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2018-2019

ANNUALPERFORMANCEPLAN

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Building 53

Scientia (CSIR) Campus

Meiring Naudé Road

Brummeria

Pretoria

Tel.: +27 (0) 12 843 6300

Fax: +27 (0) 12 349 1030

www.dst.gov.za

RP90/2018

ISBN: 978-0-621-46203-6

2018-2019


DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 1

TABLE OF CONTENTSMinister’s Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................2

Ketapele Ya APP Ya 2018/19 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................4

Isandulelo Se-APP Yonyaka We 2018/19 ..........................................................................................................................................................................6

Remarks by the Director-General .........................................................................................................................................................................................8

Official Sign-Off ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................10

PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 111. Vision ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

2. Mission ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

3. Values .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

4. Legislative and other mandates ..............................................................................................................................................................................12

4.1. Legislative mandates ......................................................................................................................................................................................................12

4.2. Policy mandate ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................13

4.3. Relevant court rulings ....................................................................................................................................................................................................14

4.4. Policy context......................................................................................................................................................................................................................14

5. Updated Situational analysis .....................................................................................................................................................................................19

5.1 The DST performance environment .....................................................................................................................................................................19

5.2. The Medium Term Strategic Framework and STI ..........................................................................................................................................29

5.3 Progress in achieving the Strategic Plan goals ...............................................................................................................................................33

5.4. Organisational environment ......................................................................................................................................................................................38

5.5. Description of the strategic planning process ...............................................................................................................................................39

6. Planned Policy Initiatives .............................................................................................................................................................................................40

7. Overview of 2018/19 budget and MTEF estimates and expenditure trends ..............................................................................42

PART B: PROGRAMME AND CHIEF DIRECTORATE PLANS ................................................................ 45Programme 1: Administration ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 46

Strategic overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46

Strategic objectives and strategic statements ............................................................................................................................................................. 48

Chief directorates ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48

Programme 2: Technology Innovation .............................................................................................................................................................................. 58




Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources .................................................................................................................................... 76




Programme 4: Research Development and Support ............................................................................................................................................... 94




Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships ..................................................................................................................................... 111



PART C: LINKS TO OTHER PLANS ....................................................................................................... 131ANNEXURE D: LINKS TO THE 2015-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN ................................................................................................................................... 137

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 141

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 20192

The Annual Performance Plan maps out the road that the

Department of Science and Technology will follow to reach

its strategic goals in the 2017/18 financial year. Interventions

are aligned to the strategies of the Department and to key

government policies, including the Medium Term Strategic

Framework 2014-2019, the New Growth Path, the Industrial

Policy Action Plan and the National Development Plan.

Performance indicators and targets guide the allocation of

the Department’s budget and allow the public and its elected

representatives in Parliament to monitor the Department’s

effectiveness in carrying out its mandate. Over the past five

years this monitoring has resulted in the Department being

recognised as one of the best-performing departments in the

country.

The Department’s commitment to enabling an environment

for the national innovation system and to unlocking the

potential for economic growth through science, technology

and innovation is addressed in the focus on human capital

development (HCD) and the continuous modernisation of

scientific infrastructure. These efforts have resulted in enhanced

knowledge production, growth and transformation of the pool

of knowledge workers, and the exploitation of knowledge for

development.

A considerable degree of the work and research that we

undertake supports the Medium Term Strategic Framework’s

Outcome 2 (A long and healthy life for all South Africans) as well

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Some of our many successes include advances in research into

HIV/Aids prevention and treatment, satellite building, winning

the right to co-host the iconic Square Kilometre Array, progress

with alternative energy technologies, and technology for

improved service delivery.

The Department will pursue the following policy initiatives in

2017/18:

1. Innovation for local inclusive development

Innovation through the creation, diffusion and use of knowledge

has become a key driver of economic growth and provides part

of the response to many societal challenges, old and Some of

our many successes include advances in research into HIV/Aids

prevention and treatment, satellite building, winning the right

to co-host the iconic Square Kilometre Array, progress with

alternative energy technologies, and technology for improved

service delivery.

FOREWORD BY THE MINISTER


MINISTER’S FOREWORD

The Annual Performance Plan for 2018/19 outlines

the strategic objectives and policy initiatives of the

Department of Science and Technology. The year 2018

is important for the Department and the government of

South Africa. It is the year that we will be joined by the

whole world in celebrating the centenary of our icon

Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s commitment to Science and

Technology motivated him to lend his name to institutes

of Science and Technology in countries such as South

Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. It was under

his presidency, in 1996, that our government completed

the first White Paper on Science and Technology and it is

a fitting tribute to his centenary celebration that in 2018

the Department will finalise the second White Paper on

Science, Technology and Innovation.

Working closely with our key partners, we will reach

important milestones this year, one of the most significant

of which is the completion of the R4.4 billion 64 dish

MeerKAT radio telescope array after only four years of

construction. The MeerKAT, a precursor telescope that

will be integrated into the SKA, provides opportunities for

the development of new algorithms and the underlying

mathematics for manipulating large data sets, new

imaging technologies and techniques, as well as new ICT

skills. These skills are essential in new digital technology

sectors of the economy.

Another significant milestone is the deployment of

the HySA hydrogen fuel cell at Poelano High School, in

Goedgevonden, Ventersdorp Rural, North West. This is

the first deployment of a fully locally manufactured fuel

cell. As a result of this deployment the school will also

be able to activate access to E-Learning services which

it was deprived due to lack of electricity. This will have a

significant impact on rural electrification and the use of

clean energy in our energy mix as a country.

University of Johannesburg and Wits University in partnership with our Department, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Gauteng government have established the Tshimologong Precinct. The precinct includes a shared space for innovators and technopreneurs, an IBM Research Centre and a host of initiatives aimed at supporting research, development and innovation in the area.

Furthermore, the Mining Phakisa has kickstarted the revitalisation of mining research, development and innovation in South Africa. In this regard, the Department of Science and Technology, in partnership with the Chamber of Mines, has finalised long-term development plans for establishing a mining research, development and innovation hub and precinct at Carlow Road in Melville, Johannesburg. It will use a hub and spoke approach with collaborative research, development and innovation networks.


In the area of capacity building in Science and Technology

South Africa has made remarkable progress in establishing

greater levels of equity in race and gender where blacks

and in particular, women are in the majority of overall

enrolled and graduating students. In 2012, the number

blacks graduating with PhDs surpassed that of whites.

The system however, still has substantial challenges that

the Department, in collaboration with the Department of

Higher Education and Training, will continue to work hard

to address. The National Research Foundation will align its

priorities with the Department of Higher Education and

Training’s University Capacity Development Programme

and its Next Generation of Academics Programme.

South Africa’s higher-education system is still mainly

undergraduate. It is a concern that out of almost 1 million

students registered in public higher education institutions

in 2016, only 5% were master's and 2% were registered for

doctoral degrees. We will give greater urgency to reversing

the enduring vestiges of apartheid discrimination by

attending to the training and development of a new

cohort of scientists, engineers, and technicians. Our

transformation efforts include measures to address racial

and gender imbalances in various disciplines and sectors.

The year 2018 marks the fourth year of this administration

and we will intensify our efforts to achieve all the remaining

targets of the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. Achieving the

targets will coincide with the end of Phase one (2014-

2019) of the NDP’s phases innovation and we will enter

Phase two (2020-2025): Use knowledge to enhance

industrialisation. This is also in line with our commitment

to coordinate our national system of innovation (NSI) to

achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

The Department of Science and Technology, National

Treasury and the Department for Small Business

Development propose the establishment of a new

joint funding instrument to finance innovative ventures

and small and medium enterprises in South Africa. The

umbrella fund will support both the innovation and small

and medium enterprises fund concepts, so that public

resources are maximised, and additional support across

the public and private sectors, where appropriate, are

leveraged.

The SKA is one of the great science projects of the 21st

century and it is a project on which South Africans

collaborate with scientists from many other countries.

It is an excellent example of why the global scientific

enterprise benefits from the contribution of all nations.

This plan will ensure that the Department of Science and

Technology continues to make a major contribution to

South African research and that it improve its contribution

to innovation in the years to come.

The Department has had to develop plans in a low-growth

environment and in the face of the reality of ongoing

budget cuts. Despite these challenges, we will continue

to support new technology initiatives and build on our

collaborative partnerships with public research institutes,

universities, and national facilities.

Ms MT Kubayi-Ngubane, MP

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


KETAPELE YA APP YA 2018/19Thulaganyo ya Bodiragatši ya Ngwaga ka Ngwaga (APP) ya

2018/19 e hlatholla dinepo tša leanopeakanyo le maihlamelo a

pholisi ya Kgoro ya Saense le Theknolotši (DST). Ngwaga wa 2018

o bohlokwa Kgorong ye le mmušong wa Afrika Borwa. Ke ngwaga

wo ka wona lefase ka bophara le tla thabago le rena go keteka

ngwagakgolo wa senatla sa rena, Nelson Mandela. Boikgafo bja

Mandela go tša Saense le Theknolotši bo mo hlohleleditše gore

a thekge dihlongwa tša Saense le tša Theknolotši dinageng tše

bjalo ka Afrika Borwa, Nigeria, Tanzania le Burkina Faso. E be e le

ka fase ga bopresidente bja Mandela, ka 1996, fao mmušo wa

rena o phethilego Pampiritšhweu ya mathomothomo ya Saense

le Theknolotši ebile ke seloba se maleba meketong ya gagwe ya

ngwagakgolo gore ka 2018 Kgoro e tla ruma Pampiritšhweu ya

bobedi go tša Saense, Theknolotši le Diphetošo.

Ka gona go šoma le bagwebišani ba rena ba bagolo, re tla

fihlelela dilo tše kgolo ngwageng wo, ye nngwe ye bohlokwa

kudu ya tšona ke go phethagatšwa ga molokoloko wa radio wa

theleskoupu wa 64 dish Meerkat wa go bitša R3 bilione morago

ga mengwaga ye mene feela ya go agwa ga yona.MeerKAT,

theleskoupu ya peleng yeo e tla akaretšwago ka gare ga Square

Kilometre Array (SKA), e fana ka monyetla wa tlhabollo ya di-

algorithm (melao ya dipalo) tše difsa le dipalo tša motheo tša

go šoma ka dihlophana tše kgolo tša datha, ditheknolotši le

dithekniki tše difsa tša go tšea diswantšho gotee le mabokgoni

a mafsa a theknolotši ya dikgokagano tša tshedimošo (ICT).

Mabokgoni a a bohlokwa mo disektareng tše difsa tša theknolotši

ya ditšithale ya ikonomi.

Phihlelelo ye nngwe ye bohlokwa ke go hlongwa ga

sefehlamohlagase sa go šomiša makhura le haedrotšene sa HySA

kua Poelano High School, gola Goedgevonden, motseselegae

wa Venterdorp profenseng ya Leboa Bodikela. Ke lekga la

mathomothomo go hlongwa sefehlamohlagase sa go šomiša

makhura seo se dirilwego ka mo nageng ka botlalo. Ka baka la

peakanyo ye, sekolo le sona se tla kgona go tsenya tirišong ditirelo

tša E-Learning tšeo se bego se amogilwe ka baka la tlhokego ya

mohlagase. Se se tlaba le ditlamorago tše bohlokwa godimo ga

go lokelwa ga mohlagase dinagamagaeng le tšhomišo ya enetši

ya go hlweka mo methopong ya go fapafapana ya enetši mo

nageng.

Yunibesithi ya Johannesburg le Yunibesithi ya Wits, ka kgwebišano

le Kgoro ye ya rena, Kgoro ya Dikgwebišano le Intasteri, le Mmušo

wa Profense ya Gauteng di hlomile Tshimologong Precinct.

Tikologo ye e akaretša sekgoba sa mohlakanelwa sa baihlamedi

le ditsebi tša theknolotši, Senthara ya Diphatišišo ya IBM le

molokoloko wa maihlamelo ao a nepilego go thekga diphatišišo,

tlhabollo le diphetogo mo lefelong le.

Godimo ga tše ka moka, Mining Phakisa e thomišitše ka

tsošološo ya diphatišišo tša meepo, tlhabollo le boihlamelo mo

Afrika Borwa. Mo tabeng ye, Kgoro ya Saense le Theknolotši,

ka kgwebišano le Tšhempa ya Meepo, e rumile dithulaganyo

tša tlhabollo tša lebaka le letelele tša go hloma diphatišišo tša

meepo, tlhabollo le hapo ya boihlamelo le tikologo kua Carlow

Road gola Melville, Johannesburg. Kgoro e tla šomiša dikhwama

tša mafarahlahla tšeo di kgobelwago sekhwameng se tee se

segolo le diphatišišo tša mohlakanelwa, tlhabollo le dinetweke

tša boihlamelo.

Mo go tša kago ya mabokgoni go Saense le Theknolotši, Naga

ye e fihleletše kgatelopele ye makatšago go hloma maemo

a godimo a tekatekano a mmala le a bong fao bathobaso le

basadi e lego ba bantši ba barutwana bao ba ingwadišitšego le

bao ba alogago. Ka 2012, palo ya bathobaso bao ba alogago ka

mangwalo a PhD e fetile palo ya bathobašweu. Le ge go le bjalo

sistemo ye e santše e nale le ditlhotlo tše ntšinyana tšeo Kgoro

ye, ka tšhomišano le Kgoro ya Thuto ya Godimo le Tlhahlo (DHET)

e tla tšwelago pele go šoma ka thata go di rarolla. National

Research Foundation e tla nyalelantšha ditlapele tša yona gotee

le Lenaneo la Tlhabollo ya Mabokgoni a Diyunibesithi la DHET

gotee le Lenaneo la yona la Baingwadiši bao ba Tlago ba Dirutegi.

Sistemo ya Afrika Borwa ya thuto ya godimo e santše e nale

ba bantši ba baithutelatikrii. Ke tlhobaetšo gore godimo ba

barutwana ba go balelwa milione ye tee bao ba ngwadišitšwego

dihlongweng tša thuto ya bohle ya godimo ka 2016, ke feela

5% ya bao ba dirago mangwalo a Master’s degree mola 2% ba

ingwadišitše mangwalo a doctorate. Re tla hlaganela ka pelapela

pušetšomorago ya mašaledi ao a tšwelago pele a kgethollo ya

semorafe ka go thomiša ka tlhahlo le tlhabollo ya lebotho le lefsa

ka boramahlale, dientšineere le ditsebi tša sethekniki. Maitekelo a

rena a diphetošo a akaretša magato a go rarolla go se lekalekane

ga semorafe le bong mo mešomong le disektareng tša go

fapafapana.

Ngwaga wa 2018 o swaya ngwaga wa bone wa basepediši ba

bjale ebile re tla maatlafatša maitekelo a rena a go fihlelela dinepo

ka moka tšeo di sa šaletšego tša Thulaganyo ya Leanopeakanyo

ya 2015-2020. Go fihlelela dinepo tše go tla direga ka nako ye

tee le mafelelo a Kgato ya mathomo (2014-2019) ya kgato ya

boihlamelo ya NDP ebile re tlabe re tsena Kgatong ya bobedi

(2020-2025) yeo leina la yona elego go šomiša tsebo go thomiša

ka merero ya tša intasteri. Se se tsamaišana gape le maikgafo a

rena a go sepediša sistemo ya rena ya bosetšhaba ya boihlamelo

(NSI) go fihlelela Dinepo tša Tlhabollo ye Swarelelago (SDGS).


Kgoro ya Saense le Theknolotši (DST), Kgoro ya Matlotlo le

Kgoro ya Dikgwebopotlana e šišinya go hlongwa ga sedirišwa

se sefsa sa mohlakanelwa sa thekgo ya mašeleng go thekga

dikgwebo tša boihlamelo le dikgwebo tše nnyane go fihla go tša

magareng mo Afrika Borwa. Sekhwama se sa kgoparara se tla

thekga dikgopolo tša dikgwebo tša boihlamelo le tša dikgwebo

tše nnyane go fihla go tša magareng ka bobedi ga tšona, gore

didirišwa tša setšhaba di dirišwe ka botlalo, le gore thekgo ya

tlaleletšo go ralala disektara tša bohle le tša praebete, fao go lego

maleba, di a hlabollwa.

SKA ke ye nngwe ya diprotšeke tše kgolo tša ngwagakgolo wa

bo-21 ebile ke protšeke yeo go yona Maafrika Borwa ba šomago

mmogo le boramahlale go tšwa dinageng tše dingwe tše ntši. Ke

mohlala wo botse wo ka ona dikgwebo tša saenthefiki lefaseng

ka bophara di holegago ge ditšhaba ka moka di kgatha tema.

Thulaganyo ye e tla netefatša gore DST e tšwelapele go kgatha

tema ye kgolo diphatišišong tša Afrika Borwa le gore e kaonafatša

tema ya yona ya tša boihlamelo mo mengwageng ye tlago.

Kgoro e be e swanela ke go tla ka dithulaganyo mo tikologong ya

kgolo ya maemo a fase le go lebagana le seemo sa ka mehla sa

kgaotšo yeo e tšwelago pele ya tekanyetšokabo. Ntle le ditlhotlo

tše, re tla tšwelapele go thekga maihlamelo a mafsa a theknolotši

le go bopa dikgwebišano tša rena tša mohlakanelwa gotee le

dihlongwa tša diphatišišo tša bohle, diyunibesithi, le dinolofatši

tša bosetšhaba.

Mohumagadi MT KUBAYI-NGUBANE, MP

TONA YA SAENSE LE THEKNOLOTŠI LETŠATŠIKGWEDI


ISANDULELO SE-APP YONYAKA WE-2018/19

Uhlelo Lokusebenza Lonyaka (i-APP) we-2018/19 lubeka

izinhloso ezibalulekile kanye nezinhlelo zenqubomgomo

zoMnyango Wezesayensi Nezobuchwepheshe (i-DST).

Unyaka we-2018 ngunyaka obalulekile eMnyangweni kanye

nakuhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika. Lona ngunyaka lapho

sizohlanganyela nomhlaba wonke ekugubheni iminyaka eyikhulu

yokuzalwa kweqhawe lethu, uNelson Mandela. Ukuzibophezela

kukaMandela kwezeSayensi Nezobuchwepheshe

kwamugqugquzela ukuthi avume ukuthi kwethiwe izikhungo

zeSayensi Nezobuchwepheshe ngegama lakhe emazweni

afana neNingizimu Afrika, iNigeria, iTanzania neBurkina Faso.

Kwakungaphansi kobuMongameli bakhe, ngonyaka we-

1996 lapho uhulumeni wethu aphothula khona Umthetho

Odingidwayo wokuqala Wesayensi Nezobuchwepheshe futhi

kuwukubonga okufanele ekugubheni iminyaka eyikhulu

yokuzalwa kwakhe ukuthi ngonyaka we-2018 uMnyango

uzophothula Umthetho Odingidwayo wesibili Wezesayensi,

Ezobuchwepheshe Nokusungula.

Ngokusebenza ngokubambisana nalabo esisebenzisana nabo

ababalulekile, sizofeza izinhloso ezibalulekile kulo nyaka, eyodwa

kwezibaluleke kakhulu wukuphothulwa kwezindishi ezinga-64

ze zesibonakude i-MeerKAT ezibiza izigidigidi ezi-3 zamarandi

ngemva kweminyaka emine kuphela yokwakhiwa kwayo.

I-MeerKAT, isibonakude esandulela iSquare Kilometre Array

(i-SKA) manje esesizohlanganiswa nayo i-SKA, ihlinzeka amathuba

okuthuthukiswa kweqoqo lemithetho yokubala emisha kanye

nezibalo ezingakavezwa zokucubungula amaqoqo amakhulu

edatha, ubuchwepheshe obusha obuvelayo kanye nezindlela

zokwenza, kanye namakhono amasha ezobuchwepheshe

bokusabalalisa ulwazi (i-ICT). Lawa makhono abalulekile

emikhakheni yezobuchwepheshe emisha yomnotho.

Ngonyaka we-2018 uMnyango uzophothula Uhlaka Lomthetho

Odingidwayo Kwezobuchwepheshe Bezesayensi kanye

Nokusungula kanye nokuthuthukiswa kohlelo lweminyaka

eyishumi. Ngokufanayo noHlelo Lokusungula Lweminyaka

Eyishumi (2008-2018), uhlelo lweminyakashumi (2019-2029)

luzobeka izindawo okuzogxilwa kuzo, izidingo zoxhaso kanye

nezinkomba zokuqapha nokuhlola. Phezu kwalokhu, uMnyango

uzothuthukisa umhlahlandlela wokuqalisa ukusebenzisa

izincomo zeSayensi, Ezobuchwepheshe kanye nokuBuyekezwa

Kwezokusungula Kuzikhungo.

Enye inqubekela phambili enkulu wukufakwa kwe-HySA

hydrogen fuel cell e-Poelano High School, esendaweni

yaseGoedgevonden, Esemakhaya aseVentersdorp, eNyakatho

Ntshonalanga. Lokhu wukufakwa kokuqala kwe-fuel cell

eyakhiwe ngokuphelele kuleli lizwe. Ngenxa yalokhu kufakwa,

isikole sizokwazi futhi ukufinyelela kuzinsizakalo ze-E-Learning

ebesingakwazi ukuzithola ngenxa yokuthi asinawo ugesi. Lokhu

kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu ekufakweni kukagesi ezindaweni

zasemakhaya kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezamandla ahlanzekile

ekudidiyeleni kwethu ezamandla njengezwe.

INyuvesi Yase-Johannesburg neNyuvesi Yase-Wits,

ngokubambisana noMnyango, uMnyango Wezohwebo

Nezimboni, kanye noHulumeni Wesifundazwe SaseGauteng

basungule iTshimilogong Precinct. Le ndawo ihlanganisa

indawo esetshenziswa ngokuhlanganyela yabasunguli

kanye nabasungulimabhizinisi ezobuchwepheshe, Isizinda

Sezocwaningo se-IBM kanye nezinhlelo eziningi ezihlose

ukusekela ucwaningo, ezentuthuko kanye nokusungula kule

ndawo.

Phezu kwalokhu, i-Mining Phakisa isikuqalile ukuvuselelwa

kocwaningo, ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokusungula ezimayini

zaseNingizimu Afrika. Mayelana nalokhu, i-DST, ngokubambisana

ne-Chamber of Mines, sebeziphothulile izinhlelo zentuthuko

zesikhathi esize zokusungula indawo nesizinda socwaningo,

ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokusungula ezimayini e-Carlow

Road eMelville, eGoli. Izosebenzisa indlela yotshalomali

oluncane oluqoqelwa ndawonye nokubanjiswene nabo

kwezokucwaninga, ukuthuthukisa kanye nokusungula.

Kwezokuqeqeshwa kwabantu kwezeSayensi Nobuchwepheshe,

iNingizimu Afrika ibe nenqubekela phambili enkulu ekusunguleni

amazinga amakhulu okulingana kwezobuhlanga kanye nobulili

lapho abantu abamnyama futhi ikakhulukazi abesifazane

kuyibona abafundi abaningi ababhalisile futhi abaphothula

iziqu. Ngonyaka we-2012, abantu abamnyama abaphothula

iziqu ze-PhD babe baningi kunabantu abamhlophe. Kodwa

uhlelo lusenezinselelo ezinkulu. UMnyango, ngokubambisana

noMnyango Wezemfundo Ephakeme Nokuqeqesha (i-DHET),

ozoqhubeka nokusebenza kanzima ukubhekana nazo.

INhlangano Kazwelonke Yezocwaningo izokwenza izinhlelo zayo

eziphambili zihambisane noHlelo lwe-DHET Lokuthuthukiswa

Kwamakhono Asemanyuvesi kanye noHlelo Lwesizukulwane

Esisha Sabafundisi Bemfundo Ephakeme

Uhlelo lwezemfundo ephakeme lwaseNingizimu Afrika lusagxile

kakhulu emfundweni yeziqu zokuqala. Kuyinto ekhathazayo

ukuthi kubafundi abalinganiselwa kusigidi esi-1 ababhalisiwe

kuzikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ngo-2016, bangama-5%

kuphela abebebhalisele iziqu ze-masters kanti bangama-2%

abebebhalisele iziqu zobudokotela. Sizophuthumisa kakhulu

ukuqeda izinsalela eziqhubekayo zokucwasa kobandlululo

ngokuqeqesha kanye nokuthuthisa iqembu elisha lososayensi,

onjiniyela kanye nochwepheshe. Imizamo yethu yezezinguquko

ihlanganisa izinyathelo zokubhekana nokungalingani


ngokobuhlanga nangokobulili kumisebenzi kanye nakumikhakha

ehlukahlukene.

Unyaka wezi-2018 ngunyaka wesine walo hulumeni ophethe

futhi sizoqinisa imizamo yethu yokufeza yonke imikhawulo esele

Yohlelo Olubalulekile lonyaka we-2015-2020.

Ukufeza le mikhawulo kuzohlangana neSigaba sokuqala

(2014-2019) sesigaba sokusungula se-NDP futhi sizongena

kuSigaba sesibili (2020-2025); sisebenzisa ulwazi ukwenza

ngcono ukusungulwa kwezimboni. Lokhu futhi kuhambisana

nokuzibophezela kwethu ekulawuleni uhlelo lukazwelonke

lwezokusungula (NSI) ukufeza Izinhloso Zentuthuko Esimeme

(i-SDGS).

I-DST, uMnyango Kazwelonke Wezezimali kanye noMnyango

Wezamabhizinisi Amancane iphakamisa ukusungulwa

koxhaso olusha lokuhlanganyela ngenhloso yokuxhasa

amabhizinisi ezokusungula kanye namabhizinisi amancane

naphakathi nendawo eNingizimu Afrika. Lesi sikhwama

soxhaso sizosekela kokubili ukusungula nemicabango yoxhaso

yamabhizinisi amancane namaphakathi nendawo, ukuze kube

nezinsizakusebenza zikahulumeni eziningi, kanye nolunye

usekelo kuyo yonke imikhakha kahulumeni kanye nezimele, uma

kufanelekile, zilinganiswe.

I-SKA ingenye yamaphrojekthi amakhulu kunyakakhulu la-21 futhi

iyiphrojekthi lapho abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bebambisana

nososayensi abavela kwamanye amazwe amaningi. Iyisibonelo

esihle kakhulu sokuthi kungani umkhakha wezesayensi

womhlaba uhlomula ekufakeni isandla kwawo wonke amazwe.

Lolu hlelo luzoqinisekisa ukuthi i-DST iyaqhubeka nokufaka

isandla kakhulu kwezocwaningo lwaseNingizimu Afrika kanye

nokuthi wenza ngcono umsebenzi wawo kwezokusukungula

eminyakeni eminingi ezayo.

UMnyango kuye kwadingeka ukuthi uthuthukise izinhlelo

ngaphansi kwesimo sezinga eliphansi lokukhula komnotho

kanye nokuncishiswa kwesabelomali okuqhubekayo.

Phezu kwalezi zinselelo, sizoqhubeka nokusekela izinhlelo

ezintsha zobuchwepheshe futhi sakhe ubudlelwano bethu

ngokubambisana nezikhungo zikahulumeni zocwaningo,

amanyuvesi kanye nezikhungo zikazwelonke.

Nkk. MT KUBAYI-NGUBANE, MP

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REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has

seen a marked improvement in performance in the past

few years – from meeting 71% of its planned targets in

2012/13 to achieving 89% in 2016/17.

The year 2018 is the fourth year of implementation of

the DST’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. Through the 2018/19

Annual Performance Plan, the Department will continue

with key initiatives aimed at accelerating the achievement

of the ambitions outlined in the Strategic Plan.

The Minister of Science and Technology felt that after

more than 20 years there was a need to draft a new

White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI),

which is to be finalised in 2018/19. The new White Paper

sets the long-term policy direction for the South African

government to ensure a growing role for STI in a more

prosperous and inclusive society. The key objectives of

the White Paper are to take advantage of opportunities

presented by megatrends; to expand on what has worked,

proposing new approaches where necessary; and to

promote inclusivity as an important goal of the national

system of innovation.

The new White Paper will contribute to the development

of a decadal plan for STI from 2019 to 2029, as the Ten-

Year Innovation Plan (2008-2018) enters its final lap.

The new decadal plan will take into consideration not

only the White Paper, but also the review of the Ten-

Year Innovation Plan, which has seen the attainment of

significant milestones, and the National Advisory Council

on Innovation’s foresight exercise.

The 2018/19 planning cycle is undertaken in an

environment characterised by fiscal constraints, which

affect the compensation budget and some transfer

budget allocations. In addition, the planning context for

government continues to evolve with developments

such as the introduction of the Mandate Paper which

seeks to enforce alignment and coherence in government

objectives and budget allocation to accelerate

implementation of the National Development Plan

priorities.

The constrained fiscal environment requires that the

Department and its entities use their allocated resources

optimally so that they can continue to deliver on

performance imperatives and strategic outcome-oriented

goals. In addition, consideration will be given to fiscal

consolidation, internal collaboration and an internal

reprioritisation exercise to redirect funds to high impact

areas such as human capital development and initiatives

aimed at developing new industries.

The challenges with the compensation budget will

remain for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 fiscal years, and the


Department will explore ways of ensuring that critical

and strategic vacancies are resourced, and broadening

and increasing the skills of its employees to enable it to

achieve its objectives.

Similarly, with 92% of the DST budget transferred to entities

overseen by the Minister of Science and Technology, the

Department will continuously monitor the performance of

the entities in respect of agreed objectives set out in their

strategic plans, annual performance plans and shareholder

compacts, providing sound governance advice and

making sure that public resources are accounted for.

Compliance with the Public Finance Management Act will

be a critical part of this.

Efforts to implement sound administration practices

and effective operational systems, ensuring oversight

of its finance, information technology, audit and risk

management functions through the DST’s Audit,

Enterprise Risk Management and IT Steering Committees,

will be maintained. The Department remains one of the

top-performing departments in terms of the Management

Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) administered by the

Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.

In conclusion, the DST will continue to contribute to

government’s Programme of Action within the Medium-

Term Strategic Framework by implementing its five

strategic outcome-oriented goals on which its Strategic

Plan is based, namely, a responsive, coordinated and

efficient national system of innovation; increased

knowledge generation; using knowledge for economic

development; human capital development; and

knowledge utilisation for inclusive development.

Dr Phil Mjwara

Director-General


Official sign-off

Chief Financial Officer

Ms Pretty Makukule

DDG: Institutional Planning and Support

Mr Tommy Makhode

Accounting Officer

Dr Phil Mjwara

Executive Authority

Ms MT Kubayi-Ngubane, MP


PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW


PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

Vision

Increased well-being

and prosperity through

science, technology

and innovation

Mission

To provide leadership, an enabling

environment, and resources for science,

technology and innovation in support

of South Africa’s development

Values

Professionalism

Innovation

Ethical behaviour

Knowledge sharing

4. Legislative and other mandates

4.1. Legislative mandates

Academy of Science of South Africa Act, 2001

This Act establishes the Academy of Science of South Africa

(ASSAf ) to promote common ground in scientific thinking

across all disciplines, including the physical, mathematical

and life sciences, as well as human, social and economic

sciences; to encourage and promote innovative and

independent scientific thinking; to promote the optimum

intellectual development of all people; to advise and

facilitate appropriate action in relation to the country’s

needs, opportunities and challenges; and to link South

Africa with high-level scientific communities within the

Southern African Development Community, the rest of

Africa and internationally.

Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007

This Act provides for the preservation and protection of

areas in South Africa uniquely suited to optical and radio

astronomy, and for intergovernmental cooperation and

public consultation on matters concerning such areas.

Human Sciences Research Council Act, 2008

This Act provides for the continued existence of the

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), which carries

out research that generate critical and independent

knowledge relative to all aspects of human and social

development.

Income Tax Act, 1962

Section 11D of the Income Tax Act gives the Minister of

Science and Technology authority to approve scientific

and/or technological research and development (R&D)

undertaken or funded in South Africa by the private sector

for a 150% tax deduction on qualifying R&D expenditure.


Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed

Research and Development Act, 2008

This Act provides for the more effective use of intellectual

property emanating from publicly financed R&D through

the establishment of the National Intellectual Property

Management Office, the Intellectual Property Fund,

and offices of technology transfer at higher education

institutions and science councils.

National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997

This Act establishes the National Advisory Council

on Innovation to advise the Minister of Science and

Technology and, through the minister, the Cabinet, on the

role and contribution of science, mathematics, innovation

and technology in achieving national objectives.

National Research Foundation Act, 1998

This Act establishes the National Research Foundation

(NRF) to promote basic and applied research, as well as the

extension and transfer of knowledge in the various fields

of science and technology.

Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003

This Act establishes the South African Council for Natural

Scientific Professions and legislates the registration of

professional natural scientists, scientists-in-training,

technologists and technologists-in-training.

Scientific Research Council Act, 1988

This Act refers to the activities of the Council for Scientific

and Industrial Research (CSIR), which undertakes R&D for

socio-economic growth.

South African National Space Agency Act, 2008

This Act establishes the South African National Space

Agency (SANSA) to promote space science research,

cooperation in space-related activities, and the creation of

an environment conducive to industry’s development of

space technologies.

Technology Innovation Act, 2008

This Act establishes the Technology Innovation Agency

(TIA) to promote the development and exploitation of

discoveries, inventions, innovations and improvements in

the public interest.

4.2. Policy mandate

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) derives

its mandate from the 1996 White Paper on Science

and Technology, which introduced the concept of the

national system of innovation (NSI) – a set of interacting

organisations and policies through which a country

creates, acquires, diffuses and puts into practice new

knowledge to help achieve individual and collective goals.

A coordinated and efficient NSI will help the country

achieve its national development priorities by promoting

change through innovation, enabling all South Africans

to enjoy the economic, socio-political and intellectual

benefits of science, technology and innovation (STI).

The Department supports the NSI in a number of ways,

including -

• coordinating the development and implementation

of country-level policies and strategies, such as the

National Research and Development Strategy (NRDS)

and the Ten-Year Innovation Plan (TYIP), which

identify specific priority areas for the country where

STI-related support is required;

• creating systems and structures to coordinate the

STI-related work of government departments and

agencies;

• developing measurement systems, and undertaking

analyses to create an evidence base for improving the

performance of the NSI; and

• optimising the governance of publicly funded

STI institutions to support government’s priority

outcomes.

The 2002 National Research and Development Strategy

and the Ten-Year Innovation Plan for South Africa (2008-

2018) also outline strategic priorities that the Department

strives to promote and implement.


4.3. Relevant court rulings

None.

4.4. Policy context

Changes in the policy environment

As part of the governance and coordination of the NSI,

several initiatives have been undertaken to improve

its coherence and efficiency. The 1996 White Paper on

Science and Technology is the current underlying policy

framework for the science and technology sector and

continues to guide the DST. The year 2016 marked 20 years

since the adoption of the White Paper on Science and

Technology. The NSI has undergone significant changes

in the past 20 years and is today far larger, more complex,

and more interlinked. In 2017, a review of performance

against the 1996 White Paper was finalised by the National

Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) and the findings are

being used in the development of a new White Paper on

Science, Technology and Innovation, and a new decadal

plan.

The 2017/18 financial year also saw the conclusion of

the Review of the Science, Technology and Innovation

Institutional Landscape initiated by the Minister. The review

sought to establish the inter-linkages of the institutions in

the system and their impact (as a collective) on all aspects

of society. These and other initiatives, such as the proposed

introduction of a budget coordination mechanism, are

necessary elements to ensure appropriate governance of

the NSI. The DST has consulted across government about

a proposal to introduce a budget coordination instrument

to enhance the quality, responsiveness, and impact of

public funding of research and development activities.

Cabinet approved a multi-year process facilitated by the

Department and the National Treasury for full roll-out

aligned to the overall budget process. Full roll-out will

be underpinned by a government-wide medium-term

research and development investment framework aligned

to the economic and social development priorities

identified by government, which advance the National

Development Plan. The focus for the last year has been

on developing and building and the information systems

that would enable the development of the an evidence-

based that will inform the medium-term research and

development investment framework.

Coordinating efforts to grow South Africa’s gross

expenditure on research and development (GERD) to 1,5%

percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Medium

Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) remains a focus of

the Department. Gross Expenditure on Research and

Development (GERD) as a percentage of Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) for 2015/16 was 0.80% (latest data released

in November 2017).

In 2018/19, the DST will continue to coordinate and direct

the NSI towards improving the quality of scientific and

technological outputs, as well as innovation impacts and

outcomes that advance a better life for all citizens of South

Africa.

The National Development Plan and science,

technology and innovation

South Africa’s National Development Plan (Vision 2030)

highlights the importance of STI in national development.

The National Development Plan (NDP), published in 2012,

notes that developments in STI fundamentally alter the

way people live, communicate and transact, with profound

effects on economic growth and development. STI are key

to equitable economic growth, underpinning economic

advances and improvements in health systems, education

and infrastructure. The NDP argues that countries that

are able to tackle poverty effectively by growing their

economies are characterised by strong capabilities in STI.

The NDP acknowledges that economic development

takes time and that innovation should grow in importance

in years to come. In the first phase (2012-2017), the focus

should be on “intensifying research and development

spending, emphasising opportunities linked to existing


industries”. In the second phase (2018-2023), the

“country should lay the foundations for more intensive

improvements in productivity”, and “innovation across

state, business and social sectors should start to become

pervasive”. As 2030 approaches, “the emphasis should

be on consolidating the gains of the second phase, with

greater emphasis on innovation, improved productivity,

more intensive pursuit of a knowledge economy, and

better utilisation of comparative and competitive

advantages in an integrated continent”.

The NDP acknowledges the role that STI can play

in addressing the interlinked challenges of poverty,

unemployment and inequality. Internationally, STI and

related discoveries are recognised as future sources

of economic growth, with the potential to create new

types of jobs, and provide new solutions to problems

trapping people in poverty, such as poor health and water

shortages.

The Department has therefore sharpened its focus on

the ways in which its work and the work of the broader

NSI can contribute to the reduction of inequality, poverty

and unemployment. Some of the DST’s initiatives are

mentioned in the text that follows (with more detail given

in Table 1 below).

Economic growth is critical for sustainable long-term

employment and to address poverty and inequality.

From a macro-economic perspective, the initiatives to

develop new R&D-led industries could help improve

South Africa’s exports, reduce South Africa’s current deficit,

and improve the prospects of economic growth. The

DST is funding a number of initiatives that is expected

to contribute towards this goal, as an example building

a titanium industry (manufacturing Titanium powder and

developing the next generation Additive Manufacturing

machine) for South Africa falls into this category, as does

the Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative (FEI), the fuel

cell development initiative. Because of the potential of

STI to stimulate industrialisation, the Department also

actively supports the implementation of the Industrial

Policy Action Plan (IPAP). For instance, the Department is

working to harmonise the instruments to attract private-

sector investment in R&D in South Africa.

At the level of the firm, technological and financial support

for private-sector companies should lead to increased

competitiveness and turnover, and hence higher

employment. The Technology Localisation Programme

(TLP) and the Technology Stations Programme (TSP)

provide technology support to a range of small and

large firms, and are also aimed at increasing the turnover

of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and enabling

them to secure better contracts with large private-sector

companies. The impact of the TLP is especially high, and this

is deemed to be one of the more effective interventions in

leveraging public procurement activities to increase the

level of local production and also create opportunities for

export via the foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers

(OEMs).

The above instruments are also good examples which

help to illustrate the cross-cutting impact of science/

technology-intensive activities on the growth, technology

development, commercialisation, competitiveness of

firms (especially SMMEs), increased local production and

exports.

The Department’s commitment to contribute to the

reduction of inequality, poverty and unemployment

is demonstrated in various initiatives that focus on

improving access to basic services, improve the delivery

of basic services, and unlock economic development

opportunities for marginalised and excluded communities.

The Department’s initiatives are already providing access

to basic services to communities, mainly in rural areas,

that previously had none. In line with the NDP objective of

integrating innovation in the delivery of basic services, the

Department is providing decision-support tools to improve

service delivery decision making and practice. These tools

also contribute to addressing spatial marginalisation and

the capacity of municipalities to manage service delivery

challenges through more efficient incident management.

To address unemployment and financial exclusion, the

Department has invested in technology demonstration

and transfer initiatives aimed at supporting and advancing

local economic development and sustainable livelihoods,

especially in poverty-stricken rural areas. DST-run pilot

projects include community-based processing of

traditional medicines, cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals,


and some are already showing success in strengthening

local systems of innovation, job creation and enterprise

development. Technology transfer is assisting community-

based enterprises to move beyond primary agriculture and

participate in the agroprocessing value chain. The DST’s

initiatives demonstrate the NSI’s potential to contribute

to addressing poverty, inequality and unemployment.

Further detail on how the direct and indirect contribution

of STI to addressing these challenges is set out in Table 1

below.

The DST adds value to the efforts of the rest of government

and industry to implement the NDP through enabling

effective decision-making using cutting-edge science

and technology. The Department’s 2015-2020 Strategic

Plan identified the need to provide decision support to

improve at least 10 government services or functions.

An audit undertaken in 2016/17 has identified at least 19

government services or functions where the investments

of the DST and its entities are providing decision support.

The areas include spatial planning, 21st century education,

disaster management, energy options and policy,

nutrition and food security, and economic planning and

management.

Other efforts at decision support include influencing

policy on the safety of activities involving genetically

modified organisms (GMOs), providing technically

sound methodologies for evaluating future investments

in the commercialisation of R&D (as part of the DST

Commercialisation Framework). Providing geospatial

information to be used in local planning (via the South

African Earth Observation Strategy portal, and the work

of the South African National Space Agency), and helping

municipalities to build a business case for bioenergy

production based on the information provided in the

Bioenergy Atlas.


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5. Updated situational analysis

5.1 The DST performance environment

The annual planning for 2018/19 is undertaken in an

environment characterised by fiscal constraints and a

changing planning context for government. Since 2014,

government’s planning paradigm has evolved significantly

to address developmental and spatial transformation

objectives. The 2018/19 financial year is the fourth of the

current Strategic Plan, and considerable progress has

been made in achieving the outcomes set out in this plan.

At a national level, stark contrast is being drawn against

achievements within our compliance frameworks vis-

à-vis the developmental objectives and the intended

impact, redress and the quality of life of ordinary South

Africans in terms of the triple challenge of poverty,

inequality and unemployment. This necessitates a shift in

planning from activities and inputs towards outcome and

impact indices and targets, and greater coherence and

alignment in implementation amongst the three spheres

of government.

The 2018/19 financial year will see the introduction of the

Mandate Paper, a new planning instrument the purpose

of which is to better streamline alignment between

government objectives and budget allocation, and to

accelerate the implementation of NDP objectives. While

the DST does not have concurrent functions at provincial

level, the above developments and a number of external

and internal factors affect the Department’s ability to

deliver on its planned objectives.

External environment

Science, technology and innovation continue to grow in

relevance and stature towards addressing socio-economic

challenges. The focus of the Department of Science and

Technology remains the implementation of its strategic

outcome oriented goals of -

• a responsive, coordinated and efficient National

System of Innovation (NSI);

• increased knowledge generation;

• human Capital Development;

• increased knowledge generation; and

• using knowledge for economic development.

The entities that report to the Department are geared

towards leveraging opportunities for enhanced

technology-based economic competitiveness and

solutions for existing social challenges. The Department

enables the NSI through the implementation of initiatives

that drive its strategic goals. In its role as the custodial

coordinator of the South African national system of

innovation, the Department of Science and Technology

in 2016/17 embarked on a process to review its primary

policy document, the 1996 White Paper on Science and

Technology. The findings of this review informed the

revision of the new White Paper which is expected to be

finalised in 2018/19.

In the current financial year, efforts will be directed to

developing a decadal plan aligned with the NDP, which

will identify specific technology focus areas and strategic

thrusts that the country will pursue in the STI domain.

The decadal plan will be developed drawing on global

developments such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution,

the Sustainable Development Goals, the Southern African

Development Community Industrialisation Strategy, and

the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

There are 17 global Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,

which was adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Goal

9 is “Industry, innovation and infrastructure”, the focus of

which is to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive

industrialisation and foster innovation. Several of the other

goals have STI elements and rely heavily on research,

development and technological innovation1, for example

climate action, clean water and sanitation, affordable

and clean energy, and responsible consumption and

production. Figure 1 below shows the 17 SDGs.

