Author:Strydom, Wilma F; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Oct 2016In 2010, the CSIR conducted the first national survey on household waste recycling behaviour in South Africa. To assess whether household recycling behaviour has improved over time, the CSIR conducted a second survey in 2015, five years after ...Read more
Author:Goss, H; Busgeeth, K; Le Roux, AlizeDate:01 Sep 2010The National Department of Human Settlements has contracted the CSIR Built Environment Unit in the development of the Human Settlements Atlas (previously Housing Atlas) series. The overall aim of the series is to provide a spatial interpretation ...Read more
Author:Lewis, PDate:Dec 2003This study was commissioned to investigate the current housing situation of mineworkers, and establish whether there is any association between housing and health and safety at workRead more
Author:Matamanda, AR; Chirisa, I; Rammile, S; Marais, Mario ADate:Mar 2022The housing and human settlement sector is fast changing, and technology is making it more complex than ever before. With reference to Zimbabwe, a developing country in Southern Africa, the essence of this book is to bring out housing as an ...Read more
Author:Marais, L; Hoekstra, J; Napier, Mark; Cloete, J; Lenka, MDate:Jan 2018Under apartheid, black African households could not own land or homes in most major urban centres in South Africa. This limited residential mobility and locked many households into state rental accommodation in townships. Homeownership for ...Read more
Author:Furnival-Adams, J; Olanga, EA; Napier, Mark; Garner, PDate:Aug 2019This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary: To assess the effects of different structural house modifications on malaria disease burden. Secondary: To explore whether effects vary with level ...Read more
Author:Grindley, SADate:Dec 1988Hout Bay is a south-facing crescentic embayment on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula approximately 22km south of Cape Town. The valley of Hout Bay is surrounded by mountains with the summit of Table Mountain. The use of the Hout bay as a ...Read more
Author:Shaylor, E; Maponya, G; Wall, K; Ive, O; Baghwan, J; Birkholtz, WDate:Jul 2013Studies undertaken by the CSIR and WRC have found that the concept of social franchising partnerships for the routine maintenance of infrastructure could alleviate and address many challenges in the management of water services. On-going ...Read more
Author:Jiang, J; Lin, C; Han, G; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shah, SBH; Martínez-García, MDate:Dec 2023The ongoing expansion of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is enabling the possibility of effective Industry 4.0, where massive sensing devices in heterogeneous environments are connected through dedicated communication protocols. This ...Read more
Author:Varzinczak, IJDate:Jun 2009Logical theories in reasoning about actions may also evolve and knowledge engineers need revision tools to incorporate new incoming laws about the dynamic environment. Researchers here fill this gap by providing an algorithmic approach for ...Read more
Author:Nortje, Karen; Funke, Nicola S; De Lange, Willem JDate:Jul 2014A completed study initiated, managed and funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and led by the CSIR is delving into the successes of land reform and water allocation reform in the Maruleng local municipal area.Read more
Author:Midgley, JJ; Scott, DF; Harris, CDate:Jul 2001Isotopes of water (D, O-18) in rain and streams were used to obtain an estimate of the amount of ground water in the south-western Cape Mountains. It was assumed that the groundwater reservoir is well-mixed and that the water isotope signals ...Read more
Author:Morris, CFDate:2009ICTs have been identified as the catalyst to assist developing countries bridge the development chasm thus alleviating the effects of poverty. However, Africa is littered with ICT projects that have failed or struggle to survive. The key ...Read more
Author:Maserumule, R; Colvin, C; Woodborne, SDate:Nov 2008Groundwater is a relatively small component of South Africa's water resources accounting for approximately 15% percent of South Africa's water consumption (DWAF 2002). Unfortunately, this statistic is overshadowed by the fact that close to ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LDate:May 2009In a world where school books, pencils and paper have to compete with cell phones, IPODs, and MP3 players for pupils' attention, Dr Math entices pupils to practice basic mathematics skills by providing games and competitions using Mxit over ...Read more
Author:Schutte, PC; Edwards, A; Milanzi, LADate:Mar 2012Mining operations are frequently associated with difficult working conditions and high levels of workplace stress. Workplace stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that oc-cur when the psychological and/or ...Read more
Author:Watermeyer, R; Wall, K; Pirie, GDate:Mar 2013The National Planning Commission, chaired by the Minister in The Presidency for National Planning, was mandated to take a broad, cross-cutting, independent and critical view of South Africa in order to help define the South Africa its people ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2015The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how an evidence-based implementation framework was developed through the implementation of an ICT4D project in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The framework was developed over ...Read more