Open access, Open data, Open science | Special Reports | M&G

"In mid-December, a group of experts will meet with the department of science and technology (DST) in a high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Pretoria as the department prepares a new White Paper on Science and Technology to take the country forward as a leading African knowledge provider aligned with 21st century technology and 21st century thinking. The topic of this discussion will be open science, which encompasses open access to scholarly publications, open data, and open and collaborative research, all essentially related to the democratisation of knowledge."