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PMAESA Board and Council Meeting delegates

Boosting African port innovation with strategic discourse at PMAESA Council Meeting and Ports & Rail Week 2025

The ports sector gathered to explore opportunities to modernise and improve the technical efficiency of African ports through innovation, infrastructure…

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Constructed Wetland Technology as a Nature-Based Solution for Sustainable Municipal Wastewater Treatment in the Western Indian Ocean region

CSIR expertise anchors new guide to constructed wetlands for cleaner coasts in the Western Indian Ocean

Experts at the CSIR have contributed to a new book highlighting the potential of constructed wetlands as sustainable nature-based solutions. The publication,…

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BSA signing

CSIR leads pivotal milestone in driving sustainable commercialisation of African ginger

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has advanced South Africa’s bioeconomy through the signing of a pioneering Benefit-Sharing…

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A Biomanufacturing and GMP cohort at their graduation ceremony at the CSIR ICC

CSIR Biomanufacturing Programme elevates Africa’s GMP expertise

Twenty-seven participants from across Africa recently celebrated their graduation after completing an intensive Biomanufacturing and Good Manufacturing…

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CSIR welcomes science journalists to Pretoria for Africa’s first World Conference of Science Journalists 2025

From 1 – 5 December 2025, the Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (SDCfA) – an initiative of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and…

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Cottesloe labs

New humanoid machine certifies emergency breathing devices for miners

Building on over 90 years of zero-harm mining innovation, this machine is the latest addition to the CSIR’s Cottesloe labs in Johannesburg. All…

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Kudube dam

CSIR rules out Tshwane’s water system as source of typhoid surge

The recent surge in typhoid fever cases in parts of the City of Tshwane is unlikely to have been caused by treated drinking water supplied by the municipality…

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awsisa conference, water sanitation

AWSISA Dialogue reveals global collaboration is essential for water and sanitation security

The CSIR Water Research Centre joined Africa and the Global South’s leading voices at this year’s Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South…

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