ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 SANSA I Annual Report I 2016/17 PUBLIC ENTITY’S GENERAL INFORMATION REGISTERED NAME: South African National Space Agency (SANSA) PHYSICAL ADDRESS: SANSA Corporate Office, Enterprise Building Mark Shuttleworth Street The Innovation Hub Pretoria 0087 POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 484 Silverton 0127 TELEPHONE NUMBER: +27 (0)12 844 0500 FAX NUMBER: +27 (0)12 844 0396 EMAIL ADDRESS:
[email protected] WEBSITE ADDRESS: http://www.sansa.org.za EXTERNAL AUDITORS: SizweNtsalubaGobodo BANKERS: ABSA Bank BOARD SECRETARY: Ms Lorraine Harrison 2 1. CONTENTS PUBLIC ENTITY’S GENERAL INFORMATION 2 ACRONYMS 5 MESSAGE FROM MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 8 FOREWORD BY THE CHAIRPERSON 9 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S OVERVIEW 10 STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CONFIRMATION OF ACCURACY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT 12 STRATEGIC OVERVIEW 13 LEGISLATED MANDATE 18 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 19 SPACE AND ITS IMPACT: Impact Report 21 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 39 PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE 40 PROGRAMME CONTRIBUTION AND HIGHLIGHTS 44 PROGRAMME 2: EARTH OBSERVATION 48 KEY ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS 50 PROGRAMME 3: SPACE SCIENCE 56 KEY ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS 57 PROGRAMME 4: SPACE OPERATIONS 65 KEY ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS 67 PROGRAMME 5: SPACE ENGINEERING 69 KEY ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS 70 GOVERNANCE 75 Board 77 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 85 3 SANSA I Annual Report I 2016/17 INTERNAL AUDIT, ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, 87 SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY (SHEQ) 91 REPORT BY THE AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE 92 HUMAN RESOURCE OVERSIGHT