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Science and Technology
Committee Business: Adoption of Committee minutes
17 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Report minutes on Norwegian visit dated 28 January 2016
Budgetary review report (BRR) minutes dated 21 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 15 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 09 August 2015
South African Council for Natural scientific professions (SACNASP) briefing minutes dated 09 September ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Meeting with Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches
28 Jan 2016
The Portfolio committees on Science and Technology & Higher Education and Training (DHET) had a joint meeting with the Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches. The Norwegian delegation was visiting South Africa to forge partnerships with the Department of Higher Education and Training on matters of research and ...
Science and Technology
Human and Social Dynamic Grand Challenge: Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefing
11 Nov 2015
Despite the protest involving but not limited to the Committee Secretaries, Members continued with their work. Members were not able to interrogate the presentation fully, because the equipment necessary to view the presentation was unavailable.
The Chairperson said the presentation was very interesting and the Department was able to make ...
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Science and Technology for the 2014/15 financial year. Member considered the report page by page and suggested some grammatical changes to the observations and some ...
Science and Technology
TIA; HSRC; SANSA; ASSAf and CSIR on their 2014/15 Annual performance
15 Oct 2015
Five entities of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) reported to the Porfolio Committee on the annual reports for 2014/15.
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) said it had gone through an organisational redesign and now had a new board of directors. There had been no forced retrenchments, and only ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science & Technology; National Advisory Council on Innovation; National Research Foundation on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Annual Reports of the science sector, reporting that none of the entities had material findings in their financial statements. There was a decrease in the reliability and usefulness of some of the performance reports. Supply chain management concerns were the ...
Science and Technology
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) objectives & operations
9 Sep 2015
The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology on its objectives and operations. The SACNASP Act of 2003 set up the Council with the intention that it should be a credible professional registration and regulatory body for natural scientists, to ensure ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems – Legislative Update: Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefing
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) gave a briefing on the proposed Bill for the Development, Management and Protection of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (the Bill), which was aimed at providing greater levels of protection than current intellectual property (IP) laws, which had not encompassed or addressed some specific indigenous ...
Science and Technology
Paleosciences Research and Development: briefing by Department of Science & Technology
10 Jun 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) presented a briefing on its recent research into the paleosciences. This research, which includes scanning and dating fossils, can provide important information on humankind’s past. The DST presented its goals for the paleosciences programme and referred to areas of interdepartmental partnership on the ...
Science and Technology
ICT Research Development & Innovation roadmap, including cyber infrastructure: Department of Science and Technology briefing
3 Jun 2015
A delegation from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) delivered two presentations. The first was on the National ICT research and development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap, which described the DST's plans for the near future, and detailed the ongoing success of several important initiatives. It was stressed that although ...