NRF Template

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InfrastructureSouth African Institute for
Aquatic Biodiversity
Highlights Host SAEON Coastal and Inshore
Node Construction of off-site fish collection
facility ACEP
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InfrastructureSouth African Environmental
Observatory Network

• Highlights
• CSIR geospatial portal
• Graduate student network
• Policy inputs
• Grasslands
• Arid zone ecology
• SEACHANGE Marine research

Observation, Information, Education
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InfrastructureNational Zoological Gardens
Highlights Strategic planning Successful
migration of wBRC and BioBank SA UCT Tissue Bank
custodian
Terrestrial biodiversity
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InfrastructureiThemba Laboratory for
Accelerator Based Sciences
Highlights Primary supplier of radioisotopes
for the Western Cape Region for both state and
private clinics MRMC Schonland now iThemba LABS
Gauteng
Nuclear science and radiation medicine
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NRF Actual Sources of Funding
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Target Income vs Actual Income
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Income vs Expenditure for 2006
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Research Grant Funding
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Key Outcomes

• Compliance in terms of PFMA
• Compliance in terms of GRAP / GAAP / IFRS
• Unqualified audit report
• Endorsement and application of Corporate
  Governance Principles as per King II
• Cashflow reduction of R115m
• Improved efficiency ? in Agency Business salary
  ?2, running ? no change and grants ? 33

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Main Challenges

• Funding of the Post Retirement Healthcare Benefit
  in terms of IAS19 (AC116) R84 million unfunded
• NRF R72m
• NZG R12m
• Book entry passed resulting in accumulated
  deficit of R56m
• Governance structure for the Innovation Fund
  following dissolution of the Innovation Fund
  Trust pending
• Growth and ramp up of SKA / SALT
• Pressure on baseline funding
• New funding requirements for renewal of existing
  infrastructure (SAAO, iTHEMBA LABS, SAIAB)

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• THANK YOU