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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
ANNUALPERFORMANCEPLAN
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
Strategic overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Strategic objectives and strategic statements ............................................................................................................................................................. 62
Chief directorates ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources .................................................................................................................................... 76
Strategic overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Strategic objectives and strategic statements ............................................................................................................................................................. 78
Chief directorates ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Programme 4: Research Development and Support ............................................................................................................................................... 94
Strategic overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Strategic objectives and strategic statements ............................................................................................................................................................. 96
Chief directorates ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships ..................................................................................................................................... 111
Strategic overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 111
Chief directorates ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 115
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017 - 2018 2
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 3
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 20194
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).
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 5
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 20196
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 7
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
UNgqongqoshe Wezesayensi Nezobuchwepheshe
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 20198
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
.)htworg evisulcni hguorht tnemyolpme tneceD( 4 emoctuO sa
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017 - 2018 2
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
.)htworg evisulcni hguorht tnemyolpme tneceD( 4 emoctuO sa
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017 - 2018 2
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 OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 9
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201910
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 11
PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201912
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.
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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.
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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
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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,
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201916
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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Tabl
e 1:
Con
trib
utio
n of
STI
to th
e re
duct
ion
of p
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ty, i
nequ
alit
y an
d un
empl
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nova
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plan
ts th
at h
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the
pote
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sys
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med
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es,
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s, nu
trac
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2017
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that
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s an
d nu
trac
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s), i
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ding
inno
vatio
n an
d lo
cal m
anuf
actu
ring,
to
sup
port
com
mer
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for s
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livel
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sta
ndar
ds o
f liv
ing
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par
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ship
with
the
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to im
prov
e ac
cess
to a
nd th
e qu
ality
of b
asic
educ
atio
n fo
r chi
ldre
n w
ith s
peci
al n
eeds
,
prio
ritis
ing
the
visu
ally
or h
earin
g im
paire
d
•In
par
tner
ship
with
the
East
ern
Cap
e D
epar
tmen
t of
Educ
atio
n, th
e D
epar
tmen
t of W
ater
and
San
itatio
n,
and
the
Bill
& M
elin
da G
ates
Fou
ndat
ion,
pro
vide
inno
vativ
e an
d ap
prop
riate
off-
grid
san
itatio
n
tech
nolo
gies
for r
ural
and
per
i-urb
an a
reas
•D
eplo
ymen
t of t
he m
Tria
ge a
pplic
atio
n in
clin
ics
•D
eplo
ymen
t of t
he P
rimar
y H
ealth
Car
e C
linic
al
Gui
de
Inte
rnsh
ips
Rese
arch
ers
Post
doct
oral
sup
port
Econ
omic
gro
wth
•H
elp
grow
com
pani
es’ t
urno
ver
•Su
ppor
t SM
Es th
roug
h te
chno
logy
loca
lisat
ion
initi
ativ
es a
nd th
e Te
chno
logy
Sta
tions
Pro
gram
me
•H
elp
incr
ease
tech
nolo
gica
l com
petit
iven
ess
thro
ugh
R&D
par
tner
ship
s at
sec
tor a
nd fi
rm le
vel
•G
row
new
loca
l ind
ustr
ies
thro
ugh
the
Emer
ging
Indu
strie
s A
ctio
n Pl
an
Initi
ativ
es to
impr
ove
the
tech
nolo
gy-b
ased
com
petit
ive-
ness
of t
he e
stab
lishe
d pr
imar
y ec
onom
ic s
ecto
rs
New
R&D
-led
indu
stry
dev
elop
men
t ini
tiativ
es, s
uch
as
Hyd
roge
n So
uth
Afri
ca, t
he F
luor
oche
mic
als
Expa
nsio
n In
itiat
ive,
the
Tita
nium
Ben
efici
atio
n In
itiat
ive
and
the
Adv
ance
d M
anuf
actu
ring
Tech
nolo
gy S
trat
egy
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201918
STI c
ontr
ibut
ion
Pove
rty
Ineq
ualit
yU
nem
ploy
men
tIn
dire
ct
Post
grad
uate
bur
sarie
s, th
e So
uth
Afri
can
Rese
arch
Cha
irs
Initi
ativ
e an
d th
e Ce
ntre
s of
Exc
elle
nce
Prov
idin
g an
d pa
ckag
ing
info
rmat
ion
to e
nhan
ce p
olic
y de
cisi
on-m
akin
g
Targ
eted
pos
tgra
duat
e bu
rsar
ies
(for b
lack
peo
ple
and
wom
en) a
nd fu
ndin
g to
sup
port
you
ng a
nd e
mer
ging
re
sear
cher
s
Usi
ng te
chno
logy
to id
entif
y an
d te
st th
e us
e of
tech
nol-
ogy
to im
prov
e se
rvic
e de
liver
y an
d de
mon
stra
te b
ette
r st
anda
rds
of li
ving
, suc
h as
the
use
of w
irele
ss m
esh
netw
orks
to b
ridge
the
digi
tal d
ivid
e
Post
grad
uate
bur
sarie
s, th
e So
uth
Afri
can
Rese
arch
Cha
irs
Initi
ativ
e an
d th
e ce
ntre
s of
exc
elle
nce
R&D
infra
stru
ctur
e
•M
anuf
actu
re (i
nclu
ding
ass
embl
y, in
tegr
atio
n an
d
test
ing)
and
laun
ch E
arth
obs
erva
tion
sate
llite
(EO
Sat1
), in
add
ition
to th
e ZA
-CU
BE2
sate
llite
•M
anuf
actu
re a
nd la
unch
Sou
th A
frica
’s fir
st
indi
geno
us C
ubeS
at c
onst
ella
tion
to p
rovi
de
auto
mat
ic id
entifi
catio
n sy
stem
ser
vice
s to
Ope
ratio
n Ph
akis
a (O
cean
s Ec
onom
y) a
nd A
frica
•M
eerK
AT/
Squa
re K
ilom
etre
Arr
ay (S
KA) r
adio
astr
onom
y te
lesc
ope
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 19
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
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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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 21
• 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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017 - 2018
• 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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 23
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201924
Tabl
e 2:
Str
ateg
ic o
utco
me-
orie
nted
goa
ls, p
roxy
indi
cato
rs a
nd P
rogr
amm
e st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es
Stra
tegi
c
outc
ome-
orie
nted
goa
lRe
spon
sive
, coo
rdin
ated
and
effi
cien
t NSI
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, b
uild
on
prev
ious
gai
ns to
cr
eate
a re
spon
sive
, coo
rdin
ated
and
effi
cien
t NSI
.Pr
ogra
mm
e 1
•To
coo
rdin
ate
the
iden
tifica
tion,
form
ulat
ion
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
str
ateg
ic in
itiat
ives
, and
ens
ure
that
the
prio
ritie
s of
the
DST
and
its
entit
ies
are
alig
ned
to n
atio
nal p
riorit
ies.
Prog
ram
me
5
•To
enh
ance
the
unde
rsta
ndin
g an
d an
alys
is w
hich
sup
port
impr
ovem
ents
in th
e fu
nctio
ning
and
per
form
ance
of th
e N
SI.
•To
intr
oduc
e an
d m
anag
e in
terv
entio
ns a
nd in
cent
ive
prog
ram
mes
tha
t in
crea
se t
he le
vel o
f pr
ivat
e-se
ctor
inve
stm
ent i
n sc
ient
ific
and
tech
nolo
gica
l R&D
.
Proxy indicators•
Prox
y In
dica
tor 1
: Cab
inet
app
rova
l
secu
red
for t
he fi
rst c
ompr
ehen
sive
dec
adal
plan
for S
TI a
ligne
d w
ith th
e N
DP
by 2
019.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 2: G
over
nmen
t-
wid
e, m
ediu
m-t
erm
rese
arch
and
deve
lopm
ent (
R&D
) Inv
estm
ent F
ram
ewor
k
inst
itutio
nalis
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
nat
iona
l
budg
et p
roce
ss b
y 20
20.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 3: B
etw
een
2015
and
2020
, a te
n-fo
ld in
crea
se in
the
rand
val
ue
of p
artn
ersh
ips
betw
een
the
DST
and
/ or
its e
ntiti
es a
nd th
e pr
ivat
e se
ctor
whe
n
com
pare
d to
the
inve
stm
ent l
evel
in
part
ners
hips
in th
e 20
13 fi
nanc
ial y
ear.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 25
Stra
tegi
c
outc
ome-
orie
nted
goa
lIn
crea
sed
Know
ledg
e G
ener
atio
nPr
ogra
mm
e st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es s
uppo
rtin
g st
rate
gic
outc
ome-
orie
nted
goa
ls4
Stra
tegi
c ou
tcom
e-or
ient
ed
goal
sta
tem
ent
Ove
r th
e ne
xt fi
ve y
ears
, mai
ntai
n an
d in
crea
se
the
rela
tive
cont
ribut
ion
of S
outh
Afri
can
re-
sear
cher
s to
glo
bal s
cien
tific
outp
ut.
Prog
ram
me
2•
To c
oord
inat
e an
d su
ppor
t hig
h-en
d sk
ills d
evel
opm
ent i
n th
e st
rate
gic
and
emer
ging
scie
nce
and
tech
nolo
gy
(S&T
) are
as o
f spa
ce s
cien
ce, e
nerg
y, b
ioin
nova
tion,
nan
otec
hnol
ogy,
robo
tics,
phot
onic
s, sy
nthe
tic s
truc
tura
l bi
olog
y an
d fu
nctio
nal g
enom
ics.
Prog
ram
me
3•
To e
nsur
e th
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
orde
r to
gene
rate
new
kno
wle
dge
and
trai
n ne
w re
sear
cher
s.
Prog
ram
me
4
•To
supp
ort a
nd p
rom
ote
rese
arch
that
dev
elop
s bas
ic sc
ienc
es th
roug
h th
e pr
oduc
tion
of n
ew k
now
ledg
e an
d re
leva
nt tr
aini
ng o
ppor
tuni
ties.
Prog
ram
me
5
•To
ide
ntify
, gr
ow a
nd s
usta
in n
iche
hig
h-po
tent
ial
STI
capa
bilit
ies
for
sust
aina
ble
deve
lopm
ent
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,
info
rmat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
tech
nolo
gies
(IC
Ts)
and
the
Sect
or I
nnov
atio
n Fu
nd i
nitia
tive;
and
tha
t 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
: Not
less
than
22
000
ann
ual r
esea
rch
gran
ts a
war
ded
to
rese
arch
ers5 in
uni
vers
ities
6 and
DST
ent
ities
su
ppor
ted
by th
e D
ST fu
nds
by M
arch
202
0.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 2: N
ot le
ss th
an 3
4 00
0 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
rese
arch
ers
in
Sout
h A
frica
bet
wee
n 20
15 a
nd 2
020.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 3: N
umbe
r of a
rtic
les
co-
publ
ishe
d w
ith re
sear
cher
s on
the
Afri
can
cont
inen
t dou
bled
.
4 5 6 4 Ea
ch o
f Pro
gram
mes
2, 3
, 4 a
nd 5
has
hum
an c
apita
l dev
elop
men
t ind
icat
ors
in s
uppo
rt o
f the
str
ateg
ic o
utco
me-
orie
nted
goa
l.
5 “R
esea
rche
rs” i
s us
ed h
ere
as d
efine
d in
the
guid
elin
es fo
r the
nat
iona
l sur
vey
on re
sear
ch a
nd e
xper
imen
tal d
evel
opm
ent (
R&D
sur
vey)
.
6 Eq
uiva
lent
to re
sear
cher
s re
ceiv
ing
NRF
rese
arch
gra
nts.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201926
Stra
tegi
c
outc
ome-
orie
nted
goa
lH
uman
Cap
ital
Dev
elop
men
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
, inc
reas
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
hi
gh-le
vel g
radu
ates
and
impr
ove
thei
r rep
rese
n-tiv
ity.
Prog
ram
me
2
•To
coo
rdin
ate
and
supp
ort
high
-end
ski
lls d
evel
opm
ent
in t
he s
trat
egic
and
em
ergi
ng S
&T a
reas
of
spac
e sc
ienc
e,
ener
gy,
bioi
nnov
atio
n,
nano
tech
nolo
gy,
robo
tics,
phot
onic
s, sy
nthe
tic
stru
ctur
al
biol
ogy
and
func
tiona
l gen
omic
s.
Prog
ram
me
3
•To
acc
ess
inte
rnat
iona
l kn
owle
dge,
cap
aciti
es a
nd r
esou
rces
so
as t
o en
hanc
e So
uth
Afri
ca’s
natio
nal
STI
capa
bilit
ies,
cont
ribut
ing
to th
e at
tain
men
t of t
he D
ST’s
targ
ets f
or H
CD
, esp
ecia
lly fo
r int
erna
tiona
l PhD
trai
ning
.
Prog
ram
me
4
•To
con
trib
ute
to t
he d
evel
opm
ent
of re
pres
enta
tive,
hig
h-le
vel h
uman
cap
ital a
ble
to p
ursu
e lo
cally
rele
vant
an
d gl
obal
ly c
ompe
titiv
e re
sear
ch a
nd in
nova
tion
activ
ities
.
Proxy indicators•
Prox
y In
dica
tor 1
: Not
less
than
15
000
annu
al b
ursa
ries
awar
ded
to d
octo
ral
stud
ents
sup
port
ed th
roug
h D
ST
fund
ing
by 2
020.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 2: N
ot le
ss th
an
54 3
00 p
ipel
ine7 p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
awar
ded
annu
al b
ursa
ries
thro
ugh
DST
fund
ing
by 2
020.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 3: N
ot le
ss th
an 4
200
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts p
lace
d in
scie
nce,
eng
inee
ring,
tech
nolo
gy a
nd
inno
vatio
n in
stitu
tions
bet
wee
n 20
15
and
2020
.
•Pr
oxy
Indi
cato
r 4: N
ot le
ss th
an 2
.1
mill
ion
peop
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 27
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201928
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 29
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)
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)
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)
Over the 2014- 2019 MTSF, the Department will have contributed to and reported on the following government outcomes:
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201930
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.
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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
affo
rdab
ility
of
our I
nfor
mat
ion
and
com
-m
unic
atio
ns in
frast
ruct
ure
ensu
red
SIP
16: S
quar
e Ki
lom
etre
Arr
ay a
nd
Mee
rKAT
•60
dis
hes
have
bee
n lif
ted
and
acce
ptan
ce
test
ing
has
been
com
plet
ed o
n 50
of t
hem
. Th
e pr
ojec
t is
on tr
ack
to h
ave
64 d
ishe
s co
mpl
eted
by
Mar
ch 2
018.
•In
stal
latio
n of
64
ultr
a-hi
gh fr
eque
ncy
rece
iver
s on
th
e M
eerK
AT a
nten
nae
by M
arch
201
9.
