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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DSI; CSIR & NRF 2020/21 Special Adjustments Budget
15 Jul 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology 15 July 2020
Audio: DSI; CSIR & NRF 2020/21 Special Adjustments Budget
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology was briefed by the Department of Science and Innovation on its 2020/21 special adjustment budget allocations and the impact ...
Transport
Transport: Budget: Committee Report
14 Jul 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, 14 July 2020
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and adopt its Report on the adjustment budget allocation of the Department of Transport: Budget Vote 40. It noted a number of issues that were not correctly expressed in the writing of the ...
Transport
Taxi industry impasse on COVID-19 lockdown regulations
7 Jul 2020
Audio: PC Transport 7 July 2020
Video: Taxi industry impasse on COVID-19 lockdown regulations
The Portfolio Committee met with the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) to discuss the impasse pertaining to the implementation of COVID-19 Lockdown Level 3 regulations. The NTA expressed gratitude to the COVID-19 pandemic for finally affording ...
Transport
Department of Transport Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
7 Jul 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, (National Assembly) 7 July 2020
In a joint meeting, Members were briefed by the Department of Transport (DoT) on its adjusted budget, from which a total of R4.6 billion had been cut. The Minister assured Members that the budget shifts did not represent a fundamental ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Matters of current affairs with respect to TVET colleges: King Hintsa TVET college; Orbit TVET college & Westcol TVET college
17 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 17 June 2020
Three Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, and the presidents of their Students’ Representative Councils (SRCs), briefed the Committee on their colleges’ issues involving governance, management and finance, and their readiness to save the 2020 academic ...
Transport
Implementation of level 3 of Covid-19 regulations: follow-up meeting, with Minister & Deputy Minister
10 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, 10 JUNE 2020
The Minister briefed the Portfolio Committee about the implementation of the level 3 of the lockdown directions which came into effect on 1 June 2020 across the various modes of transport. The Department will redouble its efforts in ensuring that the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Human Capital Development & Science Engagement: NRF briefing; NIHSS on its mandate and funding of postgraduate students
3 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 3 June 2020
The Committee was briefed by the National Skills Fund (NSF) on Human Capital Development & Science Engagement, the National Research Fund (NRF), and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) on its mandate and funding ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CGE on Gender Transformation in Tertiary Institutions; Biovac; DHET & DSI Budget: Committee Reports
2 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 2 June 2020
The Commission on Gender Equality informed the Committee that during the 2018/19 financial year, the Commission embarked on a Gender Transformation Hearing in Tertiary Institutions. This was influenced by media reports on sex for marks ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
S-SETA, W-SETA, C-SETA on governance and management challenges
26 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 26, May 2020
Members of the Committee outlined all the common issues within the Setas, and said one sees the same issues within the Setas over the years. The Setas are corrupt and ineffective organisations. One of the things to focus ...
Transport
Transport Budget: Committee Report
26 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, 26 May 2020
The Committee considered the draft report on the 2020/21 budget, strategic plan and annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Transport (DoT). Limited observations and recommendations were made, as the report covered most of the Members’ previous inputs, ...