1 http://futureearth.org/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_desktop/public/

sdg.jpg?itok=YEECj_GI accessed on 7 November 2017


Figure 1: Graphic depiction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)

As a country, South Africa has responded to the SDG

agenda through the establishment of a National Working

Group (NWG) to develop an integrated and harmonised

national approach to the implementation and monitoring

of the SDGs. The Department has supported the workings

of the NWG through coordinating the NSI to achieve

maximum impact of implementation of the SDG approach

by identifying strategic partnerships and mobilising

resources, supporting the development of indicators at a

regional and national level and crystalising the role of STI in

implementation of the SDGs. This work initiated in 2016/17

continued in 2017/and will extend into the next financial

year. A key advantage for Government is the alignment

of the 17 SDGs to South Africa’s Medium Term Strategic

Framework 14 Outcomes. Whilst explicitly mentioned

only in Outcomes 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10, the Department

implements a range of programmes and projects in

support of or aligned to additional Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 8,

9 and 11. This alignment reflects the Departments role

as an enabler and demonstrator of viable technological

solutions, developing and strengthening human capacity

development and generating evidence in support of

decision making, planning and policy development by

government.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth projections

continue to be above similar forecasts for South Africa.

The IMF has issued a growth forecast of 2.6 percent in

2017 and 3.4 percent in 20182 for the SADC region with

varying growth projections amongst member countries of

the bloc. The SADC region remains a viable and attractive

market opportunity for technologies developed and/ or

piloted by the DST and its entities. Technologies developed

under the Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Programme are

ideal candidates for such export opportunities.

Transformation is a key imperative of the South African

Government. The Department recognises this and its

response to this national imperative is disaggregated into

4 dimensions i.e. -

• Youth- using STI to diversify opportunities for youth and technology based youth entrepreneurship and

SMME development;

• Race- growing and developing the research cohort to be representative of the country’s racial demographics as well as the participation of previously disadvantaged groups in industrialisation

and economic diversification opportunities;

2 African Economic Outlook, OECD UNDP 2017


• Gender- increasing the participation of women in

research, development and innovation; and

• Spatial- ensuring that the growth and diversification

of the science, technology and innovation

institutional landscape is not limited to the country’s

economic hubs and increasing support to historically

disadvantaged institutions.

The spatial transformation aspects were highlighted in

the STIIL Review Report finalised in April 2017. The STIIL

Report was an outcome of a Ministerial Review Panel

appointed by the Minister in 2015 to review the ability of

the STI institutional landscape to respond to the ambitions

of Vision 2030 of the National Development Plan. The

Review Panel made 5 recommendations, the fourth

of which was to expand the science, technology and

innovation institutional landscape through establishment

of new public research institutions (PRIs), and necessary

restructuring of existing institution informed by

(a) relevant strategic need and opportunity;

(b) the extent of existing public sector investment;

(c) the financial implications of the various models

for establishment (e.g., centralised or devolved;

physical or virtual); and

(d) the extent of current capacity (scientific,

technical, organisational, infrastructural).

In 2017/18 the Department began the process of

responding to and expanding on the recommendations

of the STIIL Review Panel, and incorporating them into

the new White Paper and decadal plan. Part of the STIIL

Review was an analysis of how effectively the Department

had implemented the Strategic Management Model

approved by Cabinet in 2004. The refinement of the

Strategic Management Model and introduction of new

implementation mechanisms will be a key activity that the

Department will pursue in 2018/19.

Science, Technology and Innovation continues to feature

prominently in various government economic stimulus

policies and interventions. In 2015, government adopted

the Nine Point Plan to ignite economic growth. The

elements of the plan are depicted in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Government’s Nine-Point Plan

Figure 2: Government’s Nine Point Plan

Through its participation in the Economic Sectors, Employment and Infrastructure Development (ESEID Cluster) and

the inclusion of STI in the Nine Point Plan, the DST has advanced the development of a strategy for locally developed

technologies and the budget coordination instrument. The continued inclusion of a chapter on STI in the Industrial

Policy Action Plan emphasises the catalytic nature of the sector to equitable and inclusive economic growth. Growth

in STI investment offers many opportunities for industrialisation, transformation and economic expansion and

competitiveness enhancement. The ESEID Cluster has proposed a set of levers at governments disposal to improve

economic performance over the remaining term of the current administration and to deepen implementation of the

Nine Point Plan. These levers are localisation on the back of government procurement, improved use of government

incentives to advance developmental objective and increasing infrastructure spend towards 30% of GDP. The

Department will identify strategic opportunities that it can advance as part of this renewed implementation focus within

government.

Government’s Nine Point Plan


• Growing the Oceans Economy

Implementing a Higher Impact IPAP•

• Revitalising Agriculture and agroprocessing value chains(RAAVC)

• Advancing Minerals Beneficiation

• Unlocking the potential of SMME’s, co-ops, township and rural enterprises

• Resolving the energy challenge

• Mediating workplace conflict

• Crowding in private sector investment

• Science, Technology and Innovation

• Transport Infrastructure

• Water and sanitation

• Broadband rollout

• State Owned Company Reforms

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Through its participation in the Economic Sectors,

Employment and Infrastructure Development (ESEID

Cluster) and the inclusion of STI in the Nine Point Plan, the

DST has advanced the development of a strategy for locally

developed technologies and the budget coordination

instrument. The continued inclusion of a chapter on STI in

the Industrial Policy Action Plan emphasises the catalytic

nature of the sector towards equitable and inclusive

economic growth. Growth in STI investment offers many

opportunities for industrialisation, transformation and

economic expansion and competitiveness enhancement.

The ESEID Cluster has proposed a set of levers at

governments disposal to improve economic performance

over the remaining term of the current administration

and to deepen implementation of the Nine Point Plan.

These levers are localisation on the back of government

procurement, improved use of government incentives

to advance developmental objective and increasing

infrastructure spend towards 30% of GDP. The Department

will identify strategic opportunities that it can advance

as part of this renewed implementation focus within

government.

The Department acknowledges the need to enhance

the strategic communication of STI contributions and

achievements. The amendments to the National Research

Foundation (NRF) Act initiated in 2017/18 saw the inclusion

of responsibility for strategic science communication for

the NRF through its agency the South African Agency

for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA).

Transitional arrangements for how SAASTA will implement

this strategic function on behalf of the Department, its

entities and the broader NSI will be finalised in 2018/19.

Internal Environment

The 2012/13 to 2016/17 financial years have shown marked improvements in the Department’s performance against its

planned objectives, from 71% of targets in 2012/13 to 89%3 in 2016/17. This is illustrated in Graph 1 below.

Graph 1: The DST’s five-year annual performance trend (2012/13 to 2016/17)

2016/17

89% 84% 88%

2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13

77% 71%

3 Department of Science and Technology Annual Report 2016/17


The improvements in performance are the result of

ongoing efforts to strengthen corporate governance

and internal controls in the Department. In the past

three years, the Department has consistently achieved

high scores and emerged as one of the top performing

departments in respect of the Management Performance

Assessment Tool (MPAT) administered by the Department

of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). In 2017/18,

the development of a service delivery model for the DST

began, starting with a business process mapping project.

Once concluded, the model will be published as part of

a service charter setting out the standards to which the

Department commits in fulfilling its mandate.

The Department has several oversight structures that will

continue to exercise oversight in corporate governance and

improvements in internal controls, operational efficiency

and service delivery improvements. These include the

Audit Committee and the Enterprise Risk Management

Committee. These two external configurations augment

the internal management structures of the Minister’s

Management Committee, the Executive Committee,

the Operations Committee, the Information Technology

Steering Committee and the Ethics Committee. A clean

audit outcome remains a key objective for the Department

in respect of both financial and non-financial performance.

The limited prospects of economic growth over the

Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period

present a constrained fiscal environment, which has seen

the National Treasury imposing a number of budget cuts

and budget reprioritisation actions. The budget cuts have

affected the Department’s ability to fill vacant positions.

As at February 2018, the departmental vacancy rate was

12,40%, of which 3,5% was at a senior management level.

The vacancy rate negatively affects the performance

environment and places additional pressure on the

current staff complement. Despite the high vacancy rate,

the Department continues to perform to exceptionally

high standards to meet its objectives. The vacancy rate

will be closely monitored to minimise its effect on overall

service delivery.

The compensation of employees allocation remains

below the amount required for the Department to fill

vacancies and provide annual adjustments in terms of

agreed Bargaining Chamber determinations and inflation

linked to the Consumer Price Index.

The lack of new financial allocations has also made

it difficult to implement new initiatives. An internal

reprioritisation exercise focused on cost savings has

commenced to redirect funds to high impact areas such

as human capital development, and legacy initiatives that

can be scaled down or transferred to agents outside the

Department for scale-up are being identified. Together

with its entities, the Department will focus on improving

its performance through fiscal consolidation, improved

stakeholder engagement and collaboration within

Programmes and entities.


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and

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le re

ache

d an

nual

ly

thro

ugh

scie

nce

enga

gem

ent a

ctiv

ities

by 2

020.

•Pr

oxy

Indi

cato

r 5: T

hree

tim

es th

e

num

ber o

f mas

ters

and

PhD

s in

prio

rity

area

s id

entifi

ed in

the

NRD

S an

d TY

IP

by 2

020

(mea

sure

d on

a 2

012

base

line)

.

7 7 Pi

pelin

e re

fers

to h

onou

rs, B

Tech

and

mas

ters

stu

dent

s


Stra

tegi

c

outc

ome-

orie

nted

goa

lU

sing

kno

wle

dge

for e

cono

mic

de

velo

pmen

tPr

ogra

mm

e st

rate

gic

obje

ctiv

es s

uppo

rtin

g st

rate

gic

outc

ome-

orie

nted

goa

ls

Stra

tegi

c ou

tcom

e-or

ient

ed

goal

sta

tem

ent

Ove

r th

e ne

xt fi

ve y

ears

, der

ive

a gr

eate

r sh

are

of

econ

omic

gro

wth

from

R&D

-bas

ed o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

part

ners

hips

.

Prog

ram

me

2

•To

fac

ilita

te a

nd r

esou

rce

inve

stm

ents

in

spac

e sc

ienc

e, e

nerg

y, b

ioin

nova

tion,

nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

rob

otic

s, ph

oton

ics,

indi

geno

us k

now

ledg

e sy

stem

s, in

telle

ctua

l pro

pert

y (IP

) m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tra

nsfe

r an

d te

chno

logy

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

•To

sup

port

, pr

omot

e, a

nd a

dvoc

ate

for

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

tran

slat

ion

of s

cien

tific

R&D

out

puts

int

o co

mm

erci

al p

rodu

cts,

proc

esse

s an

d se

rvic

es t

hat

will

con

trib

ute

tow

ards

eco

nom

ic g

row

th a

nd a

bet

ter

qual

ity o

f life

.

Prog

ram

me

3

•To

str

engt

hen

coop

erat

ion

in S

TI in

Afri

ca, t

o bu

ild c

apac

ities

and

sup

port

initi

ativ

es o

f the

SA

DC

and

AU

, for

So

uth

Afri

ca’s

natio

nal b

enefi

t and

to a

dvan

ce A

frica

’s gr

owth

and

dev

elop

men

t age

nda.

•To

max

imis

e So

uth

Afri

ca’s

stra

tegi

c in

tere

sts

in in

tern

atio

nal c

oope

ratio

n in

STI

, in

supp

ort

of S

outh

Afri

ca’s

fore

ign

polic

y ob

ject

ives

, and

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

de a

nd in

vest

men

t par

tner

ship

s.

Prog

ram

me

5

•To

iden

tify,

gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

ilitie

s th

at –

•im

prov

e th

e co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

exi

stin

g in

dust

ries

with

gro

wth

pot

entia

l in

aer

ospa

ce,

adva

nced

m

anuf

actu

ring,

che

mic

als,

adva

nced

met

als,

min

ing,

ICTs

and

sec

tor i

nnov

atio

n fu

nds

•fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

indu

strie

s th

roug

h ta

rget

ed R

&D

Proxy indicators•

Prox

y In

dica

tor 1

: Bet

wee

n 01

Apr

il 20

15

and

31 M

arch

202

0, n

ew c

omm

erci

al a

nd

indu

stria

l fina

ncin

g of

R2

billi

on s

ecur

ed fo

r a

port

folio

of R

&D-le

d in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent

initi

ativ

es fu

nded

by

the

DST

.

•Pr

oxy

Indi

cato

r 2: B

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

an

d 31

Mar

ch 2

020,

tota

l add

ition

al re

venu

e of

at l

east

R2

billi

on re

port

ed b

y fir

ms

and

com

pani

es w

ho b

enefi

tted

from

DST

-fu

nded

indu

stria

l dev

elop

men

t ins

trum

ents

si

nce

1 A

pril

2010

.

•Pr

oxy

Indi

cato

r 3: B

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

an

d 31

Mar

ch 2

020,

the

perf

orm

ance

of

5,00

0 SM

E’s

enha

nced

thro

ugh

tech

nolo

gy

inte

rven

tions

fund

ed b

y th

e D

ST a

nd it

s en

titie

s.


Stra

tegi

c

outc

ome-

orie

nted

goa

lKn

owle

dge

utili

sati

on fo

r inc

lusi

ve

deve

lopm

ent

Prog

ram

me

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

sup

port

ing

stra

tegi

c ou

tcom

e-or

ient

ed g

oals

Stra

tegi

c ou

tcom

e-or

ient

ed

goal

sta

tem

ent

Ove

r the

nex

t five

yea

rs, a

ccel

erat

e in

clus

ive

deve

l-op

men

t th

roug

h sc

ient

ific

know

ledg

e, e

vide

nce

and

appr

opria

te te

chno

logy

.

Prog

ram

me

5

•Th

roug

h kn

owle

dge,

evi

denc

e an

d le

arni

ng, t

o in

form

and

influ

ence

how

S&T

can

be

used

to a

chie

ve

incl

usiv

e de

velo

pmen

t.

•To

iden

tify,

gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

ilitie

s fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

y.

•To

iden

tify,

gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

ilitie

s th

at –

•im

prov

e th

e co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

exi

stin

g in

dust

ries

with

gro

wth

pot

entia

l in

aero

spac

e, a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turin

g, c

hem

ical

s, ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, m

inin

g, IC

Ts a

nd s

ecto

r inn

ovat

ion

fund

s;

•fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f R&D

-led

new

targ

eted

indu

strie

s.

•To

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al a

nd ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n an

d pr

oduc

tion

syst

ems

thro

ugh

anal

ysis

and

cat

alyt

ic

inte

rven

tions

.

Proxy indicators•

Prox

y In

dica

tor 1

: Bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15

and

31 M

arch

202

0, d

ecis

ion

supp

ort

prov

ided

by

the

DST

and

its

entit

ies

mak

es a

de

mon

stra

ble

posi

tive

impa

ct o

n at

leas

t 12

gove

rnm

ent s

ervi

ces

or fu

nctio

ns.

•Pr

oxy

Indi

cato

r 2: B

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

an

d 31

Mar

ch 2

020,

tech

nolo

gy-b

ased

in

vest

men

ts b

y th

e D

ST s

tren

gthe

ns lo

cal

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t pro

spec

ts in

10

mun

icip

aliti

es.

•Pr

oxy

Indi

cato

r 3: B

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

an

d 31

Mar

ch 2

020,

inve

stm

ents

by

the

DST

an

d its

ent

ities

impr

oves

the

stan

dard

of

livin

g of

200

,000

mar

gina

lised

or n

egle

cted

ci

tizen

s, us

ing

the

mul

ti-di

men

sion

al

capa

bilit

ies

fram

ewor

k of

the

Nat

iona

l D

evel

opm

ent P

lan.


5.2. The Medium Term Strategic Framework and STI

The NDP as the overarching government framework for the socio-economic transformation of South Africa has been

divided into five-year implementation plans, the first of which has been the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework

(MTSF). The MTSF has of 14 Outcomes. Over the MTSF, the DST will have contributed to and reported on the following

Outcomes:

Outcome 4

Outcome 5

Outcome 6

Outcome 10

Outcome 7

All people in South African are and feel safe.

Decent employment through inclusive economic growth.

A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path.

An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure

network.

Environmental assets and natural resources that are well protected and

continually enhanced.

Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security

for all.

Furthermore, the Department provides support to Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and

food security for all.

Over the 2014- 2019 MTSF, the Department will have contributed to and reported on the following government outcomes:

Outcome 2: A long and healthy life for allSouth Africans.

Outcome 3: All people in South Africa are andfeel safe

Outcome 4: Decent employment through inclusive economic growth.

Outcome 5: A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path.

2

The DST’s contribution to Government Outcomes (1)






2







2



Outcome 6: An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network.

Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all.

Outcome 10: Environmental assets and natural resources that are well protected and continually enhanced.

3

The DST’s contribution to Government Outcomes

Outcome 3


Tabl

e 3:

Pro

gres

s on

MTS

F co

mm

itm

ents

led

by th

e D

ST in

the

2014

-201

9 M

TSF

Out

com

eSu

b-ou

tcom

eA

ctio

n/co

mm

itm

ent

Prog

ress

201

7/18

Plan

s 20

18/1

9O

utco

me

3: A

ll So

uth

Afri

cans

are

saf

e an

d fe

el s

afe

Sub-

outc

ome

4: S

ecur

e cy

bers

pace

•D

evel

op R

&D c

apac

ity•

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Cybe

rsec

urity

RD

I pro

gram

me

with

in th

e am

bit o

f the

N

atio

nal C

yber

secu

rity

Polic

y Fr

amew

ork.

•M

onito

ring

and

cont

inue

d de

velo

pmen

t of

a p

ortfo

lio o

f cyb

er/in

form

atio

n se

curit

y pr

ojec

ts th

at h

ave

a bi

as to

war

ds

tech

nolo

gy d

evel

opm

ent a

nd in

nova

tion

and

are

endo

rsed

and

sup

port

ed b

y ot

her

gove

rnm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts, e

.g. S

outh

A

frica

n So

cial

Sec

urity

Age

ncy-

endo

rsed

re

sear

ch o

n th

e bi

omet

ric re

cogn

ition

of

child

ren.

•Es

tabl

ish

a st

akeh

olde

r for

um to

ena

ble

enga

gem

ent

•St

udy

glob

al tr

ends

•M

ap th

e So

uth

Afri

can

cybe

rsec

urity

RD

I lan

dsca

pe

•Fo

rmul

ate

rese

arch

them

es w

ithin

whi

ch m

ore

spec

ific

rese

arch

que

stio

ns a

re d

efine

d

•Es

tabl

ish

RDI f

undi

ng in

stru

men

ts

•Fi

rst a

nnua

l con

fere

nce

•Ye

arly

upd

ate

on th

e cy

bers

ecur

ity R

DI p

rogr

amm

e

Out

com

e 4:

Dec

ent

empl

oym

ent t

hrou

gh

incl

usiv

e ec

onom

ic

grow

th

Sub-

outc

ome

10: R

DI

inve

stm

ent s

uppo

rts

incl

usiv

e gr

owth

•St

reng

then

RD

I par

tner

ship

s be

twee

n go

vern

men

t and

the

priv

ate

sect

or

•A

lign

stra

tegi

es fo

r em

ergi

ng/n

ew

indu

strie

s w

ith IP

AP

and

mon

itor

regu

larly

for l

ong-

term

gro

wth

an

d co

mpe

titiv

enes

s, jo

b cr

eatio

n an

d ex

port

pot

entia

l

•Re

view

exi

stin

g m

arke

t-ba

sed

and

stat

e in

cent

ives

for e

ffect

iven

ess

in in

crea

sing

inve

stm

ent i

n in

nova

tion

•Es

tabl

ishi

ng a

grop

roce

ssin

g fa

cilit

ies

for i

ndig

enou

s kn

owle

dge-

base

d pr

oduc

ts.

•W

ork

with

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

y to

es

tabl

ish

sove

reig

n in

nova

tion

fund

•A

pub

lic-p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

p fo

r res

earc

h an

d te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t on

next

-ge

nera

tion

min

ing

tech

nolo

gies

has

bee

n fo

rmal

ised

with

the

Cha

mbe

r of M

ines

, w

hich

will

con

trib

ute

R33,

6 m

illio

n in

201

8.

This

is in

add

ition

to th

e R6

0m c

ontr

ibut

ed

by th

e D

ST in

201

7/18

.

•Pr

ojec

ts th

at w

ill h

elp

enab

le lo

ng-

term

gro

wth

(e.g

. tita

nium

pow

der a

nd

Aer

osw

ift) h

ave

been

iden

tified

and

are

m

anag

ed th

roug

h fre

quen

t rep

ortin

g to

th

e M

inis

ter a

nd E

xco.

Pro

gres

s re

port

s on

th

ese

proj

ects

are

als

o m

ade

via

the

ESEI

D

Clu

ster

’s Pr

ojec

t Man

agem

ent U

nit.

•St

reng

then

and

exp

and

the

publ

ic-p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

p in

min

ing

rese

arch

and

tech

nolo

gy b

y de

liver

ing

on id

entifi

ed to

pics

•Co

ntin

ue to

mon

itor t

he p

roje

cts

and

crea

te

enab

ling

cond

ition

s. Th

e A

eros

wift

pro

ject

is

appr

oxim

atel

y tw

o ye

ars

from

impa

ctin

g in

dust

ry

and

the

titan

ium

pow

der p

roje

ct fi

ve to

sev

en

year

s.


Out

com

eSu

b-ou

tcom

eA

ctio

n/co

mm

itm

ent

Prog

ress

201

7/18

Plan

s 20

18/1

9O

utco

me

5: A

ski

lled

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce

to s

uppo

rt a

n in

clus

ive

grow

th p

ath

Sub-

outc

ome

3: In

crea

se

acce

ss to

hig

h-le

vel

occu

patio

nal d

irect

ed

prog

ram

mes

in n

eede

d ar

eas

•Ex

pand

acc

ess

to c

omm

unic

atio

n te

chno

logi

es

•Bu

rsar

y su

ppor

t for

pos

tgra

duat

e st

uden

ts

•Re

sear

ch in

frast

ruct

ure

gran

ts

to h

ighe

r edu

catio

n in

stitu

tions

, sc

ienc

e co

unci

ls a

nd n

atio

nal

faci

litie

s

•In

crea

se o

utpu

ts b

y re

sear

cher

s fu

nded

by

the

Nat

iona

l Res

earc

h Fo

unda

tion

(NRF

)

•In

crea

se th

e nu

mbe

r of r

esea

rch

gran

ts

Burs

ary

supp

ort f

or p

ostg

radu

ate

stud

ents

•3

326

PhD

stu

dent

s w

ere

awar

ded

burs

arie

s an

d 9

385

pipe

line

stud

ents

(4

294

hon

ours

/BTe

ch a

nd 5

091

mas

ters

) aw

arde

d bu

rsar

ies

by 3

0 D

ecem

ber 2

017.

Incr

ease

the

num

ber o

f res

earc

h gr

ants

•4

382

rese

arch

ers

awar

ded

rese

arch

gra

nts

by 3

0 D

ecem

ber 2

017.

•By

the

end

of 2

017/

18 th

e to

tal a

vaila

ble

broa

dban

d ca

paci

ty p

rovi

ded

by th

e So

uth

Afri

can

Nat

iona

l Res

earc

h N

etw

ork

(SA

NRe

N) w

ill b

e 3

200

Gbp

s. By

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7, th

e ne

w li

nks

and

upgr

ade

plan

s fo

r SA

NRe

N h

ad n

ot b

een

final

ised

ow

ing

to a

del

ay in

the

tech

nica

l ev

alua

tion

tend

er p

roce

ss to

upg

rade

SA

NRe

N e

quip

men

t at t

he e

ndpo

int o

f the

fib

res.

•By

the

end

of 2

017/

18, a

n ad

ditio

nal 3

0 re

sear

ch in

frast

ruct

ure

gran

ts w

ill h

ave

been

aw

arde

d to

hig

her e

duca

tion

inst

itutio

ns, s

cien

ce c

ounc

ils a

nd n

atio

nal

faci

litie

s.

Burs

ary

supp

ort f

or p

ostg

radu

ate

stud

ents

•A

pla

n to

sup

port

not

less

than

3 1

00 P

hD s

tude

nts

and

not l

ess

than

10

800

pipe

line

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts a

nnua

lly b

y 20

18/1

9.

Incr

ease

the

num

ber o

f res

earc

h gr

ants

•It

is a

ntic

ipat

ed th

at n

o le

ss th

an 4

500

ann

ual

rese

arch

gra

nts

will

be

awar

ded

in th

e 20

18/1

9 fin

anci

al y

ear

•By

201

8/19

the

tota

l ava

ilabl

e br

oadb

and

capa

city

pr

ovid

ed b

y SA

NRe

N w

ill b

e 32

00 G

bps

•By

the

end

of 2

018/

19 a

n ad

ditio

nal 3

0 re

sear

ch

infra

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

will

be

awar

ded

to h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

inst

itutio

ns, s

cien

ce c

ounc

ils a

nd

natio

nal f

acili

ties

Out

com

e 6

Sub-

outc

ome

5: E

xpan

-si

on, m

oder

nisa

tion,

ac

cess

and

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5.3 Progress in achieving the Strategic Plan goals

(a) A responsive, coordinated and efficient NSI

The 2015-2020 Strategic Plan identifies significant

advances made in the past 15 years in building a

responsive, coordinated and efficient NSI. It also makes

reference to areas that will be improved over the period

2015-2020.

The NACI review of the 1996 White Paper on Science

and Technology initiated in 2015/16 has been finalised,

together with an assessment of performance of the system

over the past 20 years. The findings of the 1996 White Paper

review are being taken into consideration in the drafting

of a new White Paper on Science and Technology that is

expected to be tabled in Cabinet during 2018/19. The new

White Paper will be complemented by a new NDP-aligned

decadal plan for STI, also planned for development in

2018/19.

As part of the five-year programme of work identified

in 2015/16 to establish an RDI budget coordination and

legislative instrument for improved governance and

coordination of the NSI, the DST secured approval from

Cabinet to phase in an STI budget coordination framework

aligned to existing Medium-Term Expenditure Framework

processes. The budget coordination instrument will be

introduced in 2018/19 and matured over the next three

to four years.

The analysis needed to inform the possible introduction

of a STI legislative instrument will continue in 2018/19.

Initiatives aligned to this proxy indicator that were

initiated in 2016/17 include the Science, Technology and

Innovation Institutional Landscape Review commissioned

by the Minister.

The current economic climate characterised by low levels

of economic growth and competing priorities for public

funding means that it will not be possible to achieve the

MTSF target of growing GERD to 1,5% of GDP by 2019. Data

released in November 2017, for the 2015/16 financial year

shows that GERD grew nominally, to 0,8% of GDP. However,

the Department is continuing its efforts to engage the

private sector and redirect funding from previously

underutilised sources such as provincial budgets towards

STI-based service delivery innovation. The DST-National

Treasury task team on RDI funding was actively involved

in the 2016/17 Medium Term Expenditure Committee

processes.

The establishment of a sovereign innovation fund as a

public-private partnership is envisaged as another strategic

intervention to enhance the level of investment further

along the innovation value chain. A key undertaking

towards the establishment of the fund will be a review

of the suite of incentives offered across government

and business towards early stage commercialisation and

advancing technologies in technology readiness levels 5

to 9.

(b) Increased knowledge generation, human

capital development, and infrastructure

provision

Human capital development (science, engineering,

technology and innovation postgraduates, PhDs)

Research capacity is central to the objectives that drive

the NSI. Good progress has been made in addressing

constraints. The Minister approved the Human Capital

Development Strategy for Research, Innovation and

Scholarship (HCD Strategy), which continues to be

implemented. In 2016/17, the DST presented the strategy

to the Human Resource Development Council, which

is chaired by the Deputy President. The modelled cost

of implementing the DST’s HCD Strategy in support of

the NDP benchmarks for HCD with specific focus on the

financial implications of delivering the DST’s contribution

was also presented.

The DST and its public entities have continued to provide

funding support for postgraduate research students

through the DST-NRF-managed bursary programme.

The levels of support for postgraduate bursaries have

significantly improved, with the number of postgraduate

students supported almost trebled over eight years (for

example, from about 5 000 in 2009 to about 13 722 in

2016), accompanied by above-inflation increases in per

capita value, with a long-term view to try and match the

per capita values to entry-level salaries. The increase in the

number of students receiving bursaries between 2013/14

and 2016/17 is shown in Table 4 below.


Table 4: Postgraduate students supported between 2013 and 2017

1

Number of postgraduate students supported

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

Honours students 3 149 3 448 4 225 5 083

Masters students 3 704 2 845 5 120 5 185

PhD students 2 265 4 263 3 404 3 454

Total number of postgraduate students 9 118 10 556 12 749 13 722

To understand the reasons for low participation rates

in doctoral engineering programmes, and whether

there is industrial demand for doctoral level skills in

engineering, the DST has commissioned ASSAf to

undertake a study of postgraduate research training in

engineering. In 2017/18, ASSAf will complete this study,

with policy recommendations incorporated into relevant

interventions in 2018/19.

In 2016/17, the DST supported a total of 962 graduates

and students as interns in the workplace through its DST-

funded work preparation programmes. This number is,

however, affected by Economic Competitiveness Support

Package (ECSP) budget cuts – from R51m in 2017/18 to

R13m in 2018/19. The targets for support have therefore

been lowered.

Knowledge generation (researchers, publications)

In the five year period 2012/13 to 2016/17, the DST, under

the Thuthuka programme, supported 2 216 emerging

researchers with research grants. In 2016/17, 64% of

Thuthuka grant holders were black and 60% were women.

However, investigations conducted by the DST and the

NRF revealed that there is a significant number of black

and women researchers and academics who are sitting

at lecturer and senior lecturer levels who are not active in

seeking funds from the NRF. The DST and the Universities

of South Africa (USAf ) have agreed to investigate this issue

of the ‘Silent Majority”8. This study will be completed by

the end of 2017/18, and policy reccomendations will be

incorporated into relevant programmes in 2018/19.

8 The study is aimed at understanding why the majority of black and women

researchers with PhDs and at the level of emerging researchers (lecturer and

senior lecturer levels at universities) do not participate in seeking funding

from the NRF.

In terms of support for established researchers, the DST

intends providing research grants to 4 500 researchers. It is

expected that 7 000 ISI-accredited publications will result

from these funded researchers.

Research and innovation infrastructure

In terms of research and innovation infrastructure, the

DST’s 2016/17 ring-fenced infrastructure budget allocation

of R676.534 million enabled it to achieve the following:

• Award 72 research infrastructure grants (through the

National Equipment and National Nanotechnology

Equipment Programmes) for scientific equipment

grants to universities, science councils and museums;

• Provide support towards the development of the

titanium (Ti) additive manufacturing project and

primary Ti pilot; a Manganese Precursor pilot plant

and a hydrogen fuel platform for clean mining the

development of a South African forklift; and

• At the end of the 2016/17 financial year the average

broadband capacity per SANReN site was 3 500 Mbps.

In 2016/17 the DST launched the country’s first research

infrastructure roadmap for the provision of medium to

large research infrastructure across five scientific domains,

namely, (i) humans and society, (ii) health, biological and

food security, (iii) earth and environment, (iv) materials

and manufacturing, and (v) energy. The overall objective

of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap

(SARIR) is to provide a strategic, rational, medium to long-

term framework for planning, implementing, monitoring

and evaluating the provision of research infrastructure

necessary for a competitive and sustainable NSI. The


establishment of the first seven (7) projects was initiated

in the 2016/17 financial year with two (2) expected to

be implemented in 2017/18 and another four (4) will be

rolled out until 2020/21.

With regard to the implementation of the National

Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) programme,

the Minister in 2016/17 approved (i) the establishment of a

regional tier 2 data node by a University of Cape Town-led

consortium and (ii) the development and implementation

of a national e-science postgraduate teaching and

training platform (with primary focus on the delivery

of a structured masters degree) by a University of the

Witwatersrand-led consortium. The awards were made on

the basis of the outcomes of an adjudication process of

national calls for proposals from consortia in the two areas

mentioned. The first cohort of students for the e-Science

masters degree programme is expected to be registered

in the 2018 academic year.

(c) Using knowledge and innovation for

economic development

Research, development and innovation in support of

existing sectors

For the period 2015-2020, the contribution of the DST and

its entities to increasing economic growth through R&D-

based opportunities and partnerships is guided by the

following proxy indicators:

• By 2020, new commercial and industrial financial

commitments of R2 billion secured for a portfolio of

R&D-led industrial development initiatives funded by

the DST.

• By 2020, additional revenue of R2 billion generated

by firms and companies supported by DST-funded

instruments introduced after April 2010.

• By 2020, the performance of 5 000 SMEs improved

through the DST’s technology interventions.

Details of support for specific sectors is outlined below.

Agriculture

The Department has been actively involved in supporting

the agriparks initiative under the leadership of the

Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

The DST will facilitate the use of technologies to support

cultivation, processing and provision, where possible, of

energy needs within the agriparks. So, far, the DST has

embarked on a process to assess some of the agriparks

to see how the Department can contribute. The DST is

also part of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Land

Reform Operation Phakisa, which is intended to stimulate

growth, foster job creation and bring about transformation

along the agriculture and rural development value chain.

Activities in related Phakisa laboratories9 have just started

and the DST’s role will be outlined in the “three feet” plans.

Mining

The Mining Phakisa identified several initiatives that

needed to be supported in order to address the challenges

faced by the mining sector. Platinum-based fuel cells were

identified as a technology that could stimulate demand

for platinum and provide a platform for local beneficiation

of platinum group metals. A number of activities are being

undertaken by both government and the private sector

to develop a local market for hydrogen fuel cells in South

Africa.

The following are some of the developments to date:

• During the 2016/17 financial year R40 million was

allocated for the demonstration of hydrogen fuel

cell technologies in South Africa. Hydrogen South

Africa (HySA) has been included as a national flagship

programme under climate change mitigation efforts.

• The successful deployment of a 2,5 kW hydrogen

fuel cell unit based on HySA intellectual property

(membrane electrode assembly and catalyst) at

Poelano Secondary School in a rural community of

the North West.

• Some HySA programme initiatives were profiled at

the Energy Expo held in Kazakhstan.

• Work was done towards the implementation of fuel

cell solutions in the public bus sector using HySA

technology and in support of the Department of

Trade and Industry programme to roll out hydrogen

fuel cell buses into metropolitan areas.

9 Operation Phakisa stakeholders collaborate in detailed problem analysis,

priority setting and intervention planning. These collaboration sessions are

called laboratories (labs).


New R&D led industrial development

In 2015/16, government adopted the Nine-Point Plan

to diversify and enhance the competitiveness of the

South African economy. This provided the DST with

the opportunity to review existing R&D-led industrial

development interventions of the DST and to ensure

that these were aligned to the Nine-Point Plan. The

DST continues to resource and mature the following

medium-to-long-term flagship R&D-led industrial

development interventions and to secure the necessary

industrial and commercial financing to take them to full

commercialisation:

• A novel process to produce titanium powder.

• The expansion of the fluorochemicals industry in

South Africa.

• The development of a composites industry.

• The expansion of the additive manufacturing industry,

with a specific focus on opportunities in metals.

• The establishment of a spin-off company for

manufacturing cube satellite components,

subsystems, systems and application products.

• The establishment of lithium ion battery

manufacturing capabilities.

Support for small and medium enterprises

Since 2006, the DST has put in place a range of interventions

to enhance the technological capabilities of firms and

companies, with a major focus on SMEs. Since 1 April 2015,

the DST has continued to fund these interventions and,

where possible, to facilitate expansion. The key initiatives

that continue to improve the technological capabilities of

firms resulting in increased company revenue include the

following:

• A network of technology stations and technology

platforms, based within universities and other research

agencies, that provide technological and product

development support to firms and companies.

• A technology localisation programme specifically

aimed at enhancing the technological capabilities

of companies so that they can supply government

procurement programmes.

• A range of industry innovation partnership initiatives.

This includes the industry development centres at

the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Two

centres supporting nanomaterial and biotechnology

industrial development have been operationalised and

have supported the development of at least 25 SMEs

in these areas. Two further industrial development

centres are at an advanced stage of development and

will be launched and operationalised in 2017/18.

• The DST will continue with the expansion of the mLab

initiative beyond Gauteng and the Western Cape.

The mLabs play a vital role in helping entrepreneurs

and SMEs to take advantage of the growing mobile

application economy. The regional expansion aims

to empower more young people in the ICT and

entrepreneurship sector by providing them with

opportunities to gain new and highly sought after

coding skills, participate in industry innovation

and R&D, and establish new businesses based on

innovative and impactful mobile data or Internet of

Things solutions.

Commercialising ideas from research results

The Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Funded

Research and Development Act, with the National

Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) and

the Technology Innovation Agency, are a policy package

intended to accelerate the conversion of research ideas

into marketable products and services.

During the 2017/18 financial year, NIPMO continued

to enable the promotion, protection and utilisation of

intellectual property (IP) emanating from publicly funded

R&D in higher education institutions and science councils,

and increasingly in other agencies and SMEs. It actively

supported 17 institutions in respect of the establishment,

consolidation and growth of their offices of technology

transfer (OTTs). 2018/19 will see a new call for support

to the recently established institutions, and the National

Health Laboratory Service, which has recently been

scheduled. Disclosures have establised with the indicative

number of new disclosures received by NIPMO as at

14 February 2018 standing at 240, slightly short of the

2018/19 APP target. All 22 institutions that applied to

the Intellectual Property Fund received a rebate for the


IP prosecution and maintenance costs they incurred

during the 2016/17 financial year, assisting them to obtain

statutory protection for their IP.

Support to grassroots innovators

The DST will continue to pilot the grassroots innovation

programme, an initiative that was introduced to enable

the DST and its entities to support innovations emanating

outside formal research and development institutions. The

programme will be expanded through partnerships with

provincial structures in line with the goal of strengthening

provincial systems of innovation. This programme will

continue to develop a national database of grassroots

innovations, similar to that used by India’s National

Innovation Foundation.

(d) International partnerships to support the NSI

On the international front, in support of the Department ‘s

strategic outcome-oriented goals and the national system

of innovation, the Department secured R689 million in

foreign funding during the 2016/17 financial year. This has

come direct to South Africa in support of STI cooperation.

International partners have invested R1 253 million in their

own research organisations, but for specific cooperation

with South Africa. Human capital development remains

a major focus, and 210 students from South Africa

participated in international programmes offering a

postgraduate qualification.

The Department managed a diverse portfolio of

international partners, including active collaboration

with 668 international partner organisations in 2016/17.

Significant progress was made in strengthening South-

South cooperation, especially within the Brazil, Russia,

India, China and South Africa (BRICS) grouping. The

portfolio of global partnerships leveraged 51 dedicated

technical engagements that allowed South Africa to share

experience and expertise with its partners, in science

policy areas of crucial importance to South Africa.

The Department’s priority focus on international

partnerships with Africa resulted in 54 jointly funded STI

projects with African partners. On the African multilateral

front, the Department worked to advance continental

and regional cooperation and integration, with 15 African

Union and Southern African Development Community

initiatives actively supported. The Department also

leveraged its broader international partnerships

portfolio to secure R388 million of foreign funding in

capacity-building initiatives elsewhere on the African

continent. These initiatives include the development and

implementation of a SADC cyberinfrastructure framework,

a SADC STI climate change framework, a South African

response plan to the SADC Industrialisation Strategy and

Roadmap, and a Pan African university on space science,

which is to be hosted in South Africa.

As the custodian of science diplomacy in South Africa, the

DST influenced four decisions in multilateral organisations

in support of South African priorities and was successful

in facilitating the appointment of four South Africans

in leadership positions in international governance

structures such as multilateral organisations relevant to

South African priorities. The promotion of South Africa

as a preferred international partner for STI collaboration

remained a major aspect of the DST’s international

engagement focus. In December 2016 the Department

hosted the second Science Forum South Africa (SFSA),

a global platform for discussion and debate on the

science and society interface that attracted more than 2

000 participants, of which 500 were international guests

representing 61 countries. Another SFSA was held in

December 2017.

(e) Using knowledge and innovation for

inclusive development

The 2015-2020 Strategic Plan adopted the NDP’s

multidimensional “decent standard of living framework” as

the basis for its efforts to accelerate inclusive development

through STI.

The DST works closely with national and local

government, providing funds and technical support to

demonstrate, customise and assess innovative service-

delivery technologies. Demonstration and testing enables

the Department to produce evidence-based knowledge

products that support decision-making and enhances

practice e.g. the systemic roll-out of public services. These

knowledge products include policy briefs, case studies

and research reports to enhance decision-making and

technical briefs to advise on the integration of STI in service

delivery. The DST has also provided technology solutions


for water resource management, sanitation, energy access

and resource management.

The DST’s interventions in service-delivery improvement

include Earth observation (EO) for improved spatial

planning, equipping decision-makers to understand the

risks associated with global change, and improving disaster

management. Space technologies (telecommunications

and EO) will contribute in unlocking the potential of SMEs

through the global cover of remote areas, which will

empower township and rural communities, businesses

and entrepreneurs by providing information through

their mobile phones, independent of ground-based

infrastructure. The DST is also piloting a decision-support

tool that will assess the innovation potential of people

living in marginalised communities. This will assist the DST

design appropriate interventions to support innovators

in these communities and incorporate them into the

knowledge economy.

Over the last three years, the DST has collaborated with the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to experiment, expedite

the process of providing new sanitation solutions in South

Africa, with priority being given to marginalised, and water

scarce rural areas.

The DST continues to cooperate with partners like the

European Union in applying STI to unlock wealth and

create jobs. The interventions enable and advance socio-

economic participation and inclusion, particularly in

marginalised areas. Interventions have strengthened

cooperation between the formal and informal economies,

and developed products for the health, food and cosmetics

sectors. This enhances the innovation and job-creation

role of indigenous knowledge holders, and improves

the NSI’s responsiveness to grassroots innovations. South

Africa is one of the few countries that have promulgated

legislation to promote, develop and protect indigenous

knowledge.

Globally, transdisciplinary approaches that involve policy-

makers and communities in the research process are

gaining in importance. The DST has supported national

transdisciplinary programmes on poverty and inequality.

The DST will also support South Africa’s participation

in global programmes such as Future Earth, and in

emerging international data partnerships for sustainable

development.

With respect to technology-based opportunities for local

economic development, the focus in 2015/16 was largely

on continued support, through the redesign and growth

of existing initiatives, as well as the closure of unsustainable

initiatives. The DST is working closely with the Department

of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to

foreground STI in local economic development.

5.4. Organisational environment

Internally, the Department is organised into five budget

Programmes to deliver on the five strategic outcome-

oriented goals outlined above. These are the following:

• Programme 1: Administration.

• Programme 2: Technology Innovation.

• Programme 3: International Cooperation and

Resources.

• Programme 4: Research Development and Support.

• Programme 5: Socio-Economic Innovation

Partnerships.


The National Research Foundation (NRF).

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA).

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions

(SACNASP).

The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).

5.5. Description of the strategic planning process

In line with the National Treasury Framework on

Strategic Plans and Annual Plans, the DST commenced

its planning in April 2017. Led by Exco and coordinated

by the Department’s Directorate: Strategy and Planning,

the review of the strategic plan and development of

the 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP) has been

informed by external factors such as budget cuts as a

result of reprioritisation of resources by the National

Treasury, new policies and strategies that relate to STI at a

national and global level as well as internal developments

resulting from various reviews (see section 5.1.) and from

what has been learnt from the implementation of sectoral

policies and instruments.

The planning process for both first and second drafts of

the APP was undertaken through a multi-tier process,

which saw the adoption of the process to develop the

APP by Exco, followed by bilateral meetings between

Strategy and Planning and the Programmes, and several

extended Exco meetings. The meetings focused on a

review of performance against the 2015-2020 Strategic

Plan, and the consideration of observations and findings

by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and

Evaluation (DPME) and the Auditor-General on the DST’s

performance against predetermined strategic objectives

and in-year monitoring reports. The performance against

the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 APPs also was also

reviewed to inform the revision of indicators and targets

where applicable.

The DST is supported in the execution of its mandate by the following agencies/science councils and entities:

The Strategic Management Model adopted in 2002 outlines how the DST interacts with and to some extent coordinates

the work of science councils that fall under other line departments, such as the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the

Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Water Research Commission (WRC).


6. PLANNED POLICY INITIATIVES

The following policy initiatives will be embarked on and/or intensified in 2018/19 to implement the Strategic Plan in support of the Department’s five strategic outcome-oriented goals.

6.1 Human capital development

A report on the implementation of the HCD Strategy for Research, Innovation and Scholarship with updates on identified gaps, synergies and priority interventions was made to the Minister. The HCD modelling of the skills required to deliver on the NDP targets and close the gap between existing funding and required funding was refined during 2017/18. The model will be presented to potential partners and the ESEID Directors-General Cluster in 2018/19.

