3. Principal Goals The DST has five strategic goals, namely: . to develop the innovation capacity of the science and technology system; . to develop South Africa's knowledge-based capacity; . to develop appropriate human capital for research, development and innovation; . to build a world-class research, development and innovation infrastructure to extend the frontiers of knowledge, train the next generation of researchers and enable technology development and transfer and . to position SA as a strategic international research development and innovation (RDI) partner and making the exchange of knowledge, capacity and resources between SA and its regional and international partners possible.