We provide the South African Wine Industry with a sustainable basis of forefront technology .

The CSIR addresses pressing environmental and natural resource issues at local and national scales and beyond, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, invasive alien species, regional water resources, air pollution and land degradation. The industrial spectrum of this area of work includes mining and forestry-based bio-refining.

DEVXLABS specialises in product development in the digital space, focusing on enterprise software, greenfield products and custom turnkey solutions.

Rode is a researcher and valuer of real estate in South Africa.

Nkonzo Wildlife Research is based in the southern region of South Africa in the Cape Floristic Region, a biodiversity hotspot and the most diverse floral kingdom in the world. Research focuses on regional conservation management, behavioral ecology, and human-wildlife coexistence.

The South African manufacturing sector is in a de-industrialisation phase with the sector's contribution to gross domestic product dropping from 24% in the early 1980s to 13. 7% in 2015. The number of people employed in the sector has dropped by more than 25% over the same period.