{"id":17399,"date":"2026-10-02T17:26:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=17399"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:26:05","slug":"r2-5bn-gone-nzimandes-plan-to-wean-sa-science-off-foreign-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=17399","title":{"rendered":"R2.5bn gone: Nzimande\u2019s plan to wean SA science off foreign funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.<\/p>\n<p>Science, aviation, electric mobility and the price of your braai are in focus. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Prof Blade Nzimande explains his plan to reduce South Africa\u2019s reliance on foreign research funding after a R2.5bn blow from US cuts. Airlines Association of Southern Africa CEO Aaron Munetsi asks whether OR Tambo is leaving millions on the table during its quietest overnight hours. Nikhath Zigmund, senior advisor to the Africa Transition Acceleration Fund, looks at the billions in infrastructure investment needed to power Africa\u2019s electric vehicle revolution. And Eighty20 director Andrew Fulton brings some welcome news for consumers as meat inflation eases.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Guests on today\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Munetsi: CEO, Airlines Association of Southern Africa<br \/>Prof Blade Nzimande: Minister, Science, technology and innovation<br \/>Nikhath Zigmund: Senior advisor, Africa Transition Acceleration Fund<br \/>Andrew Fulton: Director, Eighty20<\/p>\n<p>                        #R2.5bn #Nzimandes #plan #wean #science #foreign #funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. Science, aviation, electric mobility and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[4411,635,22327,154,11939,275,22328],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}