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The NRF has three main functions: to support research and innovation, through its agency, Research and Innovation Support and Advancement (RISA); to encourage an interest in science and technology through its business unit, the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA);
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 ...
[3] [10] By mid-2011, only 92 research chairs had been established, [2] though they accounted for an outsized proportion of the country's total research output – comprising 1.5 per cent of all active researchers in South Africa, they produced 4.5 per cent of national research outputs. [11] By 2015, the number of research chairs had grown to ...
the Technology Innovation Agency, which serves to provide funding to turn innovative research into commercial products; the South African National Space Agency, which covers space-related research and development initiatives; the Human Sciences Research Council, which focuses its research on human health and disease.
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa is Africa's largest dedicated social science and humanities research agency and policy think tank. [1] It primarily conducts large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, for non governmental organisations and international development agencies in support of development nationally, in the Southern ...
During the 1960s and 1980s South Africa had been pursuing research into the development of nuclear weapons as well as biological and chemical weapons. South Africa was able to acquire Uranium from native ore deposits, and used aerodynamic nozzle enrichment techniques to produce weapons-grade Uranium.
The Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA) is a representative association for ICT practitioners and professionals throughout South Africa. The Computer Society of South Africa focuses its activities, events and publications in five primary areas: ICT Policy representing industry practitioners at a local level. Education and training to ...
The SATN Trust was registered in August 2008 as an initiative of the vice-chancellors of the South African Universities of Technology (UoTs). [2] It was established in order to present the views of UoTs at a national and international level, and to develop national education and training policies in accordance of the nature and character of UoTs.