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The CSIR’s Port Elizabeth-based textile library collection is available to be given as a donation to an industry related organisation in the region. The textile collection is unique on the African continent. It comprises 2 800 books, 22 theses/dissertations and 100+ journal titles covering textil...

Media advisory As temperatures continue to rise and climate conditions generally become drier, necessary measures have to be taken to mitigate the risks and impacts of climate change across South African municipalities. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will unveil a novel...

Since its inception, the Rental Pool Programme has been supporting laser-based research at South African universities through the Rental Pool Fund, which has been supporting laser-based research programmes in the National System of Innovation (NSI) for 18 years. “The Rental Pool Programme encoura...

Tabling a difficult budget that required him to weigh priorities against a need for fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni kicked off his speech by saying that by doing things right, the country can return to “plum” times. Read more ... Contact Person:

Innovative technologies developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to improve safety and security in the country will be displayed at the technology demonstration day event taking place in Pretoria on 7 February 2019. The purpose of the event is to showcase the latest ...

Media advisory The look and feel of South Africa's future housing and neighbourhoods will form the heart of the Off-the-Wall Human Settlements Showcase , which will be held in Pretoria on 8 and 9 February 2019. The event, a first for the country, is part of a process to develop and adopt the Scie...

Media statement The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) would like to inform all its stakeholders of a power outage at its Scientia Campus in Pretoria. This is a result of damage caused by a lightning strike to the campus’s main transformers last night. Due to the outage, some o...