The Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor (MP), will officially open the Research and Training for Sustainable Development in Africa (DORT) symposium in Johannesburg.
Organised by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the National Research Foundation (NRF), the symposium will interrogate the role of the top higher education institutions in Africa in the development agenda of the African continent and the modes of engagement in this regard.
It will also highlight some of diverse activities already taking place in collaboration with several partners in Africa.
Event details:
Date: 12 November 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 09h00
Venue: Hospital Auditorium, Wits Medical School, Johannesburg
Media are invited.
Enquiries:
Lunga Ngqengelele
Tel: 012 843 6802
Cell: 082 566 0446
E-mail: lunga.ngqengelele@dst.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Science and Technology
11 November 2009
