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HSRC Annual Report 2016/17
Statistical quality assurance of the 2014/15 results, in compliance with the South African Statistical Quality Assessment
Framework, was performed through the R&D Survey Clearance Committee, headed up by Statistics South Africa. Minister
Pandor reflected on the importance of the study saying in the preface of the Main Analysis Report “The 2014/15 R&D
survey shows an improving positive outlook for R&D investment in South Africa … This is the fourth consecutive year
that GERD has increased in real terms, after the contraction in 2009/10.”
Headline results from the 2014/15 survey
Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD)
increased
from
0.73%
in
2013/14 to
0.77%
in 2014/15
Top R&D performers 2014/15
Business sector
(
45.3%
of GERD)
Higher education
(
28.5%
of GERD)
Science Councils
(
17.1%
)
Government
(
6.5%
)
Not-for-profit organisations
(
2.7%
)
Expenditure on R&D by sector in
2014/15 in Rand terms
Business
R13.3 billion
Science Councils
R5 billion
Not-for-profit Organisations
R0.78 billion
Higher Education
R8.4 billion
Government
R1.9 billion
In terms of R&D personnel, the headcount grew by
5.2%
,
from
68 838
in 2013/14 to
72 400
in 2014/15.
Full report available at
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/departments/CeSTii/reports-cestiiPART B: Performance Overview