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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
UKZN, UWC & UFH on their state of affairs; NSFAS on disbursement of funding and allowances to students at UKZN, UWC and UFH
3 Mar 2020
The Committee was briefed by the management and SRC of the UKZN, UFH and UWC on the challenges they encountered that resulted in protest situations. The Committee also met to be briefed by the NSFAS on the disbursement of funds to institutions.
The Committee heard that student unrest in the ...
Basic Education
DBE 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Impact of SONA; with Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the significance of the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and recommended that it consider the impact of the government’s priorities on the South African education sector over the next five years. There had been a lot of continuity ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Indigenous Knowledge Systems & IKS legislation overview
19 Feb 2020
Documents handed out: Key Aspects of the Indigenous Knowledge Legislation and Implementation Readiness
The Department of Science and Innovation told the Committee that the Indigenous Knowledge Act was essentially about redress, and bringing indigenous knowledge into the main stream. It was also a transformative Act, because it addressed how indigenous communities ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill: adoption; Committee Reports
3 Dec 2019
The Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill [B42B-2018] was adopted as revived from the Fifth Parliament without amendment. The Committee considered and adopted its Committee Reports on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme; SETA Annual Reports; Post-School Education and Training Sector; 4IR Colloquium; ICGEB Convention; and the Science and Technology ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Tshwane University of Technology corruption allegations; with Minister
27 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology engaged with the Tshwane University of Technology on the allegations of corruption, maladministration, nepotism and abuse of power levelled by various university stakeholders at the university.
It received a detailed response from the university on all the allegations raised, and an ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Services SETA & CETA governance and management: follow-up meeting; with Minister
26 Nov 2019
Two Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), the Services SETA and the Construction SETA, appeared before the Committee to respond to allegations of corruption and mismanagement within their entities.
The Services SETA provided explanations dealing with several issues raised by the Auditor-General (AG) arising from the audit of its 2018/19 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University of Fort Hare progress report on challenges; Tshwane University of Technology corruption allegations
19 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee met to conduct preliminary investigations into allegations of corruption and maladministration at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the University of Fort Hare (UFH). The Committee frowned on the failure of the TUT to attend the meeting. The university had pleaded for additional time in order ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Technology Innovation Agency & National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2018/19 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Technology Information Agency (TIA) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on their annual reports for the 2018/19 financial year.
For the TIA, this was a return visit, as it had been instructed at its previous meeting with the Committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
TVET colleges governance & management; NSFAS audit; MTBPS implications
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The NSFAS has received a qualified audit report; however there were more qualification areas in comparison to last year. Some material mistakes were made in calculating liability and currently it could not be rectified before the audit report ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Post-School Education & Training Sector funding colloquium
6 Nov 2019
The Committee convened to have extensive discussions on the funding of the Post School Education and Training sector. Various stakeholders including the Department of Higher Education and Training, the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, the National Research Foundation, Student leadership, Feenix and private providers made presentations at the meeting.
Members ...