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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
10: P
rote
ct
and
enha
nce
Sout
h A
frica
’s en
viro
nmen
tal
asse
ts a
nd n
atur
al
reso
urce
s
Sub-
outc
ome
2: A
n eff
ectiv
e cl
imat
e-ch
ange
m
itiga
tion
and
adap
tatio
n re
spon
se
Und
erta
ke re
sear
ch in
clim
ate
scie
nces
Prep
are
bien
nial
rep
ort
to C
abin
et o
n th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
sci
ence
an
d te
chno
logy
.
A t
empl
ate
for
a m
emor
andu
m o
f un
ders
tand
-in
g on
a f
unct
iona
l cl
imat
e ch
ange
res
earc
h ne
twor
k in
Sou
th A
frica
has
bee
n su
cces
sful
ly
nego
tiate
d w
ith t
he A
pplie
d Ce
ntre
for
Clim
ate
and
Eart
h Sy
stem
Sci
ence
(A
CCES
S).
The
final
co
py w
ill b
e su
bmitt
ed b
efor
e 31
Mar
ch 2
018.
Th
e te
mpl
ate
will
be
acco
mpa
nied
by
a lis
t of
pa
rtie
s th
at h
ave
sign
ed u
p w
ith A
CCES
S.
The
first
bie
nnia
l rep
ort
on t
he s
tate
of
clim
ate
chan
ge S
&T i
n So
uth
Afri
ca w
as s
ubm
itted
to
Cabi
net.
ASS
Af
has
reco
nstit
uted
a t
eam
/pan
el o
f ex
-pe
rts
to c
omm
ence
with
dat
a an
d in
form
atio
n co
llect
ion
for t
he s
econ
d bi
enni
al re
port
due
in
2018
/19.
The
indi
cato
r fo
r th
e cu
rren
t M
TSF
(201
4-20
19)
will
hav
e be
en a
chie
ved
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9.
•To
fina
lise
the
seco
nd b
ienn
ial r
epor
t on
the
stat
e of
clim
ate
chan
ge S
&T in
Sou
th A
frica
and
sub
mit
it to
Cab
inet
by
31 M
arch
201
9
Incr
ease
inve
stm
ent i
n re
sear
ch, d
e-ve
lopm
ent a
nd in
nova
tion
to s
uppo
rt
the
tran
sitio
n to
a g
reen
eco
nom
y
The
DST
set
the
targ
et o
f mai
ntai
ning
26%
of t
o-ta
l R&D
inve
stm
ent,
as d
eter
min
ed b
y th
e R&
D
surv
ey, f
or t
he g
reen
eco
nom
y. H
owev
er, d
urin
g th
e ye
ar i
t em
erge
d th
at t
his
wou
ld r
equi
re
chan
ges
to h
ow th
e R&
D s
urve
y w
as c
ondu
cted
, as
the
dis
aggr
egat
ion
wou
ld b
e pa
rt o
f the
sur
-ve
y an
d, s
ince
the
surv
ey p
roce
ss is
end
orse
d by
St
atis
tics
SA, c
erta
in v
erifi
catio
ns w
ould
nee
d to
be
app
rove
d by
Sta
ts S
A. T
his
proc
ess
is c
urre
ntly
un
der w
ay a
nd w
ill b
e co
mpl
eted
in th
e 20
18/1
9 fin
anci
al y
ear.
•Th
e di
sagg
rega
tion
of g
reen
R&D
info
rmat
ion
will
be
inco
rpor
ated
into
the
R&D
sur
vey
by th
e Ce
ntre
fo
r STI
Indi
cato
rs (H
SRC
).
•Th
e m
onito
ring
of th
e in
vest
men
t by
publ
ic a
nd
priv
ate
sect
ors
be b
uilt
into
the
surv
ey s
o th
at it
ca
n be
mon
itore
d an
d ev
alua
ted
goin
g fo
rwar
d.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 37
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201938
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 39
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).
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201940
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 41
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
small-scale innovations.
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PART B: PROGRAMME AND CHIEF DIRECTORATE PLANS
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PART B: PROGRAMME AND CHIEF DIRECTORATE PLANS
05
04
03
02
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,
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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.
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(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.
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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
•Co
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)
•Co
nduc
t aw
aren
ess
sess
ions
with
Pro
gram
me
man
ager
s on
Tec
hnic
al
Indi
cato
r Des
crip
tive
Mat
rix. (
A s
tep-
by-s
tep
trai
ning
to th
e us
er
on h
ow to
cap
ture
the
indi
cato
r as
indi
cate
d in
the
APP
usi
ng th
e Te
chni
cal I
ndic
ator
Des
crip
tive
stan
dard
tem
plat
e pr
escr
ibed
by
Nat
iona
l Tre
asur
y).
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plem
ent a
nd m
onito
r qua
rter
ly th
e ap
prov
ed R
oles
and
Re
spon
sibi
litie
s on
Per
form
ance
Info
rmat
ion
Repo
rtin
g G
uide
line.
•Fi
nalis
e th
e dr
aft D
epar
tmen
t of S
cien
ce a
nd T
echn
olog
y Pe
rfor
man
ce In
form
atio
n Re
port
ing
Gui
delin
es.
Soun
d co
rpor
ate
gove
rnan
ce, i
nclu
ding
M&E
.U
nsub
stan
tiate
d re
port
ing
for p
rede
term
ined
obj
ectiv
es a
s in
dica
ted
in th
e A
PP.
•Co
nduc
t aw
aren
ess
sess
ions
with
Pro
gram
me
man
ager
s an
d en
titie
s on
Tec
hnic
al In
dica
tor D
escr
iptiv
e M
atrix
. (A
ste
p-by
-ste
p tr
aini
ng to
th
e us
er o
n ho
w to
cap
ture
the
indi
cato
r as
indi
cate
d in
the
APP
usi
ng
the
Tech
nica
l Ind
icat
or D
escr
iptiv
e st
anda
rd te
mpl
ate
pres
crib
ed b
y N
atio
nal T
reas
ury)
.
•En
hanc
emen
t of t
he c
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
emen
t Im
plem
enta
tion
plan
.
•Co
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.
•SM
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
.
•Co
nduc
t qua
rter
ly in
form
atio
n ga
ther
ing
sess
ions
with
ent
ity
com
mun
icat
ions
team
s.
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Stra
tegi
c ob
ject
ive
Risk
des
crip
tion
Mit
igat
ion
acti
onEffi
cien
t and
effe
ctiv
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).
•Co
ntin
ue to
str
engt
heni
ng th
e cr
itica
l ser
vice
s in
clud
ing
the
dete
ctio
n an
d pr
even
tion
proc
edur
es.
•Pr
ocur
ing
of th
e In
trus
ion
Prev
entio
n /
Intr
usio
n D
etec
tion
syst
em.
•Co
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.
•Pr
ocur
ing
of a
n aw
aren
ess
Phis
hing
Too
l.
•Im
plem
enta
tion
of s
mar
t hos
t for
em
ail fi
lterin
g.
•M
obile
Dev
ice
Man
agem
ent S
olut
ion
for s
mar
t dev
ices
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
D p
olic
y.
•A
ctiv
atio
n of
Com
putr
ace
syst
em o
n al
l lap
tops
.
•Pr
ovis
ion
of a
war
enes
s se
ssio
ns.
Ade
quat
e an
d ap
prop
riate
ly s
kille
d pe
rson
nel11
Incr
ease
d va
canc
y ra
te.
•Fi
nalis
atio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e Re
tent
ion
Polic
y
•Fi
nalis
atio
n an
d ap
prov
al o
f the
Sec
ondm
ent P
olic
y.
•Fi
nalis
atio
n of
the
guid
elin
es fo
r app
oint
men
t of t
empo
rary
em
ploy
men
t ser
vice
s.
•En
hanc
ed im
plem
enta
tion
of c
apac
ity b
uild
ing
Initi
ativ
es:
•(R
oll-o
ut o
f dep
artm
enta
l pro
gram
mes
)
•D
epar
tmen
tal P
rogr
amm
es e
ntai
ls:
•A
. Lea
ders
hip/
Man
agem
ent P
rogr
amm
es (1
. Em
ergi
ng a
nd a
dvan
ced
man
agem
ent d
evel
opm
ent p
rogr
amm
e, 2
. Exe
cutiv
e de
velo
pmen
t pr
ogra
mm
e, 3
. Glo
bal l
eade
rshi
p pr
ogra
mm
e, 4
. Men
torin
g an
d co
achi
ng; 5
. Int
erna
l cap
acity
bui
ldin
g w
orks
hops
)
10 11 10
The
Prog
ram
me
perf
orm
ance
indi
cato
rs fo
r thi
s st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
e ha
ve b
een
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
een
rele
gate
d to
the
2018
/19
Ope
ratio
nal P
lan.
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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
OPC
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.
•Im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e ze
ro-b
ased
bud
getin
g.
•Re
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.
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e 1
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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
Pla
nnin
g H
oriz
on20
15/1
620
16/1
720
17/1
820
18/1
920
19/2
01.
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
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
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
1 M
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
201
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
201
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
201
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
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit13
(cle
an
audi
t) o
pini
on w
ith n
o fin
anci
al m
atte
rs in
the
audi
t rep
ort 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2020
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
audi
t rep
ort
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
audi
t rep
ort
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
audi
t rep
ort
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
repo
rt
on fi
nanc
ial m
atte
rs is
sued
by
Aud
itor-
Gen
eral
by
Sept
embe
r 201
7
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
(cle
an
audi
t) o
pini
on w
ith n
o fin
anci
al m
atte
rs in
the
au-
dit r
epor
t by
30 S
epte
m-
ber 2
018
1213
12
The
Dep
artm
ent h
as p
lace
d a
mor
ator
ium
on
the
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
%.
13
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
issu
ed w
hen
an a
udito
r det
erm
ines
that
eac
h of
the
finan
cial
reco
rds
prov
ided
by
the
inst
itutio
n is
free
of a
ny m
isre
pres
enta
tion.
In a
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
.
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e 1
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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
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
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
App
rove
d A
PPs
(HSR
C, N
RF,
SAN
SA, A
SSA
f an
d th
e A
frica
In
stitu
te o
f Sou
th
Afri
ca (A
ISA
) an
d st
rate
gic
plan
s ta
bled
in
Parli
amen
t: A
ISA
, N
RF, H
SRC
, TIA
, SA
NSA
and
ASS
Af
Sign
ed
shar
ehol
der
com
pact
s: C
SIR,
A
ISA
, NRF
, SA
NSA
an
d H
SRC
The
APP
s of
en
titie
s fo
r the
20
14/1
5 an
d sh
areh
olde
r co
mpa
ct w
ere
appr
oved
by
the
Min
iste
r prio
r to
the
star
t of
the
2014
/15
finan
cial
yea
r The
y w
ere
tabl
ed in
Pa
rliam
ent o
n 12
M
arch
201
6
Stra
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
Min
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
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e 1
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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
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
Com
bine
d as
sura
nce
annu
al
repo
rt
Com
bine
d as
sura
nce
annu
al re
port
on
the
stat
us
of c
ombi
ned
assu
ranc
e pr
esen
ted
to th
e Ri
sk a
nd A
udit
Com
mitt
ees
Not
a s
trat
egic
in
dica
tor
--
2 co
mbi
ned
assu
ranc
e an
nual
repo
rt
on th
e st
atus
of
com
bine
d as
sura
nce
pres
ente
d to
the
Risk
and
Aud
it Co
mm
ittee
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
017
1 co
mbi
ned
assu
ranc
e an
nual
repo
rt
on th
e st
atus
of
com
bine
d as
sura
nce
pres
ente
d to
the
Risk
and
Aud
it Co
mm
ittee
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
1 co
mbi
ned
assu
ranc
e an
nual
repo
rt
on th
e st
atus
of
com
bine
d as
sura
nce
pres
ente
d to
the
Risk
and
Aud
it Co
mm
ittee
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
1 co
mbi
ned
assu
ranc
e an
nual
repo
rt
on th
e st
atus
of
com
bine
d as
sura
nce
pres
ente
d to
the
to th
e Ri
sk a
nd
Aud
it Co
mm
ittee
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
1 co
mbi
ned
assu
ranc
e an
nual
repo
rt
on th
e st
atus
of
com
bine
d as
sura
nce
pres
ente
d to
the
to th
e Ri
sk a
nd
Aud
it Co
mm
ittee
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
Obj
ecti
ve s
tate
men
t: T
o pr
ovid
e st
rate
gic
com
mun
icat
ion
for t
he D
ST a
nd it
s en
titi
es th
roug
h m
arke
ting
, med
ia a
nd b
rand
ing
init
iati
ves,
and
the
Scie
nce
Enga
gem
ent S
trat
egy
Med
ia a
rtic
les
Num
ber o
f med
ia
artic
les
writ
ten
to ra
ise
the
DST
’s pu
blic
pro
file
104
med
ia a
rtic
les
writ
ten
to ra
ise
the
DST
’s pu
blic
pr
ofile
by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
New
indi
cato
r21
med
ia a
rtic
les
writ
ten
to ra
ise
the
DST
’s pu
blic
pr
ofile
by
31
Mar
ch 2
017
47 m
edia
art
icle
s w
ritte
n to
rais
e th
e D
ST’s
publ
ic
profi
le b
y 31
M
arch
201
7
24 m
edia
art
icle
s w
ritte
n to
rais
e th
e D
ST’s
publ
ic
profi
le b
y 31
M
arch
201
8
24 m
edia
art
icle
s w
ritte
n to
rais
e th
e D
ST’s
publ
ic
profi
le b
y 31
M
arch
201
9
24 m
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
0
24 m
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
13 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
co
nduc
ted
16 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
co
nduc
ted
by 3
1 M
arch
201
6
10 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
hel
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
017
10 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
hel
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
10 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
hel
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
10 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
hel
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
10 p
ublic
pa
rtic
ipat
ion
prog
ram
mes
hel
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
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
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
audi
t rep
ort
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit14
(c
lean
aud
it)
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
audi
t rep
ort
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201956
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 57
Reco
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Programm
e 1
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201958
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 59
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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e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201960
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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e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 61
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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e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201962
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 and strategic statements
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
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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.
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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).
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Tabl
e 10
: Pro
gram
me
risk
man
agem
ent a
nd id
enti
ficat
ion
for T
echn
olog
y In
nova
tion
Stra
tegi
c ob
ject
ive
Risk
des
crip
tion
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igat
ion
acti
onFa
cilit
ate
and
reso
urce
R&D
in
stra
tegi
c ST
I ar
eas.
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effec
tive
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Inte
llect
ual
Prop
erty
Rig
hts
from
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licly
Fin
ance
d Re
sear
ch a
nd
Dev
elop
men
t (IP
R-) A
ct
•Co
ntin
ue w
ith th
e Im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e th
ree-
year
str
ateg
y fo
r NIP
MO
(inc
ludi
ng
finan
cial
sup
port
to in
stitu
tions
, inc
entiv
es re
quire
d, s
kill
deve
lopm
ent a
nd a
war
enes
s in
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m T
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endi
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Fra
mew
ork
(MTE
F) s
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issi
on, e
ngag
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ts w
ith D
ST H
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nce
and
IT D
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orat
es
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nalis
e th
e de
velo
pmen
t and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
NIP
MO
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ines
s In
telli
genc
e M
anag
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t Inf
orm
atio
n Sy
stem
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alua
te a
nd im
plem
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hort
lear
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pro
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s (N
IPM
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trai
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initi
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lly e
ffect
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and
devi
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m
thei
r man
date
s.•
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to s
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ures
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latio
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role
s an
d re
spon
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litie
s be
twee
n co
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t Pro
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mes
and
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gram
me
1A.
