DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(1) The Department did not receive official communication from National Treasury on the budget reductions. The Department is waiting for the announcement to be made by Parliament.
(2) Not applicable
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
(1) R1 759 479 000. This amount is made up of R1 435 304 000 budget cuts and R324 175 000 for COVID-19 initiatives.
(2) The reduction will not be spread evenly throughout the department.
2 (a) Programmes have different budgets for implementing different initiatives.
2b (i)
Budget cuts per programme
Programme |
Compensation of employees R’000 |
Goods and services R’000 |
Transfers and subsidies R’000 |
Total R’000 |
Administration |
18 995 |
22 987 |
- |
41 982 |
Technology Innovation |
5 769 |
9 978 |
50 000 |
65 747 |
International Cooperation and Resources |
5 946 |
14 422 |
14 925 |
35 293 |
Research Development and Support |
4 339 |
6 055 |
926 144 |
936 538 |
Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships |
4 951 |
- |
55 375 |
60 326 |
Total |
40 000 |
53 442 |
1 046 444 |
1 139 886 |
Budget cuts per entity (Parliamentary Grants)
R’000 |
|
Technology Innovation Agency |
45 586 |
South African National Space Agency |
18 209 |
National Research Foundation |
96 610 |
Council for Science and Industrial Research |
99 765 |
Academy of Science of South Africa |
2 790 |
Human Science Research Council |
32 459 |
Total |
295 418 |
(ii) Principles
Programmes
Entities