The National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA) is a national programme of government that promotes the implementation of resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) methodologies to assist industry to lower costs through reduced energy, water and materials usage, and waste management. It is hosted by the CSIR on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Continue reading →The Medical Device and Diagnostic Innovation Cluster (MeDDIC) is a national initiative created to exploit a high concentration of skills, expertise, infrastructure and companies across South Africa within the medical devices field. The initiative, supported by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), is aimed at stimulating and intensifying technology innovation within the sector as well as encouraging an integrated ecosystem in support of increasing the competitiveness of the industry. It is hosted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) under the Global Health Innovation Accelerator (GHIA) program.
Continue reading →The Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) is Africa’s first automotive city, an industrial hub that provides investors with a wide range of offerings to help their business flourish. It provides a secure high tech business environment for manufacturers within the automotive sector.
Continue reading →Located in the Free State, the main objective of Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone is to establish manufacture opportunities and create regional and international trade environment with added value chain, and to create a prosperous trade city and functional trade ecosystem. MAP-SEZ is an initiative of the South African government, supported by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.
Continue reading →The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) promotes the interests of municipal engineers and their profession, and creates a platform for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints on all aspects of municipal engineering with the aim of expanding the knowledge and best practices in all Local Government municipalities.
Continue reading →The Institute of Environment and Recreation Management (IERM) was established in 1936 to allow networking opportunities for municipal managers who are responsible for the management of public parks, open space and recreation facilities.
The IERM aims to be the leading public-sector organisation promoting sustainable and integrated environmental and recreation management practices in South Africa.
The organisation is a non-profit, common-law association owned and governed by the municipalities who are its members.
Continue reading →The mission of the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council is to promote sound labour relations and ensure industrial stability through effective and efficient collective bargaining, dispute prevention, dispute resolution and good governance.
This bargaining council is a registered government bargaining council.
Business for South Africa (B4SA) is an alliance of South African business leaders working with the South African government, and other social partners, to step up, lead and help create and deliver sustainable solutions for South Africa. B4SAs objective is to mobilise business resources and capacity to work alongside and in support of government to address bottlenecks impacting economic growth and social development in South Africa.
Government and B4SA are focusing on sectors of the economy that require urgent intervention; B4SA has formed a collective of business expertise and resources in an effort to mobilise teams to help revitalise important economic imperatives. B4SA aims to be part of the solution to the national economic crisis, and to ensure regular and informative stakeholder engagement and feedback.
Continue reading →TIA is a national public entity that serves as the key institutional intervention to bridge the innovation chasm between research and development from higher education institutions, science councils, public entities, and private sector, and commercialisation.
TIAs focus is on technology development; from proof of concept to pre commercialisation. To achieve this, TIA established the following funds: the Seed Fund, the Technology Development Fund, and the Commercialisation Support Fund.
Continue reading →The NHLS Biobank helps to secure and manage collections of biomaterials and its associated data for research, human health and biotechnology development, for the benefit of society.
The NHLS Biobank was established in response to the growing burden of communicable and non- communicable diseases in South Africa
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