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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SAMRC History and Health Statement.................................................................................................................................. 1
Executive Authority Statement.............................................................................................................................................. 4
Accounting Authority Statement........................................................................................................................................... 5
Official Sign Off...................................................................................................................................................................... 8
PART A: SAMRC MANDATE ...................................................................................................................................10
1 SAMRC Mandate............................................................................................................................................................ 11
2 South African Constitution............................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1 Constitutional mandate...................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.1 Chapter 2: Bill of Rights ..................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.2 Chapter 10: Public Administration..................................................................................................................... 12
2.1.3 Chapter 13: Finance ........................................................................................................................................... 12
3 Legislative mandate ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 National Health Act (Act 61 of 2003)................................................................................................................. 13
3.2 Medical Research Council Act (Act 58 of 1991)................................................................................................. 13
3.3 Intellectual Property, Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development (Act 51 of 2008) ................ 13
3.4 Other legislations (Acts) that are applied by the SAMRC in their day-to-day activities ................................... 14
4 Policy mandates ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.1 National Development Plan-2030 ...................................................................................................................... 14
4.2 National Health Insurance Act of 2023.............................................................................................................. 15
4.3 Alignment to Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) 2024-2029................................................................. 15
4.4 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation and the Decadal Plan .................................................... 17
4.5 Sustainable Development Goals........................................................................................................................ 18
4.6 National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2030..................................................... 19
4.7 Government to Government Collaborations..................................................................................................... 20
4.8 South Africa - SADC and the Rest of Africa....................................................................................................... 20
4.9 South Africa and Global Collaboration.............................................................................................................. 20
4.10 Other interventions............................................................................................................................................ 21
4.11 SAMRC Policies and strategies.......................................................................................................................... 21
5 Relevant Court Rulings................................................................................................................................................... 21

PART B: SAMRC STRATEGIC FOCUS.......................................................................................................................22
6 Our Vision....................................................................................................................................................................... 23
7 Our Mission .................................................................................................................................................................... 23
8 Our Values...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
9 Situational Analysis......................................................................................................................................................... 24
9.1 General Background........................................................................................................................................... 24
9.2 External Environmental Analysis........................................................................................................................ 24
9.2.1 National Department of Health ......................................................................................................................... 24
9.2.2 National Health Research Committee ............................................................................................................... 26
9.2.3 State of Health in South Africa........................................................................................................................... 26
9.3 Internal Environmental Analysis......................................................................................................................... 30
9.3.1 Organisational Structure .................................................................................................................................... 30
9.3.2 SAMRC BOARD.................................................................................................................................................. 30
9.3.3 SAMRC President & CEO................................................................................................................................... 31

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