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OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS, OUTPUT INDICATORS,

TARGETS AND ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Reasons for
Actual Deviation revisions to
Audited Audited Planned Achievement from planned the Outputs/
Actual Actual Annual 2023/2024 target to Actual Output
Performance Performance Target until date of Achievement indicators/
No. Outcome Output No. Output indicator 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 re-tabling* 2023/2024 Reasons for deviations Annual Targets
Programme 1 – Administration
1.1 To ensure good Clean audit opinion 1.1.1 A clean audit opinion Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit No revision
governance, effective on the SAMRC from the
administration Auditor-General
and compliance
with government
regulations
1.2 To promote the Efficient expenditure 1.2.1 Percentage of the government 16% 17% 20% 19% 1% Overperformance because of our efficient and No revision
organisation’s of government allocated SAMRC budget effective processes, and directing more financial
administrative allocated budget spent on administration resources towards the mandate of the SAMRC
efficiency to maximise to conduct and funding research.
the funds available
for research
Programme 2 – Core Research
2.1 To produce and Published journal 2.1.1 Number of accepted and 1 169 1 455 700 1294 594 Compliance to the publication's standard No revision
promote scientific articles, book published journal articles, operating procedures, mobilisation of additional
excellence and chapters and book chapters and books (financial) resources and stakeholders’
the reputation books by SAMRC affiliated and engagements increased outputs. At the time
of South African funded authors of setting target, it was not expected that
health research SAMRC will receive additional resources
to conduct and fund more research.
Published journal 2.1.2 Number of accepted 265 445 180 373 193 Compliance with the publications standard No revision
articles by SAMRC and published journal articles operating procedures, mobilisation of additional
grant-holders by SAMRC grant-holders (financial) resources and stakeholders’
with acknowledgement engagements increased outputs. At the time
of the SAMRC of setting target, it was not expected that
SAMRC will receive additional resources
to conduct and fund more research.
2.2 To provide leadership Published 2.2.1 Number of accepted and 637 775 300 646 346 Compliance to the publications standard No revision
in the generation journal articles published journal articles operating procedures, mobilization of additional
of new knowledge with the first or where the first and/or (financial) resources and stakeholders’
in health last author last author is affiliated engagements increased outputs. At the time
to the SAMRC of setting target, it was not expected that
SAMRC will receive temporary resources
to conduct and fund more research.
2.3 To provide funding Research grants 2.3.1 Number of research grants 152 174 160 221 61 Receipt of additional financial resources by No revision
for the conduct of awarded awarded by the SAMRC the SAMRC led to awarding of more research
health research grants than projected.

* As agreed with NDOH, the SAMRC APP 2023/24 was not re-tabled

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