Pathways to achieving South Africa’s R&D intensity target. Analytical brief no. 03/2025

This brief examines different pathways to achieve South Africa’s R&D intensity target. It presents an optimistic outlook where research and experimental development (R&D) activity in the business sector is stimulated after significant government support and funding, and a pessimistic outlook where this fails to materialise, leading to continued government dominance in R&D performance while business sector investment declines.