South Africa’s overall gross R&D spending not reduced because of Covid-19, reports HSRC

The Covid-19 pandemic had no discernible impact on overall research and development (R&D) activity in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found. The HSRC has released its latest National Survey of Research and Experimental Development, conducted by its Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) on behalf of the Department of Science and Innovation, covering 2020/2021. Using current prices, the survey found that South Africa’s gross domestic ...

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