The policy recommendations from the “Research training environment in postgraduate engineering programmes” and the “silent majority” studies will be implemented in 2018/19.

6.2 Framework for the development of an Open Science Policy

Finalise the development of a draft National Open Science Framework of guidelines and principles that will inform the formulation of a SA Open Science Policy.

6.3 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation

The new White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation will be finalised in 2018/19. The document sets the long-term policy direction for the South African government to ensure a growing role for science, technology and innovation (STI) in a more prosperous and inclusive society.

Since 1996, when the White Paper on Science and Technology was adopted, a solid foundation has been laid. Recent reviews of the NSI confirm that significant progress was made between 1996 and 2016. Achievements include expanding the STI institutional landscape, and significant growth in the participation of black people and women in the research and development workforce. However, there are still challenges. The NSI is still not fully inclusive and, since 1996, South Africa’s innovation performance (measured in patents and products) has not increased as expected. There is potential to increase the impact of STI in South Africa.

The key high-level objectives of the White Paper are the following:

• To take advantage of opportunities presented by megatrends: The proposed policy actions address gaps and opportunities arising from significant global and local changes. These changes include the emergence of new technologies, demographic and political shifts, a global commitment to the SDGs, and the priorities of the NDP.

• To expand what has worked and propose new approaches where necessary: The proposed policy actions fall into five categories, namely, addressing NSI linkages, inclusivity and coherence; strengthening and transforming NSI institutions; expanding human capabilities in the NSI; enhancing the enabling environment for innovation; and improving the direction and management of NSI funding. These categories have been identified as the most important for using STI to help South Africa achieve its goals.

• To promote inclusivity: Inclusivity is an important goal of the NSI, to ensure social justice and to foster a system where creativity and learning can flourish. The White Paper addresses inclusivity from a broad perspective, including demographic representation, greater participation of historically disadvantaged universities in research production, support for grassroots innovation, and the formal involvement of civil society.

6.4 Implement the STIIL Review roadmap

While it is generally accepted that the institutional landscape is not sufficiently diverse, a systematic analysis of the gaps in the institutional landscape of public research institutions (PRIs) has yet to be completed. A roadmap responding to the recommendations of the STIIL Review Report has been developed, outlining how best to build on the existing institutional landscape in enhancing the diversity of Public Research Institutions (PRIs). This will be implemented in 2018/19.

6.5 Development of a decadal plan for STI aligned with the National Development Plan

The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) is finalising a framework that will inform the development of a new decadal plan in 2018/19. This plan will draw on the policy shifts in the new White Paper and will set out the technology focus areas, initiatives and institutional arrangements, funding needs, implementation risks, and


monitoring and evaluation indicators and intervals over the 2019-2029 period. It will be reviewed after five years.

6.6 Establishment of a sovereign innovation fund

The establishment of a sovereign innovation fund was endorsed at the July 2015 Cabinet lekgotla and included as a DST action item under the Nine-Point Plan.

Too few products, processes and services reach the market from publicly financed intellectual property (IP) for a number of reasons, including the following:

• IP leakage (i.e. offshore movement and publications).

• Insufficient investment towards driving the progression of technologies through the technology readiness levels, including investment for pilots and prototypes to test the technology.

• Inadequate local and international roll-out and deployment of proven technologies.

• The scarcity of individuals with the skills to take products, processes and services to the market.

It is intended that the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) will address the challenge of IP leakage through the establishment of an IP enforcement fund.

After extensive consultations throughout 2017, discussions between the DST, the National Treasury and the Department of Small Business Development culminated in a proposal for the establishment of a new joint funding instrument to finance innovative ventures and SMEs in South Africa. The proposed umbrella fund will cover the need for the Minister of Science and Technology to support innovative SME’s, and for the Minister of Small

Business Development to establish an SME support fund. The instrument will therefore support both innovative SME’s and SME fund concepts, maximising the public resources that can be committed, and providing additional support across the public and private sectors, where appropriate.

During 2018/19, the Department will continue working towards the establishment and roll-out of the umbrella fund, focusing on the objectives of the sovereign innovation fund.

6.7 Strategy for the uptake of locally developed technologies

In 2018/19, the Department will implement a set of Cabinet-approved actions aimed at enhancing the uptake of locally developed technologies in the short, medium, and long-term. In the short-term, the focus is on taking forward three areas of opportunity strongly linked to government procurement opportunities and focusing on publicly funded technologies. This includes social infrastructure (water, waste, energy, sanitation, and alternative building technologies), defence and security (including equipment, biometrics, and cybersecurity technologies) and health (including medical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and e-health). While short-term opportunities are being exploited, a more comprehensive, long-term strategy will be finalised. Once the strategy has been finalised, two targeted funding instruments will be designed and opportunities sought for piloting. The first is modelled on the successful US-based Small Business Innovation Research support instrument. The second is a technology acquisition and deployment fund targeting

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PART B: PROGRAMME AND CHIEF DIRECTORATE PLANS


PART B: PROGRAMME AND CHIEF DIRECTORATE PLANS

05

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01 Programme 1: Administration

Programme 2: Technology Innovation

Programme 3: International Cooperation

and Resources

Programme 4: Research Development

and Support

Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation

Partnerships

Programme 1: Administration Purpose

To provide strategic policy and planning alignment, ensure

effective governance, risk management, and monitoring

and evaluation (M&E), and provide strategic science

communication with stakeholders about the activities of

the DST and the national system of innovation (NSI).

Strategic overview

In keeping with the NDP vision of an effective and capable

developmental state that is transparent and accountable,

the Department continues to maintain sound

administrative practices and enhance its operational

systems and processes. A business process mapping

exercise will be finalised in 2018/19.

The audit outcomes for the 2016/17 financial year for the

DST and its entities were favourable, with the Department

obtaining an unqualified audit, and it remains one of the

top-performing departments in terms of the Management

Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) administered by

the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

(DPME). The cuts made to manage the wage bill across

government will inevitably affect the DST’s ability to fill its

vacancies, and the targeted time frames for doing so. The

focus in 2018/19 will be on the strategic use of resources

to continue to meet performance imperatives and deliver

on the Department’s strategic outcome-oriented goals.

(a) Efficient IT-driven operational and

management functions

The Department needs to continue to invest in the

provision of reliable technology infrastructure that will

help create a seamless administration capability. This will

help to increase efficiency, provide access to information,

and add value to productivity and performance. Modern,


high-quality administrative support will be continued

for the entire organisation. Part of the modernisation

process should focus on the development and adoption

of IT-based solutions for the Department. Continued

investment in a robust and capable IT unit will enable

appropriate response to modernisation and change.

(b) Strategic role for human resource

management

The role of human resource management (HRM) has

evolved from a mainly functional and transactional role to

include a strategic role. It is important that the DST adopt

a value-building and strategic approach to HRM. The

Department aims to optimise organisational capacity by

actively sourcing the best skills to support service delivery,

and investing in the development of its employees

to maximise their productivity. The transactional and

functional nature of the current human resources function

has limited organisational ability to work towards creating

an enterprise that is built to perform and adaptable to

change.

A strategic approach to human resource management will

assist the DST to initiate and sponsor change management

through, among other things, the introduction of HRM

technologies that are suitable and relevant to advancing

organisational performance and efficiency. It will also

become a reliable source of information on HCD, and

trends related to talent management, performance and

productivity.

Given the constraints of the compensation budget for the

2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years, the Chief Directorate:

Human Resources will explore ways of providing

resources for the critical and strategic positions that will

enable the Department to achieve its strategic objectives,

for example using secondments to allow employees to

broaden their skills, and training to increase capacity. It will

be necessary to ensure that the Department is able to use

its human resources optimally without compromising the

health and wellness of its employees. Human Resources

will capacitate management and employees in respect of

stress management.

In 2017/18, Human Resources carried out an organisational

culture survey using focus groups to determine and

improve the Department’s current culture. This initiative

will assist in increasing employee engagement and

institutionalise DST values.

(c) Effective finance, audit and risk management

functions

The finance, audit and risk management functions

will enhance the integrity of the DST’s operations by

ensuring that they are ethical, efficient, and compliant

with legislation. The Department has functional and

effective finance, supply chain management, audit and

risk management units. It is important that the scope and

function of these components continues to be managed

efficiently, with clear improvements in the effectiveness of

internal controls. A continued focus on enhancing supply

chain management processes, effective and integrated

IT systems, and capacity building is needed. The strategic

focus of the Internal Audit Activity is to achieve a greater

level of maturity in the pursuit of a common strategy

for improved risk management, governance, internal

controls and internal audit. The Directorate: Enterprise Risk

Management drives the Department’s risk management

process, by ensuring that the Department has appropriate

policies, frameworks and guidelines, and by supporting

the Department in the identification, analysis, assessment

and monitoring of risks.

(d) A team-based, high-performing and client-

centred organisation

It is necessary to continue to build an organisational

culture that is team-based, but sets high standards for

and expectations of all its employees. The DST is an

organisation whose values are based on the Batho Pele

principles. New service standards need to be designed

and implemented so that internal and external clients

will continue to be confident that the Department will

support their needs for service in a proactive, consistent

and cooperative manner.

(e) Improved strategic planning

The practice of strategic planning is well entrenched in

the Department. However, the increased recognition of

the role of STI in socio-economic transformation warrants

improvement in the definition of the role and contribution

of the DST and its entities and the broader NSI in addressing

poverty, inequality and unemployment in South Africa.

While the DST is a medium-sized organisation, its mandate

to coordinate the work of the NSI towards socio-economic

development is large. To date, the work of the Directorate:

Strategy and Planning has focused mainly on delivering

on the compliance requirements of planning documents.

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The unit needs to be reconfigured to (a) serve as a strategic

planning unit for the DST and the STI; (b) serve as a

knowledge repository for the DST and the STI; (c) conduct

evidence-based research to provide current information

for executive decision making; (d) communicate on

STI research trends; and (e) assist the DST to carry out

foresight studies in response to areas identified by various

ministerial panels, and to direct the system’s contribution

to achieving the NDP vision for 2030. This will be explored

further in 2018/19.

(f) An effective governance and compliance

function

The DST has five public entities and three institutions that

implement its various strategic goals. Approximately 92%

of the DST budget is transferred to these entities. The

DST has a central unit to monitor the entities’ regulatory

compliance and accountability, and the implementation

of the agreed objectives in their strategic plans, annual

performance plans and shareholder compacts. This is

in alignment with the Public Finance Management Act,

1999, as well as NDP recommendations. The Directorate:

Governance needs increased capacity and resources

to manage the diverse interests of these public entities

and institutions. The unit provides the public entities

and institutions with sound governance advice, and

plays an oversight function to ensure accountability in

the implementation of government’s policy objectives.

In addition to overarching government prescripts, the

Department’s oversight and governance function is

regulated by a Governance Framework, which was

developed in collaboration with and agreed to by its

entities.

Strategic objectives and strategic statements

Strategic objectives Strategic statements

Alignment across various planning documents of the Department and its entities

To coordinate the identification, formulation and implementation of strategic initiatives, and ensure that the priorities of the DST and its entities are aligned to national priorities

Sound corporate governance, including Monitoring and Evaluation

To develop and maintain good corporate governance systems for the Department and its entities

Adequate and appropriately skilled personnel To make the DST an employer of choice, and acquire and retain appropriately skilled personnel

Efficient and effective information technology services To provide an efficient and effective information technology service

Equitable and sound financial and procurement services To ensure efficient and effective financial and procurement services

Science communication To provide strategic communication for the DST and its entities through marketing, media and branding initiatives, and the Science Engagement Strategy

Chief directorates

Programme 1 is organised around two focus areas, namely,

administration, and policy and planning functions. The

Programme consists of the following components:

(a) The Ministry and Office of the Director-

General

This component supports the Minister, Deputy Minister

and Director-General by providing professional and

executive support. This component is responsible for the

development of systems and mechanisms for handling

Parliamentary questions and replies, Cabinet matters,

correspondence, submissions and memoranda. It also

coordinates activities within the Department to assist in

steering the NSI towards the development of a knowledge-

intensive economy with higher productivity levels.

(b) Enterprise Risk Management

This component provides and drives an enabling

environment in support the effective and adequate

identification, management and oversight of risks across

strategic, tactical and operational levels in the Department.

This role includes ensuring that countering fraud and/or

corruption is made an integral part of strategy, operations

and administration in the Department.

Programm

e 1


(c) Policy, Planning, Governance, Monitoring

and Evaluation

This chief directorate supports the DST leadership in

steering the NSI by facilitating the coordination of

selected cross-cutting issues in the Department, strategic

and operational planning, M&E for the Department and

its public entities, and governance of the public entities,

in order to assist the Department and its entities to

contribute to the realisation of departmental and national

priorities.

(d) Internal Audit Activity

This chief directorate is a primary assurance tool

for improving the Department’s governance, risk

management and management controls by providing

insight and recommendations based on the analysis and

assessment of data and business processes.

(e) Human Resources

This chief directorate ensures that the Department is able

to (a) provide a professional service through accurate,

consistent and best employment practices in all its

activities, which are aimed at supporting the achievement

of the DST’s strategic and operational objectives; (b)

attract, retain and motivate employees who share the

organisational vision; (c) champion change and transition,

with a view to being a catalyst in the transition of people

and the organisation to embrace and implement change;

(d) set performance standards and manage performance

against them; (e) promote an environment that supports

the personal and career development of all employees

so that they can reach their full potential and contribute

better to the achievement of the Department’s strategic

objectives; (f ) instil a culture of service excellence; and

(g) provides a conducive environment which promotes

health, wellness, safety and embraces the values of

working with diverse teams.

As part of implementing the step changes in the 2015-

2020 Strategic Plan of the Department, the Chief

Directorate: Human Resources will focus on capacitating

employees through relevant interventions to ensure the

required competence. The step change reflects on the

strategic direction that the Department is taking for the

next year. Competence will be measured on how well

employees perform their tasks, as well as the cognitive,

technical and behavioural traits that they display.

(f) Finance

This chief directorate ensures the effective, efficient and

economic use of financial resources in line with financial

prescripts, through the development and implementation

of financial systems, policies, frameworks and procedures.

This includes budget planning and expenditure

monitoring, and the management of procurement,

acquisition, logistics, assets and financial transactions.

(g) Information Systems and Knowledge

Management

This chief directorate is responsible for the delivery of

services that support the Department’s Strategic Plan and

individual units’ objectives through the effective use of IT.

The component’s purpose is to align the IT strategy with

the business strategy to ensure that the Department uses

its resources optimally.

(h) Science Communication

This chief directorate provides strategic communication

support to raise local and international awareness of the

objectives and activities of the Department, its entities

and the NSI, as well as to ensure effective communication

among DST and NSI stakeholders. Its overall focus is to

create public awareness and brand the Department as a

custodian of developments, benefits and opportunities in

publicly funded STI initiatives across the country’s science

system. In addition, it is important for this chief directorate

to ensure that information to the public is accessible. This is

done through print, broadcast and online media, speeches,

and events, including public participation programmes.

The component also supports science engagement

programmes by the South African Agency for Science

and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) and others, and

ensures the alignment of the DST communication strategy

with the Government Communication Framework.

(i) Legal Services

This chief directorate is responsible for ensuring that the

interests of the Department are protected against any

legal risk. The component ensures that the Department

complies with relevant legislation and takes a proactive

approach to dealing with matters that have the potential

to give rise to conflict or legal challenges.

Programm

e 1


Tabl

e 5:

Pro

gram

me

risk

man

agem

ent a

nd id

enti

ficat

ion

for A

dmin

istr

atio

n

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

onA

lignm

ent a

cros

s va

rious

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

of t

he D

epar

t-m

ent a

nd it

s en

titie

s.M

isal

ignm

ent o

f ent

ities

obj

ectiv

es w

ith D

ST o

bjec

tives

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ntin

ued

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d ad

here

nce

to th

e pl

anni

ng c

ycle

fo

r the

201

8/19

Ann

ual P

erfo

rman

ce P

lans

for p

ublic

ent

ities

and

in

stitu

tions

Soun

d co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce, i

nclu

ding

M&E

.In

accu

rate

, unr

elia

ble

and

inco

mpl

ete

repo

rtin

g of

act

ual

achi

evem

ents

aga

inst

pre

dete

rmin

ed o

bjec

tives

as

indi

cate

d in

the

APP

(Qua

lified

Aud

it O

pini

on o

n no

n-fin

anci

al p

erfo

rman

ce)

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nduc

t aw

aren

ess

sess

ions

with

Pro

gram

me

man

ager

s on

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hnic

al

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cato

r Des

crip

tive

Mat

rix. (

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tep-

by-s

tep

trai

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to th

e us

er

on h

ow to

cap

ture

the

indi

cato

r as

indi

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d in

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APP

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e Te

chni

cal I

ndic

ator

Des

crip

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stan

dard

tem

plat

e pr

escr

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Nat

iona

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asur

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plem

ent a

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onito

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ly th

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prov

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oles

and

Re

spon

sibi

litie

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form

ance

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rmat

ion

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rtin

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uide

line.

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nalis

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e dr

aft D

epar

tmen

t of S

cien

ce a

nd T

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olog

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rfor

man

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form

atio

n Re

port

ing

Gui

delin

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d co

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ate

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nsub

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port

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for p

rede

term

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s in

dica

ted

in th

e A

PP.

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aren

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with

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gram

me

man

ager

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titie

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escr

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atrix

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ste

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aini

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th

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er o

n ho

w to

cap

ture

the

indi

cato

r as

indi

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APP

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ng

the

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or D

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rd te

mpl

ate

pres

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atio

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reas

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.

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ontr

acts

bet

wee

n D

ST a

nd E

ntiti

es th

at m

ust

incl

ude

perf

orm

ance

-rep

ortin

g re

quire

men

ts.

Scie

nce

Com

mun

icat

ion.

Stak

ehol

ders

(pub

lic) u

ninf

orm

ed a

nd/o

r una

war

e of

the

wor

k of

the

DST

.•

Dev

elop

men

t of t

he B

rand

Man

agem

ent S

trat

egy

and

the

Bran

d M

anag

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t Im

plem

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tion

plan

.

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nduc

t a b

i-ann

ual r

evie

w a

nd u

pdat

e of

the

appr

oved

Ann

ual

Even

ts C

alen

dar.

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S (C

hief

Dire

ctor

ate:

Sci

ence

Com

mun

icat

ions

) to

cond

uct

quar

terly

eng

agem

ent s

essi

ons

with

Pro

gram

mes

.

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nduc

t qua

rter

ly in

form

atio

n ga

ther

ing

sess

ions

with

ent

ity

com

mun

icat

ions

team

s.

Programm

e 1


Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

onEffi

cien

t and

effe

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e in

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

ser

vice

s10U

naut

horis

ed a

cces

s to

DST

dat

a/in

form

atio

n/ne

twor

k (L

ogic

al A

cces

s).

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ntin

ue to

str

engt

heni

ng th

e cr

itica

l ser

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s in

clud

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the

dete

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d pr

even

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proc

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of th

e In

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ion

Prev

entio

n /

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usio

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etec

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syst

em.

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ntin

ue p

rovi

ding

with

aw

aren

ess

to e

duca

te D

ST u

sers

on

how

to

prot

ect D

ST in

form

atio

n fro

m e

xter

nal s

ourc

es.

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ocur

ing

of a

n aw

aren

ess

Phis

hing

Too

l.

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plem

enta

tion

of s

mar

t hos

t for

em

ail fi

lterin

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obile

Dev

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Man

agem

ent S

olut

ion

for s

mar

t dev

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to b

e im

plem

ente

d to

con

trol

dev

ices

with

acc

ess

to D

ST re

sour

ces,

this

will

en

able

IT to

rem

otel

y co

ntro

l dev

ices

. - P

art o

f thi

s ac

tion

plan

is to

de

velo

p a

BYO

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olic

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ctiv

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putr

ace

syst

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l lap

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war

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s se

ssio

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quat

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d ap

prop

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kille

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ease

d va

canc

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te.

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nalis

atio

n an

d im

plem

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tion

of th

e Re

tent

ion

Polic

y

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nalis

atio

n an

d ap

prov

al o

f the

Sec

ondm

ent P

olic

y.

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nalis

atio

n of

the

guid

elin

es fo

r app

oint

men

t of t

empo

rary

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ploy

men

t ser

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s.

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hanc

ed im

plem

enta

tion

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apac

ity b

uild

ing

Initi

ativ

es:

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oll-o

ut o

f dep

artm

enta

l pro

gram

mes

)

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epar

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rogr

amm

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ntai

ls:

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. Lea

ders

hip/

Man

agem

ent P

rogr

amm

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ergi

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dvan

ced

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rogr

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cutiv

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erna

l cap

acity

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orks

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ram

me

perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rs fo

r thi

s st

rate

gic

obje

ctiv

e ha

ve b

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rele

gate

d to

the

2018

/19

Ope

ratio

nal P

lan.

11

The

Prog

ram

me

perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rs fo

r thi

s st

rate

gic

obje

ctiv

e ha

ve b

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rele

gate

d to

the

2018

/19

Ope

ratio

nal P

lan.

Programm

e 1


Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

onEq

uita

ble

and

soun

d fin

anci

al a

nd p

rocu

rem

ent s

ervi

ces

Und

er/o

ver s

pend

ing/

mis

appr

opria

tion

of th

e D

ST b

udge

t.•

Cont

inuo

us o

ne-o

n-on

e, a

d-ho

c se

ssio

n as

and

whe

n a

need

aris

es

awar

enes

s se

ssio

ns w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed.

•W

eekl

y, m

onth

ly a

nd q

uart

erly

sub

mis

sion

of t

he e

xpen

ditu

re re

port

to

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O, E

XCO

, ERM

C, A

udit

Com

mitt

ee a

nd M

MM

on

the

anal

ysis

of

the

mon

thly

exp

endi

ture

(a m

onito

ring

tool

to e

nsur

e th

at ri

sk

rem

ains

with

in th

e ac

cept

able

regi

on).

•Pr

ovid

e ad

vice

on

finan

cial

mat

ters

dur

ing

plan

ning

ses

sion

s.

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plem

enta

tion

of th

e ze

ro-b

ased

bud

getin

g.

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prio

ritis

atio

n an

d/or

requ

estin

g of

add

ition

al fu

ndin

g.

•Co

ntin

uous

mon

thly

bud

get m

eetin

gs w

ith P

rogr

amm

es to

add

ress

bu

dget

issu

es.

•Re

prio

ritis

atio

n of

fund

s.

•Co

ntin

uous

mon

itorin

g by

fina

nce

unit

of a

ll tr

ansf

er p

aym

ent

tran

sact

ions

to d

etec

t non

-com

plia

nce

and

over

spen

ding

of t

he

budg

et.

Programm

e 1


Tabl

e 6:

Str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

s w

ith

five-

year

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

targ

ets

(the

targ

ets

are

refle

cted

as

cum

ulat

ive

num

bers

for e

very

yea

r of i

mpl

emen

tati

on o

ver t

he S

trat

e-gi

c Pl

an te

rm)

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

targ

etPl

anne

d ta

rget

s ov

er th

e fiv

e-ye

ar S

trat

egic

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nnin

g H

oriz

on20

15/1

620

16/1

720

17/1

820

18/1

920

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Alig

nmen

t acr

oss

vario

us

plan

ning

doc

umen

ts o

f th

e D

epar

tmen

t and

its

entit

ies

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’ s

trat

e-gi

c an

d an

nual

per

for-

man

ce p

lans

and

ann

ual

repo

rts

plan

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter a

nd s

hare

-ho

lder

com

pact

s si

gned

by

the

Min

iste

r and

cha

ir-pe

rson

s of

the

boar

ds b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2016

/17

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

per

form

ance

pl

ans

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r and

sha

reho

lder

co

mpa

cts

sign

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter a

nd c

hairp

erso

ns

of th

e bo

ards

by

31 M

arch

20

16

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2017

/18

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

per

form

ance

pl

ans

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r and

sha

reho

lder

co

mpa

cts

sign

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter a

nd c

hairp

erso

ns

of th

e bo

ards

by

31 M

arch

20

17

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2018

/19

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

per

form

ance

pl

ans

and

annu

al re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e M

in-

iste

r and

sha

reho

lder

co

mpa

cts

sign

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter a

nd c

hairp

erso

ns

of th

e bo

ards

by

31 M

arch

20

18

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2019

/20

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

per

form

ance

pl

ans

and

annu

al re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e M

in-

iste

r and

sha

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co

mpa

cts

sign

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter a

nd c

hairp

erso

ns

of th

e bo

ards

by

31 M

arch

20

19

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2020

/21

annu

al p

erfo

r-m

ance

pla

ns a

nd a

nnua

l re

port

s su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2020

2.A

dequ

ate

and

appr

opri-

atel

y sk

illed

per

sonn

elVa

canc

y ra

te re

tain

ed a

t 6%

by

31 M

arch

202

0 Va

canc

y ra

te re

duce

d to

6%

Va

canc

y ra

te re

tain

ed a

t 6%

by

31 M

arch

201

7Va

canc

y ra

te c

appe

d at

10

% b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

018

Vaca

ncy

rate

12 c

appe

d at

20

% b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

Vaca

ncy

rate

cap

ped

at

23%

by

31 M

arch

202

03.

Scie

nce

com

mun

icat

ion

104

med

ia a

rtic

les

writ

ten

to ra

ise

the

DST

’s pu

blic

pr

ofile

by

31 M

arch

202

0

16 m

edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

32 m

edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

017

56 m

edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

018

80 m

edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

019

104

med

ia a

rtic

les

writ

ten

to ra

ise

the

DST

’s pu

blic

pr

ofile

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

050

pub

lic p

artic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

hel

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

10 p

ublic

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

by 3

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arch

201

6

20 p

ublic

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

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7

30 p

ublic

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

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8

40 p

ublic

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

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9

50 p

ublic

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

04.

Equi

tabl

e an

d so

und

finan

cial

and

pro

cure

men

t se

rvic

es

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ualifi

ed a

udit13

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an

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t) o

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on w

ith n

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anci

al m

atte

rs in

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t rep

ort 3

0 Se

ptem

ber

2020

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ualifi

ed a

udit

opin

ion

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cial

mat

ters

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audi

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ort

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ualifi

ed a

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ion

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cial

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ed a

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ualifi

ed a

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repo

rt

on fi

nanc

ial m

atte

rs is

sued

by

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itor-

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eral

by

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embe

r 201

7

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ualifi

ed a

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t) o

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on w

ith n

o fin

anci

al m

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rs in

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au-

dit r

epor

t by

30 S

epte

m-

ber 2

018

1213

12

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Dep

artm

ent h

as p

lace

d a

mor

ator

ium

on

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fillin

g of

vac

anci

es d

ue to

com

pens

atio

n bu

dget

con

stra

ints

, whi

ch h

as n

egat

ivel

y aff

ecte

d th

e an

nual

vac

ancy

rate

that

was

initi

ally

set

at 6

%.

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en c

alle

d a

clea

n op

inio

n, a

n un

qual

ified

opi

nion

is a

n au

dit r

epor

t tha

t is

issu

ed w

hen

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udito

r det

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that

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cial

reco

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ided

by

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inst

itutio

n is

free

of a

ny m

isre

pres

enta

tion.

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dditi

on, a

n un

qual

ified

opi

nion

indi

cate

s th

at th

e

finan

cial

reco

rds

have

bee

n m

aint

aine

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

stan

dard

s kn

own

as G

ener

ally

Acc

epte

d A

ccou

ntin

g Pr

inci

ples

.

Programm

e 1


Tabl

e 7:

Str

ateg

ic s

tate

men

ts, p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

, and

ann

ual a

nd M

TEF

targ

ets

for 2

018/

19

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Obj

ecti

ve s

tate

men

t: T

o co

ordi

nate

the

iden

tific

atio

n, fo

rmul

atio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of s

trat

egic

init

iati

ves

and

ensu

re th

at th

e pr

iori

ties

of t

he D

ST a

nd it

s en

titi

es a

re a

ligne

d to

na

tion

al p

rior

itie

s

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

APP

s D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d an

nual

re

port

s ap

prov

ed

by th

e M

inis

ter

chai

rper

sons

of

the

boar

ds

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2020

/21

annu

al

perf

orm

ance

pl

ans

and

annu

al

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r

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rove

d A

PPs

(HSR

C, N

RF,

SAN

SA, A

SSA

f an

d th

e A

frica

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stitu

te o

f Sou

th

Afri

ca (A

ISA

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d st

rate

gic

plan

s ta

bled

in

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amen

t: A

ISA

, N

RF, H

SRC

, TIA

, SA

NSA

and

ASS

Af

Sign

ed

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com

pact

s: C

SIR,

A

ISA

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an

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APP

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en

titie

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r the

20

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d sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

ct w

ere

appr

oved

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the

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iste

r prio

r to

the

star

t of

the

2014

/15

finan

cial

yea

r The

y w

ere

tabl

ed in

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rliam

ent o

n 12

M

arch

201

6

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tegi

c pl

ans

and

APP

s fo

r DST

pu

blic

ent

ities

(H

SRC

, SA

NSA

, TI

A, A

SSA

f, N

RF,

CSI

R an

d N

AC

I) w

ere

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r by

5 M

arch

201

5 an

d sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

cts

wer

e si

gned

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2018

/19

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d an

nual

re

port

s ap

prov

ed

by th

e M

inis

ter

and

shar

ehol

der

com

pact

s si

gned

by

the

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iste

r an

d ch

airp

erso

ns

of th

e bo

ards

by

31 M

arch

201

8

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2019

/20

annu

al

perf

orm

ance

pl

ans

and

annu

al

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r by

31 M

arch

201

9

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2020

/21

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd

annu

al re

port

s pl

ans

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2021

/22

annu

al

perf

orm

ance

pl

ans

and

annu

al

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

the

Min

iste

r by

31 M

arch

202

1

Programm

e 1


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Obj

ecti

ve s

tate

men

t: T

o de

velo

p an

d m

aint

ain

good

cor

pora

te g

over

nanc

e sy

stem

s fo

r the

Dep

artm

ent a

nd it

s en

titi

es

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bine

d as

sura

nce

annu

al

repo

rt

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d as

sura

nce

annu

al re

port

on

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stat

us

of c

ombi

ned

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ranc

e pr

esen

ted

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sk a

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udit

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mitt

ees

Not

a s

trat

egic

in

dica

tor

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mbi

ned

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ranc

e an

nual

repo

rt

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atus

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com

bine

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nce

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mm

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ch 2

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rt

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mm

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ch 2

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mbi

ned

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ranc

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nual

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rt

on th

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ve s

tate

men

t: T

o pr

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e st

rate

gic

com

mun

icat

ion

for t

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ST a

nd it

s en

titi

es th

roug

h m

arke

ting

, med

ia a

nd b

rand

ing

init

iati

ves,

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nce

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gem

ent S

trat

egy

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ia a

rtic

les

Num

ber o

f med

ia

artic

les

writ

ten

to ra

ise

the

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’s pu

blic

pro

file

104

med

ia a

rtic

les

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ten

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the

DST

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pr

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ch 2

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indi

cato

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med

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les

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ten

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ise

the

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blic

pr

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31

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ch 2

017

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edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

y 31

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arch

201

7

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edia

art

icle

s w

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n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

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ic

profi

le b

y 31

M

arch

201

8

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edia

art

icle

s w

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n to

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e th

e D

ST’s

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ic

profi

le b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

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edia

art

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s w

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n to

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e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

y 31

M

arch

202

0

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edia

art

icle

s w

ritte

n to

rais

e th

e D

ST’s

publ

ic

profi

le b

y 31

M

arch

202

1Pu

blic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

Num

ber o

f pub

lic

part

icip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es h

eld

50 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

hel

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

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ublic

pa

rtic

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ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

16 p

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pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

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6

10 p

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rtic

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ion

prog

ram

mes

hel

d by

31

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ch 2

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31

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ch 2

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31

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31

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10 p

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pa

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prog

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mes

hel

d by

31

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ch 2

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Obj

ecti

ve s

tate

men

t: T

o en

sure

eff

ecti

ve a

nd e

ffici

ent fi

nanc

ial a

nd p

rocu

rem

ent s

ervi

ces

Unq

ualifi

ed a

udit

opin

ion

with

no

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cial

mat

ters

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audi

t rep

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ualifi

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(c

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ion

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cial

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ters

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t rep

ort

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ualifi

ed a

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ion

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cial

mat

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the

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t rep

ort

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ualifi

ed a

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ion

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cial

mat

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t rep

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ualifi

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rt o

n fin

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al

mat

ters

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ed b

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ener

al

by S

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mbe

r 20

16

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ed a

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(cle

an a

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opin

ion

with

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cial

mat

ters

in

the

audi

t rep

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ualifi

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e au

dit r

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t

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ualifi

ed a

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ion

with

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mat

ters

in

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audi

t rep

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ualifi

ed a

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opin

ion

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mat

ters

in

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audi

t rep

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ed a

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opin

ion

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no

finan

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mat

ters

in

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audi

t rep

ort

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Oft

en c

alle

d a

clea

n op

inio

n, a

n un

qual

ified

opi

nion

is a

n au

dit r

epor

t tha

t is

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ed w

hen

an a

udito

r det

erm

ines

that

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h of

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finan

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inst

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tions

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addi

tion,

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unqu

alifi

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pini

on in

dica

tes

that

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finan

cial

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n m

aint

aine

d in

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orda

nce

with

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stan

dard

s kn

own

as G

ener

ally

Acc

epte

d A

ccou

ntin

g Pr

inci

ples

.

Programm

e 1


Tabl

e 8:

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s fo

r the

201

8/19

fina

ncia

l yea

r

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Repo

rtin

g fr

eque

ncy

Ann

ual t

arge

t 20

18/1

9Q

uart

erly

targ

ets

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’ s

tra-

tegi

c an

d an

nual

per

for-

man

ce p

lans

app

rove

d by

th

e M

inis

ter a

nd s

hare

-ho

lder

com

pact

s si

gned

by

the

Min

iste

r and

cha

irper

-so

ns o

f the

boa

rds

Qua

rter

ly

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es’

2019

/20

annu

al p

erfo

r-m

ance

and

ann

ual r

epor

ts

plan

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e M

inis

ter b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etFi

rst d

raft

APP

s fo

r DST

pu

blic

ent

ities

sub

mitt

ed

to N

T an

d D

PME

by 3

1 A

u-gu

st 2

018

Seco

nd d

raft

APP

s fo

r DST

pu

blic

ent

ities

sub

mitt

ed

to N

T an

d D

PME

by 3

0 N

ovem

ber 2

018

Fina

l dra

ft A

PPs

for D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es s

ubm

itted

ap

prov

ed b

y M

inis

ter b

y 28

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brua

ry 2

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ts o

f pub

lic

entit

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tabl

ed in

Par

lia-

men

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mbe

r 20

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ned

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ranc

e an

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ly

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ST’s

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le b

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ch 2

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ST’s

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le

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ic

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pub

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ion

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hel

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ch 2

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mm

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eld

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ualifi

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t) o

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al m

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ually

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al m

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targ

etU

nqua

lified

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it (c

lean

au

dit)

opi

nion

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cial

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Programm

e 1


Reco

ncili

ng p

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rman

ce ta

rget

s w

ith

the

budg

et a

nd M

TEF

Tabl

e 9:

Adm

inis

trat

ion

expe

ndit

ure

esti

mat

es

R’00

0 Pr

ogra

mm

eEx

pend

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e ou

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ted

ap

prop

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8

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ium

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Programme 2: Technology InnovationPurpose

To drive strategic research, development and innovation

(RDI) in space science and technology, energy, the

bioeconomy, and the emerging and converging areas

of nanotechnology, robotics, photonics and indigenous

knowledge systems (IKS), and to promote the realisation of

commercial products, processes and services from these

RDI initiatives. In addition, through the implementation

of enabling policies and interventions along the entire

innovation value chain, to promote the protection and

utilisation of IP, technology transfer and technology

commercialisation.

Strategic overview

Programme 2 contributes to all five of the Department’s

strategic outcome-oriented goals in the 2015-2020

Strategic Plan, namely, (i) a responsive, coordinated and

efficient NSI; (ii) increased knowledge generation; (iii)

human capital development; (iv) using knowledge for

economic development; and (v) knowledge utilisation for

inclusive development.

The Programme’s resources are targeted at initiatives

that aim to generate products, processes and/or services

that will assist in addressing the burden of disease,

energy security and food security. The commitment

of these resources creates skills and knowledge to

enhance industrial and economic competitiveness. These

contributions therefore have both a direct and an indirect

impact on the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty,

and inequality.

Various initiatives that Programme 2 implements and

supports contribute to decision-making processes in

government, for example in energy planning, mapping

human settlements for service provision, oceans

monitoring as part of Operation Phakisa and mapping

water resources for drought monitoring.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 1: A responsive,

coordinated and efficient NSI

In line with Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 1, the

coordination of various role players (including government,

industry, science councils and academia) will continue to

receive specific attention, in 2018/19 and beyond. This will

include continuing the work towards the establishment

of a sovereign innovation fund and building strategic

partnerships with the private sector, in particular with

business associations.

To strengthen the NSI, the coordination of key stakeholders

(in government and in private or public sector institutions)

is being undertaken to ensure optimal contributions

across the innovation value chain from research and

development to commercialisation. With respect to the

public sector, the Programme continues to ensure that

the institutional capacity of key agencies such as SANSA

and TIA is strengthened in order to be responsive to

national priorities. This is to be achieved through ongoing

engagements with these entities to ensure that their

plans are aligned with government and DST priorities.

The Programme also ensures that the DST contributes

to the development and supports the implementation

of government policies led by other government

departments, including in the areas of improving energy

security for the country; alleviating poverty; improving

health care; and enabling and, where possible, promoting

local innovation. These interventions are aligned with

the priorities of sector departments such as Trade and

Industry (IPAP), Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (the

Agricultural Policy Action Plan), Energy (the Integrated

Energy Plan), Environmental Affairs (Operation Phakisa:

Oceans Economy) and Mineral Resources (Operation

Phakisa: Mining (beneficiation). This is done through DST-

led strategies such as the Energy Security Grand Challenge,

the Bio-economy Strategy (under the “Farmer to Pharma”

or Bioeconomy Grand Challenge), the Space S&T Grand

Challenge and the National Nanotechnology Strategy,

as well as legislative frameworks, namely, the Intellectual

Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and

Development Act (IPR Act) and the TIA Act.


In the bioeconomy, the Programme will support

ongoing work in relation to the activities of the Executive

Council established in terms of the Genetically Modified

Organisms (GMO) Act, 1997 (Act No. 15 of 1997). In this

regard, the Programme will continue to lead and make

recommendations that will influence policy on the safety

of activities involving GMOs, as part of the process of

contributing to effective decision making in the sector. The

Programme’s role will include ongoing communication

and engagement with all stakeholders, including the

general public.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goals 2 and 3:

Increased Knowledge Generation and Human

Capital Development

In support of Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goals 2 and

3, the Programme implements key strategic research

areas, namely, space science, energy security, emerging

and converging research areas and bioinnovation.

The Programme provided funding support to 414

postgraduate students (MSc and PhD) by the end of March

2017 through structured HCD programmes. The number

of postgraduate students supported is expected to be

355 in 2018/19. Furthermore, the Programme supported a

number of strategic instruments in knowledge utilisation.

The Programme plans to support 21 instruments in the

2018/19 financial year.

Programme 2’s innovation-enabling programmes also

contribute to knowledge products such as patents/

patent applications and publications. By the end of March

2017, 168 knowledge products will have been generated

as a result of the Programme’s initiatives. This number is

expected to be 149 in the 2018/19 financial year.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 4: Knowledge

utilisation for economic development

Energy security remains a serious challenge for South

Africa. While it is necessary to meet the country’s medium-

term energy supply requirements using traditional

energy sources, in the long-term using STI to support

the development of clean coal technologies, renewable

energy and the promise of the “hydrogen economy” will

ensure a safe, clean, affordable and reliable energy supply

for the country. The Programme will focus on ensuring

that the three fuel cell technology centres of competence

(CoCs) leverage each other’s strengths to support the

Department of Trade and Industry-led National Fuel Cell

Task Team. The work supported through the CSIR and TIA

in the implementation of renewable energy programmes

(solar and biofuels) will promote the integration of local

technologies into the Renewable Energy Independent

Power Producer Procurement Programme and Biofuels

Industrial Strategy.

The growing global trend towards renewable and clean

energy sources has also raised the need for innovations

around energy storage. Following the launch of the pilot

plant for manufacturing lithium ion battery precursor

material in 2017/18, the Programme will engage local and

international stakeholders in order to seek investment to

upscale and fast-track the development process. The focus

will be towards producing precursor materials based on

manganese in the early part of the value chain in order

to feed into original equipment manufacturers that sell

batteries to the global market.

The introduction of new R&D-led/based products,

processes and/or services into the market requires

government to create the necessary enabling frameworks,

to develop appropriate skills (including expert knowledge

in the discipline and relevant to the technology, but also

translational and technology commercialisation skills)

and infrastructure to enable innovation, to support the

demonstration and piloting of new technologies and

upscale these where and when appropriate, and to ensure

that appropriate IP protection and support mechanisms

are in place.

Specific effort is being made to harness indigenous

knowledge to create new products (traditional medicines,

cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals) and to develop new

markets (for indigenous plant and animal species) that

will support the creation of employment in communities

where the knowledge originates. In certain instances,

commercialisation partnerships will be sought to fast-

track the entry into market of indigenous IP. To date,

the Programme has facilitated the signing of benefit-

sharing agreements between knowledge holders and

commercial partners and there has been an increased

number of interest from new commercial partners. Four

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organised communities have successfully registered as

SMEs (Honeybush Agribusinesses). The construction of

agroprocessing facilities is under way and communities

are being trained in the field of entrepreneurship. Work will

continue to leverage additional investment and support

from other tiers of government while increasing the

number of people trained in business skills to support the

sustainability of indigenous knowledge-based enterprises.

This work will be done as a way of contributing to the

transformation of the South African economy, making it

more inclusive in terms of young people, women and the

marginalised, as well as rural communities.

The Programme will continue to support the incorporation

of R&D outputs from DST-supported initiatives such as

thin-film photovoltaic technology (PTiP) and solar thermal

technology (Helio 100) into broader government energy

programmes. Work on hydrogen fuel cell technologies will

focus on the validation of locally developed components

and their integration into imported technologies in order

to increase local content. Funding partnerships will be

sought to achieve this.

The National Intellectual Property Management Office

(NIPMO), which is the implementing office for the IPR

Act from Publicly Financed Research, stimulates greater

economic and social returns resulting from IP generated

through R&D activities conducted using public funds,

through a number of interventions, including financial

support through the Offices of Technology Transfer

Support Fund and the IP Fund. By the end of 2016/17,

NIPMO had provided financial support in excess of R176

million for, among other things, the creation of 132 posts

for highly skilled individuals through the OTT Support

Fund. Furthermore, financial support for the prosecution

and maintenance of IP rights has exceeded R112 million

over the last six years. Both areas of support will continue

in the 2018/19 financial year. These interventions are all

aimed at equipping institutions to increase knowledge

utilisation for advanced economic and social development.

The year 2018/19 will see the awarding of certificates to all

intellectual property creators who have been awarded a

patent or a plant breeder’s right.

Furthermore, enhanced interventions to build and support

a pipeline for the realisation of publicly funded R&D

outputs with socio-economic impact will be implemented.

This will include exploring models for the roll-out of an

enforcement fund to enable publicly financed institutions

to prevent third parties infringing their IP rights. In this

regard, the modalities explored include state-funded

litigation, alternative dispute resolution, contingency fee

litigation, licensing and intellectual property insurance.

All forms may be appropriate depending on the

circumstances and not all of them require government

support. The insurance model is the most favoured and

has been benchmarked internationally as an acceptable

means of protecting IP against third party infringement.

Numerous engagements have been held with the World

Intellectual Property Organisation to establish a best

practice, simple guide to IP valuation. This is currently

being developed through the Standing Committee on

Patents, and the work will continue in 2018/19 as part of

DST’s contribution to the Nine-Point Plan.

The Department is also working towards establishing

a sovereign innovation fund as a public-private

partnership to enhance the level of investment at early

stage commercialisation and advancing technologies in

technology readiness levels 5-9.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 5: Knowledge

utilisation for inclusive development

A number of tools have been established in support of

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 5.

