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Csir Launches Roadmap Address Challenges Hinder Smart Settlements South Africa

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Ref: https://www.csir.co.za/csir-launches-roadmap-address-challenges-hinder-smart-settlements-south-africa

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Collected on 21 September 2026

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This is a CSIR news article announcing the launch of a roadmap for transformative innovation in South African homes and communities. It says CSIR worked with the Department of Science and Innovation and the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation to identify barriers to smart settlements and establish a framework for planning and decision-making.

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Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Human Settlements Roadmap

A strategic transformation framework for addressing obstacles to smart settlements and supporting planning, coordination and decision-making in human settlements.

Who it is for: Human settlements planners, decision-makers and communities in South Africa
How to act on it: The document states that the roadmap has been launched, but gives no separate access or application procedure.

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A roadmap to upscale transformative innovation in South African homes and communities has been launched.

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https://www.csir.co.za/csir-launches-roadmap-address-challenges-hinder-smart-settlements-south-africa

Key Takeaways

CSIR, DSI and DHSWS partnered on a sustainable settlements roadmap
Roadmap launched to upscale transformative innovation in South African homes and communities
Challenges include limited innovation mainstreaming, insufficient investment, sector conservatism and a less modernised approach
Framework supports planning, coordination and decision-making in human settlements
South Africa
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)
Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (DHSWS)