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International Bilateral Cooperation
Argentina
  • Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement signed on 16 May 2006.
  • Areas of cooperation initially on the Agreement: Agriculture and livestock, Social and Human Sciences, Information Technology, Mining, Industry and Geology and other areas of interest. Additional areas of interest: Hydrogen Economy, Energy, Resource-based Industry, Polar Research, Astronomy and Space, Fishing and Marine Resources, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Water and Earth observation.
Australia
  • S&T Agreement signed on 18 October 2006.
Bahamas
  • General Agreement signed on 30 April 2003.
Belarus
  • S&T Agreement signed on 22 November 2002.
  • Cooperation on areas such as biotechnology, laser technology, minerals and metallurgy and pharmaceuticals.
  • Cooperation arrangement between Mintek and Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry (IPOC) in Belarus for the co-operative development of ion exchange fibre (IXF) processes for metallurgical applications.
Bulgaria
  • Letter of Intent signed on 5 June 1995.
Cuba
  • S&T Agreement signed on 29 March 2001.
  • Programme of Cooperation (POC) signed in November 2002.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology and ICT.
Croatia
  • General Agreement signed on 19 November 1996.
Flanders
  • General Agreement signed on 28 October 1996.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology, Plant pathology, Environmental Research and Ecology, Statistical Modeling, Biochemistry, Agriculture and Food Production.
France
  • General Agreement signed on 4 November 1994. Agreement renewed on 28 February 2008.
  • Cooperation in areas such as engineering science and advancement of technologies; use of natural resources, Medical Research and Public health, social and Political sciences.
  • SA-France-Senegal trilateral cooperation on laser technology from 2005.
Germany
  • S&T Agreement signed on 12 June 1996.
  • Cooperation on areas such as New Materials and Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Integrated Community Development and Health Programmes, Biotechnology.
Greece
  • S&T Agreement signed on 31 October 2006.
Hungary
  • S&T Agreement signed on 24 November 1997.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Materials Science, Manufacturing Technology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Systems, Sustainable Management of Environmental Issues and of Natural Resources, Exploitation of Natural Resources and Minerals.
India
  • S&T Agreement and POC signed on 19 July 1995.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Agricultural and Rural Development, Basic Sciences, including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Astrophysics, Biotechnology, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Energy, including Renewable Energy Resources, Food S&T and Food Processing, Health, Information Science and Software Development, Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Sciences, Micro-electronics and Communications, Mineral.
IBSA
  • India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) trilateral agreement signed October 2004.
Indonesia
  • MoU signed 22 August 2005.
Iran
  • S&T Agreement signed on 31 May 2000.
  • POC signed on 2 May 2002.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Human Research Development, New Materials, Mining and rock engineering, Satellite projects to develop human resources, Gas-to-liquid conversion and malaria research.
Israel
  • Joint Committee of Cooperation Agreement signed on 8 September 1995.
Italy
  • S&T Agreement signed on 16 Jan 1998.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Material, Physical, Medical and Social Sciences, Industrial Research and Technological innovations, Agricultural Science, Environmental Protection and Ecology.
Japan
  • S&T Agreement signed on 28 August 2003.
Malaysia
  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic, scientific and cultural cooperation signed on 2 September 2003.
Mexico
  • General Agreement signed on 23 September 1998.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • General Agreement signed on 30 September 1996.
Kingdom of Norway
  • S&T Agreement signed on 29 May 2002.
Oman
  • S&T Agreement signed in 12 March 2007.
Pakistan
  • S&T Agreement signed on 9 March 1999.
Peoples Republic of China
  • S&T Agreement and Programme of Cooperation signed on 16 January 1999.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology (Agriculture), Social Sciences, Satellite and Space Technology, New Materials and Indigenous Technologies.
Peru
  • Institution to institution agreement between the National Zoo of Peru and that of South Africa on the exchange of species.
Poland
  • Agreement signed on 25 November 1999. Agreement renewed in November 2004.
Portugal
  • Negotiations on S&T Agreement have been finalised. The agreement is ready to be signed and it is envisaged that it will be signed December 2007.
Republic of South Korea
  • S&T Agreement signed on 24 February 2004.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology, ICT, Nanotechnology, Design, Nuclear Technologies.
  • MoU signed on 3 November 2006.
  • MoU signed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).
Romania
  • S&T Agreement signed on 15 September 2004.
  • DST and Romania to enter into a POC.
  • Romania is of importance to SA in the fields of biotechnology, information technology, new materials, micro and nano technology and mathematics.
  • POC being negotiated that will be signed during the last quarter of 2007.
Russia
  • S&T Agreement signed on 13 June 1995.
  • Agreement for the Peaceful Use of Outer Space was signed in September 2006.
Saudi Arabia
  • Agreement signed on 25 February 2009.
Slovakia
  • S&T Agreement signed on 15 May 2006.
Slovenia
  • Will sign the S&T Agreement on 29 June 2007 in South Africa.
Spain
  • S&T Agreement signed on 12 May 2003.
  • Cooperation on areas such as Human Resource Development, Advanced manufacturing, Innovation (projects and grants, mining and energy), Biotechnology, and ICT.
Sweden
  • S&T Agreement signed on 23 November 1999.
Switzerland
  • Letter of Intent signed on 5 November 2004.
  • MoU signed on 28 June 2005.
  • Signing of S&T Agreement in November 2007.
  • Cooperation on areas such as life sciences micro technologies and nanotechnologies, material research, manufacturing and production technologies and basic sciences such as physics and chemistry.
Turkey
  • S&T Cooperation integrated into the General Agreement signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
United Kingdom
  • S&T Agreement signed on 27 February 1995.
  • Cooperation in areas such as biomedicine, agriculture, biotechnology, environmental protection and the utilization of natural resources.
  • Agreement on networking of scientists and the Letter of Intent on foot and mouth diseases and other animal diseases signed on 5 December 2002.
Ukraine
  • S&T Agreement signed on 28 November 1998.
United States of America
  • S&T Agreement signed on 05 December 1995.
  • Special projects or collaboration with US Weather Services, NASA, and on GEO.
  • Cooperation on areas such as S&T capacity building, agriculture, environmental issues, health, mathematics and science education and climate variation protection.

Status of above information as at July 2009.

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