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chni
cal i
nput
s to
qua
rter
ly re
port
s su
bmitt
ed b
y en
titie
s (S
AN
SA a
nd T
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com
men
d ap
prov
al o
f Ent
ity A
PP a
nd S
hare
hold
er C
ompa
ct fo
r 201
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fina
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l yea
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nate
and
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h-en
d sk
ills
de-
velo
pmen
t.•
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optim
al u
tilis
atio
n an
d co
mm
erci
alis
atio
n of
R&D
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tput
s•
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emen
t the
DST
IP p
olic
y
•A
ssis
t with
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f hig
h-en
d sk
ills
in s
trat
egic
are
as
•D
evel
opm
ent o
f the
sov
erei
gn in
nova
tion
fund
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evel
opm
ent a
nd im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e sp
ace
indu
stria
l fra
mew
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view
the
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iona
l Spa
ce S
trat
egy
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plem
enta
tion
of th
e IP
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e ad
voca
cy a
nd a
war
enes
s se
ssio
ns
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nnua
lly a
sses
s th
e le
vel o
f alig
nmen
t bet
wee
n in
nova
tion
ince
ntiv
esSu
ppor
t th
e de
velo
pmen
t an
d tr
ansl
atio
n of
sc
ient
ific
R&D
out
puts
into
com
mer
cial
pro
d-uc
ts, p
roce
sses
and
ser
vice
s
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on-c
ondu
cive
env
ironm
ent f
or in
nova
tion
and
com
mer
cial
isat
ion
of te
chno
logy
(for
soc
io-e
cono
mic
im
pact
)
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evel
opm
ent o
f the
sov
erei
gn in
nova
tion
fund
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b op
timal
util
isat
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and
com
mer
cial
isat
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of R
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outp
uts
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plem
ent t
he D
ST IP
pol
icy
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ssis
t with
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f hig
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d sk
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in s
trat
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are
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ent o
f the
sov
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nova
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plem
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of th
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view
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iona
l Spa
ce S
trat
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plem
enta
tion
of th
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e ad
voca
cy a
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war
enes
s se
ssio
ns
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nnua
lly a
sses
s th
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vel o
f alig
nmen
t bet
wee
n in
nova
tion
ince
ntiv
es•
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alig
ned
stra
tegi
c di
rect
ion
amon
gst N
SI
stak
ehol
ders
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ost a
ppro
pria
te m
eetin
gs to
ens
ure
conv
erge
nce
of s
imila
r ini
tiativ
es, a
nd a
m
ultid
isci
plin
ary
and
inte
rdis
cipl
inar
y ap
proa
ch w
here
nec
essa
ry (e
.g. i
nclu
de is
sue
base
d an
d ad
hoc
mee
tings
bet
wee
n th
e offi
cial
s of
Pro
gram
me
2 an
d 1,
3, 4
, 5 a
nd th
e re
leva
nt
entit
ies)
.
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Tabl
e 11
: Str
ateg
ic o
bjec
tive
wit
h fiv
e-ye
ar S
trat
egic
Pla
n ta
rget
s (t
arge
ts a
re re
flect
ed a
s cu
mul
ativ
e nu
mbe
rs fo
r eac
h ye
ar o
f im
plem
enta
tion
ove
r the
Str
ateg
ic
Plan
term
(exc
ept f
or th
e re
gula
tory
indi
cato
r, w
hich
is m
easu
red
as a
%)
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.Fa
cilit
ate
and
reso
urce
R&
D in
str
ateg
ic S
TI a
reas
90
inst
rum
ents
fund
ed
in s
uppo
rt o
f kno
wle
dge
utili
satio
n by
31
Mar
ch
2020
6 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
supp
ort o
f kno
wle
dge
utili
satio
n be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
6
31 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
sup
port
of k
now
ledg
e ut
ilisa
tion
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
017
50 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
sup
port
of k
now
ledg
e ut
ilisa
tion
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
018
71 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
sup
port
of k
now
ledg
e ut
ilisa
tion
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
90 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
sup
port
of k
now
ledg
e ut
ilisa
tion
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
683
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
by 3
1 M
arch
20
20
118
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2016
237
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2017
385
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2018
534
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2019
683
know
ledg
e ou
tput
s ge
nera
ted
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2020
26 s
trat
egic
pol
icy
dire
c-tiv
es in
des
igna
ted
area
s in
sup
port
of e
cono
mic
se
ctor
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
4 te
chno
logy
pol
icy
di-
rect
ives
app
rove
d by
Exc
o be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
6
9 po
licy
dire
ctiv
es a
p-pr
oved
by
Exco
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
20
17
16 s
trat
egic
pol
icy
dire
c-tiv
es in
des
igna
ted
area
s in
sup
port
of e
cono
mic
se
ctor
s be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
8
21 s
trat
egic
pol
icy
dire
c-tiv
es in
des
igna
ted
area
s in
sup
port
of e
cono
mic
se
ctor
s be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
9
26 s
trat
egic
pol
icy
dire
c-tiv
es in
des
igna
ted
area
s in
sup
port
of e
cono
mic
se
ctor
s be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
202
08
deci
sion
-sup
port
inte
r-ve
ntio
ns m
aint
aine
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
No
base
line
2 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
inte
rven
tions
mai
ntai
ned
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
017
4 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
inte
rven
tions
mai
ntai
ned
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
018
6 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
inte
rven
tions
mai
ntai
ned
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
8 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
inte
rven
tions
mai
ntai
ned
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
Perc
enta
ge o
f reg
ulat
ory
reco
mm
enda
tions
mad
e to
the
GM
O E
xecu
tive
Coun
cil t
hrou
gh D
AFF
to
supp
ort d
ecis
ion
mak
ing
31 M
arch
202
0
No
base
line
27 re
gula
tory
reco
m-
men
datio
ns fo
r dec
isio
n su
ppor
t by
gove
rnm
ent
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
017
54 re
gula
tory
reco
m-
men
datio
ns fo
r dec
isio
n su
ppor
t by
gove
rnm
ent
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
018
100
% o
f reg
ulat
ory
reco
mm
enda
tions
mad
e to
the
GM
O E
xecu
tive
Coun
cil t
hrou
gh D
AFF
for
deci
sion
sup
port
by
gov-
ernm
ent b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
100
% o
f reg
ulat
ory
reco
mm
enda
tions
mad
e to
the
GM
O E
xecu
tive
Coun
cil t
hrou
gh D
AFF
fo
r dec
isio
n su
ppor
t by
gove
rnm
ent 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
202
0
Programm
e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201970
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
2.O
vers
ee re
leva
nt d
epar
t-m
enta
l age
ncie
s an
d in
itiat
ives
1 40
5 ne
w d
iscl
osur
es
repo
rted
by
publ
icly
fu
nded
inst
itutio
ns b
y 31
M
arch
202
0
275
new
IP s
tatu
s an
d co
mm
erci
alis
atio
n re
port
s re
ceiv
ed b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
016
550
new
dis
clos
ures
re-
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
20
17
830
new
dis
clos
ures
re-
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
20
18
1 11
5 ne
w d
iscl
osur
es re
-po
rted
by
publ
icly
fund
ed
inst
itutio
ns b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2019
1405
new
dis
clos
ures
re-
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
20
20
3.Co
ordi
nate
and
sup
port
hi
gh-e
nd s
kills
dev
elop
-m
ent
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
by 3
1 M
arch
20
20
382
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts (m
aste
rs a
nd
doct
oral
) sup
port
ed
thro
ugh
DST
-fund
ed R
&D
initi
ativ
es b
etw
een
1 A
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 71
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201972
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 73
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201974
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
appl
icat
ion
prod
-uc
ts d
evel
oped
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
3 kn
owle
dge
appl
icat
ion
prod
ucts
fund
ed in
des
ig-
nate
d ar
eas
3 kn
owle
dge
appl
icat
ion
prod
ucts
fund
ed in
des
ig-
nate
d ar
eas
Num
ber o
f com
mer
cial
ou
tput
s in
des
igna
ted
area
sA
nnua
lly3
com
mer
cial
out
puts
in d
esig
-na
ted
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et3
com
mer
cial
out
puts
in
desi
gnat
ed a
reas
3132
31
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
.
32
IP7
Form
- IP
Sta
tus
and
Com
mer
cial
isat
ion
Repo
rt
Programm
e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 75
Reco
ncili
ng p
erfo
rman
ce ta
rget
s w
ith
the
budg
et a
nd M
TEF
Tabl
e 14
: Tec
hnol
ogy
Inno
vati
on e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
R’00
0
Prog
ram
me
Expe
ndit
ure
outc
ome
Adj
uste
d
appr
opri
atio
n20
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
Spac
e Sc
ienc
e 16
8 46
4 20
9 10
3
16
7 80
3
174
897
161
875
19
0 65
1
20
1 38
0
Hyd
roge
n an
d En
ergy
143
848
156
551
143
594
1
56 7
85
1
67 8
13
178
525
188
520
Bioe
cono
my
150
109
127
187
156
905
15
6 08
8
17
8 42
3
19
3 26
2
20
4 19
4
Inno
vatio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
44
7 41
2 51
8 05
6 5
05 3
47
540
522
572
744
608
319
641
916
NIP
MO
64
207
52
400
4
2 21
1
4
6 82
4
5
0 86
8
5
3 60
7
5
6 76
2
TOTA
L97
4 04
01
0632
971
015
860
1 07
5 11
6 1
131
723
1 22
4 36
5 1
292
772
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
35 5
71
39 8
4442
939
45
938
49
317
53
024
57
014
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
16 1
8311
721
12 7
27
21 4
08
22 5
50
20 9
23
22 0
68
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
922
205
1 01
1 71
796
0 16
4 1
007
770
1 05
9 85
6 1
150
418
1 21
3 69
0
Paym
ents
for c
apita
l ass
ets
81
-30
-
--
Paym
ents
for fi
nanc
ial a
sset
s-
15-
--
-
TOTA
L97
4 04
0 1
0632
971
015
860
1 07
5 11
6 1
131
723
1 22
4 36
5 1
292
772
Programm
e 2
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201976
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.
Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 1: A responsive,
coordinated and efficient NSI
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 77
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201978
Strategic objectives and strategic statements
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 79
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
he g
row
th a
nd d
evel
op-
men
t of t
he N
SI.
Neg
ativ
e pe
rcep
tion
by fo
reig
n pa
rtne
rs o
f SA
as
a vi
able
des
tina-
tion
for S
TI in
vest
men
ts.
•Co
ncer
ted
mar
ketin
g of
Sou
th A
frica
as a
pre
ferr
ed d
estin
atio
n fo
r STI
-orie
ntat
ed fo
reig
n in
vest
men
t
•Co
ntin
uous
dia
logu
e an
d a
join
t re
view
with
int
erna
tiona
l pa
rtne
rs th
roug
h St
rate
gic
enga
gem
ents
at J
oint
Com
mitt
ee
mee
tings
Insu
ffici
ent
inve
stm
ent
by i
nter
natio
nal
part
ners
in
thei
r in
stitu
-tio
ns fo
r spe
cific
STI
coo
pera
tion
initi
ativ
es w
ith S
outh
Afri
ca.
•Pr
oact
ive
enga
gem
ent
to s
ensi
tise
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s of
re
turn
on
inve
stm
ent i
n co
oper
atio
n w
ith S
outh
Afri
ca.
Enha
nce
Sout
h A
frica
’s na
tiona
l STI
cap
abili
ties
thro
ugh
acce
ss t
o in
tern
atio
nal k
now
ledg
e ca
paci
ties
and
reso
urce
s.La
ck o
f int
eres
t or w
illin
gnes
s of
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s to
sha
re S
TI
expe
rtis
e w
ith S
outh
Afri
ca•
Targ
eted
fo
rmat
ion
of
mut
ually
be
nefic
ial
stra
tegi
c pa
rtne
rshi
ps w
ith p
artn
ers
of p
riorit
y in
tere
st to
Sou
th A
frica
.In
suffi
cien
t na
tiona
l Sou
th A
frica
n fu
nds
to s
uppo
rt S
outh
Afri
can
post
grad
uate
stu
dent
s st
udyi
ng a
broa
d•
Des
ign
of
co-in
vest
men
t sc
hem
es
with
na
tiona
l an
d in
tern
atio
nal
part
ners
to
supp
ort
Sout
h A
frica
n st
uden
ts
stud
ying
abr
oad.
Acc
essi
ng o
f in
appr
opria
te o
r irr
elev
ant
inte
rnat
iona
l exp
erie
nce
and
expe
rtis
e no
t alig
ned
with
Sou
th A
frica
n ne
eds.
•In
volv
emen
t of S
outh
Afri
can
tech
nica
l exp
ertis
e in
all
phas
es
of p
lann
ing
and
exec
utio
n of
inte
rnat
iona
l cap
acity
-bui
ldin
g in
itiat
ives
des
igne
d to
ass
ist S
outh
Afri
ca.
Stre
ngth
en S
TI c
oope
ratio
n in
Afri
ca.
Dec
line
in i
nves
tmen
t by
Afri
can
part
ner
coun
trie
s in
STI
pro
-gr
amm
es w
ith S
outh
Afri
ca•
Prop
osal
to
part
ners
of
coop
erat
ion
prog
ram
mes
pro
vidi
ng
for i
nves
tmen
t acc
ordi
ng to
cap
aciti
es a
nd a
ligne
d w
ith th
eir
stra
tegi
c ob
ject
ives
.In
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers n
o lo
nger
val
ue S
outh
Afri
ca’s
role
as e
nabl
er
and
entr
y po
int
for
coop
erat
ion
initi
ativ
es w
ith t
he re
st o
f the
Af-
rican
con
tinen
t.
•Ca
refu
l co
nsul
tatio
n w
ith
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
rs
and
bene
ficia
ries
in A
frica
, hig
hlig
htin
g va
lue
addi
tion
of S
outh
A
frica
n co
ntrib
utio
n.In
stitu
tiona
l pa
raly
sis
at c
ontin
enta
l or
reg
iona
l le
vel
dela
ying
pr
ogre
ss o
f AU
or S
AD
C in
itiat
ives
.•
Impl
emen
tatio
n of
ini
tiativ
es t
o ad
vanc
e co
ntin
enta
l an
d re
gion
al a
gend
a no
t con
stra
ined
by
inst
itutio
nal f
ram
ewor
ks.
Supp
ort S
outh
Afri
ca’s
fore
ign
polic
y th
roug
h sc
ienc
e di
plom
acy.
