Page 17 - SAMRC Annual Report 2023-24

GENERAL INFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION AT THE SAMRC

All organisations have to continuously evolve and Supply Chain Management divisions play key roles
transform in response to internal and external in Transformation initiatives.
factors, including political, economic, social,
health, environmental and cultural influences. At South African organisations have a particular moral
the SAMRC the Transformation agenda is driven obligation to correct the distorted institutional
by multiple departments, and coordinated by a demographic profiles that were amplified during
dedicated Transformation Office, which is headed the years of apartheid. The SAMRC Transformation
by an Executive Director who reports to the SAMRC Plan: 2022–2025 describes the overall architecture
for Transformation at the organisation, emphasising
President and CEO and is also a member of the diversity, inclusion, personal and institutional
Executive Management Committee (EMC). Our flourishing, and equity. During this time diversity has
Transformation Forum is a representative reference continued to be a priority. A package of interventions,
group tasked with debating Transformation and checks-and-balances, have provided the basis
matters and making recommendations to the for significant shifts toward employment equity
EMC. Transformation is a standing item on the across key indicators at the SAMRC.
agendas of the EMC and the SAMRC Board. The
Corporate and Marketing Communications, Human As shown in Figure 1, these indicators include the
Resources, Finance, Facilities Management and demographic profiles of its employee community,

Figure 1. PROPORTION OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Positive shifts in BY POPULATION GROUP
the demographic
80
profiles of SAMRC 70 63.96 72.44
scholarships, 60 50 51.64 52.63 57.26 55.91
50
research grants PROPORTION OF RECIPENTS 40 39.29
35.16
and employee 30 33.93 35.16 23.58 23.77 24.1 19.66 20.43
profiles. 20 15.18 14.29 16.98 13.11 13.68 11.97 12.9 11.71 11.22
14.41
10
9.18
0 11.61 15.38 9.43 11.48 9.47 11.11 10.75 9.9 7.14
2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
YEAR
Black African Coloured Indian White

PROPORTION OF RESEARCH FUNDING DISTRIBUTED
BY POPULATION GROUP

80 64 70 74 73 66 67 63 63
PROPORTION OF FUNDING 60 30 20 30 14 15
70
50
40
30
20
10
0 20 18 11 4 12 2 12 16 9 13 15 12 14 6 7 13 14 14 14 7
4
2
2014/15 4 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
YEAR
Black African Coloured Indian White Linear (Black African)

SAMRC ANNUAL REPOR T 2023-24 15