The CSIR’s mandate is as stipulated in the Scientific Research Council Act (Act 46 of 1988, as amended by Act 71 of 1990), section 3: Objectives of CSIR. The objectives of the CSIR are, through directed and particularly multi-disciplinary research and technology innovation, to foster, in the national interest and in fields which in its opinion should receive preference, industrial and scientific development, either by itself or in co-operation with principals from the private or public sectors, and thereby to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the people of the Republic, and to perform any other function that may be assigned to the CSIR by or under this Act
Reference:
CSIR Annual Report for 2007/2008, pp 1-204
CSIR (2008). CSIR Annual report 2007-08 CSIR. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2855