Exte
rnal
geo
polit
ical
fac
tors
neg
ativ
ely
miti
gatin
g ag
ains
t So
uth
Afri
can
influ
ence
of i
nter
natio
nal S
TI d
ecis
ion-
mak
ing.
•C
lose
coo
pera
tion
with
DIR
CO in
mul
tilat
eral
eng
agem
ents
in
clud
ing
to e
xplo
it su
ppor
t fro
m re
gion
al a
nd o
ther
str
ateg
ic
allia
nces
.M
istr
ust o
f Sou
th A
frica
n le
ader
ship
in in
tern
atio
nal S
TI fo
rum
s in
-cl
udin
g co
ncer
ns w
ith re
gard
to d
ispr
opor
tiona
te re
pres
enta
tion.
•Ea
rly i
dent
ifica
tion
and
profi
ling
of l
eade
rshi
p po
sitio
ns o
f st
rate
gic
inte
rest
to
Sout
h A
frica
and
con
cert
ed d
iplo
mat
ic
enga
gem
ents
to p
rom
ote
Sout
h A
frica
n ca
ndid
ates
for t
hem
.
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201980
Tabl
e 16
: Str
ateg
ic o
bjec
tive
wit
h fiv
e-ye
ar S
trat
egic
Pla
n ta
rget
s (t
arge
ts a
re re
flect
ed a
s cu
mul
ativ
e nu
mbe
rs fo
r eac
h ye
ar o
f im
plem
enta
tion
ove
r the
Str
ateg
ic
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.A
cces
s in
tern
atio
nal f
unds
to
sup
port
the
grow
th
and
deve
lopm
ent o
f the
N
SI
R2 1
20m
in in
tern
atio
nal
fund
s in
vest
ed in
Sou
th
Afri
ca a
ccou
nted
for a
s pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
a-tiv
es im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
202
0
R380
m in
inte
rnat
iona
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
ccou
nted
for a
s pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
a-tiv
es im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
201
6
R780
m in
inte
rnat
iona
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
-st
ruct
ure
inve
stm
ents
in
Sout
h A
frica
acc
ount
ed
for a
s pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
ativ
es im
plem
ente
d be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
7
R1 2
00m
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
D p
rogr
amm
es a
s w
ell a
s re
sear
ch in
frast
ruc-
ture
inve
stm
ents
in S
outh
A
frica
acc
ount
ed fo
r as
part
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itia-
tives
impl
emen
ted
by th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
018
R1 6
40m
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
D p
rogr
amm
es a
s w
ell a
s re
sear
ch in
frast
ruc-
ture
inve
stm
ents
in S
outh
A
frica
acc
ount
ed fo
r as
part
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itia-
tives
impl
emen
ted
by th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
019
R2 1
20m
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
D p
rogr
amm
es a
s w
ell a
s re
sear
ch in
frast
ruc-
ture
inve
stm
ents
in S
outh
A
frica
acc
ount
ed fo
r as
part
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itia-
tives
impl
emen
ted
by th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
020
R1 2
80m
inve
sted
by
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
a-tiv
es im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
202
0
R220
m in
vest
ed b
y in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
in th
eir o
wn
orga
nisa
-tio
ns a
nd in
itiat
ives
, but
ta
rget
ed a
t coo
pera
tion
in re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ST
I HC
D w
ith S
outh
A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs a
s pa
rt
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
6
R450
m in
vest
ed b
y in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
in th
eir o
wn
orga
nisa
-tio
ns a
nd in
itiat
ives
, but
ta
rget
ed a
t coo
pera
tion
in re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ST
I HC
D w
ith S
outh
A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs a
s pa
rt
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
7
R700
m in
vest
ed b
y in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
in th
eir o
wn
orga
nisa
-tio
ns a
nd in
itiat
ives
, but
ta
rget
ed a
t coo
pera
tion
in re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ST
I HC
D w
ith S
outh
A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs a
s pa
rt
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
8
R980
m in
vest
ed b
y in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
in th
eir o
wn
orga
nisa
-tio
ns a
nd in
itiat
ives
, but
ta
rget
ed a
t coo
pera
tion
in re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n an
d ST
I HC
D w
ith S
outh
A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs a
s pa
rt
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
im
plem
ente
d by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
9
R1 2
80m
inve
sted
by
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s in
thei
r ow
n or
gani
sa-
tions
and
initi
ativ
es, b
ut
targ
eted
at c
oope
ratio
n in
rese
arch
, inn
ovat
ion
and
STI H
CD
with
Sou
th
Afri
can
part
ners
as
part
of
coo
pera
tion
initi
ativ
es
impl
emen
ted
by th
e D
ST
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 81
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
2.En
hanc
e So
uth
Afri
ca’s
natio
nal S
TI c
apab
ili-
ties
thro
ugh
acce
ss to
in
tern
atio
nal k
now
ledg
e ca
paci
ties
and
reso
urce
s
1 88
0 So
uth
Afri
can
stud
ents
par
ticip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
inin
g pr
ogra
mm
es o
fferin
g a
post
grad
uate
qua
lifica
tion
as p
art o
f coo
pera
tion
ini-
tiativ
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
202
0
50
Sout
h A
frica
n st
uden
ts p
artic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te q
ualifi
catio
n as
par
t of c
oope
ratio
n in
i-tia
tives
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
016
200
Sout
h A
frica
n st
uden
ts p
artic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te q
ualifi
catio
n as
par
t of c
oope
ratio
n in
i-tia
tives
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
017
550
Sout
h A
frica
n st
uden
ts p
artic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te q
ualifi
catio
n as
par
t of c
oope
ratio
n in
i-tia
tives
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
018
1 20
0 So
uth
Afri
can
stud
ents
par
ticip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
inin
g pr
ogra
mm
es o
fferin
g a
post
grad
uate
qua
lifica
tion
as p
art o
f coo
pera
tion
ini-
tiativ
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
201
9
1 88
0 So
uth
Afri
can
stud
ents
par
ticip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
inin
g pr
ogra
mm
es o
fferin
g a
post
grad
uate
qua
lifica
tion
as p
art o
f coo
pera
tion
ini-
tiativ
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15
and
31 M
arch
202
02
500
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
anis
atio
ns
colla
bora
ting
with
Sou
th
Afri
can
part
ners
as
part
of
coo
pera
tion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
400
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
or
gani
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en-
titie
s) c
olla
bora
ting
with
So
uth
Afri
can
part
ners
w
ithin
the
fram
ewor
k of
fo
rmal
ised
col
labo
rativ
e re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n or
ST
I HC
D p
roje
cts
as p
art
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
6
850
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
or
gani
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en-
titie
s) c
olla
bora
ting
with
So
uth
Afri
can
part
ners
w
ithin
the
fram
ewor
k of
fo
rmal
ised
col
labo
rativ
e re
sear
ch, i
nnov
atio
n or
ST
I HC
D p
roje
cts
as p
art
of c
oope
ratio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
7
1 35
0 in
tern
atio
nal p
art-
ner o
rgan
isat
ions
(i.e
. le-
gal e
ntiti
es) c
olla
bora
ting
with
Sou
th A
frica
n pa
rt-
ners
with
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of fo
rmal
ised
col
labo
ra-
tive
rese
arch
, inn
ovat
ion
or S
TI H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
a-tiv
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
8
1 90
0 in
tern
atio
nal
part
ner o
rgan
isat
ions
(i.e
. le
gal e
ntiti
es) c
olla
bora
t-in
g w
ith S
outh
Afri
can
part
ners
with
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of fo
rmal
ised
co
llabo
rativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
HC
D
proj
ects
as
part
of c
oope
r-at
ion
initi
ativ
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
20
19
2 50
0 in
tern
atio
nal p
art-
ner o
rgan
isat
ions
(i.e
. le-
gal e
ntiti
es) c
olla
bora
ting
with
Sou
th A
frica
n pa
rt-
ners
with
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of fo
rmal
ised
col
labo
ra-
tive
rese
arch
, inn
ovat
ion
or S
TI H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
pera
tion
initi
a-tiv
es fa
cilit
ated
by
the
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rnat
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tern
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tern
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uild
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Stra
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rate
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Plan
targ
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Plan
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over
the
five-
year
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lann
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Hor
izon
2015
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2016
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Programm
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 83
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
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ly re
cord
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terv
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il 20
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terv
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il 20
15 a
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arch
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lead
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ip p
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pied
by
Sout
h A
frica
in
inte
rnat
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gov
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nanc
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to
influ
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il 20
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ship
pos
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s oc
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tern
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rven
tion
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tern
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follo
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rven
tion
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pril
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31
Mar
ch
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ship
pos
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s oc
cupi
ed b
y So
uth
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in in
tern
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TI g
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fluen
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prio
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follo
win
g sp
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ST
inte
rven
tion
betw
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1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
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ship
pos
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s oc
cupi
ed b
y So
uth
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ca
in in
tern
atio
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TI g
over
-na
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stru
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leva
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fluen
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to s
uppo
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prio
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gov
ernm
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e of
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follo
win
g sp
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ST
inte
rven
tion
betw
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1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2019
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ship
pos
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s oc
cupi
ed b
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uth
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ca
in in
tern
atio
nal S
TI g
over
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Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch
2020
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e 3
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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
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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
by
the
DST
by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
R280
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
by
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
-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
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
-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
by
the
DST
by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
Stra
tegi
c st
atem
ent:
To
acce
ss in
tern
atio
nal k
now
ledg
e, c
apac
itie
s an
d re
sour
ces,
to e
nhan
ce S
outh
Afr
ica’
s na
tion
al S
TI c
apab
iliti
es, a
nd to
con
trib
ute
to th
e at
tain
men
t of t
he D
ST’s
targ
ets
for h
uman
cap
ital
dev
elop
men
t, es
peci
ally
for i
nter
nati
onal
PhD
trai
ning
Part
icip
atio
n by
st
uden
ts fr
om
Sout
h A
frica
n in
stitu
tions
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te
qual
ifica
tion
as
part
of c
oope
r-at
ion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST
Num
ber o
f Sou
th
Afri
can
stud
ents
ac
cept
ed in
to
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te
qual
ifica
tion
as
part
of c
oope
r-at
ion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST
1 88
0 So
uth
Afri
can
stud
ents
pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pro
-gr
amm
es o
fferin
g a
post
grad
uate
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
iona
l tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
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
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
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
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
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
a po
stgr
adua
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
2018
650
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
a po
stgr
adua
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
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
a po
stgr
adua
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
ng p
ro-
gram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
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
2021
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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
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
Num
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
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
2 50
0 in
tern
atio
n-al
par
tner
org
an-
isat
ions
col
labo
-ra
ting
with
Sou
th
Afri
can
part
ners
as
par
t of c
oop-
erat
ion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST b
y 31
Mar
ch
2020
No
base
line
585
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
by
31 M
arch
20
16
668
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
by
31 M
arch
20
17
500
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
by
31 M
arch
20
18
550
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
by
31 M
arch
20
19
600
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
DST
by
31 M
arch
20
20
650
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
r org
ani-
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
b-or
atin
g w
ith
Sout
h A
frica
n pa
rtne
rs w
ithin
th
e fra
mew
ork
of
form
alis
ed c
olla
b-or
ativ
e re
sear
ch,
inno
vatio
n or
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s as
pa
rt o
f coo
per-
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
the
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
ogra
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
the
DST
St
rate
gic
Plan
, w
ith th
e su
ppor
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
echn
ical
ex
chan
ges
(suc
h as
wor
ksho
ps,
sem
inar
s or
trai
n-in
g pr
ogra
mm
es)
to b
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
ppor
t of
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
rs fa
cilit
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
wor
ksho
ps, p
olic
y di
alog
ues,
sym
-po
sia
or c
onfe
r-en
ces
acce
ssed
, ho
sted
, fac
ilita
ted,
or
con
trib
uted
to
for p
artic
ipat
ion
by S
outh
Afri
can
rese
arch
ers
and
stud
ents
63 in
tern
atio
nal
tech
nica
l ex-
chan
ges
to b
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
by
31 M
arch
201
6
51 in
tern
atio
nal
tech
nica
l ex-
chan
ges
to b
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
by
31 M
arch
201
7
20 in
tern
atio
nal
tech
nica
l ex-
chan
ges
to b
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
by
31 M
arch
201
8
25 in
tern
atio
nal
tech
nica
l ex-
chan
ges
to b
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
by
31 M
arch
201
9
30 in
tern
atio
nal
tech
nica
l ex-
chan
ges
to b
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
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
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
by
31 M
arch
202
1
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 87
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
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
8
80 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
9
120
rese
arch
, in
nova
tion
and
STI H
CD
coo
p-er
atio
n pr
ojec
ts
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
020
140
rese
arch
, in
nova
tion
and
STI H
CD
coo
p-er
atio
n pr
ojec
ts
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
021
Fund
s di
rect
ly
inve
sted
by
inte
r-na
tiona
l par
tner
s in
Afri
can
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
enta
l re
sear
ch, i
nno-
vatio
n an
d ST
I H
CD
or r
esea
rch
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ogra
mm
es a
s a
resu
lt of
DST
fa
cilit
atio
n
Am
ount
(e
xpre
ssed
in
rand
mill
ions
) of
inte
rnat
iona
l fu
nds
dire
ctly
in-
vest
ed in
Afri
can
regi
onal
and
con
-tin
enta
l res
earc
h,
inno
vatio
n, S
TI
HC
D o
r res
earc
h in
frast
ruct
ure
prog
ram
mes
as
a re
sult
of D
ST
faci
litat
ion
R380
m in
inte
r-na
tiona
l fun
ds
dire
ctly
inve
sted
in
Afri
can
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
en-
tal r
esea
rch,
in
nova
tion,
STI
H
CD
or r
esea
rch
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ogra
mm
es a
s a
resu
lt of
DST
fa
cilit
atio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
No
base
line
R113
m in
inte
r-na
tiona
l fun
ds
dire
ctly
inve
sted
in
Afri
can
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
en-
tal r
esea
rch,
in
nova
tion,
STI
H
CD
or r
esea
rch
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ogra
mm
es a
s a
resu
lt of
DST
fa
cilit
atio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
016
R388
m in
inte
r-na
tiona
l fun
ds
dire
ctly
inve
sted
in
Afri
can
