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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2023 Academic Year: DHET & stakeholder preparations
23 Nov 2022
The Committee convened with the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, and stakeholders for a briefing on the state of readiness for the 2023 academic year. Each stakeholder presented its role as it relates to the sector, and challenges and some recommendations were made. Members were concerned about planning ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NACI, ASSAf & SACNASP Annual Report 2021/22
18 Nov 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
National Advisory Council on Innovation
SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions
Three entities of the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation -- the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Latest developments at UCT, UNISA, MUT & VUT; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Minister, Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of South Africa (UNISA) and Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to receive updates and latest developments about four institutions on matters that have come to the Committee's attention.
There had been ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DSI update on Indigenous Knowledge regulations and registration system, and update on BioPANZA and African Medicines Platform
11 Nov 2022
The Committee convened virtually for an update by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Regulations and the Bio-Products Innovation Cluster Advancement Network South Africa (BioPANZA) including the African Medicines Platform and the IK Registration System.
The Committee found the work of the beneficiaries of ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
8 Nov 2022
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SSETA, InSETA & CETA Annual Reports 2021/22
2 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Services, Insurance and Construction Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to receive briefings and engage on their 2021/22 annual reports. All the SETAs focused on matters involving irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure; consequence management implemented against transgressors in their organisations; audit action plans; ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Updated status, Basic Education BRRR
1 Nov 2022
The Committee received a progress update from the administrative team responsible for collecting comments from the public on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Committee's content advisor reported that they had so far received 18 000 submissions, but due to a shortage of manpower had processed only ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Skills Fund (NSF) Annual Report 2021/22; NSF investigation: Ministerial Task Team Review & Forensic report response; Implementation of audit action plan response
28 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive a presentation from the National Skills Fund (NSF) on its 2021/21 annual performance report, and to hear the response from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to the Committee's questions following the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Skills Fund investigation: Ministerial Task Team Review & Forensic report; Implementation of audit action plan; with Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation to receive briefings on the reports of the Ministerial Task Team on the review of the National Skills Fund (NSF) and its forensic report into the misappropriation of R5 billion from the Fund. The Department reported ...
Basic Education
2022 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
Reporting to the Committee on the readiness for the 2022 Matric exams, the Department of Basic Education said that the Class of 2022 is the largest cohort to date. It is the class that has been most severely negatively affected by learning deficiencies ...