e-News Home Previous issues SERA Home  IN THIS ISSUE April 2006, Vol 3, No 4 Sustainable development programme launched in Limpopo :: Doctoral graduate joins the drive to boost R&D innovation and capacity development :: SERA Natural Science Forum Co-chair lands top management position at CSIR Sustainable development programme launched in Limpopo The SERA Task Team on Sustainable Rural Development - alongside the Greater Giyani Local Municipality - officially launched the Greater Giyani Natural Resource Development Programme in Giyani, Limpopo in April this year. Doctoral graduate joins the drive to boost R&D innovation and capacity development Dr Mphekgo Maila, a UP graduate and former CSIR employee, has recently been appointed to the National Research Foundation (NRF) as manager of the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP).   SERA Natural Science Forum Co-chair lands top management position at CSIR The Co-chair of the SERA Natural Sciences Task Teams Forum, Khungeka Njobe, has been appointed as CSIR Group Executive. This follows the departure of Dr Phil Mjwara to the national Department of Science and Technology. USEFUL LINKS The Budget Vote Speech by the Minister of Science & Technology Withdrawal of the outcomes of the 2006 THRIP grants The African Bio-fortified Sorghum Project ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES Funding boost for research into TB and malaria drugs - Efforts to improve health in developing nations received a boost recently with news of major funding to find faster-acting tuberculosis drugs. Source: SciDev.Net UCT in line to land prestigious Laboratory - The Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena has announced that UCT's Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine will be South Africa's candidate to host the third International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Source: AllAfrica.com Young blood to bring new life to agricultural research - An association is being formed to bring fresh blood and an injection of new ideas into agricultural research and policymaking in developing countries. Source: SciDev.Net Top       © 2005 SERA. All rights reserved. Contact the webmaster or the SERA Relationship Managers at tel +27 12 841 2204 / 420 4094