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    Home»News»Science minister laments department’s budget

    Science minister laments department’s budget

    News By Agency Staff19 April 2016
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    Science & technology minister Naledi Pandor
    Science & technology minister Naledi Pandor

    The department of science & technology needs more than the R7,4bn set aside in the budget for South Africa to stay abreast of global innovations, minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday.

    “I am really quite distressed about our budget for 2016/2017 — it is exactly the same as 2015/2016,” she said at a media briefing ahead of the department’s budget vote.

    She suggested that any “padding” in other departments’ budgets be sent over to the science & technology department.

    Evidence showed countries that invested in science and technology during a global downturn did better than others when conditions started improving, Pandor said.

    But the South African government, unlike Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, was stuck in old ways when it came to science and technology funding, and would lose out on opportunities if it did not act soon.

    “Otherwise we are going to lose people to countries that are marshalling resources in innovation,” she warned.

    The sector was important, not only for the Square Kilometre Array and MeerKAT telescope projects, which are attracting researchers from around the world, but it also played a part in finding alternatives to pressing needs in communities, especially on alternative power supply and sanitation technology.

    The total budget includes parliamentary grants split between:

    • The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research — R872m
    • The National Research Foundation — R883m
    • The Human Science Research Council — R290m
    • The Technology Innovation Agency — R382m
    • The SA National Space Agency — R125m
    • The Academy of Science of South Africa — R23m

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    Academy of Science of South Africa CSIR Human Science Research Council Naledi Pandor National Research Foundation Technology Innovation Agency
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