CSIR: Eight Decades at South Africa’s Scientific & Industrial Forefront
by Brett Macdonald/Images:CSIR The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was co-founded by Field Marshal Jan Smuts and Sir Basil Schonland on 5 October 1945 to conduct directed research for advancing science and industry, in a bid to support post-war industrial growth in the country after World War Two. Headquartered on the “Scientia” campus […]