The South African Earth Observation Strategy (SAEOS)

portal was established to give the Earth observation

community the opportunity to access data and eventually

analyse Earth observations and geospatial datasets

according to the priority applications of the users. The

tools translate user enquiries into instructions to access

data from the contributing databases residing with their

custodians, and return such data promptly enough to

meet user requirements, and in a format and language

that users can understand. The South African Earth

Observation Strategy (SAEOS) portal ensures that satellite

imagery, geospatial datasets, products and services are

made available to assist decision-making and service

delivery at national, provincial and local government level.

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In particular, the provision of Earth observation and

geospatial information through the SAEOS portal, and

the development of satellite applications in land cover

and land use, will provide decision-support tools and

information for policy formulation in government, and

therefore contribute to the protection of environmental

assets, human settlement planning and development,

rural connectivity, and M&E of government infrastructure

projects. The tools continue to be improved to respond

to user requirements and government priorities, and to

support other tools required by decision makers in various

spheres of government.

Work towards manufacturing South Africa’s first indigenous

satellite (CubeSat) constellation has also commenced with

the objective of providing automatic identification system

services to Operation Phakisa (Oceans Economy) and

the African continent. This constellation will also provide

infrastructure for marine and maritime domain awareness,

and the Oceans and Coasts Information Management

System, which will generate information and support

decision-making in marine spatial planning.

The web-based Bioenergy Atlas was launched in 2016/17.

The Programme continues to focus on supporting its use

by different spheres of government. This decision-making

tool allows stakeholders to have a better appreciation

of bioenergy resources’ geographic spread, proximity to

infrastructure (biofuels and electricity) and possible use in

improving energy access. The Programme will also support

at least three municipalities to use information provided

by the Bioenergy Atlas to develop bankable business

cases for bioenergy production that may be funded by

development finance or donor finance institutions.

The National Space Programme Economic Case will be

presented to Cabinet in 2018/19. The National Space

Strategy outlines the national goals and objectives for

the development of space science and technology. The

strategy also provides guiding principles for a formal and

operational National Space Programme (NSP). The NSP

defines the space vision and programmatic roadmaps

for South Africa’s 20-year space programme. SANSA has

developed a technical document outlining detailed

programmes for the space programme. The NSP Economic

Case will outline the direct and indirect socio-economic

benefits and return on investment in space science and

technology (these benefits include commercial income;

quantifiable returns from space service and products;

applications in natural resource management and human

settlements; knowledge generation; and human capital

development). The process of appointing a service

provider is now underway and the report is expected by

the end of March 2018.

Programme’s contribution to reducing

unemployment, poverty and inequality

Programme 2 has a number of initiatives aimed at

addressing high-level government priorities, involving all

its chief directorates and entities.

As far as employment is concerned, NIPMO has supported

the creation of a number of jobs in the past six years

through the establishment of OTTs, and is in the process

of creating more jobs. Opportunities presented by

the OTTs have benefited mainly young black female

graduates in fields needing capacity to enable technology

commercialisation. The DST’s IKS portfolio has a number of

community-based programmes focusing on the growing

and processing of indigenous knowledge-based crops.

These programmes empower communities through

benefit-sharing agreements, but most importantly help

to create employment for local communities, especially

young people and women. To date, IK-based initiatives

have created more than 200 direct jobs. In 2018/19, at

least one agroprocessing facility will be established to

support the commercialisation of IKS-based innovations.

In terms of addressing inequality, the broad-based

black economic empowerment (BBBEE) imperatives of

government are being actively supported. The above

IKS projects also address this challenge by establishing

community-based cooperatives and SMEs. Furthermore,

the IPR Act provides that SMEs and BBBEE entities receive

preference when non-exclusive licences of IP emanating

from publicly financed IP are granted. These numbers are

being actively tracked and to date such parties have been

granted 41 licences from publicly funded institutions.

Following TIA engagements, specifically on its disposal of

shareholding in entities it supported, a policy prioritising

BBBEE-friendly transactions has now been developed.

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In respect of poverty alleviation, Programme 2 supports

various initiatives aimed at improving access to quality

healthcare and, therefore, the lives of the country’s poor.

These include innovations developed in response to

poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/Aids

and malaria, as well as diseases that contribute to high

child and maternal mortality. The innovations are primarily

in the areas of diagnostics for cost-effective deployment

at point of care, specifically developed to suit rural

environments.

Programme 2 also supports the innovation within the

agriparks initiative being led by the Department of

Rural Development and Land Reform, which responds

to national priorities in terms of poverty reduction, job

creation, addressing inequality and promoting sustainable

rural development. In line with the Bioeconomy Strategy’s

goal of harnessing bio-innovation for alleviation of

poverty, unemployment and inequality, the Minister

launched the AgriProtein Manufacturing Facility 2017/18.

The AgriProtein initiative uses an environmentally

friendly approach to produce feed protein from flies. This

facility is based in Philippi, one of the largest and most

economically depressed townships in the Western Cape.

With DST-TIA co-investment into the start-up, AgriProtein

has now secured off-take agreements with key animal

manufacturers and international investments to expand

into other geographic locations. The initiative has created

over 30 jobs in the community and the number is expected

to increase with the upscaling and establishment of

additional facilities.

Programme’s contribution to decision-support tools to improve the delivery of government

services or functions

Programme 2 implements and supports various

initiatives that contribute to decision-making processes

in government. Some examples include the SAEOS Earth

observation programme, which provides geospatial

information on land use, land cover and bioenergy

resources (through the Bioenergy Atlas). This can be

used to support informed decision-making for policy

formulation in government in respect of the protection of

environmental assets, human settlement planning, marine

protection and governance (marine spatial planning) and

access to energy.

In the health domain, the development of various

M-Health and E-health applications, are aimed at

assisting the Department of Health with service delivery.

The development of appropriate medical devices and

diagnostics aimed for use at clinic level are also being

developed in collaboration with the Deparment of Health.

The local manufacturing of vaccines and biologic are also

being addressed and this not only provides for a more

self-sufficient industry but also assist with narrowing the

balance of payment with regards to health care products.


Strategic objectives Strategic statementsFacilitate and resource R&D in strategic STI areas. To facilitate and resource investments in space S&T, energy, bio-

innovation, nanotechnology, robotics, photonics, IKS, IP manage-ment, technology transfer and technology commercialisation in order to create value chains and an innovation system that is more capable, dynamic and responsive.

Oversee relevant departmental agencies and initiatives. To oversee, monitor and regulate key policy initiatives in the key strategic areas of space S&T, energy, bioinnovation, nanotechnol-ogy, robotics and photonics, including oversight of agencies (TIA and SANSA)

Coordinate and support high-end skills development. The strategic and emerging S&T areas of synthetic biology, struc-tural biology, systems biology and functional genomics (collec-tively the South African Biodesign Initiative), space S&T, energy, bioinnovation, nanotechnology, robotics, photonics and IKS.IP management, technology transfer and technology commercial-isation.

Support the development and translation of scientific R&D out-puts into commercial products, processes and services.

To support, promote, and advocate the commercialisation of R&D outputs as products, processes and services that will contribute towards economic growth and a better quality of life.

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From these strategic objectives, it is clear that the

work of the Programme cuts across policy, research,

development, the commercialisation/utilisation of R&D

outputs, and service delivery support, thus covering

the whole spectrum, including policy formulation and

implementation, knowledge generation, and activities

that convert knowledge into something of societal or

economic value.

Chief directorates

The Programme is made up of four chief directorates and

one specialised service delivery unit.

Bioinnovation15

This component leads the implementation of the national

Bio-economy Strategy, approved by Cabinet in 2013,

which is intended to ensure that the bioeconomy makes

a significant contribution to the South African economy.

The strategy focuses on the following:

• Strengthening the research and innovation competencies that form the strategic foundation for the bio-based NSI.

• Developing and/or supporting strategic RDI programmes that provide for new knowledge and innovation outcomes related to the government’s priority requirements.

• Coordinating role players across the NSI to ensure that appropriate skills, knowledge and competencies are made available to maximise socio-economic impact.

• Mainstreaming applied IKS-based R&D, inclusive innovation and local manufacturing to support commercialisation models for sustainable livelihoods and improved quality of life.

The chief directorate has four directorates managing

thematic priorities aligned to the focus areas of the

Bioeconomy Strategy, namely, Agriculture, Indigenous

Knowledge-Based Technology Innovation, Industry and

Environment, and Health Innovation.

15 This chief directorate was previously called “Bioeconomy”, and was referred to

as such in the 2015-2019 Strategic Plan.

The component also supports a number of cross-

cutting initiatives aimed at achieving these objectives,

including, technology service platforms (which provide

expert services to both the public and private sectors),

bioentrepreneur training and a public awareness

programme. The Department also participates in the

Executive Council established in terms of the GMO Act,

providing expert advice and decision-support tools.

Hydrogen and Energy

The chief directorate will continue to develop a portfolio

of technologies to contribute towards resolving the

energy security challenge, to increase local mineral

beneficiation, and to facilitate South Africa’s transition

towards a knowledge-driven economy.

In line with the NDP, the MTSF and the Nine-Point Plan,

the chief directorate seeks to facilitate the achievement

of economic development and social equity by including

locally developed cleaner energy technology solutions in

South Africa’s energy system. This will be done by, among

other things, supporting key government initiatives like

Operation Phakisa, mineral beneficiation and climate

change mitigation to stimulate new industries that may

assist in addressing the triple challenge of unemployment,

poverty and inequality.

During the end of the 2016/17 financial year the DST launch

the Bio-energy Atlas which is a tool that seeks to address this

and facilitates local/provincial government to exploit bio-

energy resource opportunities. During the 2017/18 financial

year Provinces were trained on the use of the Bio-energy

Atlas to support regional planning and decision making and

the Bio-energy Atlas was also used by other government

departments to inform the development of policies. The

unit will continue to update the tool with new data sets to

improve the planning process and look for opportunities to

support decision-making at the local government level.

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Building upon the success of the Shale Gas RDI conference

held last year the chief directorate will continue stakeholder

engagements with the relevant stakeholders in both

private and public sector to develop a science action

plan for the shale gas sector in South Africa. The science

action plan will build upon the recommendations from

the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf ) Shale

Gas Technical Readiness report as well as the Strategic

Environmental Assessment on shale gas which was

released by the Department of Environmnental Affairs.

The focus of the chief directorate will be to ensure that

an environment exists to enable world-class R&D while

speeding up the process of moving products from the lab

to the market. The hydrogen and energy unit will intensify

efforts to support the commercialisation of Coalgae®

which can be a direct substitute for coal in the vast

majority of its applications and adds a renewable energy

fraction to a company’s operations, imparting increased

environmental sustainability to the business and reduced

emission taxes, if applicable. The focus will include forging

viable partnerships with the private sector to assist with

upscaling the technology to a pre-commercial level. The

chief directorate will also implement the HySA hydrogen

fuel cell deployment plan, which details the areas most

suitable for the deployment of hydrogen fuel cells, on

the basis of socio-economic and techno-economic

parameters, such as the distance from the grid. The

deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at selected schools

and clinics (including the integration of components

developed through the HySA programme into fuel cell

units for technology testing and validation) will be a

critical step in moving the HySA programme from a RDI

initiative to a manufacturing initiative.

The chief directorate will also work toward strengthening

relationships with national, provincial and local

government departments through the re-establishment

of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Task Team. This will allow

for better alignment and coordination across relevant

departments, which will ensure that technological

innovation both speeds up and improves the provision

of basic services to the people of South Africa. The

chief directorate will also initiate efforts to increase the

regional footprint of its programme by strengthening

partnerships with historically disadvantaged universities

as well as technical and vocational education and training

institutions located close to the rural areas in which the

technologies are expected to be deployed. The chief

directorate will also continue to monitor the Cofimvaba

energy solution intervention until it is handed over to the

Department of Basic Education, and will expand it to other

sectors such as health and local government.

With respect to technology commercialisation, discussions

will be held with relevant stakeholders in order to ensure

that commercialisation partnerships are structured

in a manner that supports the development of new

industries as well as transformation. It is hoped that these

partnerships will make additional financial support of R100

million available for the technology demonstration and

validation phase. Specific components such as membrane

electrode assemblies containing the HySA catalyst and

metal hydride hydrogen storage material will be tested

and validated in the market. In this regard, all the spin-out

companies from the HySA host institutions will continue

to explore strategic partnerships to develop and increase

their market share. Through the Programme Office, further

engagements will be facilitated with the TIA, the dti and

IDC to mobilise resources for technology deployment and

commercialisation.

Building upon the success of the launch of Photovolatic

Technology Intellectucal Property (PTiP) photovoltaic

panels at the Isigidisaba Thembu Primary School in the

Uthukela District in Kwa Zulu Natal last year, the DST

will continue to demonstrate the clean energy solution

at other schools in rural areas where access to reliable

electricity for ICT services remains a challenge. Following

the launch of the 2,5 kW hydrogen fuel cell unit developed

jointly by the three HySA CoCs, the DST in collaboration

with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, will

support the deployment of a 1kW hydrogen fuel cell unit

to power traffic signals at a major intersection in Midrand.

During the 2018/19 financial year, the HySA Programme

will complete the development of a local fuel cell power

module, which will be integrated into fuel cell fork lifts

and buses. In addition, the manganese precursor facility

in Nelspruit is expected to make pre-commercial samples

of the nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) material. Through

theoretical modelling, new manganese rich precursor

chemistries will be explored, with further support from

fluorination technology to improve material performance,

durability and safety.

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Space Science and Technology

The government recognises the potential role of space

science and technology to deliver on a wide spectrum of

our national priorities, creating jobs and reducing poverty

and inequality through natural resource management,

urban and rural development planning, and infrastructure

M&E.

The chief directorate supports the creation of an

environment conducive to the implementation of the

Space Science and Technology Grand Challenge, the

National Space Strategy (NSS) and the South African Earth

Observation Strategy (SAEOS), as well as addressing the

development of space technologies, innovative solutions

and human capital to respond to national priorities and

boost socio-economic growth.

The chief directorate will also ensure maintenance of

the SAEOS portal and the development of the domestic

space industry and satellite build programme, as well

as contributing to the implementation of Operations

Phakisa (Oceans Economy) through additional monitoring

and decision-support tools, and providing innovative

applications, products and services.

The SAEOS portal was established to give the Earth

observation community the opportunity to access data

and eventually analyse Earth observations and geospatial

datasets according to the priority applications of the

users. This portal and the Earth Observation Data Centre

(EODC) will be maintained to ensure that satellite imagery,

geospatial datasets, products and services are made

available to assist decision-making and service delivery at

national, provincial and local government level.

The envisaged outputs of space infrastructure and

technological advancement would be (i) the establishment

of the world-class data processing infrastructure that

will contribute significantly to the big data analytics and

sciences and SAEOS; (ii) the manufacturing of the cube

satellite constellation that will support and contribute to

Operations Phakisa: Oceans Economy through provision

of decision support tools and information services for

maritime domain awareness and marine spatial planning;

(iii) the finalisation of the flight model for ZA-ARMC1

(EOSat1), an operational Earth observing satellite that will

provide data for natural resource management, human

settlement planning, as well as strengthening the satellite

build programme and industry stimulation through the

development of new satellite missions; (iv) the upgrade

of the Houwteq Assembly, Integration and Testing facility,

making it a world-class, operational AIT facility for the

satellite build programme and international customers

and with the upgrades, support the growth of the local

space industry; (v) the development of flight-ready optical

and microwave sensor technology (synthetic aperture

radar).

The focus will also be on the development of human

capital through targeted programmes on these thematic

areas: Earth observation and satellite engineering;

navigation and positioning; space science and exploration;

and satellite communication.

Through SANSA, further investment will be made

to facilitate coordination with other government

departments, academia, industry and research agencies

for research and development of products, goods and

services that respond to the South African user needs and

requirements. These will result in deriving space based

products through the integration of various datasets from

the thematic areas, such as satellite maps; and decision

support tools to assist evidence based policy making, and

decision making, environmental resources management

and disaster management among others.

To date, work of this Chief Directorate has been

predominantly focused on supporting on Earth

Observation, space science research and mission control,

as well as satelite manufacturing. Work has already started

and will be brought to fruition in the 2018/19 financial

year to map-out government-wide user needs, including

navigation, telecommunications and meteorological

services. The outcome of this engagement will be the

development of a satelite build programme aimed at

addressing all aspects of government space needs.

The chief directorate will continue to position and

represent South Africa at the Group on Earth Observations

(GEO), the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites,

the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space, the International Telecommunication Union,

the International Astronautical Conference and other key

Programm

e 2


international gatherings, in order to position the country

as a user of space for peaceful uses. In this regard, the Chief

Directorate will build on the success of AfriGEOSS as it aims

to increase Africa’s membership and active participation

in GEO. The Chief Directorate will also lead the process of

developing, for presentation at GEO, initiatives that are

pro-Africa and pro- the developing world.

The outcomes of the space S&T activities can be divided

into the following categories:

• Sufficient satellite technology and infrastructure to

support satellite development, launching capability

that will increase technology know-how, and result in

South Africa progressing as an emerging space nation.

• Completion of EO Sat 1 flight module

• Completion of a nanosatellite demonstrator for

Operation Phakisa

• The creation of a viable domestic space industry,

which advances innovation and spin-offs.

• The wide use of space-based goods, products and

services. This will lead to an increase in innovation;

economic growth and investment; and access to

information for better decision making in natural

resource management, spatial planning and

enhanced service delivery (M&E).

• South Africa and Africa’s contribution to GEO

Workplan and visible leadership in GEO initiatives.

• Access by government, especially at provincial and

local level to space-based products and services for

planning and decision-making.

• New EO communities of practice to support and

inform planning and decision-making

• An AfriGEOSS secretariat to coordinate the work of

AfriGEOSS and the implementation of the plan based

in the continent

• A broader government-wide and integrated space

plan, which includes satellite communications,

navigation, positioning and EO.

The satellite technology platforms and infrastructure in

space S&T will play an important role in decision-making

processes in both the public and private sectors, and will

contribute towards the following:

• Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable rural communities

contributing towards food security for all.

• Outcome 9: Responsive, accountable, and efficient

developmental local government system.

• Outcome 10: Protect and enhance South Africa’s

environmental assets and natural resources.

Innovation Priorities and Instruments

Innovation Priorities and Instruments supports and

strengthens the innovation policy package (and related

interventions) aimed at creating and sustaining an enabling

environment for innovation, technology development,

and the commercialisation of publicly funded R&D

initiatives. It does this by identifying, developing, creating

and supporting policy and institutional structures that

facilitate technology development and its progression

into national and international markets.

This includes the conceptualisation, piloting, and M&E

of innovation policy instruments, such as those centred

on the Department’s Commercialisation Framework,

and supporting the development and implementation

of emerging and converging technologies that have the

potential to influence and affect social and economic

development positively, in areas such as synthetic biology,

structural biology, systems biology and functional

genomics (collectively comprising the South African

Biodesign Initiative), nanotechnology, photonics and

robotics.

In the forthcoming financial year, IPI will champion the

establishment of an umbrella fund, together with national

system departments, in line with the DST’s commitment

to establish a Sovereign Innovation Fund. The Chief

Directorate will continue to support the roll out of the

Commercialisation Framework Initiative, in line with

Departmental recommendations, as well as review its

support to pilot Centres of Competence. IPI will contribute

towards strengthening innovation skills development

through its partnership with SARIMA and other entities.

Programm

e 2


In the area of emerging technologies, IPI will look to

implement recommendations from the commissioned

nanotechnology landscape study in the development of

a revised nanotechnology strategic document. Similarly,

DST’s support in the robotics and photonics areas will

be assessed with a view to moving towards a “challenge-

based” convergent emerging technologies approach

to funding of initiatives contributing towards the

development and strengthening of these areas.

In line with the above activities, IPI will contribute towards

facilitating and resourcing R&D in strategic STI areas

through supporting 7 instruments, 55 knowledge inputs

in terms of publications and IPRs, 4 policy directives, 90

students and 10 trainees contributing to development of

high end skills development, and the development and

translation of R&D outputs in 8 knowledge application

products and 4 commercial outputs.

National Intellectual Property Management Office

NIPMO is the implementing agency established in terms of

the IPR Act, and is currently located in the Department as a

specialised service delivery unit. NIPMO was established to

provide for the more effective utilisation of IP emanating

from publicly financed R&D. NIPMO’s key functions, as set

out in the IPR Act, are as follows:

To facilitate the establishment of OTTs at institutions

(27 higher education institutions and 11 Schedule 1

institutions, which are mostly science councils) and

associated capacity development.

• To ensure compliance with the IPR Act and Regulations

by recipients of publicly financed R&D.

• To provide funding through the IP Fund for the

protection and maintenance of IP emanating from

publicly financed R&D.

• To provide incentives for IP creators to encourage

them to disclose, protect and commercialise their

creations.

By providing incentives, support, capacity development,

funding and compliance services, NIPMO is expected to

contribute towards increasing the rate of knowledge

utilisation from publicly funded R&D, thereby contributing

towards faster economic development in South Africa. In

particular, as a result of NIPMO’s interventions, six OTTs

will be supported for capacity development, a total of 215

candidates will be trained in IP and specialised technology

transfer skills, 100% of eligible claims from institutions will

be awarded a rebate from the IP Fund in line with the

requirements of the IP Fund Guideline, and a total of 220

new disclosures will be received from publicly funded

institutions. These disclosures will be monitored biannually

through the innovation value chain steps of evaluation,

protection, pre-commercialisation and commercialisation

(where an institution receives revenue).

Programm

e 2


Tabl

e 10

: Pro

gram

me

risk

man

agem

ent a

nd id

enti

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Programm

e 2


Tabl

e 11

: Str

ateg

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bjec

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wit

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ar S

trat

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Pla

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Str

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lann

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Hor

izon

2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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D in

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TI a

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Programm

e 2


Stra

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targ

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year

Str

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ic P

lann

ing

Hor

izon

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2.O

vers

ee re

leva

nt d

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d in

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w d

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rted

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fu

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arch

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s an

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port

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pril

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31

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ch 2

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y pu

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ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

bet

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n 1

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il 20

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1 M

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ch

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ly fu

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stitu

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bet

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n 1

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arch

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gh-e

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kills

dev

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ent

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te

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ters

and

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1 M

arch

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uate

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uden

ts (m

aste

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port

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thro

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&D

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een

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pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

016

774

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

) fun

ded

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

17

1 12

9 po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al) f

unde

d in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

1 46

9 po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al) f

unde

d in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2019

1 78

9 po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al) f

unde

d in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2020

1 18

0 tr

aine

es a

tten

ding

tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

180

trai

nees

sup

port

ed in

st

rate

gic

and

emer

ging

re

sear

ch a

reas

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

16

460

trai

nees

att

endi

ng

trai

ning

initi

ativ

es in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2017

700

trai

nees

att

endi

ng

trai

ning

initi

ativ

es in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

940

trai

nees

att

endi

ng

trai

ning

initi

ativ

es in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2019

1 18

0 tr

aine

es a

tten

ding

tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

20

4.

Supp

ort t

he d

evel

op-

men

t and

tran

slat

ion

of

scie

ntifi

c R&

D o

utpu

ts

into

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

29 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

a-tio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

8 ne

w te

chno

logy

inno

va-

tion

prod

ucts

, pro

cess

es

and/

or s

ervi

ces

deve

l-op

ed b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

016

12 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

17

18 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

18

24 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

19

29 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

2021

com

mer

cial

out

puts

in

des

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

3 ne

w te

chno

logi

es p

rod-

ucts

, pro

cess

es a

nd/o

r se

rvic

es c

omm

erci

alis

ed

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

016

11 c

omm

erci

al o

utpu

ts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

7

15 c

omm

erci

al o

utpu

ts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

8

18 c

omm

erci

al o

utpu

ts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

9

21 c

omm

erci

al o

utpu

ts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

be-

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0

Programm

e 2


Tabl

e 12

: Str

ateg

ic s

tate

men

ts, p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

, and

ann

ual a

nd M

TEF

targ

ets

for 2

018/

19

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce20

17/1

8

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

faci

litat

e an

d re

sour

ce in

vest

men

ts in

spa

ce s

cien

ce, e

nerg

y, b

ioin

nova

tion

, nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

robo

tics

, pho

toni

cs, I

KS, I

P m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tran

sfer

an

d te

chno

logy

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

Inst

rum

ents

to

supp

ort k

now

l-ed

ge u

tilis

atio

n

Num

ber o

f ins

tru-

men

ts16

fund

ed

in17

sup

port

of

know

ledg

e ut

ili-

satio

n

90 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

3 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

6 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n

25 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

19 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

21 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

19 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

19 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

kno

wle

dge

utili

satio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Know

ledg

e ou

tput

sN

umbe

r of k

now

l-ed

ge o

utpu

ts18

ge

nera

ted

683

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

20

11 k

now

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

ner-

ated

156

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

ner-

ated

168

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

17

148

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

18

149

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

19

149

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

20

148

know

ledg

e ou

tput

s ge

nera

t-ed

by

31 M

arch

20

21Po

licy

dire

ctiv

es

deve

lope

d in

sc

ienc

e an

d te

ch-

nolo

gy

Num

ber o

f st

rate

gic

polic

y di

rect

ives

19 in

de

sign

ated

are

as

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

26 s

trat

egic

po

licy

dire

ctiv

es in

de

sign

ated

are

as

appr

oved

by

Exco

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

3 po

licy

dire

ctiv

es

appr

oved

by

Exco

3 te

chno

logy

po

licy

dire

ctiv

es

appr

oved

by

Exco

7 po

licy

dire

ctiv

es

appr

oved

by

Exco

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

7 st

rate

gic

pol-

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

de

sign

ated

are

as

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

by

31 M

arch

201

8

5 st

rate

gic

pol-

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

de

sign

ated

are

as

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

by

31 M

arch

201

9

5 st

rate

gic

pol-

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

de

sign

ated

are

as

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

by

31 M

arch

202

0

5 st

rate

gic

pol-

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

de

sign

ated

are

as

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

by

31 M

arch

202

1

1617

1819

16

Inst

rum

ent m

eans

a fo

rmal

ly e

stab

lishe

d (b

y co

ntra

ct) e

ntity

/initi

ativ

e (a

lso

virt

ual)

that

is u

sed

tow

ards

sup

port

for i

ncre

ased

loca

lisat

ion,

com

petit

iven

ess,

R&D

-led

indu

stria

l dev

elop

men

t and

ser

vice

del

iver

y su

ppor

t.

17

Inst

rum

ents

fund

ed in

sup

port

of k

now

ledg

e ut

ilisa

tion

incl

ude

the

initi

ativ

es th

at w

ere

incl

uded

in th

e 20

15/1

6 A

PP u

nder

the

num

ber o

f inn

ovat

ion-

enab

ling

prog

ram

mes

indi

cato

r, na

mel

y th

e ho

stin

g of

the

Inno

vatio

n Br

idge

Tec

hnol

ogy

Show

case

and

Mat

chm

akin

g Ev

ent,

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Inno

vatio

n Br

idge

Por

tal,

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pub

lic-p

rivat

e se

ctor

initi

ativ

es s

uch

as t

he in

dust

ry in

tern

ship

pro

gram

me,

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Com

mer

cial

isat

ion

Fram

ewor

k Pr

ogra

mm

e (a

nd a

ny

asso

ciat

ed s

trat

egie

s th

at e

mer

ge a

s a

cons

eque

nce)

, the

Em

ergi

ng In

dust

ries

Act

ion

Plan

Pro

gram

me

and

initi

ativ

es in

sup

port

of o

ffice

s of

tech

nolo

gy tr

ansf

er a

ctiv

ities

. The

sco

pe h

as b

een

broa

dene

d to

incl

ude

othe

r ini

tiativ

es re

sulti

ng in

an

incr

ease

in th

e

targ

et.

18

Know

ledg

e ou

tput

s in

clud

e fil

ings

/app

licat

ions

or r

egis

trat

ion/

gran

ting

of IP

Rs a

nd p

eer-

revi

ewed

sci

entifi

c ar

ticle

s pu

blis

hed

in s

cien

tific

publ

icat

ions

and

jour

nals

, boo

k ch

apte

rs a

nd c

omm

unity

-rev

iew

ed a

rtic

les

and

book

s/bo

ok c

hapt

ers

in s

pace

sci

ence

,

ener

gy, e

mer

ging

rese

arch

are

as, a

nd th

e bi

oeco

nom

y. (I

PRs

incl

ude

the

cate

gorie

s of

IPR

that

wer

e in

clud

ed in

the

2014

/15

APP

, nam

ely

pate

nts

and

trad

emar

ks, a

nd h

as b

een

broa

dene

d to

incl

ude

othe

r IPR

s, su

ch a

s co

pyrig

ht, d

esig

ns, p

lant

bre

eder

s’ rig

hts

and

geog

raph

ical

indi

catio

ns).

19

Polic

y di

rect

ives

incl

ude

polic

y br

iefs

, im

plem

enta

tion

plan

s, co

ncep

t doc

umen

ts, p

ositi

on p

aper

s, st

rate

gies

, pol

icy

reco

mm

enda

tions

, cab

inet

mem

oran

da a

nd c

hapt

er c

ontr

ibut

ions

to k

ey p

olic

y do

cum

ents

.

Programm

e 2


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce20

17/1

8

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Dec

isio

n-su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

nsN

umbe

r of

deci

sion

-sup

port

in

terv

entio

ns20

de

velo

ped

and

mai

ntai

ned

8 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

No

base

line

No

base

line

3 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

2 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

2 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d 31

M

arch

201

9

2 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

2 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Regu

lato

ry21

re

com

men

da-

tions

for d

ecis

ion

supp

ort

Perc

enta

ge o

f re

gula

tory

rec-

omm

enda

tions

m

ade

to th

e G

MO

Ex

cutiv

e Co

unci

l th

roug

h D

AFF

to

supp

ort d

eci-

sion

-mak

ing.

Perc

enta

ge o

f re

gula

tory

rec-

omm

enda

tions

m

de to

te G

MO

Ex

ecut

ive

Coun

cil

thro

ugh

DA

FF fo

r de

cisi

on s

uppo

rt

to g

over

nmen

t by

31 M

arch

202

0

No

base

line

No

base

line

33 re

gula

tory

rec-

omm

enda

tions

for

deci

sion

sup

port

by

gov

ernm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

27 re

gula

tory

rec-

omm

enda

tions

for

deci

sion

sup

port

by

gov

ernm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

018

100%

of r

egul

ato-

ry re

com

men

da-

tions

mad

e to

the

GM

O E

xecu

tive

Coun

cil t

hrou

gh

DA

FF to

sup

port

de

cisi

on m

akin

g by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

100%

of r

egul

ato-

ry re

com

men

da-

tions

mad

e to

the

GM

O E

xecu

tive

Coun

cil t

hrou

gh

DA

FF to

sup

port

de

cisi

on m

akin

g by

31

Mar

ch 2

020.

100%

of r

egul

ato-

ry re

com

men

da-

tions

mad

e to

the

GM

O E

xecu

tive

Coun

cil t

hrou

gh

DA

FF to

sup

port

de

cisi

on m

akin

g by

31

Mar

ch 2

021.

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

over

see,

mon

itor

and

regu

late

22 k

ey p

olic

y in

itia

tive

s, in

clud

ing

inst

itut

ions

/age

ncie

s an

d su

ppor

t int

erve

ntio

ns23

in th

e ke

y st

rate

gic

area

s of

spa

ce s

cien

ce,

ener

gy, b

ioin

nova

tion

, nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

robo

tics

, pho

toni

cs

New

dis

clos

ures

re

port

ed b

y pu

b-lic

ly fu

nded

inst

i-tu

tions

in te

rms

of

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

tran

slat

ion

of

R&D

out

puts

into

pr

oduc

ts, p

roce

ss-

es a

nd s

ervi

ces

Num

ber o

f new

di

sclo

sure

s re

-po

rted

by

publ

icly

fu

nded

inst

itu-

tions

1 40

5 ne

w d

iscl

o-su

res

repo

rted

by

publ

icly

fund

ed

inst

itutio

ns b

y 31

M

arch

202

0

250

new

IP s

tatu

s an

d co

mm

erci

al-

isat

ion

repo

rts

rece

ived

279

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

251

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

280

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

22024

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

210

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

200

new

dis

clo-

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

2021

2223

24

20

Dec

isio

n-su

ppor

t int

erve

ntio

ns h

elp

peop

le th

ink

abou

t cho

ices

they

face

; the

y de

scrib

e w

here

and

why

cho

ice

exis

ts, a

nd p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n ab

out o

ptio

ns, i

nclu

ding

, whe

re re

ason

able

, the

opt

ion

of ta

king

no

actio

n. T

hese

inte

rven

tions

aim

to h

elp

peop

le

to d

elib

erat

e, in

depe

nden

tly o

r in

colla

bora

tion

with

oth

ers,

abou

t opt

ions

by

cons

ider

ing

rele

vant

att

ribut

es to

hel

p th

em c

onsi

der s

hort

, int

erm

edia

te a

nd lo

ng-t

erm

out

com

es w

ith re

leva

nt c

onse

quen

ces.

Dec

isio

n-su

ppor

t int

erve

ntio

ns a

ssis

t the

pro

cess

of c

onst

ruct

ing

pref

eren

ces

and

even

tual

dec

isio

n m

akin

g in

a p

artic

ular

situ

atio

n.

21

Regu

lato

ry re

com

men

datio

ns a

re re

com

men

datio

ns m

ade

to s

uppo

rt th

e w

ork

of o

ther

gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts a

s m

anda

ted

by s

peci

fic la

ws,

regu

latio

ns, g

uide

lines

and

spe

cific

atio

ns.

22

This

incl

udes

the

mon

itorin

g, e

valu

atio

n, v

erifi

catio

n, c

oord

inat

ion

and,

whe

re a

pplic

able

, the

regu

latio

n of

the

perf

orm

ance

of i

nstit

utio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

and

sup

port

inte

rven

tions

in li

ne w

ith v

ario

us p

lans

and

legi

slat

ion.

23

Supp

ort i

nter

vent

ions

are

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

suc

h as

coo

rdin

atin

g co

mm

ittee

s, pa

rtne

rshi

ps, j

oint

ven

ture

s an

d ot

her s

trat

egic

arr

ange

men

ts u

nder

take

n to

driv

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of n

atio

nal,

and

spec

ifica

lly D

ST p

olic

ies

and

stra

tegi

es.

24

The

redu

ctio

n in

the

num

ber o

f dic

losu

res

is a

tren

d ar

isin

g fro

m g

row

ing

awar

enes

s of

wha

t an

actio

nabl

e di

sclo

sure

is, a

nd w

hich

dis

clos

ures

will

get

a re

bate

from

the

IP F

und.

Programm

e 2


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce20

17/1

8

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

coor

dina

te a

nd s

uppo

rt h

igh-

end

and

skill

s de

velo

pmen

t in

the

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

&T

area

s of

spa

ce s

cien

ce, e

nerg

y, b

ioin

nova

tion

, nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

ro

boti

cs, p

hoto

nics

, syn

thet

ic b

iolo

gy, s

truc

tura

l bio

logy

, sys

tem

s bi

olog

y an

d fu

ncti

onal

gen

omic

s (c

olle

ctiv

ely

the

Sout

h A

fric

an B

iode

sign

Init

iati

ve),

IP m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tr

ansf

er a

nd te

chno

logy

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

Post

grad

uate

re

sear

ch s

tude

nts

Num

ber o

f pos

t-gr

adua

te s

tude

nts

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al) f

unde

d in

des

igna

ted

area

s25

1 78

9 po

stgr

ad-

uate

stu

dent

s (m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

) fun

ded

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

20

517

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (M

Sc,

PhD

) sup

port

ed

thro

ugh

DST

-fund

-ed

rese

arch

and

de

velo

pmen

t in

itiat

ives

402

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

) sup

-po

rted

thro

ugh

DST

-fund

ed R

&D

initi

ativ

es b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

414

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

) fu

nded

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

355

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

) fu

nded

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

340

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

) fu

nded

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

320

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

) fu

nded

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

17026

post

grad

-ua

te s

tude

nts

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al) f

unde

d in

des

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch

2021

Trai

nees

att

endi

ng

trai

ning

initi

ativ

es

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

Num

ber o

f tra

in-

ees27

atte

ndin

g tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

in

des

igna

ted28

ar

eas

1 18

0 tr

aine

es

atte

ndin

g tr

aini

ng

initi

ativ

es in

des

-ig

nate

d ar

eas

by

31 M

arch

202

0

340

trai

nees

su

ppor

ted

in k

ey

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

257

trai

nees

sup

-po

rted

in s

trat

egic

an

d em

ergi

ng

rese

arch

are

as b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

307

trai

nees

at

tend

ing

trai

ning

in

itiat

ives

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

240

trai

nees

at

tend

ing

trai

ning

in

itiat

ives

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

240

trai

nees

at

tend

ing

trai

ning

in

itiat

ives

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

240

trai

nees

at

tend

ing

trai

ning

in

itiat

ives

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

240

trai

nees

at

tend

ing

trai

ning

in

itiat

ives

in d

es-

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

supp

ort,

prom

ote,

and

adv

ocat

e fo

r the

dev

elop

men

t and

tran

slat

ion

of s

cien

tific

R&

D o

utpu

ts in

to c

omm

erci

al p

rodu

cts,

pro

cess

es a

nd s

ervi

ces

that

will

con

-tr

ibut

e to

war

ds e

cono

mic

gro

wth

and

a b

ette

r qua

lity

of li

feKn

owle

dge

appl

i-ca

tion

prod

ucts

Num

ber o

f kno

wl-

edge

app

licat

ion

prod

ucts

fund

ed

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

29 k

now

ledg

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

od-

ucts

fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

are

as

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

6 ne

w te

chno

logy

in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts, p

roce

sses

an

d/or

ser

vice

s de

velo

ped

8 ne

w te

chno

logy

in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts, p

roce

sses

an

d/or

ser

vice

s de

velo

ped

31 M

arch

201

6

8 kn

owle

dge

appl

icat

ion

prod

-uc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

6 kn

owle

dge

appl

icat

ion

prod

-uc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

6 kn

owle

dge

appl

icat

ion

prod

-uc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

5 kn

owle

dge

appl

icat

ion

prod

-uc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

5 kn

owle

dge

appl

icat

ion

prod

-uc

ts fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Com

mer

cial

out

-pu

ts29

in d

esig

nat-

ed a

reas

30

Num

ber o

f com

-m

erci

al o

utpu

ts in

de

sign

ated

are

as

21 c

omm

erci

al

outp

uts

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

1 ne

w te

chno

logy

co

mm

erci

alis

ed in

ke

y st

rate

gic

area

s

3 ne

w te

chno

logy

pr

oduc

ts, p

roce

ss-

es a

nd/o

r ser

vice

s co

mm

erci

alis

ed

by 3

1 M

arch

201

6

8 co

mm

erci

al o

ut-

puts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

4 co

mm

erci

al o

ut-

puts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

18

3 co

mm

erci

al o

ut-

puts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

19

3 co

mm

erci

al o

ut-

puts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

20

3 co

mm

erci

al o

ut-

puts

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

21

2526

2728

2930

25

Des

igna

ted

area

s in

clud

e sp

ace

scie

nce,

ene

rgy,

bio

inno

vatio

n, e

mer

ging

rese

arch

are

as, I

P m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tran

sfer

and

tech

nolo

gy c

omm

erci

alis

atio

n.

26

The

decr

ease

is d

ue to

bud

get c

uts

and

the

real

loca

tion

of s

tude

nt p

rogr

amm

es to

Pro

gram

me

4 (N

RF s

tude

nts)

.

27

Trai

nees

incl

ude

inte

rns,

tech

nici

ans,

men

tors

, aca

dem

ics,

rese

arch

ers,

inno

vato

rs, e

ntre

pren

eurs

and

IP c

andi

date

s.

28

Trai

ning

initi

ativ

es in

clud

es in

tern

ship

s, w

orks

hops

, con

fere

nces

, sem

inar

s, w

ebin

ars

and

wor

k in

tegr

ated

pro

gram

mes

.

29

Com

mer

cial

out

puts

: The

se in

clud

e lic

ence

s, as

sign

men

ts, o

ptio

ns, n

ew c

ompa

nies

, pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

.

30

Des

igna

ted

area

s in

clud

e sp

ace

scie

nce,

ene

rgy,

bio

inno

vatio

n, E

RAs,

IP m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tran

sfer

and

tech

nolo

gy c

omm

erci

alis

atio

n.

Programm

e 2


Tabl

e 13

: Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s fo

r the

201

8/19

fina

ncia

l yea

r

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

peri

odA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

sQ

uart

er 1

Qua

rter

2Q

uart

er 3

Qua

rter

4N

umbe

r of i

nstr

umen

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

know

ledg

e ut

ilisa

tion

Bian

nual

ly

(Q2

and

Q4)

21 in

stru

men

ts fu

nded

in s

uppo

rt

of k

now

ledg

e ut

ilisa

tion

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

No

targ

et

10 in

stru

men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

of k

now

ledg

e ut

ilisa

tion

No

targ

et

11 in

stru

men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

of k

now

ledg

e ut

ilisa

tion

Num

ber o

f kno

wle

dge

outp

uts

gene

rate

dA

nnua

lly14

9 kn

owle

dge

outp

uts

gene

rate

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

No

targ

et14

9 kn

owle

dge

outp

uts

gene

rate

dN

umbe

r of s

trat

egic

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

es31

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

in s

uppo

rt o

f eco

-no

mic

sec

tors

Ann

ually

5 st

rate

gic

polic

y di

rect

ives

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

in s

uppo

rt o

f ec

onom

ic s

ecto

rs b

y 31

Mar

ch

2019

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

No

targ

et5

stra

tegi

c po

licy

dire

ctiv

es

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

in s

up-

port

of e

cono

mic

sec

tors

Num

ber o

f new

dis

clos

ures

re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nd-

ed in

stitu

tions

Qua

rter

ly(Q

1, Q

3 an

d Q

4)22

0 ne

w d

iscl

osur

es32

repo

rted

by

publ

icly

fund

ed in

sti-

tutio

ns b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

100

new

dis

clos

ures

re-

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

No

targ

et10

0 ne

w d

iscl

osur

es re

-po

rted

by

publ

icly

fund

ed

inst

itutio

ns

20 n

ew d

iscl

osur

es re

-po

rted

by

publ

icly

fund

ed

inst

itutio

nsPe

rcen

tage

of r

egul

ator

y re

com

men

datio

ns m

ade

to th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Coun

cil

thro

ugh

DA

FF to

sup

port

de

cisi

on-m

akin

g.

Qua

rter

ly10

0% o

f reg

ulat

ory

reco

mm

enda

-tio

ns m

ade

to th

e G

MO

Exe

cutiv

e Co

unci

ll th

roug

h D

AFF

to s

uppo

rt

deci

sion

mak

ing

by 3

1 M

arch

20

19

100%

of r

egul

ator

y re

com

-m

enda

tions

mad

e fro

m

appl

icat

ions

rece

ived

to

supp

ort d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

100%

of r

egul

ator

y re

com

-m

enda

tions

mad

e fro

m

appl

icat

ions

rece

ived

to

supp

ort d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

100%

of r

egul

ator

y re

com

-m

enda

tions

mad

e fro

m

appl

icat

ions

rece

ived

to

supp

ort d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

100%

of r

egul

ator

y re

com

-m

enda

tions

mad

e fro

m

appl

icat

ions

rece

ived

to

supp

ort d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

Num

ber o

f dec

isio

n-su

p-po

rt in

terv

entio

ns d

evel

-op

ed o

r mai

ntai

ned

Ann

ually

2

deci

sion

-sup

port

inte

rven

tions

m

aint

aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

No

targ

et2

deci

sion

-sup

port

inte

r-ve

ntio

ns m

aint

aine

d

Num

ber o

f pos

tgra

duat

e st

uden

ts (m

aste

rs a

nd d

oc-

tora

l) fu

nded

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

Ann

ually

340

post

grad

uate

stu

dent

s (m

aste

rs a

nd d

octo

ral)

fund

ed

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

20

19

No

targ

et N

o ta

rget

No

targ

et34

0 po

stgr

adua

te s

tude

nts

(mas

ters

and

doc

tora

l) fu

nded

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

Num

ber o

f tra

inee

s at

tend

-in

g tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

Bian

nual

(re

port

ing

in Q

3 an

d Q

4)

240

trai

nees

att

endi

ng tr

aini

ng

initi

ativ

es in

des

igna

ted

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

et

No

targ

et16

5 tr

aine

es a

tten

ding

tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

in d

esig

-na

ted

area

s

75 tr

aine

es a

tten

ding

trai

n-in

g in

itiat

ives

in d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

Num

ber o

f kno

wle

dge

ap-

plic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts fu

nded

in

des

igna

ted

area

s

Bian

nual

(re

port

ing

in Q

3 an

d Q

4)

6 kn

owle

dge

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Programm

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Reco

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ce ta

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s w

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budg

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2015

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Programm

e 2


Programme 3: International Cooperation and ResourcesPurpose

To strategically develop, promote and manage

international partnerships that strengthen the NSI and

enable an exchange of knowledge, capacity and resources

between South Africa and its international partners, with

a focus on supporting STI capacity-building in Africa, and

to support South African foreign policy through science

diplomacy.

