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On Monday, 27 June 2022, the Council for Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR) will host a virtual media briefing to celebrate young researchers who are championing research and technology deve
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the first half of 2022 (1 January 2022 to 30 June 2022). Loadshedding and energy availability factor (EAF) data are also provided up until 30 September 2022.
4IR innovations aimed at improving South Africa’s Health care system
In the last few years, the PoCT, lost on average, 1 200 hours per year of operational time due to extreme wind disruption. Extreme wind gusts can result in terminal equipment becoming unsafe to operate, thereby impacting terminal operations. This sometimes leads to congestion inside and outside the port, resulting in vessels being at anchorage for extended periods. Several industries, including the time-sensitive fruit industry, are severely impacted by wind disruptions in the port.
Chief researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr Sandy Thomalla, in collaboration with 14 contributing authors, led the Southern Ocean section of the chapter on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The State of the Climate Report is a peer-reviewed series published annually as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Various different research organisations and agencies, both local and international, have been consulted or have made pronouncements on the 2015 El Niño and its impact on southern Africa (especially in light of the current drought conditions) and this has made its way into the public domain throu
Johannesburg, 23 May 2012 - Amidst change and uncertainty in global economies, a shift is seen towards emerging markets that have been more resilient to the economic downturn than their counterparts in developed countries.
The CSIR operates an internationally recognised steel wire rope testing facility in Cottesloe, Johannesburg.
(Released jointly by the CSIR and IMPERIAL Logistics, in partnership with Stellenbosch University)