August 2021

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2018/19, Table C.148 (p. 82). Incorrect data for Researcher (Headcount & FTE) and Postgrad (Headcount & FTE) was reported for four institutions in 2018/19 only, namely University of Limpopo, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, and University of Stellenbosch. Please note that totals are not impacted by the correction, as the data was only incorrect insofar as it was placed next to the wrong institution. The correct data per institution is as follows:

Table C.148: Higher education sector overview (2018/19)

	2018/19
	R&D EXPENDITURE	RESEARCHER HEADCOUNT	RESEARCHER HEADCOUNT	POSTGRAD HEADCOUNT	POSTGRAD FTE
	R’000
University of Limpopo	226 660	559	159.3	370	250.4
University of Pretoria	1 261 937	2 140	495.2	2 522	1 269.1
University of South Africa	899 839	1 844	368.8	2 479	1 756.7
University of Stellenbosch	1 701 657	1 827	572.0	2 014	1 147.4

March 2020

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2017/18, Table C.145 (p. 80). Incorrect data for FTEs AS % of headcounts for 2017/18 was given. The correct data is as follows:

2017/18	FTEs AS % OF HEADCOUNTS
Researchers	24.2
Technicians directly supporting R&D	33.7
Other personnel directly supporting R&D	39.1
Total	26.9

February 2020

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2017/18, (p. 6). The data in tables C.2 was incorrectly placed. The correct table data is as follows:

Table C.2: R&D expenditure by sector, constant 2010 Rand values (2008/09 to 2017/18)

YEAR	GERD	GOVERNMENT	SCIENCE COUNCILS	HIGHER EDUCATION	BUSINESS	NOT-FOR-PROFIT
	R’000	R’000	R’000	R’000	R’000	R’000
2008/09	24 056 681	1 303 016	3 586 992	4 792 079	14 099 455	275 139
2009/10	22 285 515	1 135 087	3 677 697	5 425 204	11 846 693	200 833
2010/11	20 253 802	1 011 340	3 596 022	5 424 601	10 059 009	162 830
2011/12	20 847 389	1 159 901	3 500 987	6 203 958	9 822 399	160 144
2012/13	21 283 167	1 281 658	3 589 510	6 538 113	9 424 677	449 209
2013/14	21 551 944	1 425 413	3 615 334	6 125 162	9 896 243	489 792
2014/15	23 351 132	1 506 354	3 982 443	6 666 417	10 576 214	619 704
2015/16	24 466 688	1 523 099	4 343 697	7 472 884	10 452 748	674 259
2016/17	25 190 793	1 481 148	4 330 693	8 228 677	10 432 079	718 196
2017/18	25 962 839	1 559 379	4 232 771	8 722 451	10 632 765	815 473

April 2019

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Main Report 2016/17, (p. 7). Government expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GERD is incorrectly stated as 4.3%. The correct percentage value is 5.9%.

June 2018

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Main Analysis Report 2015/16, Figure 19 (p. 29). The R&D personnel headcounts data point for 2005/06 is stated incorrectly as 27 275. The correct data entry is 57 275.

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Main Analysis Report 2015/16 (p. 35). There is a data error in the following two sentences: “Women accounted for almost half of the total number of researchers, where their share peaked at 45.0 % in 2015/16. There has been a steady annual increase in the percentage of female researchers, from 42.3% in 2011/12 to 45.0% in 2015/16.” The correct number of female researchers expressed as a percentage of the total number of researchers in 2015/16 is 44.4%.

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16 (p. 3). There is a data error in the following sentence: “The proportion of female researchers increased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 44.3% (Table C.29).” The correct number of female researchers expressed as a percentage of the total number of researchers in 2015/16 is 44.4%.

April 2018

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16, Table C. 96 (p. 53). The data for the 2013/14  period that appears under provincial departments should appear under National departments, and vice versa.

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16, Table C. 96 (p. 53). Minor adjustments were made to expenditures in the 2015/16 period under provincial and national departments.

January 2018

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16, Table C. 96 (p. 53). The data for the 2015/16 period that appears under Provincial departments should appear under National departments, and vice versa.

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16, Table C. 128 (p. 71). Researcher FTEs for the Medical Research Council is missing a decimal point. The correct number is 171.0.

Error: South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: Statistical Report 2015/16, Table C.33 (p. 19). The data in the male and female columns was incorrectly placed. The correct table data is as follows:

Table C.33: Researcher headcounts by gender (2006/07 to 2015/16)

*Doctoral degree or equivalent includes South African doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.

YEAR	TOTAL RESEARCHERS*  (HEADCOUNTS)	MALE		FEMALE
2006/07	29 303	17 913		11 390
2007/08	29 327	18 022		11 305
2008/09	28 952	17 694		11 258
2009/10	29 255	17 614		11 641
2010/11	25 300	14 823		10 477
2011/12	25 954	15 065		10 889
2012/13	27 314	15 378		11 936
2013/14	28 014	15 520		12 494
2014/15	28 723	15 824		12 899
2015/16	29 455	16 150		13 305