Source: National Treasury (2012a) - Vote 34 Science and Technology and research unit calculations. The DST received an allocation of R4.9 billion in the 2012/13 financial year, which was 0.5 per cent of the total appropriation for the country (R969.4 billion). In real terms (inflation-adjusted), the DST's 2012/13 budget allocation had increased by 6.2 per cent compared to the 2011/12 financial year's allocation of R4.4 billion.