Strategic overview

International cooperation that strengthens the NSI by

increasing access to global knowledge, capacity and

resources is essential for the DST to achieve its strategic

objectives in support of the implementation of the NDP.

The Programme is therefore actively promoting such

partnerships, not as objectives in their own right, but in

support of the rest of the Department’s efforts to fight

poverty, inequality and unemployment.

Science, technology and innovation, as evidenced by

their prominent role in the Sustainable Development

Goals, are recognised globally as essential instruments

to combat poverty, inequality and unemployment.

This globally shared policy perspective enables the

Programme to foster a range of partnerships, for example

with development cooperation agencies, philanthropic

organisations and foundations and multilateral bodies,

which make resources available to assist the Department’s

efforts to put STI at the service of South African society.

The Programme’s efforts therefore contribute to the

attainment of all five of the Department’s strategic

outcome-oriented goals, and the Programme’s strategic

targets all speak directly to these goals. The explicit

focus on harnessing the Programme’s efforts as point

of departure to support the work of the rest of the

Department represents a significant change in approach

and strategic orientation.

Complementary to the national context and aligned

with the NDP’s vision of a new positioning for South

Africa in the world and the orientation of South Africa’s

foreign policy objectives, the DST is specifically prioritising

cooperation with other African partners and emerging

economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. The

objective is to integrate African continental and regional

partnerships as a cross-cutting priority across the work

of the Department, not only contributing to capacity-

building, but also reinforcing and leveraging South Africa’s

trade and investment partnerships.

The point of departure for the Department’s promotion of

international cooperation is a response to national priorities,

and the Programme continues to target international

support for the building of strategically relevant national

STI capabilities, including for knowledge-based decision-

support to government. This change in approach will see

an intensified and enhanced coordination with other DST

Programmes to ensure that the focus and orientation of

international partnerships address the needs of other

Programmes directly.



From the above it is clear that the Programme directly

supports Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 1 (to develop

a coordinated, responsive and efficient NSI). The focus

on government imperatives will be more explicit than

before and no new international partnerships will be

initiated without a critical evaluation of their relevance.

The Programme will therefore secure international funds

to complement South Africa’s national investment in STI.

The Programme’s strategic targets and indicators are

focused on the leveraging of foreign investment as

well as on increasing the funding made available by

international partners for cooperation with South

Africa related to national priority themes such as the

bioeconomy, hydrogen and fuel cell technology, space

S&T, or innovation for inclusive development. The foreign

funds leveraged and international cooperation accessed

will be aligned with the Department’s priorities through,

for example, sector budget support programmes.

Programm

e 3


Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goals 2 and 3:

Increased Knowledge Generation and Human

Capital Development

The Programme is also contributing to Strategic Outcome-

Oriented Goal 2 (Increased knowledge generation)

by enhancing its coordination efforts with other DST

Programmes to ensure that international experience and

expertise is accessed in response to South African capacity-

building requirements. This is aligned with the Indicators

with regard to increasing the number of international

partner organisations and enabling technical exchanges

with these partners ensure that the Programme’s efforts

speak directly to the goal.

In line with Strategic Outcome-oriented Goal 3

(Human Capital Develoment) the Programme focuses

on strengthening South Africa’s capacities, other

opportunities being pursued include international HCD

programmes such as postgraduate training for South

Africans abroad or schemes for South African researchers

to access global research infrastructure. Such initiatives

will always be aligned with the requirements of the NSI

and respond directly to the Strategic Outcome-Oriented

Goal 3 (human capital development). The Programme’s

indicators include the number of South African students

accessing postgraduate training opportunities abroad.

Strategic Outcome-oreinted Goal 4 and 5: Using

knowledge for economic development and

Using knowledge and Innovation for inclusive

development

With regard to the fourth goal (using knowledge for

economic development) and the fifth goal (promoting

knowledge utilisation for inclusive development), the

DST’s activities will continue to benefit significantly from

international partnerships, especially in the context of the

priority focus on STI in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Actions such as the strategic promotion of joint ventures

with international public and private sector partners,

which will enable the sharing of costs and expertise, or

could make foreign investment and technical assistance

available, will continue to be pursued. There will be a

committed effort to increase the scale of partnerships with

a greater focus on innovation and enhance their impact

significantly in order to reinforce the NSI’s capabilities.

The Programme is the custodian for the South African

government’s science diplomacy, i.e. the use of

international STI cooperation to advance South Africa’s

foreign policy, including its international trade and

investment agenda. The DST’s priority focus in this regard

will be contributing to the MTSF Outcome: Creating a

better South Africa and contributing to a better and safer

Africa in a better world, notably by advancing African

regional cooperation and integration and South-South

cooperation through STI partnerships.

The Department will assume an active leadership role

in implementing the AU’s Science, Technology and

Innovation Strategy for Africa, maximising benefits for the

NSI and bolstering Africa’s development. The focus will be

specifically on Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goals 4 and 5.

The Programme will pursue strategic targets related to the

number of African Union and SADC initiatives it supports,

as well as the amount of foreign funding it leverages for

strengthening Africa’s STI capacities. Bilateral cooperation

with other African partners is also a priority, and will be

easured using a target related to the number of projects in

which it co-invests with continental partners.

The interface between science and diplomacy has

become a critical policy domain for governments across

the world. In order to ensure the Department optimally

leverages South Africa’s extensive foreign policy for the

benefit of the NSI, whist at the same time supporting

foreign policy objectives through international STI

cooperation, a strategic framework for science diplomacy

will be developed and implemented.

The Programme’s horizontal policy priorities include

achieving a greater focus on innovation in international

STI partnerships involving South Africa, moving away from

relatively small-scale, collaborative academic projects

towards market-oriented research projects. The focus

will be to ensure a far greater participation of South

African and international industry, especially SMEs, in

the Department’s international cooperation initiatives,

including through public-private partnerships.

Specific attention will continue to be paid to ensuring that

historically disadvantaged institutions participate actively

in the DST’s international partnership portfolio and are

optimally supported to benefit from it.

Programm

e 3



Strategic objectives Strategic statementsAccess international funds to support the growth and develop-ment of the NSI

To secure international funds to complement South Africa’s na-tional investments in STI, including resources for DST initiatives requiring external investment

Enhance South Africa’s national STI capabilities through access to international knowledge capacities and resources

To access international knowledge, capacities and resources, to enhance South Africa’s national STI capabilities, and to contribute to the attainment of the DST’s targets for HCD, especially for inter-national PhD training

Strengthen STI cooperation in Africa To strengthen cooperation in STI in Africa, to build capacity and to support SADC and AU initiatives for the advancement of the growth and development agenda both South Africa and Africa

Support South Africa’s foreign policy through science diplomacy To maximise South Africa’s strategic interests in international co-operation in STI in support of South Africa’s foreign policy objec-tives, and international trade and investment partnerships

Programm

e 3

Chief directorates

International Resources

Works to increase the flow of international funding into

South African STI initiatives as well as African regional

and continental programmes, through concerted foreign

investment promotion efforts, and the fostering of strategic

partnerships with partners such as the European Union, as

well as foundations and philanthropic organisations and

the multinational private sector.

Multilateral Cooperation and Africa

Advances and facilitates South Africa’s participation in

bilateral STI cooperation initiatives with other African

partners, in African multilateral programmes, especially

SADC and AU programmes, and in broader multilateral

STI partnerships, with a strategic focus on South-South

cooperation.

Overseas Bilateral Cooperation

Promotes and facilitates South Africa’s bilateral STI

cooperation with partners in Europe, the Americas, Asia

and Australasia, especially for STI HCD, for collaborative

research and innovation, and to secure partners’ support

for joint cooperation with other African partners.


Tabl

e 15

: Pro

gram

me

risk

man

agem

ent a

nd id

enti

ficat

ion

for I

nter

nati

onal

Coo

pera

tion

and

Res

ourc

es

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

on

Acc

ess

inte

rnat

iona

l fu

nds

to s

uppo

rt t

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row

th a

nd d

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op-

men

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he N

SI.

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ativ

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rcep

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by fo

reig

n pa

rtne

rs o

f SA

as

a vi

able

des

tina-

tion

for S

TI in

vest

men

ts.

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mar

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Sou

th A

frica

as a

pre

ferr

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estin

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r STI

-orie

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view

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roug

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rate

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gem

ents

at J

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outh

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ca.

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ive

enga

gem

ent

to s

ensi

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inte

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l par

tner

s of

re

turn

on

inve

stm

ent i

n co

oper

atio

n w

ith S

outh

Afri

ca.

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nce

Sout

h A

frica

’s na

tiona

l STI

cap

abili

ties

thro

ugh

acce

ss t

o in

tern

atio

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now

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paci

ties

and

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s.La

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t or w

illin

gnes

s of

inte

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l par

tner

s to

sha

re S

TI

expe

rtis

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outh

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ca•

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fo

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of

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ually

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stra

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ps w

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ers

of p

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tere

st to

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frica

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t na

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l Sou

th A

frica

n fu

nds

to s

uppo

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outh

Afri

can

post

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uate

stu

dent

s st

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co-in

vest

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hem

es

with

na

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part

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to

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uden

ts

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abr

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appr

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te o

r irr

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inte

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erie

nce

and

expe

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ned

with

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frica

n ne

eds.

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outh

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can

tech

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ertis

e in

all

phas

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of p

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acity

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TI c

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line

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mes

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ives

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tern

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o lo

nger

val

ue S

outh

Afri

ca’s

role

as e

nabl

er

and

entr

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int

for

coop

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ion

initi

ativ

es w

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he re

st o

f the

Af-

rican

con

tinen

t.

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refu

l co

nsul

tatio

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inte

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rs

and

bene

ficia

ries

in A

frica

, hig

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htin

g va

lue

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of S

outh

A

frica

n co

ntrib

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n.In

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at c

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vel

dela

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ca’s

fore

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plom

acy.

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fac

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ativ

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g ag

ains

t So

uth

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can

influ

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ader

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n ca

ndid

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for t

hem

.

Programm

e 3


Tabl

e 16

: Str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

wit

h fiv

e-ye

ar S

trat

egic

Pla

n ta

rget

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arge

ts a

re re

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s cu

mul

ativ

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mbe

rs fo

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plem

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r the

Str

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term

)

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-yea

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targ

et

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ned

targ

ets

over

the

five-

year

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ateg

ic P

lann

ing

Hor

izon

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

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cces

s in

tern

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nal f

unds

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sup

port

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ca a

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nted

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s pa

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n 1

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il 20

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and

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cilit

atio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

2070

app

rove

d AU

or S

AD

C

STI i

nitia

tives

, inc

ludi

ng

prog

ram

mes

, pro

ject

s or

go

vern

ance

fram

ewor

ks,

endo

rsed

at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rt-

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or i

n ki

nd)

by th

e D

ST b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2020

7 AU

or S

AD

C S

TI

initi

ativ

es, i

nclu

ding

pr

ogra

mm

es, p

roje

cts

or

gove

rnan

ce fr

amew

orks

, en

dors

ed a

t AU

or S

AD

C

min

iste

rial l

evel

sup

port

-ed

(fina

ncia

lly o

r in

kind

) by

the

DST

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

16

17 A

U o

r SA

DC

STI

in

itiat

ives

, inc

ludi

ng

prog

ram

mes

, pro

ject

s or

go

vern

ance

fram

ewor

ks,

endo

rsed

at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rt-

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or i

n ki

nd)

by th

e D

ST b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2017

33 A

U o

r SA

DC

STI

in

itiat

ives

, inc

ludi

ng

prog

ram

mes

, pro

ject

s or

go

vern

ance

fram

ewor

ks,

endo

rsed

at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rt-

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or i

n ki

nd)

by th

e D

ST b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

50 A

U o

r SA

DC

STI

in

itiat

ives

, inc

ludi

ng

prog

ram

mes

, pro

ject

s or

go

vern

ance

fram

ewor

ks,

endo

rsed

at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rt-

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or i

n ki

nd)

by th

e D

ST b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2019

70 A

U o

r SA

DC

STI

in

itiat

ives

, inc

ludi

ng

prog

ram

mes

, pro

ject

s or

go

vern

ance

fram

ewor

ks,

endo

rsed

at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rt-

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or i

n ki

nd)

by th

e D

ST b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2020

Programm

e 3


Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

targ

et

Plan

ned

targ

ets

over

the

five-

year

Str

ateg

ic P

lann

ing

Hor

izon

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

4.Su

ppor

t Sou

th A

frica

’s fo

reig

n po

licy

thro

ugh

scie

nce

dipl

omac

y

20 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n by

31

Mar

ch

2020

4 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

16

8 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

17

12 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

18

16 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

19

20 fo

rmal

ly re

cord

ed

deci

sion

s m

ade

in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l STI

fo

rum

s, su

ch a

s m

ultil

at-

eral

org

anis

atio

ns, w

ith a

di

rect

bea

ring

on re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

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iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

2018

lead

ersh

ip p

ositi

ons

occu

pied

by

Sout

h A

frica

in

inte

rnat

iona

l STI

gov

er-

nanc

e st

ruct

ures

rele

vant

to

influ

enci

ng re

sour

ce

allo

catio

n to

sup

port

pr

iorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t’s

Prog

ram

me

of A

ctio

n fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

DST

in

terv

entio

n be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

20

2 le

ader

ship

pos

ition

s oc

cupi

ed b

y So

uth

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal S

TI g

over

-na

nce

stru

ctur

es re

leva

nt

to in

fluen

cing

reso

urce

al

loca

tion

to s

uppo

rt

prio

ritie

s of

gov

ernm

ent’s

Pr

ogra

mm

e of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2016

6 le

ader

ship

pos

ition

s oc

cupi

ed b

y So

uth

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal S

TI g

over

-na

nce

stru

ctur

es re

leva

nt

to in

fluen

cing

reso

urce

al

loca

tion

to s

uppo

rt

prio

ritie

s of

gov

ernm

ent’s

Pr

ogra

mm

e of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2017

10 le

ader

ship

pos

ition

s oc

cupi

ed b

y So

uth

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal S

TI g

over

-na

nce

stru

ctur

es re

leva

nt

to in

fluen

cing

reso

urce

al

loca

tion

to s

uppo

rt

prio

ritie

s of

gov

ernm

ent’s

Pr

ogra

mm

e of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

14 le

ader

ship

pos

ition

s oc

cupi

ed b

y So

uth

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal S

TI g

over

-na

nce

stru

ctur

es re

leva

nt

to in

fluen

cing

reso

urce

al

loca

tion

to s

uppo

rt

prio

ritie

s of

gov

ernm

ent’s

Pr

ogra

mm

e of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2019

18 le

ader

ship

pos

ition

s oc

cupi

ed b

y So

uth

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal S

TI g

over

-na

nce

stru

ctur

es re

leva

nt

to in

fluen

cing

reso

urce

al

loca

tion

to s

uppo

rt

prio

ritie

s of

gov

ernm

ent’s

Pr

ogra

mm

e of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2020

Programm

e 3


Tabl

e 17

: Str

ateg

ic s

tate

men

ts, p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

, and

ann

ual a

nd M

TEF

targ

ets

for 2

018/

19

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

secu

re in

tern

atio

nal f

unds

to c

ompl

emen

t Sou

th A

fric

a’s

nati

onal

inve

stm

ents

in S

TI, i

nclu

ding

reso

urce

s fo

r DST

init

iati

ves

requ

irin

g ex

tern

al in

vest

men

ts

Fund

s di

rect

ly in

-ve

sted

by

inte

rna-

tiona

l par

tner

s in

re

sear

ch, i

nnov

a-tio

n an

d ST

I HC

D

prog

ram

mes

as

wel

l as

rese

arch

in

frast

ruct

ure

inve

stm

ents

in

Sout

h A

frica

as

a re

sult

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

Am

ount

(ex-

pres

sed

in ra

nd

mill

ions

) of i

nter

-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

R2 1

20m

in

inte

rnat

iona

l fu

nds

inve

sted

in

Sou

th A

frica

ac

coun

ted

for a

s pa

rt o

f coo

per-

atio

n in

itiat

ives

im

plem

ente

d by

th

e D

ST b

y 31

M

arch

202

0

No

base

line

R619

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

R689

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

R420

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

R440

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

R480

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

R500

m in

inte

r-na

tiona

l fun

ds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D p

rogr

amm

es

as w

ell a

s re

-se

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts

in S

outh

Afri

ca

acco

unte

d fo

r as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Programm

e 3


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Fund

s in

vest

ed b

y in

tern

atio

nal p

art-

ners

in th

eir o

wn

orga

nisa

tions

an

d in

itiat

ives

, bu

t tar

gete

d at

co

oper

atio

n in

re

sear

ch, i

nnov

a-tio

n an

d ST

I HC

D

with

Sou

th A

fri-

can

part

ners

as

a re

sult

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

Am

ount

(ex-

pres

sed

in ra

nd

mill

ions

) of f

unds

in

vest

ed b

y in

ter-

natio

nal p

artn

ers

in th

eir o

wn

orga

nisa

tions

an

d in

itiat

ives

, bu

t tar

gete

d at

co

oper

atio

n in

re

sear

ch, i

nno-

vatio

n an

d ST

I H

CD

with

Sou

th

Afri

can

part

ners

as

par

t of c

oop-

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

R1 2

80m

inve

sted

by

inte

rnat

iona

l pa

rtne

rs a

s pa

rt

of c

oope

ratio

n in

itiat

ives

impl

e-m

ente

d by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

20

20

No

base

line

R2 1

98m

inve

sted

by

inte

rnat

iona

l pa

rtne

rs in

thei

r ow

n or

gani

sa-

tions

and

initi

a-tiv

es, b

ut ta

rget

ed

at c

oope

ratio

n in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D w

ith S

outh

A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

as p

art o

f coo

p-er

atio

n in

itiat

ives

im

plem

ente

d by

th

e D

ST b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

R1 2

53m

inve

sted

by

inte

rnat

iona

l pa

rtne

rs in

thei

r ow

n or

gani

sa-

tions

and

initi

a-tiv

es, b

ut ta

rget

ed

at c

oope

ratio

n in

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D w

ith S

outh

A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

as p

art o

f coo

p-er

atio

n in

itiat

ives

im

plem

ente

d by

th

e D

ST b

y 31

M

arch

201

7

R250

m in

vest

ed

by in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

in th

eir

own

orga

nisa

-tio

ns a

nd in

itia-

tives

, but

targ

eted

at

coo

pera

tion

in re

sear

ch, i

n-no

vatio

n an

d ST

I H

CD

with

Sou

th

Afri

can

part

ners

as

par

t of c

oop-

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

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the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

R280

m in

vest

ed

by in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

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eir

own

orga

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ns a

nd in

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tives

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th

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can

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t of c

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erat

ion

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ativ

es

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emen

ted

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the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

R300

m in

vest

ed

by in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

in th

eir

own

orga

nisa

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ns a

nd in

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tives

, but

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d ST

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th

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par

t of c

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erat

ion

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ativ

es

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

R320

m in

vest

ed

by in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

in th

eir

own

orga

nisa

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ns a

nd in

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at

coo

pera

tion

in re

sear

ch, i

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n an

d ST

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CD

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th

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can

part

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t of c

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ativ

es

impl

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ted

by

the

DST

by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

acce

ss in

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atio

nal k

now

ledg

e, c

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itie

s an

d re

sour

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to e

nhan

ce S

outh

Afr

ica’

s na

tion

al S

TI c

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iliti

es, a

nd to

con

trib

ute

to th

e at

tain

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t of t

he D

ST’s

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uman

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ital

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peci

ally

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Num

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ST

1 88

0 So

uth

Afri

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trai

ning

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-gr

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grad

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qu

alifi

catio

n as

pa

rt o

f coo

per-

atio

n in

itiat

ives

fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

20

20

No

base

line

169

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

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part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2016

210

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

iona

l tr

aini

ng p

ro-

gram

mes

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ring

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stgr

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te

qual

ifica

tion

as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2017

350

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h A

frica

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uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

iona

l tr

aini

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ro-

gram

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part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2018

650

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

iona

l tr

aini

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gram

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ring

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te

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part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2019

680

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

iona

l tr

aini

ng p

ro-

gram

mes

offe

ring

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stgr

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te

qual

ifica

tion

as

part

of c

oope

r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2020

700

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rnat

iona

l tr

aini

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ro-

gram

mes

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ring

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stgr

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te

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tion

as

part

of c

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r-at

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2021

Programm

e 3


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Shar

ing

of

expe

rienc

e an

d ex

pert

ise

by in

ter-

natio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.

e. le

gal e

ntiti

es)

with

Sou

th

Afri

can

part

ners

w

ithin

the

fram

e-w

ork

of c

olla

bo-

rativ

e re

sear

ch,

inno

vatio

n or

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H

CD

pro

ject

s as

pa

rt o

f coo

per-

atio

n in

itiat

ives

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cilit

ated

by

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ber o

f int

er-

natio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.e

. le

gal e

ntiti

es) c

ol-

labo

ratin

g w

ith

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h A

frica

n pa

rtne

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th

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mew

ork

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ed c

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ativ

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ch,

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vatio

n or

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H

CD

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ject

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rt o

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atio

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par

tner

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an-

isat

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labo

-ra

ting

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th

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part

ners

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par

t of c

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ST b

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ch

2020

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base

line

585

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rnat

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l pa

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pa

rt o

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ated

by

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by

31 M

arch

20

16

668

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rnat

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arch

20

17

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rnat

iona

l pa

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satio

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rt o

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31 M

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18

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rnat

iona

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rt o

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ated

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DST

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31 M

arch

20

19

600

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rnat

iona

l pa

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ns (i

.e. l

egal

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rt o

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ated

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31 M

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20

20

650

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rnat

iona

l pa

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ns (i

.e. l

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pa

rt o

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ives

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cilit

ated

by

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DST

by

31 M

arch

20

21

Ded

icat

ed in

ter-

natio

nal t

echn

ical

ex

chan

ges

such

as

wor

ksho

ps,

sem

inar

s or

trai

n-in

g pr

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mm

es,

unde

rtak

en to

bu

ild o

r rei

nfor

ce

Sout

h A

frica

’s ca

paci

ties

in k

ey

STI d

omai

ns

spec

ifica

lly re

fer-

ence

d in

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DST

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rate

gic

Plan

, w

ith th

e su

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t of

inte

rnat

iona

l pa

rtne

rs fa

cilit

at-

ed b

y th

e D

ST

Num

ber o

f int

er-

natio

nal t

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ical

ex

chan

ges

(suc

h as

wor

ksho

ps,

sem

inar

s or

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g pr

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mm

es)

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uild

or

rein

forc

e So

uth

Afri

ca’s

capa

citie

s in

key

STI

do-

mai

ns s

peci

fical

ly

refe

renc

ed in

the

DST

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

the

supp

ort

of in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

faci

litat

-ed

by

the

DST

100

inte

rnat

iona

l te

chni

cal e

x-ch

ange

s to

bui

ld

or re

info

rce

Sout

h A

frica

’s ca

paci

ties

in k

ey S

TI d

o-m

ains

spe

cific

ally

re

fere

nced

in th

e D

ST S

trat

egic

Pl

an, u

nder

take

n w

ith th

e su

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t of

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iona

l pa

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rs fa

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at-

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

A to

tal o

f 56

spec

ialis

t or

join

t tec

hnic

al

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ps, p

olic

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ssed

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sted

, fac

ilita

ted,

or

con

trib

uted

to

for p

artic

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ion

by S

outh

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can

rese

arch

ers

and

stud

ents

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tern

atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

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ges

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e So

uth

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ca’s

capa

citie

s in

key

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mai

ns s

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renc

ed in

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DST

Str

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Plan

, und

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ken

with

the

supp

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of in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

faci

litat

-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

6

51 in

tern

atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

chan

ges

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uth

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s in

key

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ns s

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renc

ed in

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DST

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Plan

, und

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ken

with

the

supp

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of in

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atio

nal

part

ners

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litat

-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

7

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tern

atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

chan

ges

to b

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e So

uth

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ca’s

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s in

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ns s

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ed in

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ic

Plan

, und

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ken

with

the

supp

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of in

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atio

nal

part

ners

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-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

8

25 in

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atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

chan

ges

to b

uild

or

rein

forc

e So

uth

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ca’s

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s in

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ns s

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ly

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renc

ed in

the

DST

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ic

Plan

, und

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ken

with

the

supp

ort

of in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

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litat

-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

9

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atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

chan

ges

to b

uild

or

rein

forc

e So

uth

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ca’s

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citie

s in

key

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do-

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ns s

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fical

ly

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renc

ed in

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DST

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ateg

ic

Plan

, und

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ken

with

the

supp

ort

of in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

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litat

-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

202

0

35 in

tern

atio

nal

tech

nica

l ex-

chan

ges

to b

uild

or

rein

forc

e So

uth

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ca’s

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citie

s in

key

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do-

mai

ns s

peci

fical

ly

refe

renc

ed in

the

DST

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

the

supp

ort

of in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

faci

litat

-ed

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

202

1

Programm

e 3


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

stre

ngth

en c

oope

rati

on in

STI

in A

fric

a, to

bui

ld c

apac

itie

s an

d su

ppor

t ini

tiat

ives

of t

he S

AD

C an

d A

U, f

or th

e ad

vanc

emen

t of b

oth

Sout

h A

fric

a an

d A

fric

a’s

grow

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent a

gend

a

Rese

arch

, inn

ova-

tion

and

STI H

CD

co

oper

atio

n pr

oj-

ects

, co

-fund

ed

or s

uppo

rted

in

kind

, by

the

DST

an

d ot

her A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

Num

ber o

f re-

sear

ch, i

nnov

a-tio

n an

d ST

I HC

D

coop

erat

ion

proj

-ec

ts ,

co-fu

nded

or

sup

port

ed in

ki

nd, b

y th

e D

ST

and

at le

ast o

ne

othe

r Afri

can

part

ner

300

rese

arch

, in-

nova

tion

and

STI

HC

D c

oope

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts c

o-fu

nd-

ed o

r sup

port

ed

in k

ind

by th

e D

ST a

nd a

t lea

st

one

othe

r Afri

can

gove

rnm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

No

base

line

61 re

sear

ch, i

n-no

vatio

n an

d ST

I H

CD

coo

pera

tion

proj

ects

initi

ativ

es

co-fu

nded

or

supp

orte

d in

kin

d by

DST

and

at

leas

t one

oth

er

Afri

can

part

ner b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

54 re

sear

ch,

inno

vatio

n an

d ST

I HC

D c

oop-

erat

ion

proj

ects

co

-fund

ed o

r su

ppor

ted

in k

ind

by D

ST a

nd a

t le

ast o

ne o

ther

A

frica

n pa

rtne

r by

31 M

arch

201

7

50 re

sear

ch,

inno

vatio

n an

d ST

I HC

D c

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put

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tim

ated

pe

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man

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ium

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m ta

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2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

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r SA

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in

itiat

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Programm

e 3


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put

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orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

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ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Sout

h A

frica

n oc

cupy

ing

lead

-er

ship

pos

ition

s in

inte

rnat

iona

l ST

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tion

to

supp

ort p

riorit

ies

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over

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t’s

Prog

ram

me

of

Act

ion

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

by

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arch

202

0

4 le

ader

ship

po-

sitio

ns o

ccup

ied

by S

outh

Afri

ca

in in

tern

atio

nal

STI g

over

nanc

e st

ruct

ures

rele

-va

nt to

influ

enc-

ing

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urce

al

loca

tion

to

supp

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riorit

ies

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over

nmen

t’s

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ram

me

of

Act

ion

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win

g sp

ecifi

c D

ST

inte

rven

tion

by

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arch

202

1

Programm

e 3


Tabl

e 18

: Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s fo

r the

201

8/19

fina

ncia

l yea

r

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

freq

uenc

yA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

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rter

ly ta

rget

s

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

Am

ount

(exp

ress

ed in

rand

m

illio

ns) o

f int

erna

tiona

l fu

nds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

rese

arch

, inn

ovat

ion

and

STI H

CD

pro

gram

mes

as

wel

l as

rese

arch

infra

stru

c-tu

re in

vest

men

ts in

Sou

th

Afri

ca a

s pa

rt o

f coo

pera

-tio

n in

itiat

ives

impl

emen

t-ed

by

the

DST

Bian

nual

ly (Q

3 an

d Q

4)R4

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in in

tern

atio

nal

fund

s di

rect

ly in

vest

ed in

re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n an

d ST

I HC

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rogr

amm

es a

s w

ell a

s re

sear

ch in

frast

ruc-

ture

inve

stm

ents

in S

outh

A

frica

as

part

of c

oope

ra-

tion

initi

ativ

es im

plem

ent-

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch

2019

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targ

et

No

targ

et

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in in

tern

atio

nal

fund

s di

rect

ly in

vest

ed in

re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n an

d ST

I HC

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s w

ell a

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sear

ch in

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ents

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outh

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frica

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part

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oope

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tion

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ativ

es im

plem

ent-

ed b

y th

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ST

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iona

l fu

nds

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ctly

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sted

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arch

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ovat

ion

and

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CD

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gram

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l as

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re in

vest

men

ts in

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th

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ca a

s pa

rt o

f coo

pera

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n in

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ives

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emen

t-ed

by

the

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ount

(exp

ress

ed in

rand

m

illio

ns) o

f fun

ds in

vest

ed

by in

tern

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nal p

artn

ers

in th

eir o

wn

orga

nisa

tions

an

d in

itiat

ives

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targ

eted

at

coo

pera

tion

in re

sear

ch,

inno

vatio

n an

d ST

I HC

D

with

Sou

th A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

as p

art o

f coo

pera

tion

initi

ativ

es im

plem

ente

d by

th

e D

ST

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nual

ly (Q

3 an

d Q

4)R2

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sted

by

inte

r-na

tiona

l par

tner

s in

thei

r ow

n or

gani

satio

ns a

nd

initi

ativ

es b

ut ta

rget

ed a

t co

oper

atio

n in

rese

arch

, in

nova

tion

and

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CD

w

ith S

outh

Afri

can

part

ners

as

par

t of c

oope

ratio

n in

itiat

ives

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

9

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targ

et

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targ

et

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inve

sted

by

inte

r-na

tiona

l par

tner

s in

thei

r ow

n or

gani

satio

ns a

nd

initi

ativ

es b

ut ta

rget

ed a

t co

oper

atio

n in

rese

arch

, in

nova

tion

and

STI H

CD

w

ith S

outh

Afri

can

part

ners

as

par

t of c

oope

ratio

n in

itiat

ives

impl

emen

ted

by

the

DST

R230

m in

vest

ed b

y in

ter-

natio

nal p

artn

ers

in th

eir

own

orga

nisa

tions

and

in

itiat

ives

but

targ

eted

at

coop

erat

ion

in re

sear

ch,

inno

vatio

n an

d ST

I HC

D

with

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th A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

as p

art o

f coo

pera

tion

initi

ativ

es im

plem

ente

d by

th

e D

ST

Num

ber o

f Sou

th A

frica

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uden

ts a

ccep

ted

into

in

tern

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rain

ing

prog

ram

mes

offe

ring

a po

stgr

adua

te q

ualifi

catio

n as

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t of c

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ratio

n in

itiat

ives

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST

Qua

rter

ly65

0 So

uth

Afri

can

stud

ents

pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in in

tern

a-tio

nal t

rain

ing

prog

ram

mes

off

erin

g a

post

grad

uate

qu

alifi

catio

n as

par

t of

coop

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

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targ

et

50 S

outh

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can

stud

ents

pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in in

tern

a-tio

nal t

rain

ing

prog

ram

mes

off

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g a

post

grad

uate

qu

alifi

catio

n as

par

t of

coop

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

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e D

ST

50 S

outh

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can

stud

ents

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rtic

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ing

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tern

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nal t

rain

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prog

ram

mes

off

erin

g a

post

grad

uate

qu

alifi

catio

n as

par

t of

coop

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST

550

Sout

h A

frica

n st

uden

ts

part

icip

atin

g in

inte

rna-

tiona

l tra

inin

g pr

ogra

mm

es

offer

ing

a po

stgr

adua

te

qual

ifica

tion

as p

art o

f co

oper

atio

n in

itiat

ives

fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

Programm

e 3


Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

freq

uenc

yA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

Num

ber o

f int

erna

tiona

l pa

rtne

r org

anis

atio

ns (i

.e.

lega

l ent

ities

) col

labo

ratin

g w

ith S

outh

Afri

can

part

ners

w

ithin

the

form

alis

ed

fram

ewor

k of

col

labo

rativ

e re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n or

STI

H

CD

pro

ject

s ac

coun

ted

as

part

of c

oope

ratio

n in

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tives

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST

Qua

rter

ly55

0 in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.e

. leg

al

entit

ies)

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith

Sout

h A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

with

in th

e fo

rmal

ised

fra

mew

ork

of c

olla

bora

-tiv

e re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n or

STI

HC

D p

roje

cts

part

of

coo

pera

tion

initi

ativ

es

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

10 in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.e

. leg

al

entit

ies)

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith

Sout

h A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

with

in th

e fo

rmal

ised

fra

mew

ork

of c

olla

bora

tive

rese

arch

, inn

ovat

ion

or S

TI

HC

D p

roje

cts

part

of c

oop-

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

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tern

atio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.e

. leg

al

entit

ies)

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith

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h A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

with

in th

e fo

rmal

ised

fra

mew

ork

of c

olla

bora

tive

rese

arch

, inn

ovat

ion

or S

TI

HC

D p

roje

cts

part

of c

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erat

ion

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ativ

es fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

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tern

atio

nal p

artn

er

orga

nisa

tions

(i.e

. leg

al

entit

ies)

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith

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h A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs

with

in th

e fo

rmal

ised

fra

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ork

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olla

bora

tive

rese

arch

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ion

or S

TI

HC

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cts

part

of c

oop-

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

440

inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

or

gani

satio

ns (i

.e. l

egal

en

titie

s) c

olla

bora

ting

with

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uth

Afri

can

part

ners

w

ithin

the

form

alis

ed

fram

ewor

k of

col

labo

rativ

e re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n or

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H

CD

pro

ject

s pa

rt o

f coo

p-er

atio

n in

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ives

faci

litat

ed

by th

e D

ST

Num

ber o

f ded

icat

ed

inte

rnat

iona

l tec

hnic

al

exch

ange

s su

ch a

s w

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shop

s, se

min

ars

or tr

aini

ng

prog

ram

mes

to re

info

rce

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h A

frica

’s ca

paci

ties

in

key

STI d

omai

ns s

peci

fical

ly

refe

renc

ed in

the

DST

Str

a-te

gic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

th

e su

ppor

t of i

nter

natio

n-al

par

tner

s an

d fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

Qua

rter

ly25

ded

icat

ed in

tern

atio

nal

tech

nica

l exc

hang

es to

bu

ild o

r rei

nfor

ce S

outh

A

frica

’s ca

paci

ties

in k

ey S

TI

dom

ains

spe

cific

ally

refe

r-en

ced

in th

e D

ST S

trat

egic

Pl

an, u

nder

take

n w

ith th

e su

ppor

t of i

nter

natio

nal

part

ners

and

faci

litat

ed b

y th

e D

ST b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

3 de

dica

ted

inte

rnat

iona

l te

chni

cal e

xcha

nges

to

build

or r

einf

orce

Sou

th

Afri

ca’s

capa

citie

s in

key

STI

do

mai

ns s

peci

fical

ly re

fer-

ence

d in

the

DST

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

the

supp

ort o

f int

erna

tiona

l pa

rtne

rs a

nd fa

cilit

ated

by

the

DST

6 de

dica

ted

inte

rnat

iona

l te

chni

cal e

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nges

to

build

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einf

orce

Sou

th

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ns s

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ly re

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ence

d in

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ic

Plan

, und

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ken

with

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supp

ort o

f int

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tiona

l pa

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rs a

nd fa

cilit

ated

by

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DST

6 de

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ted

inte

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iona

l te

chni

cal e

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nges

to

build

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einf

orce

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th

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ca’s

capa

citie

s in

key

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do

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ns s

peci

fical

ly re

fer-

ence

d in

the

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ateg

ic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

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supp

ort o

f int

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tiona

l pa

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rs a

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cilit

ated

by

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DST

10 d

edic

ated

inte

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iona

l te

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nges

to

build

or r

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orce

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th

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s in

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do

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ns s

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fical

ly re

fer-

ence

d in

the

DST

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

, und

erta

ken

with

the

supp

ort o

f int

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l pa

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nd fa

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by

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DST

Num

ber o

f res

earc

h, in

no-

vatio

n an

d ST

I HC

D c

oop-

erat

ion

proj

ects

, co-

fund

ed

or s

uppo

rted

in k

ind

by

DST

and

at l

east

one

oth

er

Afri

can

part

ner

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nual

ly (Q

3 an

d Q

4)80

rese

arch

, inn

ovat

ion

and

STI H

CD

coo

pera

tion

proj

ects

co-

fund

ed o

r sup

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rted

in k

ind

by D

ST a

nd

at le

ast o

ne o

ther

Afri

can

part

ner b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

et

No

targ

et

5 re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n an

d ST

I HC

D c

oope

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts c

o-fu

nded

or s

up-

port

ed in

kin

d by

DST

and

at

leas

t one

oth

er A

frica

n pa

rtne

r

75 re

sear

ch, i

nnov

atio

n an

d ST

I HC

D c

oope

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts c

o-fu

nded

or s

up-

port

ed in

kin

d by

DST

and

at

leas

t one

oth

er A

frica

n pa

rtne

r

Programm

e 3


Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

freq

uenc

yA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

Am

ount

(exp

ress

ed in

rand

m

illio

ns) o

f int

erna

tiona

l fu

nds

dire

ctly

inve

sted

in

Afri

can

regi

onal

and

co

ntin

enta

l res

earc

h, in

no-

vatio

n, S

TI H

CD

or r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e pr

ogra

mm

es

as a

resu

lt of

DST

faci

lita-

tion

Ann

ually

R90m

in in

tern

atio

nal

fund

s di

rect

ly in

vest

ed

in A

frica

n re

gion

al a

nd

cont

inen

tal r

esea

rch,

inno

-va

tion,

STI

HC

D o

r res

earc

h in

frast

ruct

ure

prog

ram

mes

as

a re

sult

of D

ST fa

cilit

a-tio

n by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

et

No

targ

et

No

targ

et

R90m

in in

tern

atio

nal

fund

s di

rect

ly in

vest

ed

in A

frica

n re

gion

al a

nd

cont

inen

tal r

esea

rch,

inno

-va

tion,

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HC

D o

r res

earc

h in

frast

ruct

ure

prog

ram

mes

as

a re

sult

of D

ST fa

cilit

a-tio

n

Num

ber o

f AU

or S

AD

C

STI i

nitia

tives

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ng

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ram

mes

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ject

s or

go

vern

ance

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ks,

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at A

U o

r SA

DC

m

inis

teria

l lev

el s

uppo

rted

(fi

nanc

ially

or i

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y D

ST

Qua

rter

ly17

AU

or S

AD

C S

TI

initi

ativ

es, i

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ding

pr

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mm

es, p

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cts

or

gove

rnan

ce fr

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orks

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dors

ed a

t AU

or S

AD

C

min

iste

rial l

evel

sup

port

ed

(fina

ncia

lly o

r in

kind

) by

DST

by

31 M

arch

201

9

4 AU

or S

AD

C S

TI in

itiat

ives

, in

clud

ing

prog

ram

mes

, pr

ojec

ts o

r gov

erna

nce

fram

ewor

ks, e

ndor

sed

at

AU o

r SA

DC

min

iste

rial

leve

l sup

port

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or

in k

ind)

by

DST

4 AU

or S

AD

C S

TI in

itiat

ives

, in

clud

ing

prog

ram

mes

, pr

ojec

ts o

r gov

erna

nce

fram

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ks, e

ndor

sed

at

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DC

min

iste

rial

leve

l sup

port

ed (fi

nanc

ially

or

in k

ind)

by

DST

5AU

or S

AD

C S

TI in

itiat

ives

, in

clud

ing

prog

ram

mes

, pr

ojec

ts o

r gov

erna

nce

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ks, e

ndor

sed

at

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r SA

DC

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l sup

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ed (fi

nanc

ially

or

in k

ind)

by

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AD

C S

TI in

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ives

, in

clud

ing

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ram

mes

, pr

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ts o

r gov

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nce

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sed

at

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r SA

DC

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iste

rial

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l sup

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ially

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Num

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Programm

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Programme 4: Research Development and Support Purpose

To provide an enabling environment for research and

knowledge production that promotes the strategic

development of basic sciences and priority science areas,

through science promotion, HCD, and the provision of

research infrastructure and relevant research support,

in pursuit of South Africa’s transition to a knowledge

economy.

Strategic overview

Programme 4’s work contributes to three of the five

strategic outcome-oriented goals of the 2015-2020

Strategic Plan.



The Department has enjoyed a strong collaboration with

the DHET in research development and support. The

DHET provided its own funds to the NRF for awarding

postgraduate bursaries to the value of R254 million in

2016/17. In 2017/18 the DHET through its own funding,

established four research chairs in its priority areas,

contributing to the increase in number of research chairs

to 208 in 2017/18. In addition, better alignment has

been achieved between DHET’s Staffing South Africa’s

Universities Framework (SSAUF) and the DST/NRF HCD

offerings. In 2018/19, comprehensive alignment will

be sought between the DHET’s University Capacity

Development Programme (UCDP) and the larger DST/

NRF offerings. Alongside existing tracks in the Thuthuka

programme, the NRF will establish an additional track

to support the DHET Next Generation of Academics

Programme (nGAP) postholders. In the interim, the NRF

has supported successive cohorts of nGAP post-holders

with research development grants valued at R1 million,

and this needs to be scaled up to cover a significant

portion of the 191 nGAP postholders , targeting those

doing PhDs who have already taken up their positions in

different universities. The DST remains active in the Human

Resource Development Council, which is the advisory

body for HCD countrywide.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 2: Increased

Knowledge Generation

Programme 4 plays a leading role in this strategic

outcome-oriented goal. Without research, no knowledge

generation can take place. Through the NRF, Programme 4

is the key source of research funding for higher education

institutions. The Programme directly addresses this

imperative through researcher support on proxy indicator

number 1, the provision of research infrastructure, and the

promotion of research priority areas. In respect of research

grant support, knowledge generation is promoted

through a number of instruments that are designed to

strengthen research capacity at universities, including

research in priority or geographic advantage areas and the

research chairs and centres of excellence programmes,

both managed by the NRF. Concerted effort will be made

to strengthen research and increase research outputs

in these priority areas. Special attention will be paid to

enhancing the impact of these programmes. In both

cases, many of the researchers supported (chairs and CoEs)

constitute a significant brains trust whose scientific input

on relevant policy matters could add significant value to

the development of such policy; using instruments like

communities of practice, the DST will seek to enhance

their contribution to national policy development in this

respect.

In 2016/17, 4 520 researchers were awarded research

grants through NRF-managed programmes. This number

is expected to be maintained in 2018/19.

By the end of the 2016/17 financial year, 72 (against

a planned target of 70) research infrastructure grants

were awarded to researchers and institutions across the

innovation value chain through direct funding by the

Programme and as an indirect contribution to strategic

outcome-oriented goal 2 and proxy indicator number 4.

The grants include support for innovation infrastructure

in the form of pilot plants, technology demonstrators and

specialised facilities. Owing to significant budget cuts and

the need to initiate the implementation of the first group

of research infrastructures of the South African Research

Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR), a target of 70 research

Programm

e 4


infrastructure grants per year is no longer feasible, and it

has been reduced to 30 grants in 2018/19, and 20 grants

per year for the period 2019/20 to 2020/21.

