Analysis reveals a significant decline in research and development personnel within higher education in South Africa, indicating challenges in the national system of innovation.
Research and development (R&D) in South Africa is dependent on the human resources that are available within the national system of innovation (NSI). The higher education sector hosts the majority of the country's R&D personnel, making it instrumental to the research performed across the NSI. This fact sheet shows how the number of R&D personnel in higher education declined in 2020/21 for the first time in ten years.
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