The Guest of Honour at the official opening of the inaugural Career Guidance Expo held at SIRDC on 4 and 5 July 2019 was His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa who was ably represented by the Honourable Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technology Development, Professor…
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MSU Hosts GIS and Remote Sensing Short Course – Midlands State University
The Geo_Information and Remote Sensing Institute of SIRDC facilitated a 5-day GIS and Remote Sensing short-course at the MSU Zvishavane Campus. The course covered:• Principles of GIS for Geology• Coordinate Systems and Map Projections used in Zimbabwe• GNSS and Georeferenced Field Data Collection• Remote Sensing of Geology• Geology Data Analysis• Design Thematic MapsThe participants came…
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WORLD METROLOGY DAY – 20 May 2019 Press Release The International System of Units – Fundamentally better
May 20 is World Metrology Day. This date was chosen in recognition of the signing of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875, the beginning of formal international collaboration in metrology. Each year World Metrology Day is organized and celebrated jointly by the Treaty’s scientific arm, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and…
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SIRDC’s National Metrology Institute (NMI) hosts the Southern African Development Community NMIs Inter-Laboratory Comparison Workshop
The National Metrology Institute (NMI) of the Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) together with the Southern African Development Community Cooperation in Measurement Traceability (SADCMET) Secretariat hosted a Dimensional Inter- Laboratory Comparison (ILC) training workshop, from 11 to 13 February 2019. The workshop was attended by 15 participants drawn from 11 SADC National…
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