An NDP target, under the theme “expanding access

to communication technology” is 100% broadband

penetration by 2020. The DST is contributing to this

target through the roll-out of the South African National

Research Network (SANReN) project. By the end of the

2016/17 financial year, the national backbone and its

points of presence had been upgraded to increase (i)

the number of research sites connected to 226 and (ii)

the average bandwidth per South African SANReN site

to 3 500 megabits per second as a contribution to proxy

indicator number 5. This translates in giving more than a

million users access to broadband connectivity.

The development of the South African Research

Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR) has come to a climax,

with its first edition being finalised and published

during 2016/17. The SARIR roadmap envisages the

implementation of 13 new, medium to large national

research infrastructures with a focus on five scientific

domains: humans and society; health, biological and food

security, Earth and the environment, energy, and materials

and manufacturing. Seven infrastructures were initiated

in 2016/17, with one expected to be implemented

in 2017/18 and the remaining five to be rolled out in

subsequent years.

During the 2016/17 financial year, some of the key

recommendations of the 2013 National Integrated

Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) review report were

initiated. These include the finalisation of frameworks for

(i) a multi-institutional national e-science postgraduate

teaching and training platform; (ii) an e-research support

programme; (iii) regional Tier 2 data nodes; and (iv) a

big data strategy. Through calls for proposals, a multi-

institutional national e-science postgraduate teaching

and training platform, and a regional (Western Cape) Tier

2 data node were successfully launched and approved by

the Minister in 2016/17. Contracts with a Wits- and UCT-

led consortium have been finalised to implement the

e-science programme and data node, respectively. The

first intake of students for the masters degree programme

is expected in January 2018.

At the level of the NSI, the impact of this Programme’s

work will be monitored through indicators such as the –

• contribution of South Africa’s research output to

global research output;

• global impact of South Africa’s research output;

• percentage of postgraduate research students

enrolling in SET programmes;

• annual number of doctoral graduates;

• participants in the DST-supported science awareness

and engagement initiatives; and

• the development of relevant strategic documents.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 3: Human Capital Development

Programme 4 is the custodian of high-level human capital

development for the NSI. In conjunction with the NRF,

Programme 4 is the key source of bursary support for

postgraduate training in SET from government for higher

education institutions through proxy indicators 1, 2 and 3.

Transforming the NSI’s human resource base is imperative

for the system’s sustainable growth, and the DST will

continue to monitor progress in reaching transformation

goals and targets, intervening where necessary. The

main barrier to stronger growth and transformation in

postgraduate enrolment and graduation is the current

inadequacy of public financial support. Too few students

are supported at too low a financial level. Massive increases

in public support for postgraduate studies would make

a significant difference, especially if coupled with more

communication on the importance of science to social

and personal development.

The Programme drives transformation at three levels,

namely, demographic, transdisciplinary and institutional.

The Programme, guided by the Ministerial guidelines

on Transformation, has mainstreamed demographic

and gender transformation in all its instruments under

the NRF oversight and management. The instruments

include the South African Research Chairs Initiative, the

centres of excellence, research grants, internships and

such special instruments such as the University Capacity

Development Programme in collaboration with the

Department of Higher Education and the Indigenous

Knowledge System DST/NRF Research Grant Framework.

Additionally, the DST together with strategic partners

have developed special vehicles for the demographic

and gender transformation. The Phuhlisa Programme

Programm

e 4


under the auspices of the African Coelacanth Ecosystems

Programme partners with historically black universities

to attract post graduate students in marine sciences.

The Habitable Earth Programme under the Alliance for

Collaboration on Climate and Earth Systems (ACCESS)

introduces black students to the concept of Earth Systems

Science. Instruments such as Women in Science are also

drivers of demographic transformation.

In the second area of transdisciplinary transformation,

all the chief directorates have mainstreamed the theme

in all knowledge fields research grants. The Indigenous

Knowledge Systems unit promotes transdisciplinarity

through three unique instruments, namely, the Biennial

Interface Conference that brings research grant holders,

knowledge holders and students together under specific

themes, the Biennial International Conference that

benchmarks IKS transdisciplinarity in the region and

globally, and the IKS Biennial Conference that showcases

innovation across the fields of IKS. In Earth Systems

Science Platform instruments such as ACCESS, Foundation

for Biodiversity Foundation Information, the South African

Environmental Observation Network, the CSIR and the

ARC. The new flagship initiatives, the Earth systems

Science Research Programme and the Global Change

Science and Society Research programme, are anchored

on the promotion of transdisciplinarity. The Marine,

Polar Research and Palaeosciences areas use research

instruments that promote transdisciplinary transformation.

The South African Research Infrastructure Road Map is

a strategic instrument that earmarks multidisciplinary

and transdisciplinary access to this infrastructure. This

intervention will transform the nature of access to research

infrastructure towards transdisciplinarity.

At institutional level, the South African Research Chairs

Initiative (SARChI) has been utilised to create new

chairs to address the gender imbalance in the NSI. The

institutionalisation of HCD instruments such as the Women

in Science Awards has been a strategic institutional

intervention. Science Engagement instruments are

targeted at promoting science and technology across the

nation. The DST partnership with entities in the promotion

of science has built institutional and memorable events

such as Scifest, Science Week, Eskom Science Expo for

Young Scientists and institutionalised them into annual

events.

Programme 4 envisages continued, expanded and

targeted development of transformation tools in all its

strategic science areas at the three levels discussed above.

Over and above competitive support for post-graduate

students across various science fields, targeted post-

graduate bursaries are provided in priority and geographic

advantage areas, with the aim of strengthening research

capabilities in these specialised areas.

Programm

e 4


Strategic objectives Objective statements

Contribute to human capital development To contribute to the development of representative, high-level hu-man capital able to pursue locally relevant, globally competitive research and innovation activities

Provision of research and innovation infrastructure To ensure the availability of and access to internationally compa-rable research and innovation infrastructure in order to generate new knowledge and train new researchers

Production of new knowledge To support and promote research that develops basic sciences through the production of new knowledge and relevant training opportunities

Development of priority science areas To strategically develop priority science areas in which South Afri-ca enjoys a competitive advantage, by promoting internationally competitive research and training activities and outputs

Promote science engagement To promote public engagement on STI


Chief directorates

Human Capital and Science Promotion

This chief directorate formulates and implements policies

and strategies that address the availability of human

capital for STI, and that provide fundamental support for

research activities. The chief directorate provides strategic

direction and support to institutions mandated to develop

human capital and increase knowledge production,

as well as interfacing with relevant stakeholders in this

regard. In addition, the chief directorate is responsible for

the development of a society that is scientifically literate

and critically engaged with science through public

engagement in STI and enhancing youth access to STI.

By the end of the 2017/18 financial year, ASSAf will have

completed a study of postgraduate training in engineering,

and policy recommendations emanating from this study

will be implemented in the course of 2018/19. On equity

issues, an observation of a large number of lecturers and

senior lecturers with masters and doctoral degrees at higher

education institutions compared to the small number of

applicants to the NRF emerging researchers’ programmes

is cause for concern. Universities South Africa has agreed

to investigate the matter, and a study will be completed

by the end of the 2017/18 financial year. It is envisaged

that this work will offer clear recommendations on policies

and programmes to improve the representation of active

black researchers (particularly black women), with such

recommendations incorporated into various programmes

in the course 2018/19.

The South African Research Chairs Initiative has been

identified by other organisations within the NSI as a

platform to advance research in areas of their strategic

importance. For example, in 2017/18 four research chairs

have been established in partnership with the DHET.

This has contributed to the increase of research chairs

from 199 in 2016/17 to 208 in 2017/18, including the five

new research chairs established at the national research

facilities. A total of six new chairs will be established in

2018/19 through bilateral agreements with industry and

science councils.

In 2017/18, the NRF Amendment Bill was introduced to

Parliament, and it will be taken through the parliamentary

structures for approval by the President in 2018/19. The

Bill provides for a more comprehensive codification of

the NRF’s current mandate, a clarification of the Minister’s

authority over the Foundation, and makes explicit the

NRF’s responsibilities in respect of science engagement.

The revised South African Council for Natural Scientific

Professions (SACNASP) Act will be submitted for

parliamentary processes in 2018/19.

One of the DST workplace preparation programmes, the

DST-NRF Internship Programme (implemented through the

NRF) gives recently qualified graduates and postgraduate

students an opportunity to improve their employability

by placing them at various institutions within the NSI,

thus greatly improving their chances of being retained

in the science system in the longer term. The internship

programme also contributes to government efforts to

reduce unemployment and develop skills. The equity

targets for the programme have been exceeded, with more

than 90% of the interns placed at NSI institutions being

black, and 60% being women. The DST supports a number

of other work preparation programmes. The intention is

to grow, streamline and systematise the implementation

model for these programmes, and to improve the DST’s

consolidated reporting on them.

In order to be able to determine the change brought about

by the Science Engagement Strategy, the Department

initiated a process in 2017/18 to establish monitoring and

evaluation systems for the DST-led science engagement

programme. To bring this work closer to completion, the

focus in 2018/19 will be on constructing baseline values

for the indicators that are in the Science Engagement

Monitoring Framework that was developed in 2017/18.

Existing science engagement initiatives, which include

mass participation initiatives such as the annual National

Science Week and science festivals as well as science

centre-based science promotion activities will be

sustained.

In the intergovernmental space, the collaboration

between the DST, DBE and DHET will be maintained

to enhance the objectives of the Science Engagement

Strategy, the National Strategy for Mathematics, Science

and Technology Education and the Framework for

cooperation in the provision of Career Development

Services in South Africa. Efforts will continue to formalise

direct collaborations between the DST and the provincial

departments of education to pave the way for the

implementation of the structured school-based initiatives

Programm

e 4


to build the culture of science among learners. In this

regard, the DST signed collaboration agreements with four

provincial departments of education in 2017/18. Science

centres are the key infrastructure for driving science

engagement. As a way of facilitating better organisation

of the local science centre community, a national network

of science centres will be established in 2018/19 based

on the Framework for the Promotion of Excellence in a

National Network of Science Centres (2014).

Basic Sciences and Infrastructure

Facilitates the strategic implementation of research

and innovation equipment and facilities to promote

knowledge production in areas of national priority and

to sustain R&D-led innovation. The chief directorate also

promotes the development and strengthening of basic

or foundational sciences, such as physics, chemistry,

mathematics, computer science, biological and life

sciences, geographic and geological sciences, and the

human and social sciences.

This chief directorate will support the provision of and

access to RDI infrastructure across the entire NSI by

awarding 50 research infrastructure grants (2018/19 to

2019/20) to the research community across the country.

The infrastructure funds will support the development of

pilot plants, technology demonstrators and specialised

facilities, which are aimed at promoting South Africa’s

manufacturing capacity. Among other things, this will

contribute to reducing poverty and unemployment.

Continued support will also be provided to students and

researchers to access global infrastructures such as the

Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland, the Joint

Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia, and the European

Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France.

In 2018/19 the chief directorate will continue the

implementation of the research infrastructures as part

of phase one of the roll-out of the SARIR – the roll-out

of at least nine will have been initiated by the end of

the 2018/19 financial year. Furthermore, the second

cohort of students would have been registered for the

e-science masters programme by the beginning of the

2019 academic year. With regard to contributing to the

national agenda of broadband provision to close the

digital divide (inequality), and supporting the transmission

of data to all research and academic institutions, the chief

directorate will continue to support the roll-out of a

gigabit per second (Gbps) capacity broadband network

through SANReN. Between 2017/18 and 2019/20, the

total available broadband capacity provided through the

SANReN per annum will be increased from 3 200 Gbps to

3 500 Gbps in 2019/20.

With regard to the basic sciences, the chief directorate will

continue to support about 39 research chairs in the human

and social sciences, the National Institute for Theoretical

Physics, and the African Institute for Mathematical

Sciences. A plan of action for the implementation of the

Basic Sciences Development and Support Framework

will be finalised to ensure targeted support for this part

of the science system. A South African Basic Sciences

Development and Support Platform will be established to

coordinate and drive the roll-out of the Framework

Science Missions

Promotes the development of research, the production of

scientific knowledge, and human capital in science areas

in which South Africa enjoys a geographic advantage.

These areas include the dynamics of climate change

and its impact on Earth systems, Antarctic and marine

research, the palaeosciences, and indigenous knowledge

systems (IKS).

Finalisation of the Bill for the Protection, Promotion,

Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge

is a key deliverable in the field. The IK Bill is an enabling

framework to ensure mechanisms are in place to address

poverty, inequality and unemployment.

Through the implementation of the Marine and Antarctic

Research Strategy, coordination of marine research

platforms will be set up to ensure that research contributes

new knowledge towards generating economic

opportunities, which will also assist in tackling the triple

challenge.

High emphasis will be placed on implementing the

recommendations of the Global Change mid-term

review and strengthening the overall implementation

of the Global Change Research Plan (GCRP), through the

conceptualisation and introduction of two dedicated

Programm

e 4


research programmes – namely, the Earth Systems

Science and Global Change Science and Society Research

Programme, respectively.

Programme 4 is responsible for two of the three performance

indicators assigned to the DST under Outcome 10 of the

Presidency MTSF Outcomes. These relate to a functional

climate change network formalised through memoranda

of understanding and biennial reporting to Cabinet on the

state of climate change science and technology in South

Africa. The second biennial report on the climate change

science and technology in South Africa will be prepared

and submitted to Cabinet by 31 March 2019.

Astronomy

This chief directorate supports the development of

astronomical sciences around the new Multiwavelength

Astronomy (MWA) Strategy. The MWA Strategy highlights

the current status of astronomy in South Africa, its

importance to the South African socio-economic

landscape, the astronomy heritage in South Africa and

how this could be further strengthened, and a strategic

approach for continued investments in astronomy in

South Africa. The strategy sets out strategic objectives and

a strategic agenda defined by the key priority areas for

astronomy, also outlining relevant cross-cutting support

programmes needed to give effect to the shared vision.

Emphasis will also be placed on HCD transformation so

that the demographics of the students supported and

graduating from directed astronomy HCD programmes

reflect those of the country.

The Minister announced in her DST Budget Vote in May

2017 that the possible establishment of an Astronomy

Institute will be investigated. The Astronomy Institute

would consolidate all radio, optical and gamma ray

astronomy activities under one national facility. A significant

milestone of the integration of 32 MeerKAT antennae with

a single polarisation correlator was achieved on schedule

by the end of March 2017. The 32 antennae are part of

the eventual 64, which are being built at the Losberg site

in the Northern Cape. By the end of 2017/18, all 64 of the

MeerKAT dishes will have been erected.

South Africa will host the SKA Phase 1 Mid-frequency

telescope (SKA 1 MID), which will consist of the 64 MeerKAT

dishes plus a further 133 dishes. Construction is scheduled

to commence in 2019 and continue until 2023. Phase 2

of the telescope, which is scheduled for construction

between 2024 and 2030, will consist of up to 3 000

dishes spread across Africa and Australia. The MeerKAT

radio telescope and associated infrastructure have

been classified as a megaproject under the Presidential

Infrastructure Coordinating Commission.

The key challenge to be addressed is the protection

of the astronomy reserves against radio, dust and light

pollution, including monitoring possible impacts on

astronomy activities from hydraulic fracturing in the

Northern Cape and from wireless, telecommunication and

broadcasting activities. It is expected that the regulations

for the Sutherland Central Advantage Areas will come into

effect in the 2018/19 financial year. This would require

the Astronomy Management Authority to be properly

resourced to issue the relevant permits and to process

compensation applications. It is also expected that the

process of establishing the Astronomy Management

Authority as a government component will be given

a green light by the Department of Public Service and

Administration (DPSA), as this body is crucial in ensuring

the protection of the astronomical sites from interferences.

Progress was made in 2016/17 on the implementation of

the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network

(AVN) project, with the first dish in this network being

commissioned in Ghana in August 2017. Important allied

interventions to strengthen African SKA-partner countries’

high performance computing and radio astronomy

competences have also been made through the provision

of a two-dish interferometry system to Botswana, and

high performance computer racks to both Botswana,

Namibia and Mozambique. These infrastructure initiatives

are complemented through training interventions. In

2018/19, the DST hopes to expand the AVN interventions

in partner countries, subject to additional support being

secured from the African Renaissance Fund; a proposal

in this regard was submitted to the Department of

International Relations and Cooperation in 2017/18

Programm

e 4


Tabl

e 20

: Pro

gram

me

risk

man

agem

ent a

nd id

enti

ficat

ion

for R

esea

rch

Dev

elop

men

t and

Sup

port

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

onCo

ntrib

ute

to h

uman

cap

ital d

evel

opm

ent.

Inad

equa

te s

uppo

rt p

rovi

ded

to p

ostg

radu

ate

stud

ents

re

sulti

ng in

hig

h at

triti

on ra

tes.

•Co

nduc

t the

revi

ew o

f the

min

iste

rial g

uide

line

targ

ets

tow

ards

ac

hiev

ing

tran

sfor

mat

ion

and

equi

ty in

the

dist

ribut

ion

of b

ursa

ries,

scho

lars

hips

and

fello

wsh

ips

in o

rder

to d

eter

min

e ta

rget

s fo

r 201

8-20

20

•Fi

nalis

e th

e U

nive

rsity

Cap

acity

Dev

elop

men

t Pro

gram

me

(UC

DP)

co

ncep

t doc

umen

t by

the

DST

and

the

DH

ET (T

he U

CD

P is

a

com

preh

ensi

ve c

apac

ity d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

amm

e fo

r uni

vers

ity

staff

and

rese

arch

ers

in w

hich

the

Staffi

ng S

outh

Afri

ca U

nive

rsity

Fr

amew

ork

is e

mbe

dded

.)

•Im

plem

ent p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

ns e

man

atin

g fro

m th

e po

stgr

adua

te re

sear

ch tr

aini

ng in

eng

inee

ring

stud

y

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e di

gita

l pla

tform

for t

he tr

acki

ng o

f po

stgr

adua

te s

tude

nts

supp

orte

d th

roug

h th

e N

RF

•Fi

nalis

e th

e N

DP

HC

D n

eeds

mod

el (m

odel

on

achi

evin

g 5

000

PhD

s p.

a. a

cros

s al

l dis

cipl

ines

and

for 7

5% o

f aca

dem

ic s

taff

to h

ave

PhD

s by

203

0)

Prov

isio

n of

rese

arch

and

inno

vatio

n in

frast

ruct

ure.

Curr

ent r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e ba

se is

not

ade

quat

ely

re-

new

ed a

nd/o

r mai

ntai

ned.

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e 13

rese

arch

infra

stru

ctur

es a

cros

s th

e fiv

e sc

ient

ific

dom

ains

as

per t

he S

ARI

R im

plem

enta

tion

plan

app

rove

d in

O

ctob

er 2

017

•M

onito

r and

eva

luat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of p

rogr

amm

es a

nd

proj

ects

as

per t

he N

ICIS

Impl

emen

tatio

n Pl

an a

ppro

ved

in 2

016/

17

•D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent c

o-in

vest

men

t fun

ding

pla

ns w

ith o

ther

go

vern

men

t dep

artm

ents

for t

he p

rovi

sion

of r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

es

Prod

uctio

n of

new

kno

wle

dge.

Inad

equa

te s

uppo

rt fo

r em

ergi

ng a

nd e

stab

lishe

d re

sear

ch-

ers.

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

ns e

man

atin

g fro

m th

e “s

ilent

maj

ority

” stu

dy

•Pr

esen

tatio

n of

the

findi

ngs

with

pol

icy

reco

mm

enda

tions

to th

e M

inis

ter

•Fi

nalis

atio

n of

the

UC

DP

conc

ept d

ocum

ent b

y th

e D

ST a

nd th

e D

HET

•D

evel

op a

nd fi

nalis

e th

e Tr

ansf

orm

atio

n an

d Eq

uity

Fra

mew

ork

•Su

ppor

t, th

roug

h th

e N

RF, t

he c

ohor

ts o

f nG

AP

post

hol

ders

with

a

mas

ters

deg

ree

and

abov

e w

ith re

sear

ch p

ropo

sal d

evel

opm

ent

fund

ing

Programm

e 4


Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive

Risk

des

crip

tion

Mit

igat

ion

acti

onD

evel

opm

ent o

f prio

rity

scie

nce

area

s.St

agna

nt s

cien

tific

outp

ut fr

om g

eogr

aphi

c ad

vant

age

know

ledg

e ar

eas.

•Es

tabl

ish

the

Nat

iona

l Ind

igen

ous

Know

ledg

e Sy

stem

s O

ffice

(NIK

SO)

unde

r the

new

IK A

ct

•Im

plem

ent t

he E

arth

Sys

tem

s Sc

ienc

e Fl

agsh

ip P

rogr

amm

e

•D

evel

op th

e G

loba

l Cha

nge

Scie

nce

and

Soci

ety

Rese

arch

Pr

ogra

mm

e

•D

evel

op re

gula

tions

for t

he IK

Act

•Im

plem

ent t

he M

arin

e an

d A

ntar

ctic

Res

earc

h St

rate

gy (M

ARS

) by

esta

blis

hing

the

MA

RS C

oord

inat

ion

Com

mitt

ee

•A

sses

s hu

man

reso

urce

s ne

eds

for t

he c

hief

dire

ctor

ate

•D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent c

o-in

vest

men

t fun

ding

pla

ns w

ith o

ther

go

vern

men

t dep

artm

ents

for p

rovi

sion

of r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

es

Failu

re o

f the

glo

bal S

KA p

hase

1 to

mat

eria

lise.

•Co

ntin

ue to

enc

oura

ge a

dditi

onal

mem

bers

to jo

in th

e SK

A

cons

ortiu

m th

roug

h in

tern

atio

nal b

ilate

ral e

ngag

emen

t

•Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in re

leva

nt g

over

nanc

e pr

oces

ses

in th

e in

tern

atio

nal

SKA

pro

ject

•G

row

and

incr

ease

the

Ast

rono

my

com

mun

ity in

Sou

th A

frica

to

enab

le th

e A

stro

nom

ers

to c

ompe

te o

n a

glob

al s

cale

/sta

teIn

effec

tive

regu

latio

n of

radi

o fre

quen

cy in

terf

eren

ce

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e Ka

roo

Cent

ral A

stro

nom

y A

dvan

tage

Are

as

(KC

AA

A) r

egul

atio

ns

•Si

gnin

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of m

emor

anda

of a

gree

men

t at d

iffer

ent

leve

ls to

ens

ure

that

radi

o as

tron

omy

and

othe

r gov

ernm

ent a

ctiv

ities

ca

n ta

ke p

lace

with

in th

e de

clar

ed K

CA

AA

with

out h

inde

ring

each

ot

her

Ineff

ectiv

e go

vern

ance

of t

he A

stro

nom

y po

rtfo

lio.

•Ro

adm

ap th

at d

efine

s th

e sc

ope,

role

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s –

legi

slat

ions

for t

he in

stitu

tes

Prom

ote

scie

nce

enga

gem

ent.

Frag

men

ted

coor

dina

tion

of a

nd in

adeq

uate

ena

blin

g sy

s-te

ms

for s

cien

ce e

ngag

emen

t •

Am

endm

ent o

f the

NRF

Act

to in

corp

orat

e SA

AST

A’s

role

of

coor

dina

ting

scie

nce

enga

gem

ent

•D

evel

op a

pla

n to

cap

acita

te S

AA

STA

to d

eliv

er o

n its

new

man

date

as

a co

ordi

nato

r of s

cien

ce e

ngag

emen

t

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e Sc

ienc

e En

gage

men

t Fun

ding

Mod

el

•Es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f an

accr

edite

d sc

ienc

e co

mm

unic

atio

n qu

alifi

catio

n in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e U

nive

rsity

of L

impo

po (f

ocus

ing

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of b

asic

sci

ence

com

mun

icat

ion

skill

s)

Programm

e 4


Tabl

e 21

: Str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

wit

h fiv

e-ye

ar S

trat

egic

Pla

n ta

rget

s (t

he ta

rget

s ar

e re

flect

ed a

s cu

mul

ativ

e nu

mbe

rs fo

r eve

ry y

ear o

f im

plem

enta

tion

ove

r the

Str

ate-

gic

Plan

term

)

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

targ

et

Plan

ned

targ

ets

over

the

five-

year

Str

ateg

ic P

lann

ing

Hor

izon

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

1.Co

ntrib

ute

to h

uman

ca

pita

l dev

elop

men

tN

ot le

ss th

an 1

5 84

0 an

-nu

al b

usar

ies

awar

ded

to

PhD

stu

dent

s as

refle

cted

in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

ent

ities

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

14 8

80 p

ostg

radu

ate

stud

ents

(5 3

11 B

Tech

and

ho

nour

s, 5

685

mas

ters

, an

d 3

136

PhD

stu

dent

s)

and

748

post

doct

oral

fe

llow

s aw

arde

d ba

sarie

s as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF

repo

rts

(DST

) bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

20

16

3 13

6 Ph

D s

tude

nts

awar

ded

burs

arie

s th

roug

h N

RF a

nd

DST

-man

aged

pro

-gr

amm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e N

RF a

nd D

ST p

roje

ct

repo

rts

betw

een

1 A

pril

2016

and

31

Mar

ch 2

017

Not

less

than

9 6

40

PhD

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d bu

rsar

ies

thro

ugh

NRF

an

d D

ST-m

anag

ed p

ro-

gram

mes

as

refle

cted

in

the

NRF

and

DST

pro

ject

re

port

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

16 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Not

less

than

12

740

PhD

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry fr

om

Prog

ram

e 4

fund

s as

re-

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Not

less

than

15

840

PhD

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry fr

om

Prog

ram

e 4

fund

s as

re-

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Not

less

than

54

300

annu

al b

usar

ies

awar

ded

to p

ipel

ine

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e re

port

s fro

m N

RF a

nd

rele

vant

ent

ities

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

21 9

92 p

ipel

ine

post

grad

-ua

te s

tude

nts

awar

ded

burs

arie

s th

roug

h N

RF

and

DST

-man

aged

pro

-gr

amm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e N

RF a

nd D

ST p

roje

ct

repo

rts

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

017

Not

less

than

32

792

pipe

line

post

grad

u-at

e st

uden

ts a

war

ded

burs

arie

s th

roug

h N

RF

and

DST

-man

aged

pro

-gr

amm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e N

RF a

nd D

ST p

roje

ct

repo

rts

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

018

Not

less

than

43

592

pipe

line

post

grad

uate

stu

-de

nts

awar

ded

an a

nnua

l bu

rsar

y as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Not

less

than

54

300

pipe

line

post

grad

uate

stu

-de

nts

awar

ded

an a

nnua

l bu

rsar

y as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Not

less

than

4 2

00 g

radu

-at

es a

nd s

tude

nts

plac

ed

in D

ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epar

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es

in s

cien

ce, e

ngin

eerin

g,

tech

nolo

gy a

nd in

nova

-tio

n (S

ETI)

inst

itutio

ns b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

1 04

4 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2016

2 00

6 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2017

2 80

6 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

3 59

6 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2019

4 20

0 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2020

2.Pr

ovis

ion

of re

sear

ch a

nd

inno

vatio

n in

frast

ruct

ure

210

annu

al re

sear

ch in

fra-

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

60 re

sear

ch in

frast

ruct

ure

gran

ts a

war

ded

as p

er

awar

d le

tter

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 to

31

Mar

ch

2016

130

rese

arch

infra

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

to 3

1 M

arch

20

17

160

rese

arch

infra

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

to 3

1 M

arch

20

18

190

annu

al re

sear

ch in

fra-

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

to

31 M

arch

201

9

210

annu

al re

sear

ch in

fra-

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

to

31 M

arch

202

03

500

Gbp

s to

tal a

vail-

able

bro

adba

nd c

apac

ity

thro

ugh

SAN

ReN

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

3 50

0 M

bps

aver

age

band

wid

th a

vaila

ble

per

SAN

ReN

site

by

31 M

arch

20

16

3 50

0 M

bps

aver

age

broa

dban

d ca

paci

ty

prov

ided

by

SAN

ReN

site

be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd

31 M

arch

201

7

3 20

0 G

bps

tota

l ava

il-ab

le b

road

band

cap

acity

pr

ovid

ed b

y SA

NRe

N

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

018

3 40

0 G

bps

tota

l ava

il-ab

le b

road

band

cap

acity

pr

ovid

ed b

y SA

NRe

N

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

019

3 50

0 G

bps

tota

l ava

il-ab

le b

road

band

cap

acity

pr

ovid

ed b

y SA

NRe

N

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

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ch 2

020

Programm

e 4


Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

targ

et

Plan

ned

targ

ets

over

the

five-

year

Str

ateg

ic P

lann

ing

Hor

izon

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

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oduc

tion

of n

ew k

now

l-ed

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ss th

an 2

2 57

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al re

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rant

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arde

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amm

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h N

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ed

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ram

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as

refle

cted

by

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ject

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rts

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

4 53

9 re

sear

cher

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arde

d re

sear

ch g

rant

s th

roug

h N

RF-m

anag

ed p

ro-

gram

mes

as

refle

cted

in

the

NRF

pro

ject

repo

rts

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

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ch 2

016

9 07

8 re

sear

cher

s aw

arde

d re

sear

ch g

rant

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gram

mes

as

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cted

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ject

repo

rts

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een

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pril

2015

and

31

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ch 2

017

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less

13

578

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arch

-er

s aw

arde

d re

sear

ch

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ts th

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aged

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gram

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flect

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y th

e N

RF p

roje

ct

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rts

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een

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pril

2015

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ch 2

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pril

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ch 2

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arch

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ded

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een

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pril

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ch 2

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eb o

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ence

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tion

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cted

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NRF

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ject

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rts

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arch

202

0

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redi

ted

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arch

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icle

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cted

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men

t of p

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eas

64 a

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mis

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gle

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r-is

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n ar

ray

by 3

1 M

arch

20

18 a

nd In

stal

latio

n of

2

of 3

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ence

Mod

es (U

HF;

LS

P; a

nd S

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y 31

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ence

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led

on M

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tor b

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ch 2

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nial

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rts o

n th

e st

ate

of c

limat

e ch

ange

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th A

frica

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abin

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v-al

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st b

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stat

e of

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ca fo

r Cab

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ch

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on th

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outh

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ca

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ed

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val b

y 31

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arch

201

7

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lan

for c

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ling

sec-

ond

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nial

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rt o

n th

e st

ate

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limat

e ch

ange

in

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h A

frica

app

rove

d by

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co b

y 31

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ch 2

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lise

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seco

nd b

ien-

nial

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rt a

nd s

ubm

it to

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bine

t by

31 M

arch

201

9

No

targ

et

5.Pr

omot

e sc

ienc

e en

gage

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ent

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less

than

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ion

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le re

ache

d an

nual

ly

thro

ugh

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men

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iviti

es a

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flect

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ojec

t rep

orts

of

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NRF

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er s

ervi

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ider

s by

31

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ch

2020

App

oxim

atel

y 97

9 00

0 pa

rtic

ipan

ts (5

88

000l

earn

ers

and

391

000

mem

bers

of t

he p

ublic

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sci

ence

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ject

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port

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roxi

mat

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ders

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twee

n 1

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il 20

15 a

nd

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arch

201

8

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less

than

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mill

ion

peop

le re

ache

d an

nual

ly

thro

ugh

scie

nce

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ge-

men

t act

iviti

es a

s re

flect

ed

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of

the

NRF

and

oth

er s

ervi

ce

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch

2019

Not

less

than

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mill

ion

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le re

ache

d an

nual

ly

thro

ugh

scie

nce

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ge-

men

t act

iviti

es a

s re

flect

ed

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of

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NRF

and

oth

er s

ervi

ce

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch

2020

Programm

e 4


Tabl

e 22

: Str

ateg

ic s

tate

men

ts, p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

, and

ann

ual a

nd M

TEF

targ

ets

for 2

018/

19

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c sta

tem

ent:

To co

ntrib

ute

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of r

epre

sent

ativ

e, h

igh-

leve

l hum

an ca

pita

l abl

e to

pur

sue

loca

lly re

leva

nt, g

loba

lly co

mpe

titiv

e re

sear

ch a

nd in

nova

tion

activ

ities

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stu

dent

s aw

arde

d bu

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ies

thro

ugh

NRF

and

re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es.

Tota

l num

ber o

f Ph

D s

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nts

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ded

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a-rie

s an

nual

ly a

s re

flect

ed in

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repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s33

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less

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15

840

annu

al b

ur-

sarie

s aw

arde

d to

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D s

tude

nts

as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

2 84

5 Ph

D s

tu-

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s aw

ard-

ed b

ursa

ries

thro

ugh

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and

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ST-m

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mes

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nd D

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proj

ect r

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3 40

4 Ph

D s

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and

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ST-m

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ed

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ram

mes

as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF a

nd D

ST

proj

ect r

epor

ts b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

3 45

4 Ph

D s

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dent

s aw

ard-

ed b

ursa

ries

as re

flect

ed

from

the

NRF

th

roug

h N

RF a

nd

DST

-man

aged

pr

ogra

mm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

the

NRF

and

DST

pr

ojec

t rep

orts

by

31 M

arch

201

7

Not

less

than

3

100

PhD

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d bu

rsa-

ries

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ally

as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Not

less

than

3

100

PhD

34

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

fund

s as

refle

cted

in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

Not

less

than

3

100

PhD

stu

-de

nts

awar

ded

an

annu

al b

ursa

ry a

s re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Not

less

than

3

100

PhD

stu

-de

nts

awar

ded

an

annu

al b

ursa

ry a

s re

flect

ed in

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repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Pipe

line

post

grad

-ua

te s

tude

nts

awar

ded

burs

arie

s an

d fe

llow

ship

s th

roug

h N

RF a

nd

DST

Tota

l num

ber

of p

ipel

ine35

po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

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arde

d bu

rsar

ies

annu

ally

as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

Not

less

than

54

300

ann

ual

burs

arie

s aw

arde

d to

pip

elin

e po

st-

grad

uate

stu

dent

s as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

7 71

1 pi

pelin

e po

stgr

adu-

ate

stud

ents

aw

arde

d bu

rsar

ies

thro

ugh

NRF

and

D

ST-m

anag

ed

prog

ram

mes

as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF a

nd D

ST

proj

ect r

epor

t

10 9

96 p

ipel

ine

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts a

war

ded

burs

arie

s thr

ough

N

RF a

nd D

ST-m

an-

aged

pro

gram

mes

as

refle

cted

in

the

NRF

and

DST

pr

ojec

t rep

orts

by

31 M

arch

201

6

10 2

68 p

ipel

ine

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts a

war

ded

burs

arie

s thr

ough

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RF a

nd D

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aged

pro

gram

mes

as

refle

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in

the

NRF

and

DST

pr

ojec

t rep

orts

by

31 M

arch

201

7

Not

less

than

10

800

pip

elin

e po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

aw

arde

d bu

rsar

ies

annu

ally

as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Not

less

than

10

800

pip

elin

e po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

as re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Not

less

than

10

800

pip

elin

e po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

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ry

as re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

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NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Not

less

than

10

800

pip

elin

e po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

as re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Gra

duat

es a

nd

stud

ents

pla

ced

in D

ST-fu

nded

w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in

scie

nce,

eng

inee

r-in

g, te

chno

logy

an

d in

nova

tion

(SET

I) in

stitu

tions

Tota

l num

ber o

f gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in D

ST-fu

nded

w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in

SETI

inst

itutio

ns

Not

less

than

4

200

grad

uate

s an

d st

uden

ts

plac

ed in

D

ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epar

atio

n pr

o-gr

amm

es in

SET

I in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

1 02

1 nu

mbe

r of

grad

uate

s an

d st

uden

ts p

lace

d in

DST

-fund

ed

wor

k pr

epar

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n pr

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mm

es

1 04

4 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

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aced

in

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ed w

ork

prep

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gram

mes

in S

ETI

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ns b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

96236

grad

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s an

d st

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ts

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ed in

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ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epar

atio

n pr

o-gr

amm

es in

SET

I in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

800

grad

uate

s an

d st

uden

ts

plac

ed in

D

ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epar

atio

n pr

o-gr

amm

es in

SET

I in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

Not

less

than

790

gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in D

ST-fu

nded

w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in

SETI

inst

itutio

ns

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

Not

less

than

650

gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in D

ST-fu

nded

w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in

SETI

inst

itutio

ns

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

Not

less

than

550

gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in D

ST-fu

nded

w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in

SETI

inst

itutio

ns

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3334

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e bu

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ies

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ded

from

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gram

me

4 fu

nds

thro

ugh

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

ent

ities

, inc

ludi

ng C

SIR,

SA

NSA

and

the

Agr

icul

tura

l Res

earc

h Co

unci

l.

34

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ets

redu

ced

due

to b

udge

t cut

s fo

r the

MTE

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riod.

35

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elin

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uden

ts” m

eans

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ch, h

onou

rs a

nd m

aste

rs s

tude

nts.

36

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ing

to c

uts

mad

e to

the

DST

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e (fo

llow

ing

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petit

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ess

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uts

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unce

d on

18

Janu

ary

2016

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MTE

F ta

rget

s ha

d to

be

low

ered

.

Programm

e 4


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put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

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ited

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ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

ensu

re a

vaila

bilit

y of

and

acc

ess

to in

tern

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nally

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arch

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37

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num

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38

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020. Program

me 4


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put

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in

dica

tor

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rate

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ta

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ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Inte

rnat

iona

l-ly

acc

redi

ted

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arch

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icle

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m re

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put

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tim

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man

ce

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Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

prom

ote

publ

ic e

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nce,

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NRF

an

d ot

her s

ervi

ce

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

1 24

7 66

7 pe

ople

pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

sc

ienc

e aw

aren

ess

and

enga

gem

ent

prog

ram

mes

su

ppor

ted

by th

e D

ST

2 71

8 07

8 pa

rtic

-ip

ants

reac

hed

thro

ugh

Nat

iona

l Sc

ienc

e W

eek

in

2015

, eig

ht D

ST

supp

orte

d sc

ienc

e fe

stiv

als,

the

Rand

Ea

ster

Sho

w, a

nd

six

even

ts b

y ot

her

stak

ehol

ders

2 06

6 13

4 pa

rtic

-ip

ants

(lea

rner

s an

d m

embe

rs

of th

e pu

blic

) in

scie

nce

awar

enes

s an

d en

gage

men

t pr

ogra

mm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

the

proj

ect r

epor

ts o

f th

e N

RF a

nd o

ther

se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

App

rox.

200

0 00

0 pa

rtic

ipan

ts (l

earn

-er

s an

d m

embe

rs

of th

e pu

blic

) in

scie

nce

awar

enes

s an

d en

gage

men

t pr

ogra

mm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

the

proj

ect r

epor

ts o

f th

e N

RF a

nd o

ther

se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Not

less

than

2.

1mill

ion

part

ic-

ipan

ts (l

earn

ers

and

mem

bers

of

the

publ

ic) i

n sc

ienc

e aw

aren

ess

and

enga

gem

ent

prog

ram

mes

as

refle

cted

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of

the

NRF

and

oth

er

serv

ice

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Not

less

than

2.

1mill

ion

part

ic-

ipan

ts (l

earn

ers

and

mem

bers

of

the

publ

ic) i

n sc

ienc

e aw

aren

ess

and

enga

gem

ent

prog

ram

mes

as

refle

cted

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of

the

NRF

and

oth

er

serv

ice

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Not

less

than

2.

1mill

ion

part

ic-

ipan

ts (l

earn

ers

and

mem

bers

of

the

publ

ic) i

n sc

ienc

e aw

aren

ess

and

enga

gem

ent

prog

ram

mes

as

refle

cted

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of

the

NRF

and

oth

er

serv

ice

prov

ider

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

40 40

Part

icip

ants

incl

ude

visi

tors

to s

ites

host

ing

awar

enes

s an

d en

gage

men

t act

iviti

es. P

artic

ipan

ts c

an p

artic

ipat

e in

mor

e th

an o

ne e

vent

or e

ngag

emen

t.

Programm

e 4


Tabl

e 23

: Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s fo

r the

201

8/19

fina

ncia

l yea

r

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

freq

uenc

yA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

Tota

l num

ber o

f PhD

stu

-de

nts

awar

ded

burs

arie

s an

nual

ly a

s re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es41

Qua

rter

lyN

ot le

ss th

an 3

100

PhD

st

uden

ts a

war

ded

an

annu

al b

ursa

ry a

s re

flect

ed

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF

and

rele

vant

ent

ities

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

42N

ot le

ss th

an 1

500

PhD

st

uden

ts a

war

ded

an a

nnu-

al b

ursa

ry a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e re

port

s fro

m N

RF a

nd

rele

vant

ent

ities

Not

less

than

2 3

00 P

hD

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

u-al

bur

sary

as

refle

cted

in

the

repo

rts

from

NRF

and

re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

Not

less

than

2 8

00 P

hD

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

ann

u-al

bur

sary

as

refle

cted

in

the

repo

rts

from

NRF

and

re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es

Not

less

than

3 1

00 P

hD

stud

ents

aw

arde

d an

an

nual

bur

sary

as

refle

cted

in

the

repo

rts

from

NRF

an

d re

leva

nt e

ntiti

es b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

Tota

l num

ber o

f pip

elin

e

post

grad

uate

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d bu

rsar

ies

annu

ally

as

refle

cted

in th

e re

port

s fro

m th

e N

RF a

nd re

leva

nt

entit

ies

Qua

rter

lyN

ot le

ss th

an 1

0 80

0 pi

pe-

line

post

grad

uate

stu

dent

s aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

as re

flect

ed in

the

repo

rts

from

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

en

titie

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

43N

ot le

ss th

an 5

400

pip

e-lin

e po

stgr

adua

te s

tude

nts

(BTe

ch a

nd h

onou

rs, a

nd

mas

ters

stu

dent

s) a

war

ded

an a

nnua

l bur

sary

Not

less

than

8 1

00 p

ipe-

line

post

grad

uate

stu

dent

s (B

Tech

and

hon

ours

, and

m

aste

rs s

tude

nts)

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

Not

less

than

9 5

00 p

ipe-

line

post

grad

uate

stu

dent

s (B

Tech

and

hon

ours

, and

m

aste

rs s

tude

nts)

aw

arde

d an

ann

ual b

ursa

ry

Not

less

than

10

800

pipe

-lin

e po

stgr

adua

te s

tude

nts

(BTe

ch a

nd h

onou

rs, a

nd

mas

ters

stu

dent

s) a

war

ded

an a

nnua

l bur

sary

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Tota

l num

ber o

f gra

duat

es

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns

Qua

rter

ly79

0 gr

adua

tes

and

stu-

dent

s pl

aced

in D

ST-fu

nd-

ed w

ork

prep

arat

ion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI i

nstit

u-tio

ns b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

4435

0 gr

adua

tes

and

stud

ents

pla

ced

in

DST

-fund

ed w

ork

prep

a-ra

tion

prog

ram

mes

in S

ETI

inst

itutio

ns

520

grad

uate

s an

d st

uden

ts p

lace

d in

D

ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epa-

ratio

n pr

ogra

mm

es in

SET

I in

stitu

tions

630

grad

uate

s an

d st

uden

ts p

lace

d in

D

ST-fu

nded

wor

k pr

epa-

ratio

n pr

ogra

mm

es in

SET

I in

stitu

tions

790

grad

uate

s an

d st

u-de

nts

plac

ed in

DST

-fund

-ed

wor

k pr

epar

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

es in

SET

I ins

titu-

tions

by

31 M

arch

201

9N

umbe

r of r

esea

rch

infra

-st

ruct

ure

gran

ts a

war

ded

annu

aly

per a

war

d le

tter

s

Bian

nual

ly (Q

2 an

d Q

4)30

ann

ual r

esea

rch

infra

-st

ruct

ure

gran

ts a

war

ded

as p

er a

war

d le

tter

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etCa

ll fo

r pro

posa

ls o

n aw

ardi

ng o

f res

earc

h in

fra-

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

issu

ed b

y 30

Sep

tem

ber 2

018

No

targ

et30

ann

aul r

esea

rch

infra

-st

ruct

ure

gran

ts a

war

ded

as p

er a

war

d le

tter

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Tota

l ava

ilabl

e br

oadb

and

capa

city

pro

vide

d by

SA

N-

ReN

per

ann

um

Bian

nual

ly (Q

2 an

d Q

4)3

400

Gbp

s to

tal a

vail-

able

bro

adba

nd c

apac

ity

prov

ided

by

SAN

ReN

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etN

ew li

nks

and

upgr

ade

plan

fina

lised

by

30 S

ep-

tem

ber 2

018

No

targ

et3

400

Gbp

s to

tal a

vail-

able

bro

adba

nd c

apac

ity

prov

ided

by

SAN

ReN

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

4142

4344

41

Thes

e ar

e bu

rsar

ies

awar

ded

from

Pro

gram

me

4 fu

nds

thro

ugh

the

NRF

and

rele

vant

ent

ities

, inc

ludi

ng th

e C

SIR,

SA

NSA

and

the

Agr

icul

tura

l Res

earc

h Co

unci

l for

Inte

rpro

gram

me

burs

arie

s.

