems.  They doubted the feasibility of many of the recent scenarios for high shares of renewable energy, questioning everything from whether renewables-based systems can survive extreme weather events with low sun and low wind, to the ability to keep the grid stable with so much variable generation. 

| News
Date: 
Monday, June 4, 2018 - 00:00

Media invite

Current poor waste management practices are causing negative impact on the economy, society and environment in Africa.  

| News
Date: 
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 00:00

The Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, will join South Africa's leading researcher on Devonian marginal marine ecosystems and early vertebrates (ancient fish and early te

| Media Release
Date: 
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 00:00

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is currently developing a 5G testbed, to prepare for the advent of 5G technologies and to ensure that Africa is able to adapt to the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

| News
Date: 
Monday, June 11, 2018 - 00:00

Media briefing

| Media Release
Date: 
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 00:00

Six South African students will be looking to win bragging rights in an annual global supercomputer competition in Germany.

| Media Release
Date: 
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 00:00

The South African supercomputing team that participated in the International Student Cluster Competition in Frankfurt, Germany, scooped third prize.