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
en-
tal r
esea
rch,
in
nova
tion,
STI
H
CD
or r
esea
rch
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ogra
mm
es a
s a
resu
lt of
DST
fa
cilit
atio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
017
R80m
in in
ter-
natio
nal f
unds
di
rect
ly in
vest
ed
in A
frica
n re
gion
al
and
cont
inen
-ta
l res
earc
h,
inno
vatio
n, S
TI
HC
D o
r res
earc
h in
frast
ruct
ure
prog
ram
mes
as
a re
sult
of D
ST
faci
litat
ion
by 3
1 M
arch
201
8
R90m
in in
ter-
natio
nal f
unds
di
rect
ly in
vest
ed
in A
frica
n re
gion
al
and
cont
inen
-ta
l res
earc
h,
inno
vatio
n, S
TI
HC
D o
r res
earc
h in
frast
ruct
ure
prog
ram
mes
as
a re
sult
of D
ST
faci
litat
ion
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
R90m
in in
ter-
natio
nal f
unds
di
rect
ly in
vest
ed
in A
frica
n re
gion
al
and
cont
inen
-ta
l res
earc
h,
inno
vatio
n, S
TI
HC
D o
r res
earc
h in
frast
ruct
ure
prog
ram
mes
as
a re
sult
of D
ST
faci
litat
ion
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
R100
m in
inte
r-na
tiona
l fun
ds
dire
ctly
inve
sted
in
Afri
can
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
en-
tal r
esea
rch,
in
nova
tion,
STI
H
CD
or r
esea
rch
infra
stru
ctur
e pr
ogra
mm
es a
s a
resu
lt of
DST
fa
cilit
atio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201988
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
AU o
r SA
DC
STI
in
itiat
ives
, inc
lud-
ing
prog
ram
mes
, pr
ojec
ts o
r gov
er-
nanc
e fra
me-
wor
ks, e
ndor
sed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
m
inis
teria
l lev
el
supp
orte
d by
the
DST
Num
ber o
f ap
prov
ed A
U o
r SA
DC
STI
initi
a-tiv
es, i
nclu
ding
pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or g
over
-na
nce
fram
e-w
orks
, end
orse
d at
AU
or S
AD
C
min
iste
rial l
evel
su
ppor
ted
(fina
n-ci
ally
or i
n ki
nd)
by th
e D
ST
70 a
ppro
ved
AU
or S
AD
C S
TI in
i-tia
tives
, inc
ludi
ng
prog
ram
mes
, pr
ojec
ts o
r gov
er-
nanc
e fra
me-
wor
ks, e
ndor
sed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
m
inis
teria
l lev
el
supp
orte
d (fi
nan-
cial
ly o
r in
kind
) by
the
DST
by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
No
base
line
13 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
201
6
15 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
201
7
16 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
201
8
17 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
201
9
20 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
202
0
23 A
U o
r SA
DC
ST
I ini
tiativ
es,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es,
proj
ects
or
gove
rnan
ce
fram
ewor
ks, e
n-do
rsed
at A
U o
r SA
DC
min
iste
rial
leve
l sup
port
ed
(fina
ncia
lly o
r in
kind
) by
DST
by
31 M
arch
202
1
Stra
tegi
c st
atem
ent:
To
max
imis
e So
uth
Afr
ica’
s st
rate
gic
inte
rest
s in
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
in S
TI, i
n su
ppor
t of S
outh
Afr
ica’
s fo
reig
n po
licy
obje
ctiv
es, a
nd in
tern
atio
nal t
rade
an
d in
vest
men
t par
tner
ship
s, c
reat
ing
a be
tter
Sou
th A
fric
a, a
nd c
ontr
ibut
ing
to a
bet
ter a
nd s
afer
Afr
ica
in a
bet
ter w
orld
Dec
isio
ns in
clud
-in
g th
e ad
optio
n of
regu
latio
ns,
prog
ram
mes
or
reso
lutio
ns in
in
terg
over
nmen
-ta
l STI
foru
ms
such
as
mul
tilat
-er
al o
rgan
isat
ions
su
ppor
ting
the
prio
ritie
s of
go
vern
men
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
Num
ber o
f fo
rmal
ly re
cord
ed
deci
sion
s m
ade
in in
terg
ov-
ernm
enta
l STI
fo
rum
s, su
ch a
s m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
20 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
0
No
base
line
6 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
6
4 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
7
4 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
8
4 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
9
4 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
0
4 fo
rmal
ly re
-co
rded
dec
isio
ns
mad
e in
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal
STI f
orum
s, su
ch
as m
ultil
ater
al o
r-ga
nisa
tions
, with
a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
1
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 89
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
Sout
h A
frica
n oc
cupy
ing
lead
-er
ship
pos
ition
s in
inte
rnat
iona
l ST
I gov
erna
nce
stru
ctur
es s
uch
as m
ultil
ater
al
orga
nisa
tions
rel-
evan
t to
prio
ritie
s of
gov
ernm
ent’s
Pr
ogra
mm
e of
A
ctio
n fo
llow
ing
spec
ific
DST
in
terv
entio
n
Num
ber o
f lea
d-er
ship
pos
ition
s oc
cupi
ed b
y So
uth
Afri
ca in
in
tern
atio
nal
STI g
over
nanc
e st
ruct
ures
rele
-va
nt to
influ
enc-
ing
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
18 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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
0
No
base
line
5 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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
6
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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
7
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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
8
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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
201
9
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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
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
reso
urce
al
loca
tion
to
supp
ort p
riorit
ies
of g
over
nmen
t’s
Prog
ram
me
of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST
inte
rven
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
1
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201990
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
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
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
40m
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
D p
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
No
targ
et
No
targ
et
R50m
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
D p
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
R390
m in
inte
rnat
iona
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
Am
ount
(exp
ress
ed in
rand
m
illio
ns) o
f fun
ds in
vest
ed
by in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
in th
eir o
wn
orga
nisa
tions
an
d in
itiat
ives
but
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
Bian
nual
ly (Q
3 an
d Q
4)R2
80m
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
by
31 M
arch
201
9
No
targ
et
No
targ
et
R50m
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
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
Num
ber o
f Sou
th A
frica
n st
uden
ts a
ccep
ted
into
in
tern
atio
nal t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te q
ualifi
catio
n as
par
t of c
oope
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
No
targ
et
50 S
outh
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
50 S
outh
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
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 91
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
itia-
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
50 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
50 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
440
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
or
gani
satio
ns (i
.e. l
egal
en
titie
s) c
olla
bora
ting
with
So
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
STI
H
CD
pro
ject
s pa
rt o
f coo
p-er
atio
n in
itiat
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
ork-
shop
s, se
min
ars
or tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
to re
info
rce
Sout
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
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
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
10 d
edic
ated
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
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
Bian
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
-po
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201992
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,
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
Num
ber o
f 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
rted
(fi
nanc
ially
or i
n ki
nd) b
y D
ST
Qua
rter
ly17
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
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
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
5AU
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
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
Num
ber o
f for
mal
ly
reco
rded
dec
isio
ns m
ade
in in
terg
over
nmen
tal S
TI
foru
ms,
such
as
mul
tilat
eral
or
gani
satio
ns, w
ith a
dire
ct
bear
ing
on re
sour
ce a
lloca
-tio
n to
sup
port
prio
ritie
s of
go
vern
men
t’s P
rogr
amm
e of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
ecifi
c D
ST in
terv
entio
n
Bian
nual
ly (Q
2 an
d Q
4)4
form
ally
reco
rded
dec
i-si
ons
mad
e in
inte
rgov
ern-
men
tal S
TI fo
rum
s, su
ch a
s m
ultil
ater
al o
rgan
isat
ions
, w
ith a
dire
ct b
earin
g on
reso
urce
allo
catio
n to
sup
port
prio
ritie
s of
go
vern
men
t’s P
rogr
amm
e of
Act
ion
follo
win
g sp
e-ci
fic D
ST in
terv
entio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
No
targ
et
2 fo
rmal
ly re
cord
ed d
eci-
sion
s m
ade
in in
terg
over
n-m
enta
l STI
foru
ms,
such
as
mul
tilat
eral
org
anis
atio
ns,
with
a d
irect
bea
ring
on re
sour
ce a
lloca
tion
to s
uppo
rt p
riorit
ies
of
gove
rnm
ent’s
Pro
gram
me
of A
ctio
n fo
llow
ing
spec
ific
DST
inte
rven
tion
No
targ
et
2 fo
rmal
ly re
cord
ed d
eci-
sion
s m
ade
in in
terg
over
n-m
enta
l STI
foru
ms,
such
as
mul
tilat
eral
org
anis
atio
ns,
with
a d
irect
bea
ring
on re
sour
ce a
lloca
tion
to s
uppo
rt p
riorit
ies
of
gove
rnm
ent’s
Pro
gram
me
of A
ctio
n fo
llow
ing
spec
ific
DST
inte
rven
tion
Num
ber o
f lea
ders
hip
po-
sitio
ns o
ccup
ied
by S
outh
A
frica
in in
tern
atio
nal S
TI
gove
rnan
ce s
truc
ture
s re
leva
nt to
influ
enci
ng
reso
urce
allo
catio
n to
su
ppor
t prio
ritie
s of
gov
-er
nmen
t’s P
rogr
amm
e of
A
ctio
n fo
llow
ing
spec
ific
DST
inte
rven
tion
Bian
nual
ly (Q
2 an
d Q
4)4
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 by
31
Mar
ch
2019
No
targ
et
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
No
targ
et
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
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 93
Reco
ncili
ng p
erfo
rman
ce ta
rget
s w
ith
the
budg
et a
nd M
TEF
Tabl
e 19
: Int
erna
tion
al C
oope
rati
on a
nd R
esou
rces
exp
endi
ture
est
imat
es
R’00
0
Prog
ram
me
Expe
ndit
ure
outc
ome
Adj
uste
d ap
prop
riat
ion
2017
/18
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2014
/15
2015
/16
2016
/17
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
Mul
tilat
eral
Coo
pera
tion
and
Afri
ca
22 1
67
25 6
68
30
408
31 1
60
31 3
67
32 7
24
34 8
75
Inte
rnat
iona
l Res
ourc
es
54 0
21
56 6
35
54 2
04
60 4
95
63 0
05
66 8
83
70 9
37
Ove
rsea
s Bi
late
ral C
oope
ratio
n 31
401
32
665
3
3 85
4 40
725
42
027
43
798
46
633
TOTA
L10
7 58
9 11
4 96
8 11
8 46
6 13
2 38
0 13
6 39
9 14
3 40
5 15
2 44
5
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
36 7
62
41 2
75
43 2
95
48 8
43
50 3
52
54 1
96
58 3
36
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
16 5
87
14 3
66
14 2
74
19 7
60
18
572
17 2
34
18 1
76
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
54 1
27
59 3
27
60 8
97
63 7
77
67 4
75
71 9
75
75 9
33
Paym
ents
for c
apita
l ass
ets
113
--
--
--
TOTA
L10
7 58
9 11
4 96
8 11
8 46
6 13
2 38
0 13
6 39
9 14
3 40
5 15
2 44
5
Programm
e 3
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 201994
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.
Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 1: A responsive,
coordinated and efficient NSI
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 95
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
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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.
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e 4
Strategic objectives and strategic statements
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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tegi
c ob
ject
ive
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des
crip
tion
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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
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hig
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triti
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tes.
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t the
revi
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min
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rial g
uide
line
targ
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tow
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ac
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tran
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mat
ion
and
equi
ty in
the
dist
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of b
ursa
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scho
lars
hips
and
fello
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eter
min
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s fo
r 201
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20
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nalis
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rsity
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acity
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men
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gram
me
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DP)
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the
DST
and
the
DH
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com
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ensi
ve c
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m th
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e N
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odel
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se is
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proj
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per t
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datio
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man
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findi
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Stra
tegi
c ob
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des
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cien
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tabl
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leva
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nanc
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ses
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tern
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my
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th A
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to
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stro
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plem
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stro
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plem
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that
radi
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tron
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r gov
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ctiv
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ca
n ta
ke p
lace
with
in th
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clar
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with
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inde
ring
each
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her
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ectiv
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vern
ance
of t
he A
stro
nom
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lio.
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adm
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at d
efine
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legi
slat
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for t
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stitu
tes
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scie
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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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019102
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
Mar
ch 2
020
Programm
e 4
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 103
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
3.Pr
oduc
tion
of n
ew k
now
l-ed
geN
ot le
ss th
an 2
2 57
8 an
nu-
al re
sear
ch g
rant
s aw
arde
d fro
m P
rogr
amm
e 4
fund
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
as
refle
cted
by
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
4 53
9 re
sear
cher
s aw
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
Mar
ch 2
016
9 07
8 re
sear
cher
s aw
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
Mar
ch 2
017
Not
less
13
578
rese
arch
-er
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch
gran
ts th
roug
h N
RF-m
an-
aged
pro
gram
mes
as
re-
flect
ed b
y th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
018
Not
less
than
18
078
rese
arch
ers
awar
ded
an
annu
al re
sear
ch g
rant
s fro
m P
rogr
amm
e 4
fund
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
as
refle
cted
by
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
Not
less
than
22
578
rese
arch
ers
awar
ded
an
annu
al re
sear
ch g
rant
s fro
m P
rogr
amm
e 4
fund
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
as
refle
cted
by
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
35 0
00 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
NRF
-fund
ed
rese
arch
ers
and
cite
d in
th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
Cita
tion
Dat
abas
e as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
by
31 M
arch
202
0
7 00
0 IS
I-acc
redi
ted
rese
arch
art
icle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
rese
arch
-er
s as
refle
cted
in th
e N
RF
proj
ect r
epor
ts b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
to 3
1 M
arch
20
16
14 0
00 IS
I-acc
redi
ted
rese
arch
art
icle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
rese
arch
-er
s as
refle
cted
in th
e N
RF
proj
ect r
epor
ts b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
to 3
1 M
arch
20
17
21 0
00 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
NRF
-fund
ed
rese
arch
ers
and
cite
d in
th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
Cita
tion
Dat
abas
e as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
to
31 M
arch
201
8
28 0
00 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
NRF
-fund
ed
rese
arch
ers
and
cite
d in
th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
Cita
tion
Dat
abas
e as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
to
31 M
arch
201
9
35 0
00 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
NRF
-fund
ed
rese
arch
ers
and
cite
d in
th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
Cita
tion
Dat
abas
e as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
pro
ject
repo
rts
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
to
31 M
arch
202
0 4.
