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CSIR researchers compiled a toolkit of good waste management practices at rural, local and urban municipalities to serve as examples to other municipalities struggling with service delivery in this
A centre that displays various sanitation technologies has been launched on the Pretoria campus of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
A two-year study of the quality of irrigation water from Loskop Dam and its effect on crop production in the Groblersdal area, funded by the Loskop Irrigation Board (LIB), has shown very low levels
It is estimated that poverty-related diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), chagas disease, HIV/Aids and others kill approximately 14 million people annually.
Drug discovery and development scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have recently joined the European Union's 7th Framework Programme 'PlantLIBRA' consortium, t
The Department of Water Affairs has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to make the Vaal Dam the first dam in South Africa to use internet social media to d
Johannesburg, 8 March 2011 - South Africa’s consistently high total cost of logistics decreased by just 1.2% between 2008 and 2009, from 14.7% to 13.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed an agreement with Afriplex - a well-known South African manufacturer of nutraceutical and healthcare products - to carry out bio
The 2009/10 summer rainfall season saw an unprecedented increase in the number of potholes and associated accidents on national, provincial and metropolitan 'sealed' roads.