CSIR hosts biennial science and innovation conference in partnership with G-STIC
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is celebrating 80 years of touching lives through innovation. As part of celebrating this milestone, the organisation will host its ninth Biennial Conference from 08 to 10 October 2025, in collaboration with the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community (G-STIC), an initiative led by the Belgian Research and Technology Organisation (VITO). The conference will be held in conjunction with the 8th G-STIC Conference, marking G-STIC’s inaugural conference on the African continent.
CSIR and partners launch cost-saving housing block using construction waste
Waste material from the construction sector can now be used in an innovative green building block used to build low-cost RDP houses through a Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI)’ Circular Economy Demonstration Fund aimed at demonstrating proven circular economy interventions, such as, technologies, innovative process improvements, social innovations that have not yet achieved scale or impact in South Africa.