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A NOTE FROM

THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON

PROFESSOR JOHNNY MAHLANGU

The mandate of the South African Medical Research Council, in terms of the MRC
Act 58, 1991 (as amended), is to improve the health and quality of life of South Africans.
This needs to be realised through research, development and technology transfer.

As the Chairperson of the Board, I am pleased to To do that, the SAMRC’s financial and operational
present the 2022/23 SAMRC Annual Report. This performance is essential for ensuring the sustainability
report provides a comprehensive overview of the of its activities and achieving its strategic objectives.
research conducted and funded by this organisation The SAMRC continues to be exemplary in many
in support of the above-mentioned mandate. areas of its mandate including excellence in its
fiscal discipline, effective organisational governance
Our role as the SAMRC Board is to ensure that the
SAMRC achieves its goals. By setting the strategic characterised by multiyear clean audits, more money
directed towards research, aligning research efforts
direction, providing oversight, building partnerships, and activities to the health priorities and needs of
and advocating for research, the Board ensures that the country, disseminating its research, leading the
the SAMRC operates effectively and efficiently. transformation agenda in medical science research,
This, in turn, enables this organisation to make a including innovation and training a diverse cadre of
significant contribution to improving the health and the next generation of researchers, and translating
well-being of the people of South Africa as per the research to inform policy and practice. These
mandate. achievements were all in line with SAMRC 2020/21 –

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