2019 Annual Report

The end of the financial year (31 December 2019) marked the end of the era of USAf Strategic Framework, 2015-2019, guiding our strategic choices and activities for the past five years. It also marked the last day of my tenure as the Chairperson of the USAf Board. It is, therefore, fitting that I report on 2019 within the context of the five-year strategic planning horizon.
Back in 2015, our strategic framework undertook to:
a) inform the policy agenda and develop policy positions, seeking to strengthen South African universities to embark upon quality teaching and learning, research, and community engagement activities;
b) support universities to effectively perform the functions enumerated above;
c) provide value-added services to member institutions;
d) facilitate collaboration between USAf and key stakeholders, including government, parliament, business, the science community, and international partners in pursuit of USAf’s objectives; and
e) support the internationalisation agenda of South Africa’s universities.
Looking back over the past five years, we can only be proud of the track record we have built up as an organisation.