Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has welcomed the allocations made to his departments (Higher Education and Training, and Science and Innovation) in the 2020 national budget. The budget assigns R396-billion to the two departments. Two major initiatives are being launched with this budget. One is a science and technology university. “As a department we will in earnest commence with the feasibility study towards the establishment of a new University of Science and Innovation in Ekurhuleni [east of Johannesburg], and that the current phase of the project will be supported by the reallocation of existing financial resources within the Post School Education and Training Sector,” he said.