Woman of Impact

Dr Lindiwe Thete (née Nkabinde) joined the CSIR in 2004, left for academia in 2017, and returned in 2020 to...

Helping farmers to compute how much water to apply variably within their fields, instead of the same level of irrigation...

The World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Report shows that just 32% of professionals in data analysis and artificial...

Mabatho Hashatsi, a CSIR bursary holder, joined the CSIR Graduate-in-Training Programme in 2020. Growing up, becoming a researcher did not...

As an ambitious child, Dr Bolelang Sibolla thought of becoming a medical doctor. Soon, however, her strengths pointed her to...

Dr Rosinah Modiba develops shape-memory alloys for the medical and aerospace industries. Shape-memory alloys are metals that, even if they...

Peta de Jager works with teams that apply science, innovation and technology to make buildings better in as many ways...

Dr Noluntu Mpekoa is a specialist in cybersecurity who uses her competencies in data security and analytics to develop enabling...

Hundreds of thousands of South Africans go hungry, while about 34 per cent of food produced in the country goes...

With biology always being a firm interest, Dr Lucia Steenkamp wavered between becoming a medical doctor or a researcher. Her...