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SA's COVID-19 situation seems to be stabilising - CSIR
Senior researcher at the CSIR, Ridhwaan Suliman, said that the country was seeing some positive signs of late.
In collaboration with local partners, CSIR engineers developed these devices as part of government's national ventilator project.
Preliminary data shows that over Gauteng, nitrogen dioxide concentrations decreased by 23% and sulfur dioxide by 47%.
There’s a desperate need for more of these medical devices globally as a result of COVID-19 patients with respiratory difficulty requiring critical care in hospital.
Denel has responded to a call from the Department of Public Enterprises to drive the ventilator project, in preparation for a possible surge in the number of hospitalised patients requiring this specialised piece of equipment.
The power cuts are one of the biggest challenges facing President Cyril Ramaphosa as he tries to revive investor confidence in Africa’s most industrialised economy.
The Human Rights Commission visited Stinkwater, north of Pretoria, to inspect the quality of water. The site visit follows a disturbing report by research institute, the CSIR, which revealed that most community members consume contaminated groundwater.
The CSIR has confirmed that the water consumed by residents of Stinkwater, which is north of Pretoria, is not suitable for consumption. This has been revealed by researchers in Pretoria. The CSIR commissioned a three-year study in the area.
A study by research institution the CSIR has revealed how groundwater in Stinkwater in Hammanskraal can be fatal, particularly for infants.
The CSIR has highlighted the small steps that people can take to ensure they don’t fall victim to cybercrime.
According to the study, there are no measurable risks to human health through either swimming in the ocean or consuming fish from these areas.
The City of Cape Town commissioned the CSIR to start the study in 2015 after a furore from environmentalists and the public over the sewage being pumped into the sea.
The centre also says that devices that connect to the internet and that contain microphones and cameras can even be used by hackers to record voices or take images, without the users’ knowledge.
Khulu Phasiwe says the two organisations have done work for Eskom in the past and have indeed been beneficiaries of funding from them.
Cancer experts from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Cape Town have formed a new initiative to improve treatment.
One of the researchers Inga Jacobs-Mata says more people are displaced because of environmental reasons than politics, war and discrimination.
Officially launched in 2011 and backed by government, the Aeroswift research project last year produced its first three demonstrator parts.
CSIR says restrictions that are being imposed in parts of the country are mainly precautionary measures.
The DA garnered 44,000 more votes than the ANC in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.