42

The

quar

terly

figu

res

for t

his

indi

cato

r are

cum

ulat

ive

to y

ear-

end.

43

The

quar

terly

figu

res

for t

his

indi

cato

r are

cum

ulat

ive

to y

ear-

end.

44

The

quar

terly

figu

res

for t

his

indi

cato

r are

cum

ulat

ive

to y

ear-

end.

Programm

e 4


Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

freq

uenc

yA

nnua

l tar

get

2018

/19

Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

sQ

uart

er 1

Qua

rter

2Q

uart

er 3

Qua

rter

4To

tal n

umbe

r of r

esea

rch-

ers

awar

ded

rese

arch

gr

ants

ann

ually

thro

ugh

NRF

-man

aged

pro

-gr

amm

es a

s re

flect

ed in

th

e N

RF p

roje

ct re

port

s

Qua

rter

lyN

ot le

ss th

an 4

500

re

sear

cher

s aw

arde

d an

an

nual

rese

arch

gra

nt

thro

ugh

NRF

-man

aged

pr

ogra

mm

es a

s re

flect

ed

by th

e N

RF p

roje

ct re

port

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

45N

ot le

ss th

an 2

000

re

sear

cher

s aw

arde

d an

an

nual

rese

arch

gra

nt

thro

ugh

NRF

-man

aged

pr

ogra

mm

es

Not

less

than

3 5

00

rese

arch

ers

awar

ded

an

annu

al re

sear

ch g

rant

th

roug

h N

RF-m

anag

ed

prog

ram

mes

Not

less

than

4 0

00

rese

arch

ers

awar

ded

an

annu

al re

sear

ch g

rant

th

roug

h N

RF-m

anag

ed

prog

ram

mes

Not

less

than

4 5

00

rese

arch

ers

awar

ded

an

annu

al re

sear

ch g

rant

th

roug

h N

RF-m

anag

ed

prog

ram

mes

by

31 M

arch

20

19

Num

ber o

f res

earc

h ar

ticle

s pu

blis

hed

by N

RF-fu

nded

re

sear

cher

s an

d ci

ted

in

the

Thom

son

Reut

ers W

eb

of S

cien

ce C

itatio

n D

ata-

base

as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF p

roje

ct re

port

s

Ann

ually

Not

less

than

7 0

00

rese

arch

art

icle

s pu

blis

hed

by N

RF-fu

nded

rese

arch

ers

and

cite

d in

the

Thom

son

Reut

ers W

eb o

f Sci

ence

C

itatio

n D

atab

ase

as

refle

cted

in th

e N

RF p

roje

ct

repo

rts

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

No

targ

etN

ot le

ss th

an 7

000

re

sear

ch a

rtic

les

publ

ishe

d by

NRF

-fund

ed re

sear

cher

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

Num

ber o

f Ultr

a H

igh

Freq

uenc

y (U

HF)

sci

ence

m

odes

rece

iver

s in

stal

led

on M

eerK

AT

Bia

nnua

lly (Q

2 an

d Q

4)64

Ultr

a H

igh

Freq

uenc

y Sc

ienc

e M

ode

rece

iver

s in

stal

led

on M

eerK

AT b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

No

targ

etSK

A S

A P

roje

ct a

ppro

ved

prog

ress

repo

rt o

n in

stal

la-

tion

of U

HF

scie

nce

mod

es

rece

iver

s on

Mee

rkAT

pr

ovid

ed b

y 30

Sep

tem

ber

2018

No

targ

et64

Ultr

a H

igh

Freq

uenc

y Sc

ienc

e M

ode

rece

iver

s fu

lly in

stal

led

on M

eerK

AT

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

Num

ber o

f bie

nnia

l rep

orts

on

the

stat

e of

clim

ate

chan

ge S

&T in

Sou

th A

frica

ap

prov

ed b

y Ca

bine

t

Ann

ually

Seco

nd b

ienn

ial r

epor

t on

the

stat

e of

clim

ate

chan

ge S

&T in

Sou

th A

frica

su

bmitt

ed to

Cab

inet

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

No

targ

etSe

cond

bie

nnia

l rep

ort

on th

e st

ate

of c

limat

e ch

ange

S&T

in S

outh

Afri

ca

subm

itted

to C

abin

et b

y 31

M

arch

201

9N

umbe

r of p

artic

ipan

ts

in s

cien

ce a

war

enes

s an

d en

gage

men

t pro

gram

mes

an

nual

ly a

s re

flect

ed in

pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of t

he N

RF

and

othe

r ser

vice

pro

vid-

ers.

Qua

rter

lyN

ot le

ss th

an 2

.1 m

illio

n pa

rtic

ipan

ts (l

earn

ers

and

mem

bers

of t

he p

ublic

) in

sci

ence

aw

aren

ess

and

enga

gem

ent p

rogr

amm

es

annu

ally

as

refle

cted

in th

e pr

ojec

t rep

orts

of t

he N

RF

and

othe

r ser

vice

pro

vide

rs

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

Gra

nt fu

ndin

g aw

arde

d to

or

gani

satio

ns im

plem

ent-

ing

the

initi

ativ

es b

y 30

Ju

ne 2

018

Nat

iona

l Sci

ence

Wee

k he

ld b

y 30

Sep

tem

ber

2018

3 sc

ienc

e fe

stiv

als

and

6 sc

ienc

e, te

chno

logy

, en

gine

erin

g, m

athe

mat

ics

and

inno

vatio

n O

lym

piad

s an

d co

mpe

titio

ns h

eld

by

31 D

ecem

ber 2

018

4 sc

ienc

e fe

stiv

als

cond

ucte

d an

d no

t les

s th

an 2

.1m

illio

n pa

rtic

ipan

ts

in s

cien

ce a

war

enes

s an

d en

gage

men

t pro

gram

mes

as

refle

cted

in p

roje

ct

repo

rts

of th

e N

RF a

nd

othe

r ser

vice

pro

vide

rs b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

019

45 45

The

quar

terly

figu

res

for t

his

indi

cato

r are

cum

ulat

ive

to y

ear e

nd.

Programm

e 4


Reco

ncili

ng p

erfo

rman

ce ta

rget

s w

ith

the

budg

et a

nd M

TEF

Tabl

e 24

: Res

earc

h D

evel

opm

ent a

nd S

uppo

rt e

xpen

ditu

re e

stim

ates

R’00

0

Prog

ram

me

Expe

ndit

ure

outc

ome

Adj

uste

d

appr

opri

atio

n 20

17/1

8

Med

ium

-ter

m e

xpen

ditu

re e

stim

ates

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Hum

an C

apita

l and

Sci

ence

Pro

mot

ion

1 87

2 78

7 2

331

826

2 35

4 55

0 2

424

804

2 45

7 11

1 2

617

663

2 76

1 88

6

Basi

c Sc

ienc

es a

nd In

frast

ruct

ure

159

549

177

004

213

071

214

244

222

967

235

532

248

733

Scie

nce

Mis

sion

s78

3 72

7 98

6 98

4 89

5 53

6 97

6 60

492

7 58

4 99

3 48

5 1

048

323

Ast

rono

my

673

774

725

444

689

473

734

484

752

642

814

729

859

666

TOTA

L3

489

837

4 22

1 25

8 4

152

630

4 35

0 13

6 4

360

304

4 66

1 40

9 4

918

608

Com

pens

atio

n of

em

ploy

ees

29

438

31 7

17

34 6

13

33 7

12 3

6 21

1 3

8 93

8 41

869

Goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces

8 25

8 13

815

13

724

15

525

16

354

15

173

16

004

Tran

sfer

s an

d su

bsid

ies

3 45

2 01

0 4

175

726

4

104

263

4 3

00 8

99

4 30

7 73

9 4

607

298

4 86

0 73

5

Paym

ents

for c

apita

l ass

ets

72-

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Paym

ents

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Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation PartnershipsPurpose

To enhance the growth and development priorities of

government through targeted S&T-based innovation

interventions and the development of strategic

partnerships with other government departments,

industry, research institutions and communities.

Strategic overview

Programme 5 contributes to all five of the Department’s

strategic outcome-oriented goals in the 2015-2020

Strategic Plan, namely, (i) a responsive, coordinated and

efficient NSI; (ii) increased knowledge generation; (iii)

human capital development; (iv) using knowledge for

economic development; and (v) knowledge utilisation

for inclusive development. The bulk of the effort and

resources support efforts to use knowledge for economic

and inclusive development.



The Programme supports efforts to build an inclusive

responsive, coordinated, and efficient NSI in a number of

critical ways.

It plays the lead role in guiding and investing in the

development of core annual surveys and policy briefs

on the nature and performance of the national system of

innovation. On an annual basis, the Programme supports

the development of at least six survey reports and policy

briefs. Internationally, significant changes have been made

to the methodologies of the key surveys.

Over the remaining period of the strategic plan, the focus

of Programme will be on strengthening the capacity of

implementing agencies responsible for the collection of

data, support alignment with international practices, and

facilitate the development of additional databases that will

provide a deeper understanding of the NSI. This includes

further updating of the newly developed database on RDI

partnerships between industry and government, and a

detailed assessment of the RDI efforts and contribution

of state-owned enterprises. A specific new area of work

led by the Programme is an exploration of transformative

innovation policy as part of an international consortium.

The Programme has been leading a process over the last

three years to introduce more effective budget processes,

enabling a more rational and strategic deployment of

public funding for research and technological innovation.

Cabinet approval was secured in the 2016/17 financial

year for the introduction of suitable processes over the

next three years, and the Programme has begun working

on this with National Treasury. The short-term focus is on

the improvement of databases with detailed information

on public investment in research and technological

innovation, and the development of a medium-term

investment framework for research and technological

innovation.

The Department’s efforts to strengthen provincial and

local innovation systems are led by the Programme. In the

past few years, there has been a greater appreciation and

focus on innovation at levels below national government.

A major success is the integration of innovation into the

local economic development framework. Over the next

three years, the Programme will continue to provide

analytical and catalytic support to willing local and

provincial partners. A recent area of opportunity that will

unfold in the next few years is an international innovation

partnership.

The Programme continues to play a significant role in

encouraging increased levels of investment by the private

sector. This includes the establishment of research and

development partnerships between government and

industry. Major progress was made in the last three years

in growing seven Sector Innovation Funds with industry,

as well as partnerships in mining and information and

communication technologies. The Programme will

continue its efforts to strengthen and seek opportunities for

industry-government partnerships in the manufacturing

sector, fast-developing areas in ICT with small high-tech

companies, and areas aligned to core capabilities related

to the next industrial revolution.

Programm

e 5


Another major track is managing and strengthening

the R&D tax incentive programme. Good progress has

been made in implementing the recommendations of

the task team established by the Minister in November

2015 on measures to advance the R&D tax incentive. The

changes introduced thus far have addressed the major

delays and difficulties firms experienced in accessing the

incentive. Application procedures have been simplified

with the introduction of an online system of submitting

applications. There is also more clarity about the

information requirements, as evidenced by the improved

quality of applications. In the coming year, the DST will

scale up efforts to raise awareness and reach a larger

number of firms. A process for an impact evaluation will

be initiated in 2018/19 to assess the economic returns of

the incentive.

The Programme has invested in the establishment of small

but focused programme management units (PMUs) to

enhance coordination in selected cognate areas through

data collection and analysis, catalytic interventions,

partnership development, and outreach. This includes a

water PMU (located at the Water Research Commission),

a waste PMU and Office for Digital Advantage (both

at the Strategic Implementation Unit in the CSIR), and

an Innovation for Inclusive Development PMU (at the

Technology Innovation Agency).

The DST will continue providing strategic support to

strengthen and mature the PMUs over the remaining

period of the Strategic Plan.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 2: Increased Knowledge Generation

In line with its responsibility to strengthen socio-economic

innovation partnerships, the Programme is a significant

investor in knowledge and innovation that broadly

supports economic development. The specific focus

has been on knowledge and innovation with industrial

development, sustainable development, or inclusive

development potential.

Key areas of investment include niche areas with high

development potential, including advanced metals,

advanced manufacturing, chemicals, information and

communications technology, government service

delivery, mining, water and sanitation, and waste.

Investments by the Programme over the last three

years have enabled the development of two innovation

partnership portfolios, one supporting industrial

development and the other supporting sustainable

development. Over the next three years, the Programme

will continue working with implementing agencies to

enlarge the two portfolios, and support efforts to have

the innovation partnerships commercialised, socialised,

or introduced within government. This will include further

strengthening of partnerships with local and international

players.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 3: Human Capital Development

The human capital development efforts of the

Programme are fully aligned to its knowledge generation

efforts. Targeted investment is provided within

knowledge-generation initiatives to support human

capital development in technical areas such as design,

engineering and manufacturing, as well as to provide

postgraduate support (at honours, masters, and PhD

levels) in niche areas.

Since 1 April 2015, an estimated 668 students have been

supported in these priority areas at honours, masters,

and PhD levels. In addition, the Programme has provided

funding and hosting support to more than 500 interns in

various technical areas, allowing them to complete their

qualifications and gain valuable industry experience.

Over the next three years, the Programme will continue

providing targeted investment support that helps

to unlock specific industrial, sustainable or inclusive

development opportunities. The bulk of the investment

support is linked to existing long-term strategic areas that

the Programme has been supporting.

Existing long-term strategic areas will be complemented

by important new opportunity areas. These are linked

largely to areas associated with the next industrial

revolution, government service delivery, and sustainable

development. The support will include support for

targeted areas in the human and social sciences such as

programmes aimed at understanding the future world of

work.

A greater focus on transformation (including individual

and institutional) imperatives will underpin future

Programm

e 5


investments in HCD. Partnerships will be established with

labour market information programmes to facilitate a

greater alignment between human capital development

efforts and the development of long-term research and

technology development programmes that can absorb

the human capital being supported.

Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 4: Knowledge exploitation for economic development

A significant portion of the focus of staff and investment

support by the Programme is aligned to efforts to

exploit knowledge for economic development. This is

primarily through the Programme’s Strategic Objective

2 (sustainable development) and Strategic Objective 3

(R&D-led industry development). Over the last three years,

the following has been achieved:

• The Technology Localisation Programme, as

implemented by the Technology Localisation

Implementation Unit (TLIU), has matured into a

dynamic support intervention playing a vital role in

government efforts to leverage public procurement

opportunities. The TLIU has received recognition from

the Department of Trade and Industry, the Portfolio

Committee, National Treasury and the Department of

Public Enterprises for the level of local production and

exports achieved by firms that have received support

from the TLIU. These stakeholders are working with

the DST to grow and strengthen the programme.

• The Technology Stations Programme (TSP), located at

13 higher education institutions across the country,

has matured as a platform for launching other

economic development interventions, in addition

to providing technological support to at least 2 000

enterprises (including small and medium enterprises

and potential entrepreneurs) per annum. Some of the

additional interventions achieved by scaling up the

TSP investment include the following:

− Addressing specific areas of concern (e.g. creating

opportunities for young black people and

expanding the geographical footprint of the TSP)

through targeted calls and ring-fenced funding.

− Using the technology stations as incubators, or

centres for providing specialised industry support

(e.g. casting simulations for the foundry sector), or

as partners to other departmental interventions

(e.g. the Department of Small Business

Development’s Centres for Entrepreneurship).

− The establishment of the mining and mining

equipment research, technology and innovation

(RTI) development programme at the Mining Hub

in Carlow Road has been completed and the first

collaborative research and technology projects

started in 2017/18. The importance of the RTI

programme is demonstrated by co-funding

amounting to R30 million from the Chamber of

Mines, resulting in a 1:2 (industry:government)

funding ratio.

• Strengthening of a range of other youth-focused

economic development interventions, including

scaling up an enviropreneurs development

programme, expanding the network of mLabs and

idea-to-product labs, strengthening a grassroots

innovation programme, a community journalist

programme, and interventions aimed at taking

advantage of new economy opportunities (for

example, mobile IPTV and data science).

Over the next two to three years, the focus will largely be

on strengthening initiatives that have proven evidence

of success, further maturing long-term technology

development interventions aimed at developing new

industries and firms, and targeted programmes that

advance transformation objectives (race, gender, youth,

and spatial). Priorities include the following:

• Further strengthening and expanding the TLIU’s

activities, including the development of strategic

partnerships and securing co-funding from large

firms.

• Completion of the technology development of the

Aeroswift project and the implementation of the

commercialisation plan.

• Further scaling up of the Technology Stations

Programme, including the development of strategic

partnerships and co-funding opportunities.

• Expanding partnerships and collaborations for the

additive manufacturing programme, mining and

mining equipment RTI, the titanium metal powder

development programme, fluorspar beneficiation,

waste STI, water STI, and ICT.

Programm

e 5


Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 5: Knowledge utilisation for inclusive development

The second biggest area of focus for the Programme

is facilitating knowledge utilisation for inclusive

development.

Over the last three years, the Programme has maintained

its Innovation for Local Economic Development (ILED)

interventions in selected priority district municipalities,

with the specific intention of advancing the integration

of innovation in local economic development. Through

these interventions, community-based local economic

development projects have been able to contribute

towards job creation, skills development and improvement

of material well-being of participants.

From the 2018/19 financial year, much attention will be

given to enhancing local systems of innovation at local

government level to ensure that the systems are inclusive

and responsive. This aspect will include strengthening

innovation partnerships and networks between local

government and higher education institutions, research

councils and incubators, among other players.

Investment in grassroots innovation in support of

township and rural economies will be expanded, taking

into account lessons learnt over the pilot phase of the

grassroots innovation programme, and strengthening

links with India.

In contributing towards a capable state, the Programme

has made significant gains in the past three years. Service

delivery planning decision-support tools continued to be

maintained and demonstrated in a range of municipalities,

with an emphasis on the priority district municipalities. The

DST will continue implementing decision-support tools

(including for spatial planning, disaster management and

water resource management) to strengthen government

capacity to deliver services in key areas.

The key initiatives in the 2018/19 financial year also

include the development of a framework for measuring

the impact of STI on the quality of life. Such a framework

would be relevant not only to South Africa, but also as part

of the STI for SDGs agenda.

In using knowledge for inclusive development, the

Programme will continue its service delivery innovative

technology demonstration portfolio in areas including

water and sanitation, basic education, ICT and local

economic development. Government cluster workshops

and seminars will continue to be hosted in the 2018/19

financial year in support of government priorities such

as ICT in basic education, Operation Phakisa, integrating

innovation in the delivery of basic services, and unlocking

economic development opportunities through the

delivery of social infrastructure.

The knowledge products that are being prioritised for

the 2018/19 financial year will therefore be aligned with

government priorities and policy decisions. In so doing,

the Programme will build on its previous successes to

ensure that its knowledge products influence evidence-

based policy decisions in government. The Innovation

for Inclusive Development Programme includes efforts to

build a capable state through decision-support tools and

evidence.

Programm

e 5

Strategic objective and strategic statements

Strategic objective Strategic statementsInnovation for rural and socio-economic development Through knowledge, evidence and learning, to inform and influ-

ence how S&T can be used to achieve inclusive developmentS&T for sustainable development and a green economy To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities

for sustainable development and the greening of society and the economy

Support the development of new and existing R&D-led industries in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, advanced met-als, mining, ICTs and sector innovation funds

To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities that –

• improve the competitiveness of existing industries with growth potential in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, advanced metals, mining, ICTs and sector innovation funds

• facilitate the development of R&D-led new targeted industriesSupport provincial and rural innovation To strengthen provincial and rural innovation and production sys-

tems through analysis and catalytic interventions

Facilitate the provision of data on the NSI’s performance To enhance understanding and analysis that support improve-ments in the functioning and performance of the NSI

Increased private-sector investment in RDI To introduce and manage interventions and incentive pro-grammes that increase the level of private sector investment in scientific or technological R&D


Programm

e 5

Chief directorates

Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and

Advanced Manufacturing

Funds technology and innovation development

programmes to advance strategic medium and long-term

sustainable economic growth and sector development

priorities, as well as government service delivery through

the following value-adding functions:

• Investing in the medium and long-term knowledge-

generation capabilities of the NSI in targeted

innovation areas.

• In partnership with other government departments

and economic actors, spearheading focused efforts

that exploit knowledge capabilities for economic

benefit. Economic benefits include the development

of advanced technologies and industries, improved

government service delivery, improved productivity

and competitiveness, and technology transfer and

support to SMEs and manufacturing firms in the

supply chains of large-scale public procurement

programmes.

Sector Innovation and Green Economy

Provides policy, strategy and direction-setting support for

the R&D-led growth of strategic sectors of the economy

and to enhance S&T capacity to support a transition to a

green economy. The chief directorate does this through

the following:

• Facilitating the implementation of high-impact S&T

interventions.

• Identifying and initiating S&T programmes

that support the growth of the environmental

technologies and services sector in South Africa.

• Facilitating policy and strategy development on R&D

interventions that support the growth of the ICT

sector (excluding the ICT retail sector).

• Providing innovation policy and planning support

to economic actors in priority economic sectors and

provincial and local governments.

Innovation for Inclusive Development

Supports the experimentation of S&T-based innovations

for tackling unemployment, poverty and inequality

through the creation of sustainable job and wealth

opportunities, building sustainable human settlements,

and enhancing the delivery of basic services. The

component focuses on supporting the widespread

adoption and use of promising S&T-based innovation by

supporting the demonstration of promising innovative

technologies that do not yet have widespread application,

but are seen as having the potential to achieve

government’s broad development objectives. In its

interventions, the component prioritises the generation

of practical knowledge and insights to support evidence-

based policy and decision-making, introducing decision-

support tools to enhance service delivery, and building

capacity in relevant state institutions and communities.

This Innovation for Inclusive Development portfolio also

includes a focus on innovation to strengthen and advance

local economic development through building and

enhancing local STI capabilities and integrating innovation

in catalysing local industries, clusters and value-chains by

exploiting technology and innovation for priority sectors,

e.g. agriculture, agroprocessing, aquaculture and fisheries.

Science and Technology Investment

Leads and supports the development of indicators and

instruments for measuring and monitoring investments

in S&T and the performance of the NSI, and ways of

strengthening the NSI and innovation policy. This includes

an annual R&D survey, innovation measurement, the

development of S&T indicators, and the national S&T

expenditure tables, and the implementation of section

11D of the Income Tax Act, 1962, to promote private-

sector R&D investment.


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to im

plem

ent t

he d

ata

shar

ing

spec

ifica

tions

with

NA

CI.

Incr

ease

d pr

ivat

e-se

ctor

inve

stm

ent i

n RD

I.•

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inis

trat

ive

and

adju

dica

tion

erro

rs in

pro

ject

s of

ap

plic

ant c

ompa

nies

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onito

r the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e gu

idel

ines

to id

entif

y an

y ne

ed fo

r cha

nges

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plem

ent t

he m

echa

nism

for h

andl

ing

non

- app

rove

d ap

plic

ants

fo

r the

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e in

line

with

PA

JA

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ntin

uous

mon

itorin

g to

ens

ure

alig

nmen

t of t

he S

ectio

n 11

D o

f the

In

com

e Ta

x A

ct w

ith p

olic

y on

incr

easi

ng R

&D in

vest

men

t in

Sout

h A

frica

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nnua

l mee

tings

with

indu

stry

to e

nhan

ce u

nder

stan

ding

and

usa

ge

of th

e R&

D ta

x in

cent

ives

.In

crea

sed

priv

ate-

sect

or in

vest

men

t in

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ot a

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targ

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turn

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nd ti

me

in

prov

idin

g a

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sion

to a

pplic

ant c

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nies

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imis

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nlin

e A

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m.

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prov

e th

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nal e

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ts to

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d de

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e to

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udic

atio

n m

eetin

gs.

•Co

ntin

ue to

requ

est f

or c

apac

ity fo

r the

dire

ctor

ate.

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e 5


Tabl

e 26

: Str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

wit

h fiv

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ar S

trat

egic

Pla

n ta

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mul

ativ

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vatio

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east

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ts o

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tion

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d 31

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ch 2

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prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r inc

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deve

lopm

ent p

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hed

betw

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pril

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31

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ch 2

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14 k

now

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e pr

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ts

on in

nova

tion

for i

nclu

sive

de

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t pub

lishe

d be

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il 20

15 a

nd

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arch

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8

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east

20

know

ledg

e pr

oduc

ts o

n in

nova

tion

for i

nclu

sive

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t pu

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26

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ledg

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arch

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17 a

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r-ve

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and

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and

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ed o

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ECSP

fund

ing

has

been

redu

ced

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R21

1 m

illio

n in

201

6/17

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80 m

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n fo

r 201

7/18

and

201

8/19

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lloca

tion

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019/

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nanc

ial y

ear.

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e 5


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c ob

ject

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rate

gic

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targ

etPl

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ral i

nnov

atio

nA

t lea

st 1

2 in

nova

-tio

n-su

ppor

t int

erve

ntio

ns

fund

ed o

r co-

fund

ed th

at

stre

ngth

en p

rovi

ncia

l or

rura

l inn

ovat

ion

syst

ems

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

2 in

nova

tion-

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed th

at s

tren

gthe

n pr

ovin

cial

or r

ural

inno

va-

tion

syst

ems

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2016

4 in

nova

tion-

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

fund

ed o

r co

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ed th

at s

tren

gthe

n pr

ovin

cial

or r

ural

inno

va-

tion

syst

ems

betw

een

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pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2017

6 in

nova

tion-

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed th

at s

tren

gthe

n pr

ovin

cial

or r

ural

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va-

tion

syst

ems

betw

een

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pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch

2018

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east

12

inno

va-

tion-

supp

ort i

nter

vent

ions

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nded

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o-fu

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st

reng

then

pro

vinc

ial o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

n 1

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il 20

15 a

nd

31 M

arch

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9

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east

12

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va-

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ort i

nter

vent

ions

fu

nded

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vinc

ial o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

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il 20

15 a

nd

31 M

arch

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09

inst

rum

ents

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ed

in s

uppo

rt o

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reas

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loca

lisat

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com

petit

ive-

ness

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stry

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velo

pmen

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9 in

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men

ts fu

nded

in

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port

of i

ncre

ased

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calis

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titiv

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ss a

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ry

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lopm

ent b

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een

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pril

2015

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31

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ch

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stru

men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

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ncre

ased

lo

calis

atio

n, c

ompe

titiv

e-ne

ss a

nd R

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d in

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ry

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ent b

etw

een

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pril

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and

31

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ch

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men

ts fu

nded

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port

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ncre

ased

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calis

atio

n, c

ompe

titiv

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ss a

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d in

dust

ry

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lopm

ent b

etw

een

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pril

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and

31

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ch

2018

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stru

men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

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ncre

ased

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calis

atio

n, c

ompe

titiv

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ss a

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d in

dust

ry

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ent b

etw

een

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pril

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31

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ch

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men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

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ncre

ased

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calis

atio

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titiv

e-ne

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nd R

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dust

ry

deve

lopm

ent b

etw

een

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pril

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31

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ch

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cilit

ate

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isio

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da

ta o

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e N

SI’s

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or-

man

ce

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east

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istic

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ch

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port

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d po

licy

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gs o

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e in

nova

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syst

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nova

tion

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y ap

prov

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co/

publ

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d be

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il 20

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nd 3

1 M

arch

201

6

11 re

port

s an

d po

licy

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va-

tion

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licy

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nd M

arch

20

17

17 s

tatis

tical

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and

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iefs

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mitt

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bine

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31 M

arch

201

8

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east

23

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istic

al

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olic

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prov

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mitt

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east

29

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istic

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prov

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r sub

mitt

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ch

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crea

sed

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ate-

sect

or

inve

stm

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n RD

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l dec

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ided

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in 9

0 da

ys o

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te o

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for 8

0% o

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plic

atio

ns re

ceiv

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r th

e R&

D ta

x in

cent

ive

by

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arch

202

0

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ecis

ions

pr

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ed w

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days

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plic

atio

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ince

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Apr

il 20

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arch

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6

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ecis

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nd 3

1 M

arch

201

8

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ppro

val d

ecis

ions

pr

ovid

ed w

ithin

90

days

of

date

of r

ecei

pt fo

r 80%

of

appl

icat

ions

for t

he R

&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e re

ceiv

ed

betw

een

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

18

and

31 D

ecem

ber 2

018

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ppro

val d

ecis

ions

pr

ovid

ed w

ithin

90

days

of

date

of r

ecei

pt fo

r 80%

of

appl

icat

ions

for t

he R

&D

tax

ince

ntiv

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ceiv

ed

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nuar

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19

and

31 D

ecem

ber 2

019

47 47

The

drop

in ta

rget

is b

ecau

se th

e EC

SP fu

ndin

g to

the

DST

was

dra

stic

ally

redu

ced

afte

r 31

Mar

ch 2

017.

Programm

e 5


Tabl

e 27

: Str

ateg

ic s

tate

men

ts, p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

, and

ann

ual a

nd M

TEF

targ

ets

for 2

018/

19

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

Thr

ough

kno

wle

dge,

evi

denc

e an

d le

arni

ng, t

o in

form

and

influ

ence

how

S&

T ca

n be

use

d to

ach

ieve

incl

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e de

velo

pmen

tKn

owle

dge

prod

-uc

tsN

umbe

r of k

now

l-ed

ge p

rodu

cts

on in

nova

tion

for

incl

usiv

e de

velo

p-m

ent p

ublis

hed

At l

east

26

know

l-ed

ge p

rodu

cts

on in

nova

tion

for

incl

usiv

e de

vel-

opm

ent p

ub-

lishe

d be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd

31 M

arch

202

0

2 po

licy

brie

fs p

ub-

lishe

d on

the

DST

w

ebsi

te

5 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

(tw

o ca

se s

tudi

es) w

ere

com

plet

ed a

nd

publ

ishe

d on

the

DST

web

site

5 ev

alua

tion

/ re

sear

ch re

port

s de

velo

ped

and

publ

ishe

d on

the

DST

web

site

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

6 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

-va

tion

for i

nclu

sive

de

velo

pmen

t pu

blis

hed

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

6 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r in

clus

ive

deve

lop-

men

t pub

lishe

d by

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

9

6 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r in

clus

ive

deve

lop-

men

t pub

lishe

d by

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0

6 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r in

clus

ive

deve

lop-

men

t pub

lishe

d by

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

20 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

1D

ecis

ion-

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

Num

ber o

f de

cisi

on-s

uppo

rt

inte

rven

tions

in

trod

uced

and

m

aint

aine

d

At l

east

10

deci

sion

-sup

port

sy

stem

s in

tro-

duce

d, m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

4 ad

ditio

nal d

eci-

sion

-sup

port

sys

-te

ms

for i

mpr

ovin

g sa

nita

tion

and

basi

c ed

ucat

ion

serv

ice

deliv

ery

intr

oduc

ed;

and

two

exis

ting

deci

sion

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port

sy

stem

s (S

patia

l and

Te

mpo

ral E

vide

nce

for P

lann

ing

Sout

h A

frica

, and

the

Risk

an

d Vu

lner

abili

ty

Atla

s) m

aint

aine

d

5 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

sys

tem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d tw

o in

trod

uced

by

31 M

arch

201

6

7 d

ecis

ion-

sup-

port

sys

tem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed b

y 31

M

arch

201

7

8 de

cisi

on-s

up-

port

sys

tem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed b

y 31

M

arch

201

8

10 d

ecis

ion-

sup-

port

sys

tem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

10 d

ecis

ion-

sup-

port

sys

tem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed b

y 31

M

arch

202

0

No

targ

et48

Lear

ning

inte

rven

-tio

ns49

(sem

inar

s)

gene

rate

d

Num

ber o

f le

arni

ng in

terv

en-

tions

(sem

inar

s)

gene

rate

d

At l

east

45

lear

n-in

g in

terv

entio

ns

(sem

inar

s) g

ener

-at

ed b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

11 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

inar

s)

gene

rate

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

9 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

201

6

10 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

201

7

9 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

201

8

9 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

201

9

9 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

202

0

9 le

arni

ng in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

i-na

rs) g

ener

ated

by

31 M

arch

202

1

4849

48

This

is w

ithin

the

perio

d of

the

next

five

-yea

r str

ateg

ic p

lan.

Wor

k on

form

ulat

ing

the

perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rs is

und

er w

ay.

49

In th

is c

onte

xt a

lear

ning

inte

rven

tion

refe

rs to

a c

omm

unic

atio

n to

ol p

rodu

ced

by p

olic

y an

alys

ts, i

n th

e fo

rm o

f a s

emin

ar, w

hich

ser

ves

as a

n im

petu

s fo

r act

ing

for t

he p

olic

y au

dien

ce s

uch

as th

e Ca

bine

t or P

arlia

men

t. Th

e in

terv

entio

n m

ay a

lso

be u

sed

to

supp

ort b

road

er a

dvoc

acy

initi

ativ

es ta

rget

ing

a w

ide

but k

now

ledg

eabl

e au

dien

ce, e

.g. c

lust

ers,

deci

sion

mak

ers,

rese

arch

ers

and

adm

inis

trat

ors.

Programm

e 5


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

iden

tify

, gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

iliti

es fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

yH

igh-

leve

l50

hum

an c

apita

l de

velo

ped

in th

e de

dica

ted

nich

e ar

eas

that

sup

port

th

e gr

een

econ

o-m

y an

d su

stai

n-ab

le d

evel

opm

ent

Num

ber o

f un

ique

51 h

onou

rs,

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s th

at s

uppo

rt

the

gree

ning

of

soci

ety

and

the

econ

omy

and

sust

aina

ble

deve

l-op

men

t

375

hono

urs,

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s th

at s

uppo

rt

the

gree

n ec

ono-

my

and

sust

ain-

able

dev

elop

men

t by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

11 m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in d

es-

igna

ted

nich

e ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

5

50 m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

that

sup

port

th

e gr

een

econ

o-m

y an

d su

stai

n-ab

le d

evel

opm

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

201

6

102

hono

urs,

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s th

at s

uppo

rt

the

gree

n ec

ono-

my

and

sust

ain-

able

dev

elop

men

t by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

90 h

onou

rs,

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s th

at s

uppo

rt

the

gree

n ec

ono-

my

and

sust

ain-

able

dev

elop

men

t by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

90 u

niqu

e ho

n-ou

rs, m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

that

sup

port

th

e gr

een

econ

o-m

y an

d su

stai

n-ab

le d

evel

opm

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

201

9

90 u

niqu

e ho

n-ou

rs, m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

in d

esig

nate

d ni

che

area

s th

at

supp

ort t

he

gree

n ec

onom

y an

d su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

tby

31 M

arch

202

0

No

targ

et52

Know

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts: p

rodu

cts

that

su

ppor

t sus

tain

-ab

le d

evel

opm

ent

Num

ber o

f kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts a

dded

to

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2015

to

31 M

arch

202

0 th

roug

h fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

At l

east

22

know

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

that

su

ppor

t sus

tain

-ab

le d

evel

opm

ent

adde

d to

the

IP

port

folio

31

Mar

ch

2020

No

base

line

1 de

mon

stra

tor

adde

d to

the

In-

nova

tion

Prod

ucts

(IP

) por

tfolio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

4 kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

od-

ucts

(for

exa

mpl

e,

pate

nts,

prot

o-ty

pes,

tech

nolo

gy

dem

onst

rato

rs,

met

hodo

logi

es

and

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

k-ag

es) a

dded

to

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio th

roug

h fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

rese

arch

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

6 kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

od-

ucts

(for

exa

mpl

e,

pate

nts,

prot

o-ty

pes,

tech

nolo

gy

dem

onst

rato

rs

and

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

IP

port

folio

thro

ugh

fully

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

re

sear

ch b

y 31

M

arch

201

8

4 kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

od-

ucts

(for

exa

mpl

e,

pate

nts,

prot

o-ty

pes,

tech

nolo

gy

dem

onst

rato

rs

and

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

IP

port

folio

thro

ugh

fully

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

re

sear

ch b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

4 kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

od-

ucts

(for

exa

mpl

e,

pate

nts,

prot

o-ty

pes,

tech

nolo

gy

dem

onst

rato

rs

and

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

k-ag

es) a

dded

to

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio th

roug

h fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

rese

arch

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

653 k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

(for

ex

ampl

e, p

aten

ts,

prot

otyp

es, t

ech-

nolo

gy d

emon

-st

rato

rs a

nd te

ch-

nolo

gy tr

ansf

er

pack

ages

) add

ed

to th

e su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t IP

port

folio

thro

ugh

fully

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

re

sear

ch b

y 31

M

arch

202

1

5051

5253

50

In th

is in

stan

ce h

igh-

leve

l hum

an c

apita

l ref

ers

to h

onou

rs, m

aste

rs a

nd d

octo

ral s

tude

nts,

as th

e ni

che

area

of w

aste

man

agem

ent,

as p

art o

f the

gre

en e

cono

my,

is a

ver

y ne

w a

rea

that

will

be

targ

eted

to b

uild

the

pipe

line

for f

urth

er p

ostg

radu

ate

expe

rtis

e

(spe

cific

ally

the

hono

urs

degr

ee in

was

te m

anag

emen

t).

51

Refe

rs to

stu

dent

s on

ly c

ount

ed o

nce

no m

atte

r how

man

y ye

ars

of fi

nanc

ial s

uppo

rt a

re to

be

prov

ided

.

52

This

falls

with

in th

e ne

xt fi

ve-y

ear s

trat

egic

pla

nnin

g cy

cle.

No

targ

et c

onsi

derin

g th

e ne

w S

trat

egic

Pla

nnin

g cy

cle

whi

ch m

ight

refe

ct /

mea

sure

diff

fent

out

puts

.

53

Gen

eral

Bud

get S

uppo

rt fu

ndin

g ha

s be

en c

onfir

med

com

men

cing

201

8/19

, pro

cess

es a

re u

nder

way

to fi

nalis

e a

deta

iled

busi

ness

pla

n. T

he n

umbe

rs w

ill b

e ad

just

ed w

hen

this

has

bee

n fin

alis

ed in

the

2019

/20

APP

.

Programm

e 5


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

iden

tify

, gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

iliti

es th

at –

• im

prov

e th

e co

mpe

titi

vene

ss o

f ex

isti

ng in

dust

ries

wit

h gr

owth

pot

enti

al in

aer

ospa

ce, a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turi

ng, c

hem

ical

s, a

dvan

ced

met

als,

min

ing,

ICT

s, in

dust

ry in

nova

tion

pr

ogra

mm

e (in

cl s

ecto

r inn

ovat

ion

fund

s); a

nd

• fac

ilita

te th

e de

velo

pmen

t of R

&D

-led

new

targ

eted

indu

stri

esH

igh-

leve

l HC

D

built

for c

ompe

ti-tiv

enes

s an

d ne

w

indu

stry

dev

elop

-m

ent

Num

ber o

f hi

gh-le

vel r

e-se

arch

gra

duat

es

(mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts)

fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, ch

emic

als,

min

ing,

ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, IC

Ts a

nd th

e In

dust

ry In

nova

-tio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e (in

cl S

IF)

1 45

454 m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

stu

-de

nts

fully

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, ch

emic

als,

min

ing,

ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, IC

Ts a

nd S

IFs)

by

31 M

arch

202

0

353

mas

ters

an

d do

ctor

al

stud

ents

fu

lly

fund

ed

or

co-fu

nded

in

desig

-na

ted

nich

e ar

eas

by

31 M

arch

201

5

338

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s (a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

tur-

ing,

aer

ospa

ce,

chem

ical

s, m

inin

g,

adva

nced

met

als,

ICTs

and

SIF

s) b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

334

mas

ters

and

do

ctor

al s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

de

sign

ated

nic

he

area

s (a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

tur-

ing,

aer

ospa

ce,

chem

ical

s, m

inin

g,

adva

nced

met

als,

ICTs

and

SIF

s) b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

At l

east

288

m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, ch

emic

als,

min

ing,

ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, IC

Ts a

nd S

IFs)

by

31 M

arch

201

8

At l

east

242

m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, ch

emic

als,

min

ing,

ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, IC

Ts a

nd th

e In

-du

stry

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e - i

ncl

SIF)

by

31 M

arch

20

19

At l

east

252

m

aste

rs a

nd

doct

oral

stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in

desi

gnat

ed n

iche

ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, ch

emic

als,

min

ing,

ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, IC

Ts a

nd th

e In

-du

stry

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e- n

cl

SIF)

by

31 M

arch

20

20

No

targ

et55

Num

ber o

f int

erns

fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

in R

&D

rela

ted

to d

esig

n,

man

ufac

turin

g an

d pr

oduc

t de

velo

pmen

t

590

inte

rns

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

R&D

re

late

d to

des

ign,

m

anuf

actu

ring

and

prod

uct

deve

lopm

ent

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

358

inte

rns

fully

fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nd-

ed b

y 31

Mar

ch

2015

309

inte

rns

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

R&D

re

late

d to

des

ign,

m

anuf

actu

ring

and

prod

uct

deve

lopm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

216

inte

rns

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed in

R&D

re

late

d to

des

ign,

m

anuf

actu

ring

and

prod

uct

deve

lopm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

At l

east

110

in-

tern

s fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed in

R&

D re

late

d to

de-

sign

, man

ufac

tur-

ing

and

prod

uct

deve

lopm

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

018

At l

east

126

56 in

-te

rns

fully

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

in

R&D

rela

ted

to d

e-si

gn, m

anuf

actu

r-in

g an

d pr

oduc

t de

velo

pmen

t by

31 M

arch

201

9

No

targ

et57

No

targ

et

5455

5657

54

The

num

ber r

epre

sent

s th

e su

m o

f the

stu

dent

s su

ppor

ted

on a

n an

nual

bas

is. I

n m

ost i

nsta

nces

, stu

dent

s re

ceiv

ed m

ulti-

year

sup

port

. The

refo

re, t

he n

umbe

r of u

niqu

e st

uden

ts s

uppo

rted

is c

onsi

dera

bly

low

er. W

here

pos

sibl

e, th

e nu

mbe

r of u

niqu

e st

uden

ts

supp

orte

d w

ill b

e re

flect

ed in

the

narr

ativ

e se

ctio

n of

the

annu

al a

nd th

e fiv

e ye

ar p

erfo

rman

ce re

port

.

55

This

falls

with

in th

e ne

xt fi

ve y

ear s

trat

egic

pla

n cy

cle.

No

targ

et p

rovi

ded

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt e

xist

ing

effor

ts to

enh

ance

the

appr

oach

to H

uman

Cap

ital D

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e ne

xt fi

ve y

ear c

ycle

.

56

Pend

ing

the

outc

ome

of a

n in

tern

al b

udge

t rep

riorit

isat

ion

appl

icat

ion

to N

atio

nal T

reas

ury

in N

ovem

ber 2

017

usin

g sa

ving

s fro

m th

e SA

RChI

pro

gram

me.

57

The

five-

year

targ

et w

ill b

e ex

ceed

ed b

y th

e en

d of

the

2017

/18

finan

cial

yea

r. A

s at 1

5 N

ovem

ber 2

017,

ther

e is

no

fund

ing

for t

he E

ngin

eerin

g Tr

aini

ng P

rogr

amm

e (E

TP) p

rogr

amm

e in

the

oute

r tw

o ye

ars.

Effor

ts a

re b

eing

mad

e to

find

way

s of e

nabl

ing

supp

ort

for i

nter

ns in

201

9/20

and

202

0/21

.