Dev
elop
men
t of p
riorit
y sc
ienc
e ar
eas
64 a
nten
nae
com
mis
-si
oned
for a
sin
gle
pola
r-is
atio
n ar
ray
by 3
1 M
arch
20
18 a
nd In
stal
latio
n of
2
of 3
Sci
ence
Mod
es (U
HF;
LS
P; a
nd S
-Ban
d) b
y 31
M
arch
202
0
28 M
eerK
AT a
nten
nae
inst
alle
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
016
64 M
eerK
AT a
nten
nae
inst
alle
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
017
64 a
nten
nae
sing
le p
o-la
risat
ion
arra
y co
mm
is-
sion
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
018
64 U
HF
Scie
nce
Mod
e Re
ceiv
ers
inst
alle
d on
M
eerK
AT b
y 31
Mar
ch
2019
8 La
rge
Surv
ey P
roje
cts
(LSP
) Sci
ence
Mod
e in
stal
led
on M
eerK
AT C
or-
rela
tor b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
020
Two
bien
nial
repo
rts o
n th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
S&
T in
Sou
th A
frica
sub
-m
itted
for C
abin
et a
ppro
v-al
by
31 M
arch
201
9
1 pl
an fo
r com
pilin
g th
e fir
st b
ienn
ial r
epor
t on
the
stat
e of
clim
ate
chan
ge in
So
uth
Afri
ca fo
r Cab
inet
ap
prov
al b
y 31
Mar
ch
2016
1 (fi
rst b
ienn
ial)
repo
rt
on th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
in S
outh
Afri
ca
final
ised
and
sub
mitt
ed
for C
abin
et a
ppro
val b
y 31
M
arch
201
7
A p
lan
for c
ompi
ling
sec-
ond
bien
nial
repo
rt o
n th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
in
Sout
h A
frica
app
rove
d by
Ex
co b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
018
Fina
lise
the
seco
nd b
ien-
nial
repo
rt a
nd s
ubm
it to
Ca
bine
t by
31 M
arch
201
9
No
targ
et
5.Pr
omot
e sc
ienc
e en
gage
-m
ent
Not
less
than
2.1
mill
ion
peop
le re
ache
d an
nual
ly
thro
ugh
scie
nce
enga
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
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
) in
sci
ence
aw
aren
ess
and
enga
gem
ent p
rogr
amm
es
as re
flect
ed in
pro
ject
re
port
s of
the
NRF
and
ot
her s
ervi
ce p
rovi
ders
by
31 M
arch
201
6
App
roxi
mat
ely
2 1
79 0
00
part
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ants
(lea
rner
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rs o
f the
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lic)
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ce a
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gage
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t pro
gram
mes
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refle
cted
in th
e pr
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t re
port
s of
the
NRF
and
ot
her s
ervi
ce p
rovi
ders
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
7
App
roxi
mat
ely
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79 0
00
part
icip
ants
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rner
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in s
cien
ce a
war
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s an
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gage
men
t pro
gram
mes
as
refle
cted
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t re
port
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the
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rovi
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be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
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arch
201
8
Not
less
than
2.1
mill
ion
peop
le re
ache
d an
nual
ly
thro
ugh
scie
nce
enga
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
2.1
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
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in th
e pr
ojec
t rep
orts
of
the
NRF
and
oth
er s
ervi
ce
prov
ider
s by
31
Mar
ch
2020
Programm
e 4
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019104
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
PhD
stu
dent
s aw
arde
d bu
rsar
ies
thro
ugh
NRF
and
re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es.
Tota
l num
ber o
f Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
burs
a-rie
s an
nual
ly a
s re
flect
ed in
the
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
rele
vant
en
titie
s33
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less
than
15
840
annu
al b
ur-
sarie
s aw
arde
d to
Ph
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-
dent
s aw
ard-
ed b
ursa
ries
thro
ugh
NRF
and
D
ST-m
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ed
prog
ram
mes
as
refle
cted
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e N
RF a
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ST
proj
ect r
epor
ts
3 40
4 Ph
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tu-
dent
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ard-
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ursa
ries
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ugh
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and
D
ST-m
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ed
prog
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
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tu-
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
annu
ally
as
refle
cted
in th
e re
port
s fro
m th
e N
RF a
nd re
leva
nt
entit
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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
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re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
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less
than
3
100
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stu
-de
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awar
ded
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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
the
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
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
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
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arde
d bu
rsar
ies
thro
ugh
NRF
and
D
ST-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
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cted
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e N
RF a
nd D
ST
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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
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aged
pro
gram
mes
as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
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DST
pr
ojec
t rep
orts
by
31 M
arch
201
6
10 2
68 p
ipel
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grad
uate
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uden
ts a
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ough
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nd D
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aged
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gram
mes
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refle
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NRF
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pr
ojec
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by
31 M
arch
201
7
Not
less
than
10
800
pip
elin
e po
stgr
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te
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arde
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rsar
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annu
ally
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refle
cted
in th
e re
port
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m th
e N
RF a
nd re
leva
nt
entit
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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
ursa
ry
as 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
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
atio
n pr
ogra
mm
es
1 04
4 gr
adua
tes
and
stud
ents
pl
aced
in
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gram
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ETI
inst
itutio
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y 31
M
arch
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uate
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d st
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ed in
D
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nded
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k pr
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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
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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
by 3
1 M
arch
202
1
3334
3536
33
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 C
SIR,
SA
NSA
and
the
Agr
icul
tura
l Res
earc
h Co
unci
l.
34
Targ
ets
redu
ced
due
to b
udge
t cut
s fo
r the
MTE
F pe
riod.
35
“Pip
elin
e st
uden
ts” m
eans
BTe
ch, h
onou
rs a
nd m
aste
rs s
tude
nts.
36
Ow
ing
to c
uts
mad
e to
the
DST
-NRF
Inte
rnsh
ip P
rogr
amm
e (fo
llow
ing
Econ
omic
Com
petit
iven
ess
Supp
ort P
acka
ge c
uts
anno
unce
d on
18
Janu
ary
2016
) the
MTE
F ta
rget
s ha
d to
be
low
ered
.
Programm
e 4
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 105
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
ensu
re a
vaila
bilit
y of
and
acc
ess
to in
tern
atio
nally
com
para
ble
rese
arch
and
inno
vati
on in
fras
truc
ture
in o
rder
to g
ener
ate
new
kno
wle
dge
and
trai
n ne
w
rese
arch
ers
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arch
infra
-st
ruct
ure
gran
tsN
umbe
r of
rese
arch
infra
-st
ruct
ure
gran
ts
awar
ded
annu
ally
as
per
aw
ard
let-
ters
210
annu
al
rese
arch
infra
-st
ruct
ure
gran
ts
awar
ded
as p
er
awar
d le
tter
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
69 g
rant
s ha
ve
been
aw
arde
d in
fo
ur c
ateg
orie
s of
rese
arch
infra
-st
ruct
ure
79 re
sear
ch in
fra-
stru
ctur
e gr
ants
aw
arde
d as
per
aw
ard
lett
ers
by
31 M
arch
201
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72 re
sear
ch in
fra-
stru
ctur
e gr
ants
aw
arde
d as
per
aw
ard
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ers
by
31 M
arch
201
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rese
arch
in
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ure
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ts a
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ded
as p
er a
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t-te
rs b
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Mar
ch
2018
30 a
nnua
l re
sear
ch in
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stru
ctur
e gr
ants
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arde
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aw
ard
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ers
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arch
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nnua
l re
sear
ch in
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ctur
e gr
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arde
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ard
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ers
by
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arch
202
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20 a
nnua
l re
sear
ch in
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stru
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e gr
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arde
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per
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ers
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arch
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f da
ta to
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rese
arch
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d ac
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itutio
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l ava
ilabl
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vide
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er
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m
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l av
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ble
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l av
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l av
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31
Mar
ch 2
020
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l av
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ble
broa
d-ba
nd c
apac
ity
prov
ided
by
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by
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Mar
ch 2
021
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tegi
c st
atem
ent:
To
supp
ort a
nd p
rom
ote
rese
arch
that
dev
elop
s ba
sic
scie
nces
thro
ugh
the
prod
ucti
on o
f new
kno
wle
dge
and
rele
vant
trai
ning
opp
ortu
niti
es
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arch
ers
awar
ded
rese
arch
gr
ants
thro
ugh
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-man
aged
pr
ogra
mm
es
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l num
ber
of re
sear
ch-
ers
awar
ded
rese
arch
gra
nts
annu
ally
thro
ugh
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aged
pr
ogra
mm
es
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
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rts
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less
than
22
578
ann
ual
rese
arch
gra
nts
awar
ded
to re
-se
arch
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thro
ugh
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aged
pr
ogra
mm
es a
s re
flect
ed b
y th
e N
RF p
roje
ct re
-po
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
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sear
cher
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arde
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ts th
roug
h N
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ed
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ram
mes
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cted
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e N
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17
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4
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ly th
roug
h N
RF-m
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ed
prog
ram
mes
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refle
cted
by
the
NRF
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ject
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port
s by
31
Mar
ch
2018
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less
than
4
500
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arch
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arde
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an
nual
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rom
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roug
h N
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ed
prog
ram
mes
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refle
cted
by
the
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ject
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port
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
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less
than
4
500
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arch
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s aw
arde
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an
nual
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rom
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ogra
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roug
h N
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ed
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ram
mes
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cted
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the
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ject
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port
s by
31
Mar
ch
2020
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less
than
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arch
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s aw
arde
d an
an
nual
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arch
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rom
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ogra
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h N
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ed
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ram
mes
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refle
cted
by
the
NRF
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ject
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port
s by
31
Mar
ch
2021
3738
37
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
cut
s to
the
Rese
arch
and
Dev
elop
men
t Inf
rast
ruct
ure
allo
catio
n, th
e la
test
bei
ng a
cut
of R
150m
in th
e 20
17 M
TEF.
38
The
indi
cato
r was
revi
sed
to g
ive
bett
er d
etai
l of t
he w
ork
bein
g ca
rrie
d ou
t by
the
Dep
artm
ent (
as p
er th
e A
udito
r-G
ener
al’s
reco
mm
enda
tion)
. SA
NRe
N w
ill c
ontin
ue to
repo
rt o
nly
on th
e ca
paci
ty a
vaila
bilit
y de
liver
ed b
y th
e in
stal
led
equi
pmen
t, re
duci
ng th
e
stra
tegi
c ta
rget
from
8 0
00 G
bps
to 3
500
Gbp
s to
tal a
vaila
ble
broa
dban
d ca
paci
ty b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
020. Program
me 4
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019106
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
Inte
rnat
iona
l-ly
acc
redi
ted
rese
arch
art
icle
s fro
m re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch
gran
ts th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
Num
ber o
f re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
Not
less
than
35
000
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
5 64
1 IS
I-acc
red-
ited
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s
6 47
0 IS
I res
earc
h ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s as
re-
flect
ed in
the
NRF
pr
ojec
t rep
orts
8 15
6 IS
I-acc
red-
ited
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s as
re-
flect
ed in
the
NRF
pr
ojec
t rep
orts
by
31 M
arch
201
6
7 00
0 IS
I-acc
red-
ited
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s as
re-
flect
ed in
the
NRF
pr
ojec
t rep
orts
by
31 M
arch
201
7
Not
less
than
7
000
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
201
8
Not
less
than
7
000
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
Not
less
than
7
000
rese
arch
ar
ticle
s pu
blis
hed
by N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in th
e Th
omso
n Re
uter
s W
eb o
f Sci
ence
C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as re
flect
ed in
th
e N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
Stra
tegi
c st
atem
ent:
To
stra
tegi
cally
dev
elop
pri
orit
y sc
ienc
e ar
eas
in w
hich
Sou
th A
fric
a en
joys
a c
ompe
titi
ve a
dvan
tage
, by
prom
otin
g in
tern
atio
nally
com
peti
tive
res
earc
h an
d tr
aini
ng a
ctiv
itie
s an
d ou
tput
s
Enha
nced
sci
ence
m
odes
cap
abil-
ity o
f Mee
rKAT
th
roug
h ad
di-
tiona
l rec
eive
rs
and
corr
elat
or
inst
alla
tions
Num
ber o
f sc
ienc
e m
ode
rece
iver
s in
stal
led
on M
eerK
AT
64 a
nten
nae
com
mis
sion
ed fo
r a
sing
le p
olar
isa-
tion
arra
y by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
and
Inst
alla
tion
of 2
of
3 Sc
ienc
e M
odes
(U
HF;
LSP
; and
S-
Band
) by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
4 M
eerK
AT a
nten
-na
e in
stal
led
by
31 M
arch
201
5
20 M
eerK
AT a
n-te
nnae
inst
alle
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
016
32 a
nten
nae
sin-
gle
pola
risat
ion
arra
y co
mm
is-
sion
ed b
y 31
M
arch
201
7
64-a
nten
na a
rray
co
mm
issi
oned
by
31 M
arch
201
8
64 U
ltra
Hig
h Fr
e-qu
ency
Sci
ence
M
ode
Rece
iver
s in
stal
led
on M
eer-
KAT
by 3
1 M
arch
20
19
8 La
rge
Surv
ey
Proj
ects
(LSP
) Sc
ienc
e M
ode
inst
alle
d on
M
eerK
AT C
orre
la-
tor b
y 31
Mar
ch
2020
64 S
-Ban
d Sc
ienc
e M
ode
Rece
iver
s in
stal
led
on
Mee
rKAT
by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
Repo
rts
on s
tate
of
clim
ate
chan
ge
S&T
in S
outh
A
frica
Num
ber o
f bi
enni
al re
port
s on
the
stat
e of
cl
imat
e ch
ange
S&
T in
Sou
th
Afri
ca a
ppro
ved
by C
abin
et
Two
bien
nial
re
port
s on
the
stat
e of
clim
ate
chan
ge S
&T in
So
uth
Afri
ca
subm
itted
for
Cabi
net a
ppro
val
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
No
base
line
A p
lan
for t
he
deve
lopm
ent
bien
nial
repo
rt
was
app
rove
d by
Dep
uty
Dire
ctor
-Gen
eral
: Re
sear
ch D
e-ve
lopm
ent a
nd
Supp
ort
1 (fi
rst b
ienn
ial)
repo
rt o
n th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
S&T
in
Sout
h A
frica
fin
alis
ed a
nd
subm
itted
for
Cabi
net a
ppro
val
by 3
1 M
arch
201
7
1 pl
an fo
r com
-pi
ling
seco
nd
bien
nial
repo
rt
on th
e st
ate
of c
li-m
ate
chan
ge S
&T
in S
outh
Afri
ca
appr
oved
by
DST
Ex
co b
y 31
Mar
ch
2018
Seco
nd b
ienn
ial
repo
rt o
n th
e st
ate
of c
limat
e ch
ange
S&T
in
Sout
h A
frica
sub
-m
itted
to C
abin
et
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
No
targ
et39
No
targ
et
39 39
This
is a
n in
dica
tor f
or th
e cu
rren
t MTS
F (2
014-
2019
) and
the
targ
et o
f tw
o bi
enni
al re
port
s (fi
rst i
n 20
16/1
7 an
d se
cond
in 2
018/
19) w
ill h
ave
been
ach
ieve
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
019.
Programm
e 4
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 107
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
prom
ote
publ
ic e
ngag
emen
t on
scie
nce,
tech
nolo
gy a
nd in
nova
tion
Part
icip
ants
40 in
sc
ienc
e aw
aren
ess
and
enga
gem
ent
prog
ram
mes
man
-ag
ed b
y th
e N
RF
and
othe
r ser
vice
pr
ovid
ers
Num
ber o
f pa
rtic
ipan
ts in
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
Not
less
than
2.
1mill
ion
peop
le
reac
hed
annu
ally
th
roug
h sc
ienc
e en
gage
men
t ac-
tiviti
es a
s re
flect
ed
in th
e pr
ojec
t re
port
s of
the
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019108
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
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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.
Strategic Outcome-Oriented Goal 1: A responsive,
coordinated and efficient NSI
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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Tabl
e 25
: Pro
gram
me
risk
man
agem
ent a
nd id
enti
ficat
ion
for S
ocio
-eco
nom
ic In
nova
tion
Par
tner
ship
s
Stra
tegi
c ob
ject
ive
Risk
des
crip
tion
Mit
igat
ion
acti
onIn
nova
tion
for r
ural
and
soc
io-e
cono
mic
dev
elop
men
t.•
Inad
equa
te m
echa
nism
s to
obt
ain
and
diss
emin
ate
rele
vant
kno
wle
dge
and
evid
ence
for i
nfor
min
g an
d in
fluen
cing
dec
isio
n m
akin
g by
org
anis
atio
ns.
