1 2 Abbreviations & Acronyms ....................................................................7 Message from the President ................................................................ 11 Umyalezo Ovela Kumengameli .......................................................... 13 Message from the Executive Offi cer ................................................. 15 Academy of Science of South Africa .................................................17 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................17 Strategic Intent ...............................................................................................................................................17 Vision ................................................................................................................................................................17 Mission .............................................................................................................................................................17 Strategic Goals ................................................................................................................................................17 Objectives .......................................................................................................................................................17 Values ..............................................................................................................................................................18 Structure ...........................................................................................................................................................18 1 Administration and Governance Programme ............................19 1.1 Governance .........................................................................................................................................19 1.2 Membership ..........................................................................................................................................24 1.3 Infrastructure – Personnel and Physical .............................................................................................25 2 Policy Advisory Programme ......................................................... 27 2.1 Health Studies ........................................................................................................................................27 2.2 Biosafety and Biosecurity Studies ........................................................................................................28 2.3 Energy and Environment Studies .........................................................................................................28 2.4 Education and Humanities Studies .....................................................................................................30 2.5 Poverty Studies.......................................................................................................................................31 3 Scholarly Publishing Programme .................................................. 33 3.1 Open Access Platform (SciELO-SA) .....................................................................................................33 3.2 National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum (NSBPF) ...........................................................................33 3.3 Peer Review of South African Scholarly Journals ..............................................................................33 3.4 National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) ............................................................................................33 3.5 Memorandum of Agreement between DHET, DST and ASSAf ........................................................34 3.6 Open Access Interventions for Research and Development in Africa ..........................................34 3.7 Review of the Journal of Energy in Southern Africa and the Energy Research Newsletter .........35 3.8 South African Journal of Science (SAJS) ............................................................................................35 4. Liaison Programme ........................................................................37 4.1 International Liaison Activities ..............................................................................................................37 4.2 Women in Science Activities ................................................................................................................41 4.3 National Liaison Activities .....................................................................................................................41 3 4 5 Communication and Publications Programme ......................... 45 5.1 Marketing of the Academy .................................................................................................................45 5.2 Production, Publishing and Dissemination of Reports .......................................................................45 5.3 Public Awareness of Science ...............................................................................................................46 6 South African Young Academy of Science ...............................47 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................47 6.2 Science Spaza Inaugural Meeting ......................................................................................................47 6.3 Water Security Colloquium ..................................................................................................................47 6.4 Science for Society Symposium ...........................................................................................................47 6.5 New SAYAS Members Inaugurated ...................................................................................................47 6.6 SAYAS General Assembly ....................................................................................................................48 6.7 Young Scientists’ Annual Conference ................................................................................................48 6.8 SAYAS Blog ............................................................................................................................................49 6.9 SAYAS Networking Meeting ................................................................................................................49 7 South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE) Activities ........ 51 7.1 National Activities ..................................................................................................................................51 7.2 International Activities .........................................................................................................................52 7.3 Cooperation with ASSAf .......................................................................................................................53 8 Annual Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 March 2015 ....................................................................55 Audit Committee Report ......................................................................................................................56 Council’s Responsibilities and Approval .............................................................................................57 Council’s Report ....................................................................................................................................58 Independent Auditor’s Report to Parliament on the Academy of Science of South Africa .......59 General Information .............................................................................................................................65 Statement of Financial Position ...........................................................................................................66 Statement of Financial Performance ..................................................................................................67 Statement of Changes in Net Assets ..................................................................................................68 Cash Flow Statement ............................................................................................................................69 Statement of Comparison of Budget and Actual Amounts ............................................................70 Accounting Policies ..............................................................................................................................71 Notes to the Annual Financial Statements .........................................................................................82 ANNEXURE A – ASSAf Member Biographies ...................................... 93 ANNEXURE B – SAYAS Member Biographies ....................................113 ANNEXURE C – SAAE Member Biographies ..................................... 117 5 6 Abbreviations & Acronyms AAS African Academy of Sciences Acatech German National Academy of Science and Engineering AET Agricultural Education and Training AMASA Annual Meeting of African Science Academies ANSB Académie Nationale des Sciences du Burkina ANSTC Académie Nationale des Sciences et Technologies du Congo ARC Agricultural Research Council ASADA Africa’s Science Academy Development