Press Releases

Pretoria, Thursday, 28 November 2024 – Gross domestic expenditure on R&D in South Africa, in real terms, grew to R28.282 billion in 2022/23, a 2.1 per cent year-on-year increase from R27.712 billion in 2021/22. However, according to the results…

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Pretoria, Thursday, 7 March 2024 – Innovation-active South African businesses have better access to external knowledge and are more integrated into global markets, according to results from the latest round of the South African Business Innovation…

Pretoria, Thursday, 15 February 2024 – The Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development reveals that the gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) has risen in…

Pretoria, Wednesday 18 January 2023 – The South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council for the Department of Science and Innovation has found that research and experimental…

Thursday, 24 February 2022 – On  14 March 2022 South Africa’s official Business Innovation Survey gets underway with fieldworkers reaching out to 5 500 businesses over the next six months. This will be the seventh time the survey…

The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators of the Human Sciences Research Council announces the release of the results of the 2019/20 National Research & Experimental Development (R&D) Survey. The survey is undertaken…

In the aftermath of South Africa’s COVID-19 epidemic, innovation will be a critical component of evidence-based planning for the country’s economic recovery.  Jointly organised by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the…

Pretoria, Monday 25 March 2019 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology, will for the first time, undertake a standardised survey of innovation in the informal sector in South Africa.…