Minister Nzimande says 2025 will be an exciting year for science, technology and innovation [SOUND]

# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says 2025 promises to be another great year for advancing science and technology. The ministry’s spokesperson, Veli Mbele, says the department recently adopted an overarching mantra: placing science, technology, and innovation at the centre of government, education, society, and industry. He says in the new year, they will seek to be more aggressive in using science, technology and innovation to address the country’s most urgent social challenges: