To provide for the support, promotion and advancement of research, both basic and applied, and human capacity development in the various fields of science and technology, including humanities, social science and indigenous knowledge; and for this purpose to provide for the establishment of a National Research Foundation; to support and promote science engagement; to develop, support, advance and maintain national research facilities; to promote the development and maintenance of the national science system and support of Government priorities; and to provide for incidental matters.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—

[Short title substituted by section 26 of Notice No. 637, GG 42441, dated 6 May 2019]