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• Albany Museum - Earth Sciences
  Within the broad discipline of "Earth Science" the Albany Museum houses a number of geological collections which cover the subjects of Palaeontology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic geology, Stratigraphy and a small collection of Meteorites.
  
  
• Cradle of Humankind
  The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site which has been nominated for the rich diversity of fossils found in the area which cast light on human ancestors and their relatives and the environments which they lived in. Most of the site is in Gauteng with about 10% of the site in North West Province.
  
  
• Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  The Department of Science and Technology strives towards introducing measures that put science and technology to work to make an impact on growth and development in a sustainable manner, in areas that matter to all the people of South Africa.
  
  
• National Research Foundation (NRF)
  The objective of the National Research Foundation (NRF) is to support and promote research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of the natural and social sciences, humanities and technology.
  
  
• Palaeo-Anthropology in South Africa (PAST)
  Past supports research and education into our human and more ancient heritage in southern Africa.
  
  
• Rock Art Research Institute - University of the Witwatersrand
  The Institute seeks to develop understandings of Africa's rock arts in terms of authentic beliefs, customs, rituals and life-ways.
  
  
• South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA)
  The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) aims to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa.
  
  
• Transvaal Museum, Department of Palaeontology
  The palaeontological collections include Plio-Pleistocene hominid fossils from the newly proclaimed Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, including the type specimen of Paranthropus robustus from Kromdraai, early Homo from Swartkrans, and the most complete cranium of Australopithecus africanus ("Mrs Ples") from Sterkfontein, and large collections of associated fauna with 33 type specimens.