NALEDI was formed in 1993 and carries out labour and economic research. NALEDI’s mission is to conduct policy-relevant research aimed at building the capacity of the labour movement to effectively engage with the challenges of the new South African society. Besides research, NALEDI’s work also includes managing multi-institutional projects at national and international levels.
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was Africa’s first private eye hospital and takes pride in its dedicated, specially trained staff, advanced state-of-the-art equipment and highly qualified team of experienced ophthalmologists.
The Pretoria Eye Institute has a vibrant and busy research department, serving the research and development companies well for almost two decades already
Continue reading →Membership is open to any person associated with the plastics industry and is on a personal basis. Companies therefore cannot become members, though most companies are willing to pay membership fees for employees.
Continue reading →NEMISA develops e-skills capacity in South Africa by creating a partnership framework that guides e-skills initiatives. It is part of the solution to ensure that South Africans have the necessary e-skills (digital skills). NEMISA addresses e-skills interventions through teaching and learning, research, innovation, monitoring and evaluation, and aggregation.NEMISA’s original mandate was to train previously disadvantaged individuals, particularly women, to equip them with necessary skills to play a significant role in the constantly changing broadcasting environment.
NEMISA is positioned to become iKamva Digital Skills Institute and its mandate has been extended to promote and guide the development, training, learning, research and innovation of digital skills.
MARIS (Marine and Antarctic Research for Innovation and Sustainability) is the new interdisciplinary center for Marine and Antarctic Science projects, involving multiple departments within the University of Cape Town: Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Oceanography.
The centre is an aggregator of competence and expertise that considers academic and technological knowledge in relation to societal benefits, with the overarching aim of enhancing the production of knowledge and human capacity in marine and Antarctic research.
Continue reading →As part of the Natal Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), the Natal Institute of Immunology (NII) was founded to expand the science of immunology, with particular reference to its application in clinical and preventative medicine. Originally located on the 3rd floor of 149 Prince Street in Durban, the NII used extensive NBTS experience to develop the expanding science of immunology for the benefit of humanity. In 2000 the NII combined the Immunochemistry and ELISA Production Units to became the newly defined Biotechnology Division which was incorporated into the NBI.
Continue reading →The Tropical and Subtropical Crops Division of the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) provides sustainable and appropriate technologies for production and post-harvest handling of citrus and subtropical crops in order to enhance food security and nutrition, global competitiveness and wealth creation by addressing national priori?ties through its research agenda and related activities.
Continue reading →The Kara Heritage Institute is a leading South African organisation, working for the humanity of Africa by bringing our past African heritage into the present, and shaping our future. The Kara Heritage Institute is committed to leveraging the knowledge and ethos of Africa’s heritage to grow sustainable and empowered communities, which ultimately gain the freedom to shape their own destiny.
Continue reading →IMASA is a professional institute established on 2 October 1997 to serve all who are employed or studying towards a career in municipal administration throughout Southern Africa. IMASA is already active in all nine Provinces of South Africa.
Continue reading →The stated purpose of the IBD is “the advancement of education of benefit to the public or a section of the public, specifically in the sciences of brewing, fermentation and distillation.” The word”sciences” needs to be interpreted broadly, and the Institute concerns itself with both scientific and technical matters to do with the brewing and packaging of fermented beverages. This includes general management aspects as appropriate.
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