The Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology considered the Budget for the 2011/12 financial year of the Department on 13 April 2011. The Committee considered the Department's 2010/11 Annual Report on 19 October 2011. Engagements with entities were also conducted during the period under review. These entities included inter alia the National Research Foundation (NRF), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).