1.0Times South Africahttps://timessouthafrica.comweb deskhttps://timessouthafrica.com/author/webdesk0008/Minister Blade Nzimande on closing gender gap within Science and Innovation landscape - Times South Africarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fNG6PfYORs"><a href="https://timessouthafrica.com/minister-blade-nzimande-on-closing-gender-gap-within-science-and-innovation-landscape/">Minister Blade Nzimande on closing gender gap within Science and Innovation landscape</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://timessouthafrica.com/minister-blade-nzimande-on-closing-gender-gap-within-science-and-innovation-landscape/embed/#?secret=fNG6PfYORs" width="600" height="338" title="“Minister Blade Nzimande on closing gender gap within Science and Innovation landscape” — Times South Africa" data-secret="fNG6PfYORs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande said both the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) are implementing measures to close the gender gap within the Higher Education, Science and Innovation (HESI) landscape. According to the Post School Education and Training (PSET) ... Read more