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Dr Phil Mjwara, Director-General: Science and Technology. Website. www.dst.gov.za. Map. The Department of Science and Innovation ( DST; formerly the Department of Science and Technology) is the South African government department responsible for scientific research, including space programmes. The current Minister is Blade Nzimande.
Website. www .nsfas .org .za. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme ( NSFAS) is a South African government student financial aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after finishing high school. [ 3] It is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training ...
History. It was established on 1 April 1999 as an autonomous statutory body in accordance with the National Research Foundation Act. Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2021. The NRF Board is chaired by Prof Mosa Moshabela.
Website. Department of Science and Innovation. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The office was re-established in June 2024. Between 2004 and 2019, the office was called the Minister of Science and Technology. In prior periods, the science and technology portfolio was the provenance ...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR) is a South African scientific research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its campus in Pretoria. [3] It is Africa's largest research and development organisation and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D ...
Science and technology in South Africa. The first significant work in astronomy in South Africa was performed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille between 1751 and 1753, culminating in the measurement of the arc of the southern meridian and a catalog of almost 10 000 southern stars, later published as Coelum Australe Stelliferum. [1] [2]
Education in South Africa is governed by two national departments, namely the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which is responsible for primary and secondary schools, and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), which is responsible for tertiary education and vocational training. Prior to 2009, both departments were ...
The major sources of funding for ESASTAP are the European Commission, through the Seventh Framework Programme, and the South African Department of Science and Innovation. In the 2020/2021 financial year, the department received official development assistance (ODA) from the European Union of R5 000 000 [2] over a three-year period, earmarked ...