•Im
plem
ent t
he c
omm
unic
atio
ns a
nd m
arke
ting
plan
dev
elop
ed to
en
sure
ade
quat
e di
ssem
inat
ion
of in
form
atio
n.
•Po
or/in
adeq
uate
pla
nnin
g an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of
proj
ects
by
impl
emen
tatio
n ag
enci
es.
•D
urin
g pr
opos
al e
valu
atio
n pr
oces
s, de
term
ine
the
capa
city
(e
xper
ienc
e, s
yste
ms
and
expe
rtis
e) o
f the
impl
emen
ting
agen
cies
.
•In
voke
bre
ach
of c
ontr
act c
laus
e w
here
non
- pe
rfor
man
ce o
f co
ntra
ctor
s ha
ve ta
ken
plac
e.S&
T fo
r sus
tain
able
dev
elop
men
t and
a g
reen
eco
nom
y•
Mis
alig
nmen
t of D
ST fu
nded
pro
ject
s to
Sou
th A
frica
n pr
iorit
ies
for s
usta
inab
le d
evel
opm
ent a
nd th
e gr
eeni
ng
of s
ocie
ty a
nd th
e ec
onom
y.
•Re
tain
par
ticip
atio
n at
inte
r-go
vern
men
tal t
ask
team
s, an
d pr
ojec
t st
eerin
g co
mm
ittee
s.
•Jo
int p
lann
ing
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pro
ject
s be
twee
n pr
ogra
mm
es.
•La
ck o
f fun
ding
for t
he w
ater
and
was
te R
DI r
oadm
aps
in th
e N
SI.
•Le
vera
ge fu
ndin
g fro
m o
ther
sou
rces
oth
er th
an N
atio
nal T
reas
ury.
•Re
ques
t tha
t wat
er a
nd w
aste
impl
emen
tatio
n pl
an a
re p
art o
f the
D
ST M
TEF
budg
et b
ids.
•Es
cala
tion
of c
onfli
ctin
g pr
iorit
y ch
alle
nges
to th
e D
DG
the
DG
then
th
e M
inis
ter.
Supp
ort t
he d
evel
opm
ent o
f new
and
exi
stin
g R&
D-le
d in
dust
ries
in a
eros
pace
, adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring,
che
mic
als,
adva
nced
met
als,
min
ing,
ICTs
and
the
Indu
stry
Inno
vatio
n Pr
ogra
mm
e (in
cl S
IF)
•H
avin
g a
port
folio
of p
roje
cts
that
doe
s no
t hav
e th
e po
tent
ial t
o im
pact
on
indu
stria
l dev
elop
men
t.•
Capt
ure
and
diss
emin
ate
less
ons
lear
ned
for p
ortfo
lio o
f pro
ject
s.
•Id
entif
y ke
y fla
gshi
p pr
ojec
ts b
ased
on
cont
ract
val
ue (R
30 0
00,0
00
and
abov
e ov
er th
ree
year
s); t
ime
(pro
ject
dur
atio
n ex
ceed
ing
thre
e ye
ars)
; or p
oten
tial s
ocio
-pol
itica
l or e
cono
mic
impa
ct.
•Pr
ojec
ts n
ot d
eliv
ered
as
plan
ned
by im
plem
enta
tion
entit
ies.
•In
cas
es w
here
ther
e is
a p
erce
ived
lack
of c
omm
itmen
t by
the
entit
y,
mor
e fre
quen
t eng
agem
ents
of t
he n
ext l
ine
man
agem
ent i
n th
e fe
edba
ck m
eetin
gs m
ust b
e co
nsid
ered
.Su
ppor
t pro
vinc
ial a
nd ru
ral i
nnov
atio
n•
Lack
of b
uy in
and
/or o
wne
rshi
p on
the
part
of
pro
vinc
ial a
nd m
unic
ipal
offi
cers
to c
atal
ytic
in
terv
entio
ns a
s an
ena
bler
for s
ocio
-eco
nom
ic
deve
lopm
ent.
•D
evel
op a
str
ateg
ic e
ngag
emen
t fra
mew
ork
to in
form
DST
’s ap
proa
ch
to c
reat
e in
nova
tion
enab
ling
inte
rven
tions
at p
rovi
ncia
l lev
el.
•Jo
intly
dev
elop
a d
raft
fram
ewor
k fo
r fina
ncin
g lo
cal i
nnov
atio
n.
•La
ck o
f inc
lusi
vity
of c
atal
ytic
inte
rven
tions
.•
Dev
elop
a s
trat
egic
eng
agem
ent f
ram
ewor
k to
info
rm D
ST’s
appr
oach
to
cre
ate
inno
vatio
n en
ablin
g in
terv
entio
ns a
t pro
vinc
ial l
evel
.
Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 117
Stra
tegi
c ob
ject
ive
Risk
des
crip
tion
Mit
igat
ion
acti
onFa
cilit
ate
the
prov
isio
n of
dat
a on
the
NSI
’s pe
rfor
man
ce•
Stat
istic
s an
d in
dica
tors
pro
duce
d by
the
sub
prog
ram
me
do n
ot a
dequ
atel
y m
eet s
cien
ce a
nd
tech
nolo
gy p
olic
y re
quire
men
ts.
•EX
CO a
ppro
val o
f all
maj
or c
hang
es to
exi
stin
g m
easu
rem
ent r
elat
ing
to:
•(F
rasc
ati M
anua
l and
Osl
o M
anua
l, po
licy
requ
irem
ents
, pol
icy
dial
ogue
with
use
r com
mun
ity a
nd R
&D, a
s w
ell a
s th
e In
nova
tion
surv
ey re
view
wor
ksho
ps).
•EX
CO a
ppro
val o
f all
new
mea
sure
men
t req
uire
men
ts fo
r S&T
m
easu
rem
ent i
nstr
umen
ts.
•Ex
trac
t mor
e va
lue
from
loca
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l arr
ange
men
ts
by e
nsur
ing
the
outc
omes
and
lear
ning
of t
he in
tern
atio
nal
enga
gem
ents
are
sha
red
with
the
team
mem
bers
and
are
pro
perly
ev
alua
ted
and
adap
ted.
•Ex
trac
t mor
e va
lue
from
exp
ert a
dvic
e th
roug
h m
anag
ing
cons
ulta
nts
to m
axim
ise
valu
e fo
r the
dep
artm
ent.
•Pr
oduc
tion
of p
oor q
ualit
y (e
.g. c
over
age,
acc
urac
y)
stat
istic
s.•
Regu
larly
mon
itor a
dher
ence
to ti
mel
ines
by
Scie
nce
and
Tech
nolo
gy
(S&T
) in
dica
tors
uni
t and
Res
earc
h an
d D
evel
opm
ent (
R&D
pla
nnin
g un
it).
•M
aint
enan
ce o
f the
est
ablis
hed
benc
hmar
ks/s
tand
ards
for a
sses
sing
th
e qu
ality
of e
ach
stat
istic
al re
port
.
•D
evel
op, s
ign
and
impl
emen
t the
Mem
oran
dum
of A
gree
men
t with
C
ESTI
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.•
Adm
inis
trat
ive
and
adju
dica
tion
erro
rs in
pro
ject
s of
ap
plic
ant c
ompa
nies
•M
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
•Im
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
•Co
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
.
•A
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
RDI
•N
ot a
chie
ving
the
targ
eted
turn
arou
nd ti
me
in
prov
idin
g a
deci
sion
to a
pplic
ant c
ompa
nies
.•
Opt
imis
e th
e O
nlin
e A
pplic
atio
ns S
ubm
issi
on S
yste
m.
•Im
prov
e th
e m
anag
emen
t of e
xter
nal e
xper
ts to
adh
ere
to q
ualit
y an
d de
adlin
es.
•A
dher
e to
sch
edul
e of
adj
udic
atio
n m
eetin
gs.
•Co
ntin
ue to
requ
est f
or c
apac
ity fo
r the
dire
ctor
ate.
Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019118
Tabl
e 26
: 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
St
rate
gic
Plan
term
)
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
Pla
nnin
g H
oriz
on20
15/1
620
16/1
720
17/1
820
18/1
920
19/2
01.
Inno
vatio
n fo
r rur
al a
nd
soci
o-ec
onom
ic d
evel
op-
men
t
At l
east
26
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts o
n in
nova
tion
for i
nclu
sive
dev
elop
men
t pu
blis
hed
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r inc
lusi
ve
deve
lopm
ent p
ublis
hed
by b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
016
8 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r inc
lusi
ve
deve
lopm
ent p
ublis
hed
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
017
14 k
now
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts
on in
nova
tion
for i
nclu
sive
de
velo
pmen
t pub
lishe
d be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
8
At l
east
20
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts o
n in
nova
tion
for i
nclu
sive
dev
elop
men
t pu
blis
hed
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
At l
east
26
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts o
n in
nova
tion
for i
nclu
sive
dev
elop
men
t pu
blis
hed
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
020
At l
east
10
deci
sion
-sup
-po
rt s
yste
ms
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
202
0
5 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
syst
ems
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
6
7 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
syst
ems
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
7
8 de
cisi
on-s
uppo
rt
syst
ems
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
8
At l
east
10
deci
sion
-sup
-po
rt s
yste
ms
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
9
At l
east
10
deci
sion
-sup
-po
rt s
yste
ms
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
202
0A
t lea
st 4
5 le
arni
ng in
ter-
vent
ions
(sem
inar
s) g
ener
-at
ed b
etw
een
1 A
pril
2015
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
020
9 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
(sem
inar
s) g
ener
ated
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
6
18 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
(sem
inar
s) g
ener
ated
by
31 M
arch
201
6 (In
dica
tor
erro
neou
sly
left
out
of
2015
/16
APP
)
27 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
(sem
inar
s) g
ener
ated
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
17 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
8
At l
east
36
lear
ning
inte
r-ve
ntio
ns (s
emin
ars)
gen
er-
ated
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18
and
31 M
arch
201
9
At l
east
45
lear
ning
inte
r-ve
ntio
ns (s
emin
ars)
gen
er-
ated
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
19
and
31 M
arch
202
0
2.S&
T fo
r sus
tain
able
de
velo
pmen
t and
a g
reen
ec
onom
y
375
hono
urs,
mas
ters
and
do
ctor
al s
tude
nts
fully
fu
nded
or c
o-fu
nded
in
desi
gnat
ed n
iche
are
as
that
sup
port
the
gree
n ec
onom
y an
d su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t by
31 M
arch
20
20
50 m
aste
rs a
nd d
octo
ral
stud
ents
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed in
des
igna
ted
nich
e ar
eas
that
sup
port
th
e gr
een
econ
omy
and
sust
aina
ble
deve
lopm
ent
betw
een
1 A
pril
2015
and
31
Mar
ch 2
016
105
hono
urs,
mas
ters
and
do
ctor
al s
tude
nts
fully
fu
nded
or c
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nded
in
desi
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iche
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as
that
sup
port
the
gree
n ec
onom
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d su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
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wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
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arch
20
17
195
hono
urs,
mas
ters
and
do
ctor
al s
tude
nts
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fu
nded
or c
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in
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that
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port
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gree
n ec
onom
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d su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
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t bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
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20
18
285
uniq
ue h
onou
rs, m
as-
ters
and
doc
tora
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s fu
lly fu
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in
des
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ted
nich
e ar
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port
the
gree
n ec
onom
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d su
stai
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velo
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t bet
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il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
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20
19
375
uniq
ue h
onou
rs, m
as-
ters
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
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or c
o-fu
nded
in
des
igna
ted
nich
e ar
eas
that
sup
port
the
gree
n ec
onom
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d su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
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t by
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een
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pril
2015
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31
Mar
ch
2020
At l
east
22
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
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-en
ts, p
roto
type
s, te
chno
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y de
mon
stra
tors
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h-od
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or te
chno
logy
tr
ansf
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acka
ges)
fund
ed
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o-fu
nded
that
sup
port
su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t ad
ded
to th
e IP
por
tfolio
31
Mar
ch 2
020
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and
inno
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tion
prod
ucts
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ents
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gy tr
ansf
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ges)
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to th
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tfolio
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roug
h fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-
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sear
ch
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een
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31
Mar
ch 2
016
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lly fu
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oduc
ts (p
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ts,
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kage
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fully
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men
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240
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rns
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31
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540
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31
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590
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rns
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or p
olic
y br
iefs
ap
prov
ed b
y Ex
co fo
r pub
-lic
atio
n an
d/ o
r sub
mitt
ed
to C
abin
et b
y 31
Mar
ch
2019
At l
east
29
stat
istic
al
repo
rts
or p
olic
y br
iefs
ap
prov
ed b
y Ex
co fo
r pub
-lic
atio
n an
d/ o
r sub
mitt
ed
to C
abin
et b
y 31
Mar
ch
2020
6.In
crea
sed
priv
ate-
sect
or
inve
stm
ent i
n RD
IPr
eapp
rova
l dec
isio
ns
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys o
f da
te o
f rec
eipt
for 8
0% o
f ap
plic
atio
ns re
ceiv
ed fo
r th
e R&
D ta
x in
cent
ive
by
31 M
arch
202
0
Prea
ppro
val d
ecis
ions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
days
of
dat
e of
rece
ipt o
f ap-
plic
atio
n fo
r the
R&D
tax
ince
ntiv
e be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
6
Prea
ppro
val d
ecis
ions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
120
day
s of
dat
e of
rece
ipt o
f ap-
plic
atio
n fo
r the
R&D
tax
ince
ntiv
e be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
7
Prea
ppro
val d
ecis
ions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
days
of
dat
e of
rece
ipt o
f ap-
plic
atio
n fo
r the
R&D
tax
ince
ntiv
e be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
15 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
201
8
Prea
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
Prea
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
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 121
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
usiv
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
-sup
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019122
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 123
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019124
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 125
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019126
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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 127
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
rate
d be
twee
n 30
A
pril
2018
and
30
Sept
em-
ber 2
018
5 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
gene
rate
d be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd 3
1 D
ecem
-be
r 201
8
9 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
gene
rate
d by
31
Mar
ch
2019
Num
ber o
f uni
que
hon-
ours
, mas
ters
and
doc
tora
l st
uden
ts fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s
Bian
nual
(re
port
ing
Q1
and
Q4)
90 u
niqu
e ho
nour
s, m
as-
ters
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
nded
or c
o-fu
nded
in
des
igna
ted
nich
e ar
eas
that
sup
port
the
gree
n ec
onom
y an
d su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t by
31 M
arch
20
19
50 u
niqu
e ho
nour
s, m
as-
ters
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
nded
or c
o-fu
nded
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd
30 Ju
ne 2
018
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
90 u
niqu
e ho
nour
s, m
as-
ters
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
nded
or c
o-fu
nded
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
9
Num
ber o
f kno
wle
dge
and
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts
(for e
xam
ple,
pat
ents
, pro
-to
type
s, te
chno
logy
dem
-on
stra
tors
, met
hodo
logi
es,
and
tech
nolo
gy tr
ansf
er
pack
ages
) add
ed to
the
sust
aina
ble
deve
lopm
ent
IP p
ortfo
lio
Qua
rter
y4
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
(for
ex
ampl
e, p
aten
ts, p
ro-
toty
pes,
dem
onst
rato
rs,
met
hodo
logi
es, a
nd te
ch-
nolo
gy tr
ansf
er p
acka
ges)
ad
ded
to th
e su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t IP
port
folio
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd
31 M
arch
201
9
No
targ
etA
t lea
st 1
kno
wle
dge
or in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
ad
ded
to th
e in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent I
P po
rtfo
lio
betw
een
1 A
pril
2018
and
30
Sep
tem
ber 2
018
At l
east
1 k
now
ledg
e or
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts
adde
d to
the
indu
stria
l de
velo
pmen
t IP
port
folio
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd
30 S
epte
mbe
r 201
8
At l
east
4 k
now
ledg
e or
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts
adde
d to
the
indu
stria
l de
velo
pmen
t IP
port
folio
be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
18 a
nd
30 S
epte
mbe
r 201
8
Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019128
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 hig
h-le
vel r
e-se
arch
gra
duat
es (m
aste
rs
and
doct
oral
stu
dent
s)
fully
fund
ed o
r co-
