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Junior Mtshali
#YouthMonth2026: Junior Mtshali is protecting and empowering communities

Junior Mtshali, a CSIR ICT intern, is also a dedicated and community-minded young person who volunteers with the Crime Prevention Forum (CPF). In his CPF…

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We can make pain relief drugs more affordable

New pharma tech yields first local batch South African researchers have successfully used a new technology to produce Celecoxib,…

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Stop food waste day
Taking measurable bites for Stop Food Waste Day

Every year on 29 April, Stop Food Waste Day is the largest single day of action aimed at raising awareness about the massive scale of food waste and…

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CSIR deepens collaboration with DCDT and ICASA to drive digital innovation in South Africa

On Wednesday, 1 April 2026, the CSIR hosted a delegation from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and the Independent…

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Elandskloof community launches its wattle-brick community centre

Elandskloof community launches its wattle-brick community centre as circular housing building solution Who would have thought that a community centre…

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Youth month 2026
#YouthMonth2026: CSIR youth driving innovation in transport

Image  Young innovators at the CSIR are making impactful changes. Afika Singano, Shothodzo Mukwena…

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wastewater disease surveilance
From sewers to signals: CSIR scientists turn wastewater into an early outbreak warning system

Long before patients arrive at clinics, the first signs of an outbreak may already be flowing beneath our cities. Every day, wastewater carries microscopic…

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CHPC facilitates rollout of the new national coding and robotics curriculum

Forty provincial educational specialists responsible for the robotics and coding subject from eight provinces are attending the Department of Science,…

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