Reports
Reports
DISCUSSION DOCUMENTS
Strategic Positioning of National Research Facilities
The SAIP Council would like to request comments from the physics community regarding the Strategic Positioning of National Research Facilities.
SAIP Council will be co-odinating a response from the SAIP. Please email your comments to SAIP Office by 22 April 2011.
SAIP Annual Reports
Review of Mathematical Sciences Research at South African Higher Education Institutions - International Review Panel Report
Download Terms of Reference || Download Report.
Physics for Development - Commentary appearing in Nature Physics (Vol. 3, November 2007) by N. Chetty, S.H. Connell and A. Bawa
Postgraduate Research Indaba Report
Innovation Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy - A 10 Year Plan for SA
A National Plan for Olympiads
Report on a Ministerial Visit to Slovenia and Romania
Prof. N. Chetty recently accompanied deputy minister of Science and Technology, Mr Derek Hannekom, on a trip to Eastern Europe to sign bi-national agreements with Slovakia and Romania. I was specifically charged with investigating areas of mutual co-operation in the field of physics. The report to the minister may be downloaded here. You are welcome to direct any queries to him [chettyn{at}ukzn{dot}ac{dot}za].
Report from the SAIP Conference Committee
The SAIP Council appointed a Committee in October 2003 to investigate the problems associated with the SAIP Annual Conference. The Report from the SAIP Conference Committee is now available. We welcome comments from members on the content of this document. The recommendations will be implemented as far as possible from 2005. Send comments to Dr. P.A. Whitelock [paw{at}saao{dot}ac{dot}za].
Shaping the Future of Physics in South Africa
The report by the International Panel is now available for download below.
Download entire report as zipped PDF file (1.237MB)
Download the updated Executive Summary(259kB)
Download the detailed Recommendations (Chapter 5 of Report) as PDF file (56kB)
Natural Scientific Professions Bill
The Natural Scientific Professions Bill as signed by the State President on the 25th of November and will be enacted as from 15 January 2003 is now available in a PDF format.
Enrolment and Graduation Statistics
The enrolment and graduation statistics for physics in South Africa for 2000, 2001 and 2002 (courtesy of the Department of Education) is now available in a PDF format.
Transformation Committee
The report of the Transformation Committee is available in a PDF format. Please send comments on the report to the Secretary (secretary{at}saip{dot}org{dot}za).
Report on the State of Physics in South Africa
The Report on the State of Physics in South Africa is available for download as a .pdf document.
International Physics Olympiad
Please refer to this page.