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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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Delegation at the CSIR-DCDT-ICASA collaboration

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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Wattle brick experts

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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workshop

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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CHPC Student Cluster Competition

Registrations are open for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition selection round

The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to participate in the CHPC Student Cluster…

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IPBES

“What does a ‘good quality of life’ look like?” asks CSIR expert on Second IPBES Global Assessment

Dr Phumza Ntshotsho from the CSIR’s Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services research group joined over 200 multidisciplinary experts from all over the world…

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