Daan du Toit akatanga basa rake muHurumende yeSouth Africa neDhipatimendi reZvekunze kwaakadzidziswa basa remumiriri wehurumende. Kubva muna 2002 anga ari muDhipatimendi reSainzi neTekinoroji, kwaakashanda zvikuru semumiriri weDhipatimendi muEurope, riri muBrussels. Muna 2014 akagadzwa seMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri Mukuru aitarisira portfolio yeInternational Cooperation and Resources.
Mumakore apfuura Daan akawana mukana wekupa rubatsiro muzvirongwa zvakawanda zvekutsigira portfolio yekudyidzana kwakasiyana-siyana uye kwakapfuma kwenyika dzakawanda kwesainzi, tekinoroji uye hunyanzvi hwekuSouth Africa. Semuenzaniso, akaita basa guru mukugadzwa nekutungamira kweEuropean-South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme (ESASTAP.)
Daan akamiririra South Africa mumisangano yakasiyana-siyana yemasangano akawanda yakaita seOECD's Global Science Forum, Group on Earth Observations uye BRICS partnership, pamwe chete nemasangano akasiyana-siyana ane chekuita nekushandira pamwe kweAfrica mudunhu nekondinendi pakati peAfrican Union neSouth African Development Community.
Kuwedzera pakuva nhengo yeDare reSainzi neTekinoroji, SKA Observatory, sangano idzva rehurumende rakatangwa kutonga kuvaka nekushanda kweteresikopu yeredhiyo yepasi rose yeSquare Kilometer Array (SKA), muna Kukadzi 2021 yakasarudza Daan seMutevedzeri weSachigaro weDare rayo. Daan anga achibatanidzwa zvakanyanya nechirongwa cheSKA kubvira muna 2003.
Iri peji rakagadziridzwa muna Chivabvu 2026.
