South African national survey of research and experimental development: higher education at a glance, 2023/2024. Fact sheet 68
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In 2023/24, national R&D expenditure rose to R28.6 billion, with the higher education sector contributing a substantial 36.4% of this total and continuing its upward trajectory with a year on year increase of R128 million. Unlike other sectors where applied research predominated, higher education research was primarily driven by basic research, which consistently accounted for more than half of the sector’s activity over the past decade. The sector also employed the largest share of the country’s R&D workforce, underlining the importance of investment in higher education institutions for building and maintaining a stable base of highly trained personnel needed to sustain an innovation-driven economy.
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DOI: 10.14749/32358735
Author: Human Sciences Research Council
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W7162106659
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