Minister Pandor announced 42 additional research chairs

Rentse Khiba
03 September 2015

Science and Technology Minister, Naledi Pandor yesterday, announced 42 additional research chairs at various higher education institutions to assist South African’s transformation into a knowledge economy, boosting its international competiveness and improving people’s quality of life.

Ministerial spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele said, the new research chairs, awarded to local women researchers has increased the total number of chairs under the South African Chairs Initiative to 201


This will help strengthen the ability of the country’s universities to produce and boost the high quality research in the country, Ngqengelele added

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