South Africa producing too few doctoral graduates: Pandor

[James]

South Africa is producing too few doctoral graduates, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday.

Opening debate in Parliament on her department's R6.47 billion budget, she told MPs the country currently turned out just over 1800 PhDs a year.

"The National Development Plan sets a target of 100,000 PhDs by 2030, to improve research and innovation capacity. In order to reach this target we need to train 6000 PhDs per annum.
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[bradbear117]

I have heard doctors locally worrying about this. Of the few that get their phd's half of them move abroad.
Its actually quite a big problem but what does our government care? They raping the economy so hard they can just get treatment overseas. Take a lovely extended cancer break in venice, take in the sights while losing whatever hair they have left while smoking a fat bat with their cappucino's.