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HUMAN RESOURCE OVERSIGHT STATISTICS

The public entity must provide the following key information on human resources. All financial amounts
must match those disclosed in the annual financial statements. Where appropriate, provide reasons for any
variances.

PERSONNEL RELATED EXPENDITURE
Personnel Cost by programme/activity/objective
TOTAL PERSONNEL EXP. AVERAGE
PROGRAMME/ EXPENDITURE PERSONNEL AS A % OF NO. OF PERSONNEL COST
ACTIVITY/OBJECTIVE FOR THE ENTITY EXPENDITURE TOTAL EXP. EMPLOYEES PER EMPLOYEE
Programme 1: Administration R273,284,000.00 R124, 583,144.93 7.86 226 R551,252.85
Programme 2: Core Research R744,474,000.00 R396,744,899.94 25.04 839 R472,878.31
Programme 3: Innovation and
Technology R502,696,000.00 R87,305,620.97 5.51 206 R423,813.69
Programme 4: Capacity
Development R63,825,000.00 R6,487,548.20 0.41 14 R463,396.30
Programme 5: Research Translation R0 R0 0.00 0 R0
TOTAL R1,584,279,000.00 R615,121,214.04 38.83 1,285 R478,693.55

Personnel cost by salary band
% OF PERSONNEL AVERAGE
PERSONNEL EXP. TO TOTAL NO. OF PERSONNEL COST
LEVEL EXPENDITURE PERSONNEL COST EMPLOYEES PER EMPLOYEE
Top Management R23,561,534.45 4.37 8 R2,945,191.81
Senior Management R123,306,225.72 22.85 72 R1,712,586.47
Professional qualified R220,220,614.76 40.81 221 R996,473.37
Skilled R131,123,958.89 24.30 295 R444,488.00
Semi-skilled R35,363,984.19 6.55 155 R228,154.74
Unskilled R6,057,315.70 1.12 42 R144,221.81
TOTAL R539,633,633.71 100.00 793 R680,496.39

Personnel cost for Personnel expenditure for Postdocs, Interns, European and
Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and Post retirement contracts

% OF PERSONNEL AVERAGE
PERSONNEL EXP. TO TOTAL NO. OF PERSONNEL COST
LEVEL EXPENDITURE PERSONNEL COST EMPLOYEES PER EMPLOYEE
EDCTP R10,964,976.77 27.05 6 R1,827,496.13
Post Doctoral Fellowship R8,709,661.75 21.49 30 R290,322.06
Post Retirement R14,248,082.91 35.15 15 R949,872.19
Interns R6,523,014.11 16.09 74 R88,148.84
Post Retirement
Performance Bonus R89,927.34 0.22 4 R22,481.84
TOTAL R40,535,662.88 100 125 R324,285.30
* Total head count excludes the 4 employees under post-retirement performance bonus as they are already included
in the post-retirement total head count.

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