fund
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g,
aero
spac
e, c
hem
ical
s, m
inin
g, a
dvan
ced
met
als,
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
inno
vatio
n fu
nd)
Bian
nual
(re
port
ing
Q1
and
Q4)
242
mas
ters
and
doc
tora
l st
uden
ts fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, a
eros
pace
, ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
ad-
vanc
ed m
etal
s, IC
Ts, I
ndus
-tr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or in
nova
tion
fund
) by
31 M
arch
201
9
200
mas
ters
and
doc
tora
l st
uden
ts fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, a
eros
pace
, ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
ad-
vanc
ed m
etal
s, IC
Ts, I
ndus
-tr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or in
nova
tion
fund
)
No
targ
et
No
targ
et
Add
ition
al 4
2 m
aste
rs a
nd
doct
oral
stu
dent
s fu
nded
or
co-
fund
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch
2019
taki
ng th
e to
tal f
or
the
year
to 2
42
Num
ber o
f int
erns
fully
fu
nded
or c
o-fu
nded
in
R&D
rela
ted
to d
esig
n,
man
ufac
turin
g an
d pr
od-
uct d
evel
opm
ent
Ann
ual
126
inte
rns
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed in
R&D
rela
ted
to d
esig
n, m
anuf
actu
ring
and
prod
uct d
evel
opm
ent
by 3
1 M
arch
201
958
126
inte
rns
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed in
R&D
rela
ted
to d
esig
n, m
anuf
actu
ring
and
prod
uct d
evel
opm
ent
No
targ
etN
o Ta
rget
No
Targ
et
Num
ber o
f kno
wle
dge
and
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts
adde
d to
the
IP p
ortfo
lio
thro
ugh
fully
fund
ed
or c
o-fu
nded
rese
arch
in
itiat
ives
Qua
rter
ly26
kno
wle
dge
and
inno
va-
tion
prod
ucts
(for
exa
m-
ple,
pat
ents
, pro
toty
pes,
tech
nolo
gy d
emon
stra
tors
or
tech
nolo
gy tr
ansf
er
pack
ages
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vide
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tern
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Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 129
Perf
orm
ance
indi
cato
rRe
port
ing
fr
eque
ncy
Ann
ual t
arge
t 20
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inno
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ober
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18 a
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Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019130
Reco
ncili
ng p
erfo
rman
ce ta
rget
s w
ith
the
budg
et a
nd M
TEF
Tabl
e 29
: Soc
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cono
mic
Inno
vati
on P
artn
ersh
ips
expe
ndit
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esti
mat
es
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me
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outc
ome
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uste
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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
Sect
or In
nova
tion
and
Gre
en E
cono
my
875
737
873
866
932
049
983
996
1 03
6 79
7 1
095
394
1 1
55 8
52
Inno
vatio
n fo
r Inc
lusi
ve D
evel
opm
ent
340
095
334
443
344
505
356
598
354
814
376
260
3
97 1
93
Scie
nce
and
Tech
nolo
gy In
vest
men
t29
864
32 3
0922
158
25
276
27 3
27
34 9
23
3
7 11
5 Te
chno
logy
Loc
alis
atio
n an
d A
dvan
ced
Man
ufac
turin
g 29
3 47
052
9 02
346
5 29
7 25
7 76
735
9 32
2 37
2 28
7
393
068
TO
TAL
1 53
9 16
61
738
347
1 76
4 00
9 1
623
637
1 77
8 26
0 1
878
864
1 9
83 2
28
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
34 1
5837
107
37 0
00
39 9
33
42 9
68
46
224
4
9 73
0 G
oods
and
ser
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s6
700
6 20
39
754
9 17
19
659
8 9
61
9
515
Tr
ansf
ers
and
subs
idie
s1
498
308
1 69
5 03
71
717
255
1 57
4 53
31
725
633
1 82
3 67
9 1
923
983
Paym
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l ass
ets
--
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for fi
nanc
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sset
s-
--
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1 53
9 16
61
738
347
1 76
4 00
9 1
623
637
1 77
8 26
0 1
878
864
1 98
3 22
8
Programm
e 5
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 131
PART C: LINKS TO OTHER PLANS
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019132
PART
C: L
INKS
TO
OTH
ER P
LAN
S
Tabl
e 30
: Lin
ks to
the
long
-ter
m in
fras
truc
ture
and
oth
er c
apit
al p
lans
Proj
ect n
ame
Prog
ram
me
Mun
icip
alit
yPr
ojec
t de
scri
ptio
n O
utpu
tsPr
ojec
t bud
get
from
DST
Expe
ndit
ure
to
date
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ect d
urat
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tEn
d
New
and
repl
acem
ent a
sset
s
SKA
4Ka
reeb
erg
Loca
l M
unic
ipal
ity (p
art o
f th
e Pi
xley
ka
Sem
e D
istr
ict M
unic
ipal
-ity
)
Phas
e 1
of th
e SK
A
will
incl
ude
the
cons
truc
tion
of 6
4 M
eerK
AT a
nten
nae
The
com
plet
ion
of 6
4 M
eerK
AT
ante
nna
R4,4
bnR4
,4bn
2006
/07
2018
/19
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 133
The
DST
pub
lic e
ntit
ies
The
over
sigh
t fun
ctio
n of
the
publ
ic e
ntiti
es re
port
ing
to th
e ex
ecut
ive
auth
ority
is a
requ
irem
ent b
y th
e Pu
blic
Fin
ance
Man
agem
ent A
ct (P
FMA
), 19
99 (A
ct N
o. 1
of 1
999)
. Sec
tion
63(2
) of
the
PFM
A s
tate
s th
at “T
he e
xecu
tive
auth
ority
resp
onsi
ble
for a
pub
lic e
ntity
und
er th
e ow
ners
hip
cont
rol o
f a n
atio
nal o
r a p
rovi
ncia
l exe
cutiv
e m
ust e
xerc
ise
that
exe
cutiv
e’s
owne
rshi
p
cont
rol p
ower
s to
ens
ure
that
the
publ
ic e
ntity
com
plie
s w
ith th
is A
ct a
nd th
e fin
anci
al p
olic
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of th
at e
xecu
tive”
.
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lfil t
he s
tatu
tory
func
tions
of t
he M
inis
ter,
the
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pro
vide
s su
ppor
t an
d ad
vice
to
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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
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adv
ance
sci
entifi
c, e
ngin
eerin
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d te
chno
logi
cal c
ompe
tenc
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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
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fost
er in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
in s
pace
-rel
ated
ac
tiviti
es
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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
)
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mpe
titiv
enes
s of
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th A
frica
n sp
ace
indu
stry
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itutio
nal r
evie
w h
as b
een
unde
rtak
en y
et.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019134
Nam
e of
pub
lic e
ntit
yM
anda
teO
utpu
tsCu
rren
t ann
ual b
udge
t (2
018/
19) (
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illio
n)In
stit
utio
nal r
evie
w d
ue d
ate
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
of S
outh
Afri
ca•
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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
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enc
oura
ge a
nd p
rom
ote
inno
vativ
e an
d in
depe
nden
t sc
ient
ific
thin
king
.
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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
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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
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g 20
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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
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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)
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atio
nal r
esea
rch
faci
litie
s (s
tude
nts
supp
orte
d by
nat
iona
l re
sear
ch fa
cilit
ies,
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atio
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om n
atio
nal
rese
arch
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litie
s)
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n in
201
6.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 135
Nam
e of
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lic e
ntit
yM
anda
teO
utpu
tsCu
rren
t ann
ual b
udge
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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
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its o
pini
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houl
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ceiv
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efer
ence
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rial
and
sci-
entifi
c de
velo
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t, ei
ther
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itsel
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in c
oope
ratio
n w
ith p
rinci
pals
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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
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er-r
evie
wed
pub
licat
ions
•Re
sear
ch te
chno
logi
es
•Pa
tent
s
•Re
sear
ch re
port
s
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as u
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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
.
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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
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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
.
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blic
dia
logu
e an
d pu
blic
atio
ns
(dis
sem
inat
ion
of k
now
ledg
e)
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sear
ch a
nd a
naly
sis
of
deve
lopm
enta
l pro
blem
s
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frica
n re
sear
ch a
gend
a an
d co
llabo
rativ
e re
sear
ch p
rom
oted
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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)
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9.
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itutio
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evie
w w
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nder
tak-
en in
201
0.
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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)
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sear
ch a
nd a
naly
sis
of
deve
lopm
enta
l pro
blem
s
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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)
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nder
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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)
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ic im
pact
ass
essm
ent
of T
IA w
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019 137
AN
NEX
URE
D: L
INKS
TO
T H
E 20
15-2
020
STRA
TEG
IC P
LAN
In
con
duct
ing
an a
nnua
l rev
iew
of D
epar
tmen
t’s 2
015-
2020
Str
ateg
ic P
lan,
pos
sibl
e im
prov
emen
ts w
ere
iden
tified
with
refe
renc
e to
six
teen
(16)
of t
he s
even
teen
(17)
pro
xy in
dica
tors
cont
aine
d in
the
2015
-202
0 St
rate
gic
Plan
. Cha
nges
wer
e eff
ecte
d as
follo
ws:
REV
ISED
PRO
XY
PERF
ORM
AN
CE IN
DIC
ATO
RS
Stra
tegi
c O
utco
me–
orie
nted
Goa
l: 1
– Re
spon
sive
, coo
rdin
ated
and
effi
cien
t NSI
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 2:
Gov
ernm
ent-
wid
e, m
ediu
m-t
erm
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t (R&
D) I
nves
tmen
t Fra
mew
ork
inst
itutio
naliz
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
nat
iona
l bud
get p
roce
ss b
y 20
20
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 3:
Rem
oved
and
cov
ered
by
Prox
y nu
mbe
r 2Pr
oxy
indi
cato
r Num
ber 4
:Be
twee
n 20
15 a
nd 2
020,
a te
n-fo
ld in
crea
se in
the
rand
val
ue o
f par
tner
ship
s be
twee
n th
e D
ST a
nd/
or it
s en
titie
s an
d th
e pr
ivat
e se
ctor
whe
n co
mpa
red
to th
e in
vest
men
t lev
el in
par
tner
ship
s in
the
2013
fina
ncia
l yea
r.
Stra
tegi
c O
utco
me–
orie
nted
Goa
l: 2
– In
crea
sed
Know
ledg
e G
ener
atio
nPr
oxy
indi
cato
r Num
ber 1
Not
less
than
22
000
annu
al re
sear
ch g
rant
s aw
arde
d to
rese
arch
ers
in u
nive
rsiti
es a
nd D
ST e
ntiti
es s
uppo
rted
thro
ugh
DST
fund
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
020.
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 2N
ot le
ss th
an 3
4 00
0 re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
publ
ishe
d by
rese
arch
ers
in S
outh
Afri
ca b
etw
een
2015
and
202
0.
Stra
tegi
c O
utco
me–
orie
nted
Goa
l: 3
– H
uman
Cap
ital
Dev
elop
men
t
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 1N
ot le
ss th
an 1
5 00
0 an
nual
bur
sarie
s aw
arde
d to
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s su
ppor
ted
thro
ugh
DST
fund
ing
by 2
020.
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 2N
ot le
ss th
an 5
4 30
0 pi
pelin
e53
post
grad
uate
stu
dent
s aw
arde
d an
nual
bur
sarie
s th
roug
h D
ST fu
ndin
g by
202
0.
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 3N
ot le
ss th
an 4
200
gra
duat
es a
nd s
tude
nts
plac
ed in
sci
ence
, eng
inee
ring,
tech
nolo
gy a
nd in
nova
tion
inst
itutio
ns b
etw
een
2015
and
202
0.
Prox
y in
dica
tor N
umbe
r 4N
ot le
ss th
an 2
.1 m
illio
n pe
ople
reac
hed
annu
ally
thro
ugh
scie
nce
enga
gem
ent a
ctiv
ities
by
2020
.
Stra
tegi
c O
utco
me–
orie
nted
Goa
l: 4
– U
sing
kno
wle
dge
for e
cono
mic
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, n
ew c
omm
erci
al a
nd in
dust
rial fi
nanc
ing
com
mitm
ents
of R
2 bi
llion
sec
ured
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.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019138
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
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s fo
r sus
tain
able
dev
elop
men
t and
the
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ning
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indi
cato
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umbe
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niqu
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nour
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aste
rs a
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octo
ral s
tude
nts
fully
fund
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fund
ed in
des
igna
ted
nich
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that
sup
port
the
gree
ning
of s
ocie
ty a
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the
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sust
aina
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deve
lopm
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ters
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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
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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
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strie
s
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orm
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indi
cato
rN
umbe
r of h
igh-
leve
l res
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adua
tes
(uni
que
mas
ters
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s) fu
lly fu
nded
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o-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
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che
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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
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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
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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
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r sta
tem
ent o
f 1 3
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nd n
ot 1
454
) in
anne
xure
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f the
201
7/18
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. Pe
rfor
man
ce in
dica
tor
Num
ber o
f kno
wle
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ts a
dded
to th
e In
dust
rial D
evel
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ent I
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rtfo
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rially
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rial d
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ent I
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nnex
ure
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f the
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. The
cor
rect
5 y
ear t
arge
t is
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incr
ease
d fro
m th
e 12
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ated
in ta
bles
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and
27 o
f the
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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
.
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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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019140
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
anci
es d
ue to
com
pens
atio
n bu
dget
con
stra
ints
, whi
ch n
egat
ivel
y aff
ecte
d th
e va
canc
y ra
te th
at w
as in
itial
ly s
et a
t 6%
.
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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
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2018 - 2019142
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
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