Programm

e 5


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Indu

stria

lly re

le-

vant

Kno

wle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts:

Num

ber o

f kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts a

dded

to

the

Indu

stria

l D

evel

opm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio th

roug

h fu

lly fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

re-

sear

ch in

itiat

ives

137

indu

stria

lly

rele

vant

kno

wl-

edge

and

inno

-va

tion

prod

ucts

ad

ded

to th

e in

dust

rial d

evel

op-

men

t IP

port

folio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

29 k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts a

dded

to th

e IP

po

rtfo

lio

38 k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts (p

aten

ts, p

ro-

toty

pes,

tech

nolo

-gy

dem

onst

rato

rs

or te

chno

logy

tr

ansf

er p

acka

ges)

ad

ded

to th

e IP

po

rtfo

lio b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

36 k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

-uc

ts (p

aten

ts, p

ro-

toty

pes,

tech

nolo

-gy

dem

onst

rato

rs

or te

chno

logy

tr

ansf

er p

acka

ges)

ad

ded

to th

e IP

po

rtfo

lio b

y 31

M

arch

201

7

At l

east

17

know

l-ed

ge a

nd in

no-

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

(pat

ents

, pro

to-

type

s, te

chno

logy

de

mon

stra

tors

or

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

in-

dust

rial d

evel

op-

men

t IP

port

folio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

At l

east

26

indu

s-tr

ially

rele

vant

kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts p

rodu

cts

(pat

ents

, pro

to-

type

s, te

chno

logy

de

mon

stra

tors

or

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

in-

dust

rial d

evel

op-

men

t IP

port

folio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

At l

east

34

indu

s-tr

ially

rele

vant

kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts p

rodu

cts

(pat

ents

, pro

to-

type

s, te

chno

logy

de

mon

stra

tors

or

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

in-

dust

rial d

evel

op-

men

t IP

port

folio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

At l

east

34

indu

s-tr

ially

rele

vant

kn

owle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts p

rodu

cts

(pat

ents

, pro

to-

type

s, te

chno

logy

de

mon

stra

tors

or

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s)

adde

d to

the

in-

dust

rial d

evel

op-

men

t IP

port

folio

by

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Fund

ing

inst

ru-

men

ts to

incr

ease

lo

calis

atio

n, c

om-

petit

iven

ess

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

de

velo

pmen

t

Num

ber o

f ins

tru-

men

ts fu

nded

in

sup

port

of

incr

ease

d lo

calis

a-tio

n, c

ompe

titiv

e-ne

ss a

nd R

&D-le

d in

dust

ry d

evel

op-

men

t

9 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

incr

ease

d lo

calis

atio

n, c

om-

petit

iven

ess

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

de

velo

pmen

t by

41 M

arch

202

0

8 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed b

y 31

Mar

ch

2015

9 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

incr

ease

d lo

calis

atio

n, c

om-

petit

iven

ess

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

de

velo

pmen

t by

31 M

arch

201

6

9 in

stru

men

ts

fund

ed in

sup

port

of

incr

ease

d lo

calis

atio

n, c

om-

petit

iven

ess

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

de

velo

pmen

t by

31 M

arch

201

7

At l

east

9 in

stru

-m

ents

fund

ed

in s

uppo

rt o

f in

crea

sed

loca

lisa-

tion,

com

petit

ive-

ness

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

dev

elop

-m

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2018

At l

east

9 in

stru

-m

ents

fund

ed

in s

uppo

rt o

f in

crea

sed

loca

lisa-

tion,

com

petit

ive-

ness

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

dev

elop

-m

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2019

At l

east

9 in

stru

-m

ents

fund

ed

in s

uppo

rt o

f in

crea

sed

loca

lisa-

tion,

com

petit

ive-

ness

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

dev

elop

-m

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2020

At l

east

9 in

stru

-m

ents

fund

ed

in s

uppo

rt o

f in

crea

sed

loca

lisa-

tion,

com

petit

ive-

ness

and

R&D

-led

indu

stry

dev

elop

-m

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2021

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

stre

ngth

en p

rovi

ncia

l and

rura

l inn

ovat

ion

and

prod

ucti

on s

yste

ms

thro

ugh

anal

ysis

and

cat

alyt

ic in

terv

enti

ons

Inno

vatio

n-su

p-po

rt in

terv

en-

tions

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed th

at

stre

ngth

en w

ith

prov

inci

al o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s

Num

ber o

f inn

o-va

tion-

supp

ort i

n-te

rven

tions

fund

-ed

or c

o-fu

nded

th

at s

tren

gthe

n pr

ovin

cial

or

rura

l inn

ovat

ion

syst

ems

12 in

nova

-tio

n-su

ppor

t int

er-

vent

ions

fund

ed

or c

o-fu

nded

th

at s

tren

gthe

n pr

ovin

cial

or

rura

l inn

ovat

ion

syst

ems

betw

een

1 A

pril

2015

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

No

base

line

4 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-fu

nded

that

st

reng

then

pro

vin-

cial

or r

ural

inno

-va

tion

syst

ems

by

31 M

arch

201

6

7 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

that

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al o

r rur

al

inno

vatio

n sy

s-te

ms

by b

etw

een

1 A

pril

2016

and

31

Mar

ch 2

0178

7 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

that

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

16 a

nd

31 M

arch

201

8

8 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

that

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

n1

Apr

il 20

16 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

9

8 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

that

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il an

d 31

M

arch

202

0

8 in

nova

tion-

sup-

port

inte

rven

-tio

ns fu

nded

or

co-

fund

ed

that

str

engt

hen

prov

inci

al o

r ru

ral i

nnov

atio

n sy

stem

s be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

20 a

nd

31 M

arch

202

1

Programm

e 5


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

enha

nce

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d an

alys

is th

at s

uppo

rt im

prov

emen

ts in

the

func

tion

ing

and

perf

orm

ance

of t

he N

SI.

Stat

istic

al re

port

s an

d po

licy

brie

fs

appr

oved

by

Exco

/pub

lishe

d/

subm

itted

to

Cabi

net

Num

ber s

tatis

tical

re

port

s an

d po

licy

brie

fs a

ppro

ved

by E

xco

for

publ

icat

ion

and/

or

sub

mitt

ed to

Ca

bine

t

At l

east

29

repo

rts

or p

olic

y br

iefin

gs

on th

e in

nova

-tio

n sy

stem

and

in

nova

tion

polic

y ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co

for p

ublic

atio

n or

sub

mitt

ed to

Ca

bine

t bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd

31 M

arch

202

0

The

repo

rt w

as

appr

oved

by

Exco

on

9 F

eb. 2

015.

Fi

ndin

gs w

ere

dis-

sem

inat

ed th

roug

h a

stak

ehol

der w

ork-

shop

on

27 M

arch

20

15 a

nd p

ublis

hed

on th

e D

ST w

ebsi

te.

The

2013

/14

Repo

rt

on th

e Pe

rfor

man

ce

of R

&D T

ax in

cent

ive

has

been

fina

lised

an

d pu

blis

hed

on

the

DST

web

site

. M

onito

ring

data

on

R&D

adm

inis

trat

ion

was

com

pile

d an

d pr

esen

ted

thro

ugh

4th

quar

ter s

tatu

s up

date

repo

rt. T

he

2012

/13

R&D

sur

vey

repo

rt a

nd th

e ca

bine

t mem

o-ra

ndum

on

R&D

ex

pend

iture

tren

ds

wer

e di

ssem

inat

ed

in q

uart

er th

ree.

D

raft

repo

rt/p

olic

y br

ief o

n in

nova

tion

in th

e m

anuf

ac-

turin

g se

ctor

was

pr

oduc

ed (b

ased

on

revi

sed

annu

al

targ

et) b

ut n

ot y

et

appr

oved

2 re

port

s /p

olic

y br

iefin

gs a

p-pr

oved

by

Exco

/ pu

blis

hed

by 3

1 M

arch

201

5

2014

/15

repo

rt

on g

over

nmen

t fu

nded

STA

s

2013

/14

natio

nal

surv

ey o

n re

sear

ch

and

expe

rimen

tal

deve

lopm

ent

publ

ishe

d; c

ab

mem

o ta

bled

to

brie

f cab

inet

ab

out t

he re

sult

6 re

port

s an

d po

li-cy

brie

fings

on

the

inno

vatio

n sy

stem

an

d in

nova

tion

polic

y ap

prov

ed

by E

xco/

publ

ishe

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

017:

2015

/16

Tech

no-

logi

cal A

ctiv

ities

(S

TA) r

epor

t;

2014

/15

R&D

su

rvey

repo

rt;

2015

/16

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e re

port

;

Base

line

surv

ey

repo

rt o

f Int

el-

lect

ual P

rope

rty

and

Tech

nolo

gy

Tran

sfer

of P

ublic

ly

Fund

ed R

esea

rch;

Repo

rt o

n R&

D

tren

ds o

f sta

te-

owne

d en

terp

rises

(S

OEs

).

DST

pos

ition

do

cum

ent o

n id

entifi

ed R

&D ta

x in

cent

ive

polic

y is

sues

app

rove

d an

d pr

esen

ted

to th

e N

atio

nal

Trea

sury

6 st

atis

tical

repo

rts

or p

olic

y br

iefs

ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co

for p

ublic

atio

n an

d/ o

r sub

mis

-si

on to

Cab

inet

by

31 M

arch

201

8

6 st

atis

tical

repo

rts

or p

olic

y br

iefs

ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co

for p

ublic

atio

n an

d/ o

r sub

mitt

ed

to C

abin

et b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

6 st

atis

tical

repo

rts

or p

olic

y br

iefs

ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co

for p

ublic

atio

n an

d/ o

r sub

mitt

ed

to C

abin

et b

y 31

M

arch

202

0

6 st

atis

tical

repo

rts

or p

olic

y br

iefs

ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co

for p

ublic

atio

n an

d/ o

r sub

mitt

ed

to C

abin

et b

y 31

M

arch

202

1

Programm

e 5


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Five

-yea

r St

rate

gic

Plan

ta

rget

Aud

ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

ceEs

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ce

2017

/18

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

Stra

tegi

c st

atem

ent:

To

intr

oduc

e an

d m

anag

e in

terv

enti

ons

and

ince

ntiv

e pr

ogra

mm

es th

at in

crea

se th

e le

vel o

f pri

vate

sec

tor i

nves

tmen

t in

scie

ntifi

c or

tech

nolo

gica

l R&

DCo

mpa

nies

ac

cess

ing

the

R&D

ta

x in

cent

ive

Turn

arou

nd ti

me

in p

rovi

ding

pre

-ap

prov

al d

ecis

ions

on

app

licat

ions

fo

r the

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e

Prea

ppro

val d

e-ci

sion

s pr

ovid

ed

with

in 9

0 da

ys o

f da

te o

f rec

eipt

for

80%

of a

pplic

a-tio

ns re

ceiv

ed

for t

he R

&D ta

x in

cent

ive

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0

No

base

line

By 3

1 M

arch

201

6,

255

appl

icat

ions

w

ere

still

to b

e fin

alis

ed. O

f the

se,

16 w

ere

rece

ived

be

fore

Janu

ary

2014

, 90

wer

e re

ceiv

ed in

201

4;

108

wer

e re

ceiv

ed

in 2

015;

and

41

wer

e re

ceiv

ed in

20

16.

By 3

1 M

arch

20

17, o

nly

13

appl

icat

ions

had

re

ceiv

ed d

ecis

ion

lett

ers

with

in 1

20

days

. The

ave

rage

nu

mbe

r of d

ays

for p

rovi

ding

de

cisi

ons

was

re

duce

d fro

m 2

66

days

(app

licat

ions

re

ceiv

ed in

201

5)

to 1

47 d

ays

(app

li-ca

tions

rece

ived

in

2016

).

Prea

ppro

val d

e-ci

sion

s pr

ovid

ed

with

in 9

0 da

ys o

f da

te o

f rec

eipt

of

appl

icat

ion

for t

he

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

Prea

ppro

val d

e-ci

sion

s pr

ovid

ed

with

in 9

0 da

ys

from

dat

e of

re

ceip

t for

80%

of

app

licat

ions

re

ceiv

ed fo

r the

R&

D ta

x in

cent

ive

rece

ived

bet

wee

n 1

Janu

ary

2018

to

31

Dec

embe

r 20

18

Prea

ppro

val d

e-ci

sion

s pr

ovid

ed

with

in 9

0 da

ys

from

dat

e of

re

ceip

t for

80%

of

app

licat

ions

fo

r the

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e re

ceiv

ed

betw

een

1 Ja

nu-

ary

2019

and

31

Mar

ch 2

020

Prea

ppro

val d

e-ci

sion

s pr

ovid

ed

with

in 9

0 da

ys

from

dat

e of

re

ceip

t for

80%

of

app

licat

ions

fo

r the

R&D

tax

ince

ntiv

e re

ceiv

ed

betw

een

1 Ja

nu-

ary

2020

and

31

Mar

ch 2

021

Programm

e 5


Tabl

e 28

: Qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s fo

r the

201

8/19

fina

ncia

l yea

r

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

port

ing

fr

eque

ncy

Ann

ual t

arge

t 20

18/1

9Q

uart

erly

targ

ets

Qua

rter

1Q

uart

er 2

Qua

rter

3Q

uart

er 4

Num

ber o

f kno

wle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r inc

lusi

ve d

evel

opm

ent

publ

ishe

d

Qua

rter

ly6

know

ledg

e pr

oduc

ts o

n in

nova

tion

for i

nclu

sive

de

velo

pmen

t pub

lishe

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

1 kn

owle

dge

prod

uct o

n in

nova

tion

for i

nclu

sive

de

velo

pmen

t pub

lishe

d be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

18 a

nd

30 Ju

ne 2

018

2 kn

owle

dge

prod

uct o

n in

nova

tion

for i

nclu

sive

de

velo

pmen

t pub

lishe

d be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

18 a

nd

30 S

epte

mbe

r 201

8

3 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r inc

lusi

ve

deve

lopm

ent i

mpr

oved

be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

18 a

nd

31 D

ecem

ber 2

018

6 kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

on

inno

vatio

n fo

r inc

lusi

ve

deve

lopm

ent p

ublis

hed

on D

ST w

ebsi

te b

y 31

M

arch

201

9

Num

ber o

f dec

isio

n-su

p-po

rt in

terv

entio

ns in

tro-

duce

d an

d m

aint

aine

d

Qua

rter

ly10

dec

isio

n-su

ppor

t sy

stem

s m

aint

aine

d an

d im

prov

ed b

y 31

Mar

ch

2019

Ann

ual w

orkp

lan

appr

oved

for a

t lea

st 2

de

cisi

on-s

uppo

rt s

yste

ms

betw

een

1 A

pril

2018

and

30

June

201

8

Ann

ual w

orkp

lan

appr

oved

for a

t lea

st 8

de

cisi

on-s

uppo

rt s

yste

ms

betw

een

1 A

pril

2018

and

30

Sep

tem

ber 2

018

Ann

ual w

orkp

lan

appr

oved

for a

t lea

st 1

0 de

cisi

on-s

uppo

rt s

yste

ms

betw

een

1 A

pril

2018

and

31

Dec

embe

r 201

8

10 d

ecis

ion-

supp

ort

syst

ems

mai

ntai

ned

and

impr

oved

bet

wee

n 1

Apr

il 20

18 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

201

9

Num

ber o

f lea

rnin

g in

ter-

vent

ions

(sem

inar

s, br

iefs

, po

licy

pape

rs) g

ener

ated

Qua

rter

ly9

lear

ning

inte

rven

tions

(s

emin

ars,

lect

ures

, lea

rn-

ing

foru

ms

and

polic

y di

alog

ue) g

ener

ated

by

31

Mar

ch 2

019

1 le

arni

ng in

terv

entio

n ge

nera

ted

betw

een

1 A

pril

and

30 Ju

ne 2

018

2 le

arni

ng in

terv

entio

ns

gene

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to

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Min

iste

r on

mat

ters

rega

rdin

g th

e pu

blic

ent

ities

. The

DST

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

its

publ

ic

entit

ies,

has

deve

lope

d th

e G

over

nanc

e Fr

amew

ork

for t

he E

ntiti

es R

epor

ting

to th

e M

inis

ter o

f Sci

ence

and

Tech

nolo

gy. T

he fr

amew

ork

guid

es th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e D

ST a

nd it

s

entit

ies,

and

outli

nes

the

gove

rnan

ce s

truc

ture

s, sy

stem

s an

d pr

oces

ses

put i

n pl

ace

to a

dvan

ce m

atte

rs o

f nat

iona

l int

eres

t.

Tabl

e 31

: Pub

lic e

ntit

ies

repo

rtin

g to

the

DST

Nam

e of

pub

lic e

ntit

yM

anda

teO

utpu

tsCu

rren

t ann

ual b

udge

t (2

018/

19) (

R m

illio

n)In

stit

utio

nal r

evie

w d

ue d

ate

Sout

h A

frica

n N

atio

nal S

pace

Age

ncy

•To

pro

mot

e th

e pe

acef

ul u

se o

f sp

ace

•To

sup

port

the

crea

tion

of a

n en

viro

nmen

t con

duci

ve to

in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent i

n sp

ace

tech

nolo

gy

•To

fost

er re

sear

ch in

spa

ce S

&T,

com

mun

icat

ions

, nav

igat

ion

and

spac

e ph

ysic

s

•To

adv

ance

sci

entifi

c, e

ngin

eerin

g an

d te

chno

logi

cal c

ompe

tenc

e an

d ca

pabi

litie

s th

roug

h H

CD

ou

trea

ch p

rogr

amm

es a

nd

infra

stru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t

•To

fost

er in

tern

atio

nal

coop

erat

ion

in s

pace

-rel

ated

ac

tiviti

es

•Pr

ovis

ion

of s

pace

ser

vice

s an

d pr

oduc

ts

•In

crea

sing

nat

iona

l spa

ce

rese

arch

out

put (

sour

ced

rese

arch

ing,

pub

licat

ions

, stu

dent

fu

ndin

g)

•D

evel

op n

atio

nal h

uman

cap

acity

an

d tr

ansf

orm

atio

n (fu

ndin

g of

stu

dent

s an

d in

tern

s, yo

ung

peop

le e

ngag

ed in

spa

ce s

cien

ce

activ

ities

)

•Co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

Sou

th A

frica

n sp

ace

indu

stry

R138

036

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

No

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w h

as b

een

unde

rtak

en y

et.


Nam

e of

pub

lic e

ntit

yM

anda

teO

utpu

tsCu

rren

t ann

ual b

udge

t (2

018/

19) (

R m

illio

n)In

stit

utio

nal r

evie

w d

ue d

ate

Aca

dem

y of

Sci

ence

of S

outh

Afri

ca•

To p

rom

ote

com

mon

gro

und

in s

cien

tific

thin

king

acr

oss

all

disc

iplin

es, i

nclu

ding

the

phys

ical

, m

athe

mat

ical

and

life

sci

ence

s, as

wel

l as

the

hum

an, s

ocia

l and

ec

onom

ic s

cien

ces

•To

enc

oura

ge a

nd p

rom

ote

inno

vativ

e an

d in

depe

nden

t sc

ient

ific

thin

king

.

•To

pro

mot

e th

e op

timum

de

velo

pmen

t of t

he in

telle

ctua

l ca

paci

ty o

f all

peop

le

•To

pro

vide

effe

ctiv

e ad

vice

and

fa

cilit

ate

appr

opria

te a

ctio

n in

re

latio

n to

the

colle

ctiv

e ne

eds,

oppo

rtun

ities

and

cha

lleng

es o

f al

l Sou

th A

frica

ns

•To

link

Sou

th A

frica

with

sci

entifi

c co

mm

uniti

es o

f the

hig

hest

le

vels

, with

in th

e SA

DC

, the

rest

of

Afri

ca a

nd th

e re

st o

f the

wor

ld

•Co

llabo

ratio

ns a

mon

g gl

obal

sc

ienc

e or

gani

satio

ns

•Pr

omot

ion

of y

oung

sci

entis

ts

and

wom

en fo

r sci

ence

act

iviti

es

•ST

I pol

icy

advi

ce fo

r gov

ernm

ent

•Sc

ient

ific

writ

ing

for r

esea

rch

publ

ishi

ng

R25

668

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

Last

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w u

nder

take

n in

201

6.

Nat

iona

l Res

earc

h Fo

unda

tion

To

supp

ort

and

prom

ote

rese

arch

th

roug

h fu

ndin

g, h

uman

res

ourc

e de

-ve

lopm

ent

and

the

prov

isio

n of

the

ne

cess

ary

rese

arch

faci

litie

s in

ord

er t

o fa

cilit

ate

the

crea

tion

of k

now

ledg

e, in

-no

vatio

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t in

all

field

s of

S&T

, in

clud

ing

indi

geno

us k

now

l-ed

ge, a

nd th

ereb

y to

con

trib

ute

to th

e im

prov

emen

t of

the

qua

lity

of li

ves

of

all t

he p

eopl

e of

Sou

th A

frica

•Pr

ovis

ion

of re

sear

ch

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d fu

ndin

g (re

sear

ch fu

ndin

g (b

ursa

ries)

re

sear

ch in

frast

ruct

ure

gran

ts,

and

infra

stru

ctur

e in

vest

men

t fu

ndin

g)

•N

atio

nal r

esea

rch

faci

litie

s (s

tude

nts

supp

orte

d by

nat

iona

l re

sear

ch fa

cilit

ies,

ISI-a

ccre

dite

d pu

blic

atio

ns fr

om n

atio

nal

rese

arch

faci

litie

s)

R904

752

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

Last

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w u

nder

take

n in

201

6.


Nam

e of

pub

lic e

ntit

yM

anda

teO

utpu

tsCu

rren

t ann

ual b

udge

t (2

018/

19) (

R m

illio

n)In

stit

utio

nal r

evie

w d

ue d

ate

Coun

cil f

or S

cien

tific

and

Indu

stria

l Re

sear

chTo

fost

er, i

n th

e na

tiona

l int

eres

t and

in

the

field

s w

hich

in

its o

pini

on s

houl

d re

ceiv

e pr

efer

ence

, in

dust

rial

and

sci-

entifi

c de

velo

pmen

t, ei

ther

by

itsel

f or

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith p

rinci

pals

from

the

publ

ic o

r priv

ate

sect

or, a

nd th

ereb

y to

co

ntrib

ute

to t

he im

prov

emen

t of

the

qu

ality

of

life

of t

he p

eopl

e of

Sou

th

Afri

ca, a

nd t

o pe

rfor

m a

ny o

ther

fun

c-tio

ns t

hat

may

be

assi

gned

to

it by

or

unde

r th

e Sc

ient

ific

Rese

arch

Cou

ncil

Act

•Pe

er-r

evie

wed

pub

licat

ions

•Re

sear

ch te

chno

logi

es

•Pa

tent

s

•Re

sear

ch re

port

s

R963

164

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

Last

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w w

as u

nder

tak-

en in

200

9.

Hum

an S

cien

ces

Rese

arch

Cou

ncil

•To

initi

ate,

und

erta

ke a

nd

fost

er s

trat

egic

bas

ic a

nd

appl

ied

rese

arch

in th

e hu

man

sc

ienc

es, a

nd to

gat

her,

anal

yse

and

publ

ish

data

rele

vant

to

deve

lopm

enta

l cha

lleng

es in

So

uth

Afri

ca, e

lsew

here

in A

frica

an

d in

the

rest

of t

he w

orld

, es

peci

ally

by

mea

ns o

f pro

ject

s lin

ked

to p

ublic

-sec

tor o

rient

ed

colla

bora

tive

prog

ram

mes

.

•To

info

rm th

e eff

ectiv

e fo

rmul

atio

n an

d m

onito

ring

of p

olic

y an

d to

eva

luat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of p

olic

y.

•To

stim

ulat

e pu

blic

deb

ate

thro

ugh

the

effec

tive

diss

emin

atio

n of

fact

-bas

ed

rese

arch

resu

lts.

•To

hel

p bu

ild re

sear

ch c

apac

ity

and

infra

stru

ctur

e fo

r the

hum

an

scie

nces

in S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd th

e re

st o

f Afri

ca.

•To

fost

er a

nd s

uppo

rt re

sear

ch

colla

bora

tion,

net

wor

ks a

nd

inst

itutio

nal l

inka

ges

with

in

the

hum

an s

cien

ces

rese

arch

co

mm

unity

.

•Pu

blic

dia

logu

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns

(dis

sem

inat

ion

of k

now

ledg

e)

•Re

sear

ch a

nd a

naly

sis

of

deve

lopm

enta

l pro

blem

s

•A

frica

n re

sear

ch a

gend

a an

d co

llabo

rativ

e re

sear

ch p

rom

oted

•Re

sear

ch c

apac

ity fo

r hum

an

scie

nces

•Po

licy

brie

fs (i

nfor

m fo

rmul

atio

n of

gov

ernm

ent p

olic

y an

d ev

alua

te it

s im

plem

enta

tion)

R303

733

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

Last

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w w

as u

nder

tak-

en in

201

0.


Nam

e of

pub

lic e

ntit

yM

anda

teO

utpu

tsCu

rren

t ann

ual b

udge

t (2

018/

19) (

R m

illio

n)In

stit

utio

nal r

evie

w d

ue d

ate

Hum

an S

cien

ces

Rese

arch

Cou

ncil

•To

resp

ond

to th

e ne

eds

of

vuln

erab

le a

nd m

argi

nalis

ed

grou

ps in

soc

iety

by

rese

arch

ing

and

anal

ysin

g de

velo

pmen

tal

prob

lem

s, th

ereb

y co

ntrib

utin

g to

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

qua

lity

of th

eir l

ives

.

•To

dev

elop

and

mak

e pu

blic

ly

avai

labl

e ne

w d

atas

ets

to

unde

rpin

rese

arch

, pol

icy

deve

lopm

ent a

nd p

ublic

di

scus

sion

of t

he k

ey is

sues

of

dev

elop

men

t, an

d to

de

velo

p ne

w a

nd im

prov

ed

met

hodo

logi

es fo

r use

in th

eir

deve

lopm

ent.

•Pu

blic

dia

logu

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns

(dis

sem

inat

ion

of k

now

ledg

e)

•Re

sear

ch a

nd a

naly

sis

of

deve

lopm

enta

l pro

blem

s

•A

frica

n re

sear

ch a

gend

a an

d co

llabo

rativ

e re

sear

ch p

rom

oted

•Re

sear

ch c

apac

ity fo

r hum

an

scie

nces

•Po

licy

brie

fs (i

nfor

m fo

rmul

atio

n of

gov

ernm

ent p

olic

y an

d ev

alua

te it

s im

plem

enta

tion)

R303

733

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

Last

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w w

as u

nder

tak-

en in

201

0.

Tech

nolo

gy In

nova

tion

Age

ncy

To s

uppo

rt th

e st

ate

in s

timul

atin

g an

d in

tens

ifyin

g te

chno

logi

cal

inno

vatio

n in

ord

er t

o im

prov

e ec

onom

ic g

row

th

and

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e of

all

Sout

h A

f-ric

ans

by

deve

lopi

ng

and

expl

orin

g te

chno

logi

cal i

nnov

atio

n.

•Te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t fu

ndin

g (t

echn

olog

y-ba

sed

com

pani

es, j

obs

crea

ted

by

com

pani

es e

stab

lishe

d th

roug

h TI

A fu

ndin

g)

•En

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t for

te

chno

logy

inno

vatio

n (jo

bs

crea

ted,

incr

ease

d co

mpa

nies

tu

rnov

er, t

echn

olog

y su

ppor

t fu

ndin

g fo

r SM

Es)

R420

322

mill

ion

Ong

oing

ove

rsig

ht d

urin

g 20

18/1

9.

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-yea

r eco

nom

ic im

pact

ass

essm

ent

of T

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as c

ondu

cted

in Ju

ly 2

016,

bu

t no

inst

itutio

nal r

evie

w h

as b

een

unde

rtak

en y

et.


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URE

D: L

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con

duct

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ateg

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prov

emen

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tified

with

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renc

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six

teen

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pro

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for a

por

tfolio

of R

&D-le

d in

dust

rial d

evel

-op

men

t ini

tiativ

es fu

nded

by

the

DST

.

Prox

y in

dica

tor N

umbe

r 2Be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0, to

tal a

dditi

onal

reve

nue

of a

t lea

st R

2 bi

llion

repo

rted

by

firm

s and

com

pani

es w

ho b

enefi

tted

from

DST

-fund

ed in

dust

rial

deve

lopm

ent i

nstr

umen

ts s

ince

1 A

pril

2010

.

Prox

y in

dica

tor N

umbe

r 3Be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0, th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f 5,0

00 S

ME’

s en

hanc

ed th

roug

h te

chno

logy

inte

rven

tions

fund

ed b

y th

e D

ST a

nd it

s en

titie

s.

Stra

tegi

c O

utco

me–

orie

nted

Goa

l: 5

– Kn

owle

dge

Uti

lisat

ion

for I

nclu

sive

Dev

elop

men

t

Prox

y in

dica

tor N

umbe

r 1Be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0, d

ecis

ion

supp

ort p

rovi

ded

by th

e D

ST a

nd it

s en

titie

s m

akes

a d

emon

stra

ble

posi

tive

impa

ct o

n at

leas

t 12

gove

rnm

ent

serv

ices

or f

unct

ions

.

Prox

y in

dica

tor N

umbe

r 2Be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0, te

chno

logy

-bas

ed in

vest

men

ts b

y th

e D

ST s

tren

gthe

ns lo

cal e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t pro

spec

ts in

10

mun

icip

aliti

es.

Prox

y in

dica

tor N

umbe

r 3Be

twee

n 1

Apr

il 20

15 a

nd 3

1 M

arch

202

0, in

vest

men

ts b

y th

e D

ST a

nd it

s en

titie

s im

prov

es t

he s

tand

ard

of li

ving

of 2

00,0

00 m

argi

nalis

ed o

r neg

lect

ed c

itize

ns,

usin

g th

e m

ulti-

dim

ensi

onal

cap

abili

ties

fram

ewor

k of

the

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n.


AM

END

MEN

T TO

TH

E FI

VE-

YEA

R ST

RATE

GIC

TA

RGET

Prog

ram

me

2: T

ECH

NO

LOG

Y IN

NO

VATI

ON

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: 1Fa

cilit

ate

and

reso

urce

R&D

in s

trat

egic

are

as.

Stra

tegi

c St

atem

ent

To fa

cilit

ate

and

reso

urce

inve

stm

ents

in s

pace

S&T

, ene

rgy,

bio

inno

vatio

n, n

anot

echn

olog

y, ro

botic

s, ph

oton

ics,

IKS,

IP m

anag

emen

t, te

chno

logy

tran

sfer

an

d te

chno

logy

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

in o

rder

to c

reat

e va

lue

chai

ns a

nd a

n in

nova

tion

syst

em th

at is

mor

e ca

pabl

e, d

ynam

ic a

nd re

spon

sive

.

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rN

umbe

r of s

trat

egic

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

des

igna

ted

area

s in

sup

port

of e

cono

mic

sec

tors

.

Five

-yea

r tar

get

26 s

trat

egic

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

es in

des

igna

ted

area

s ap

prov

ed b

y Ex

co b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020.

Mot

ivat

ion

for a

cha

nge

of ta

rget

Erro

r sta

tem

ent o

f tar

get o

f 25

(and

not

26)

in a

nnex

ure

D o

f the

201

7/18

APP

.

Prog

ram

me

4: R

ESEA

RCH

DEV

ELO

PMEN

T A

ND

SU

PPO

RT

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: 2Pr

ovis

ion

of re

sear

ch a

nd in

nova

tion

infra

stru

ctur

e.

Stra

tegi

c St

atem

ent

To e

nsur

e av

aila

bilit

y of

and

acc

ess

to in

tern

atio

nally

com

para

ble

rese

arch

and

inno

vatio

n in

frast

ruct

ure

in o

rder

to g

ener

ate

new

kno

wle

dge

and

trai

n ne

w re

sear

cher

s.

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rN

umbe

r of r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

annu

ally

.

Five

-yea

r tar

get

210

rese

arch

infra

stru

ctur

e gr

ants

aw

arde

d as

per

aw

ard

lett

ers

by 3

1 M

arch

202

0.

Mot

ivat

ion

for a

cha

nge

of ta

rget

The

redu

ctio

n in

the

num

ber o

f res

earc

h in

frast

ruct

ure

gran

ts re

sults

from

a s

erie

s of

bud

get c

uts

to th

e Re

sear

ch a

nd D

evel

opm

ent I

nfra

stru

ctur

e al

lo-

catio

n, th

e la

test

bei

ng a

cut

of R

150m

in th

e 20

17 M

TEF.

Prog

ram

me

5: S

OCI

O-E

CON

OM

IC IN

NO

VATI

ON

PA

RTN

ERSH

IPS

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: 2S&

T fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

a g

reen

eco

nom

yzSt

rate

gic

Stat

emen

tTo

iden

tify,

gro

w a

nd s

usta

in n

iche

hig

h-po

tent

ial S

TI c

apab

ilitie

s fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

y.

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rN

umbe

r of u

niqu

e ho

nour

s, m

aste

rs a

nd d

octo

ral s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co-

fund

ed in

des

igna

ted

nich

e ar

eas

that

sup

port

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd

the

econ

omy

and

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent

Five

-yea

r tar

get

375

hono

urs,

mas

ters

and

doc

tora

l stu

dent

s fu

lly fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nded

in d

esig

nate

d ni

che

area

s th

at s

uppo

rt th

e gr

een

econ

omy

and

sust

aina

ble

deve

l-op

men

t by

31 M

arch

202

0M

otiv

atio

n fo

r a c

hang

e of

targ

etEr

ror s

tate

men

t of 3

51 (a

nd n

ot 3

75) i

n an

nexu

re D

of t

he 2

017/

18 A

PP.


Prog

ram

me

5: S

OCI

O-E

CON

OM

IC IN

NO

VATI

ON

PA

RTN

ERSH

IPS

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: 3Su

ppor

t the

dev

elop

men

t of n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

R&D

-led

indu

strie

s in

aer

ospa

ce, a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turin

g, c

hem

ical

s, ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, m

inin

g, IC

Ts a

nd

the

Indu

stry

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e (in

cl S

IF)

Stra

tegi

c St

atem

ent

To id

entif

y, g

row

and

sus

tain

nic

he h

igh-

pote

ntia

l STI

cap

abili

ties

that

–

•im

prov

e th

e co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

exi

stin

g in

dust

ries

with

gro

wth

pot

entia

l in

aer

ospa

ce, a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turin

g, c

hem

ical

s, ad

vanc

ed m

etal

s, m

inin

g, IC

Ts a

nd s

ecto

r inn

ovat

ion

fund

s

•fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f R&D

-led

new

targ

eted

indu

strie

s

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rN

umbe

r of h

igh-

leve

l res

earc

h gr

adua

tes

(uni

que

mas

ters

and

doc

tora

l stu

dent

s) fu

lly fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nded

in d

esig

nate

d ni

che

area

s (a

dvan

ced

man

u-fa

ctur

ing,

aer

ospa

ce, c

hem

ical

s, m

inin

g, a

dvan

ced

met

als,

ICTs

and

the

Indu

stry

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e (in

cl S

IF)

Five

-yea

r tar

get

1 45

4 m

aste

rs a

nd d

octo

ral s

tude

nts

fully

fund

ed o

r co-

fund

ed in

des

igna

ted

nich

e ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

ring,

aer

ospa

ce, c

hem

ical

s, m

inin

g,

adva

nced

met

als,

ICTs

and

SIF

s) b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

Mot

ivat

ion

for a

cha

nge

of ta

rget

Erro

r sta

tem

ent o

f 1 3

97 (a

nd n

ot 1

454

) in

anne

xure

D o

f the

201

7/18

APP

. Pe

rfor

man

ce in

dica

tor

Num

ber o

f kno

wle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts a

dded

to th

e In

dust

rial D

evel

opm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio th

roug

h fu

lly fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nded

rese

arch

initi

ativ

esFi

ve-y

ear t

arge

t13

7 in

dust

rially

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts a

dded

to th

e in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

020

Mot

ivat

ion

for a

cha

nge

of ta

rget

Erro

r sta

tem

ent o

f 113

in a

nnex

ure

D o

f the

201

7/18

APP

. The

cor

rect

5 y

ear t

arge

t is

137

incr

ease

d fro

m th

e 12

7 st

ated

in ta

bles

25,

26

and

27 o

f the

20

17/1

8 A

PP.

AM

END

ED/R

EVIS

ED S

TRAT

EGIC

OBJ

ECTI

VE

STAT

EMEN

T

Prog

ram

me

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

Sta

tem

ent

Revi

sed

Stra

tegi

c

Obj

ecti

ve S

tate

men

tRe

ason

s

2Su

ppor

t th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d tr

ans-

latio

n of

sci

entifi

c R&

D o

utpu

ts i

nto

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

.

To

supp

ort,

prom

ote,

an

d ad

voca

te

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

tran

slat

ion

of

scie

ntifi

c R&

D o

utpu

ts i

nto

com

mer

-ci

al p

rodu

cts,

proc

esse

s an

d se

rvic

es

that

will

con

trib

ute

tow

ards

eco

nom

ic

grow

th a

nd a

bet

ter q

ualit

y of

life

.

To

supp

ort,

prom

ote,

an

d ad

voca

te

the

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

of R

&D o

utpu

ts

as

prod

ucts

, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

th

at w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

war

ds e

cono

mic

gr

owth

and

a b

ette

r qua

lity

of li

fe.

To fo

cus

on c

omm

erci

alis

atio

n of

R &

D

out

puts


AM

END

ED/R

EVIS

ED P

ERFO

RMA

NCE

IND

ICAT

ORS

Prog

ram

me

Perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rRe

vise

d Pe

rfor

man

ce In

dica

tor

Reas

ons

Prog

ram

me

5: S

ocio

-Eco

nom

ic In

nova

tion

Pa

rtne

rshi

psN

umbe

r of

kno

wle

dge

and

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

(pat

ents

, pr

otot

ypes

, te

chno

logy

dem

onst

rato

rs

or t

echn

olog

y tr

ansf

er p

acka

ges)

add

ed t

o th

e IP

por

tfolio

thr

ough

ful

ly f

unde

d or

co-

fund

ed

rese

arch

initi

ativ

e

Num

ber

of k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

(fo

r ex

ampl

e,

pate

nts,

prot

otyp

es,

tech

nolo

gy

dem

onst

rato

rs,

met

hodo

logi

es

or

tech

nolo

gy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s) a

dded

to

the

sust

aina

ble

de-

velo

pmen

t IP

por

tfolio

thr

ough

ful

ly f

unde

d or

co

-fund

ed re

sear

ch in

itiat

ives

Two

reas

ons

for t

he p

ropo

sed

chan

ge. F

irstly

, to

faci

litat

e a

broa

der r

ange

of p

rodu

cts

to b

e co

unte

d as

per

the

Tech

nica

l Ind

icat

or D

escr

ip-

tor.

Seco

ndly

, to

dist

ingu

ish

two

diffe

rent

IP

port

folio

’s su

ppor

ted

by P

roga

rmm

e 5

Num

ber o

f hig

h-le

vel r

esea

rch

grad

uate

s (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

stu

dent

s) fu

lly fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nded

in

des

igna

ted

nich

e ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, che

mic

als,

min

ing,

adv

ance

d m

et-

als,

ICTs

and

the

sect

or in

nova

tion

fund

.

Num

ber o

f hig

h-le

vel r

esea

rch

grad

uate

s (m

aste

rs

and

doct

oral

stu

dent

s) fu

lly fu

nded

or c

o-fu

nded

in

des

igna

ted

nich

e ar

eas

(adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

r-in

g, a

eros

pace

, che

mic

als,

min

ing,

adv

ance

d m

et-

als,

ICTs

and

the

Indu

stry

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e (in

cl S

IF)

Prev

ious

aud

it pr

oces

s id

entifi

ed th

e ne

ed to

ex

plic

itly

refe

renc

e th

e In

dust

ry In

nova

tion

Prog

ram

me

in th

e in

dica

tor w

hich

mak

es a

si

gnifi

cant

con

trib

utio

n to

the

indi

cato

r.

Num

ber

of k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

ad

ded

to th

e IP

por

tfolio

thro

ugh

fully

fund

ed o

r co

-fund

ed re

sear

ch in

itiat

ives

Num

ber

of k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

ad

ded

to th

e In

dust

rial D

evel

opm

ent I

P po

rtfo

lio

thro

ugh

fully

fund

ed o

r co-

fund

ed re

sear

ch in

itia-

tives

Prog

ram

me

deve

lopi

ng tw

o IP

por

tfolio

s. A

dded

na

mes

to b

oth

IP p

ortfo

lios

to d

istin

guis

h be

twee

n th

em s

o as

to fa

cilit

ate

easy

com

mun

i-ca

tion

and

refe

renc

ing.

N

umbe

r st

atis

tical

rep

orts

and

pol

icy

brie

fs s

ub-

mitt

ed to

Cab

inet

N

umbe

r of s

tatis

tical

repo

rts

and

polic

y br

iefs

ap-

prov

ed b

y Ex

co fo

r pub

licat

ion

and/

or s

ubm

itted

to

Cab

inet

The

wor

k on

sta

tistic

al re

port

s an

d po

licy

brie

fs

has

mat

ured

. As

part

of t

he m

atur

ing

of th

e w

ork,

not

all

stat

istic

al re

port

s w

ould

in fu

ture

be

subm

itted

to C

abin

et. T

his

indi

cato

r is

amen

ded

to a

llow

for d

istr

ibut

ion

of p

olic

y br

iefs

to a

var

i-et

y of

oth

er m

ore

appr

opria

te d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

stru

ctur

es.

Prog

ram

me

2: T

echn

olog

y In

nova

tion

N

umbe

r of r

egul

ator

y re

com

men

datio

ns fo

r dec

i-si

on s

uppo

rt b

y go

vern

men

t Pe

rcen

tage

of

re

gula

tory

re

com

men

datio

ns

mad

e to

the

GM

O E

xecu

tive

Coun

cil

thro

ugh

DA

FF to

sup

port

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g.

Repo

rtin

g ea

se. T

he re

spon

se ra

te is

dep

en-

dant

on

the

num

ber o

f req

uest

s m

ade

by th

e G

MO

Exe

cutiv

e Co

unci

l. It

is th

eref

ore

easi

er to

ac

coun

t for

the

perc

enta

ge re

spon

se ra

te to

the

requ

ests

mad

e to

the

DST

. Pr

ogra

mm

e 1:

Cor

pora

te S

ervi

ces

Vaca

ncy

rate

cap

ped

to a

set

rate

Rele

gate

d to

Ope

ratio

nal P

lan

The

Dep

artm

ent h

as p

lace

d a

mor

ator

ium

on

the

fillin

g of

vac

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

APP Annual Performance Plan

AU African Union

AVN African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network

BBBEE Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment

CoC Centre of Competence

CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

DBE Department of Basic Education

DHET Department of Higher Education and Training

DST Department of Science and Technology

EIAP Emerging Industries Action Plan

ECSP Economic Competitiveness Support Package

ETP Engineering Training Programme

Exco Executive Committee of the DST

FEI Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative

Gbps Gigabits per second

GBS General Budget Support

GEO Group on Earth Observations

GMO Genetically Modified Organisms

HCD Human Capital Development

HySA Hydrogen South Africa

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IMF Internationla Monetary Fund

IKS Indigenous Knowledge Systems

IP Intellectual Property

IPAP Industrial Policy Action Plan

IPR Act Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Funded Research and Development Act

ISI Institute for Scientific Information

LSP Large Survey Project

Mbps Megabytes per second

MPAT Management Performance Assessment Tool

MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework

MTSF Medium Term Strategic Framework

NACI National Advisory Council on Innovation

NDP National Development Plan

nGAP New Generation of Academics Programme


NICIS National Integrated Cyber-infrastructure Systems

NIPMO National Intellectual Property Management Office

NRDS National Research and Development Strategy

NRF National Research Foundation

NSI National System of Innovation

Opco Operational Committee of the DST

PRI Public Research Institution

R&D Research and Development

RI Research Infrastructure

RDI Research, Development and Innovation

S&T Science and Technology

SAASTA South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement

SADC Southern African Development Community

SAEOS South African Earth Observation Strategy

SANReN South African National Research Network

SANSA South African National Space Agency

SARAO South African Radio Astronomy Observatory

SARIR South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap

SDG Sustainable Development Goals

SET Science, Egineering and Technology

SETI Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation

SIF Sector Innovation Fund

SKA Square Kilometre Array

SME Small Medium Enterprise

SSDU Specialised Service Delivery Unit

SSAUF Staffing South Africa’s Universities Framework

STA Science and Technology Activity

STI Science, Technology and Innovation

TIA Technology Innovation Agency

TLIU Technology Localisation Implementation Unit

TLP Technology Localisation Programme

TSP Technology Stations Programme

TYIP Ten-Year Innovation Plan

UCDP University Capacity Development Programme

UHF Ultra-high frequency


NOTES

2018-2019


DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Building 53

Scientia (CSIR) Campus

Meiring Naudé Road

Brummeria

Pretoria

Tel.: +27 (0) 12 843 6300

Fax: +27 (0) 12 349 1030

www.dst.gov.za

RP90/2018

ISBN: 978-0-621-46203-6

2018-2019


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