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NATIONAL NEWS - The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Advaita Singh, has encouraged the youth to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the CSIR.
“The CSIR offers a number of opportunities for people whether it is to study at universities through bursaries or shadowing one of our scientists,” Singh said on Thursday.
He was participating in a webinar on the role of youth in the fight against COVID-19 hosted by Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), in partnership with Agape Youth Movement.
The webinar took place as South Africa commemorates Youth Month under the theme, ‘The Year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Growing youth employment for an inclusive and transformed society.”