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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 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Briefing by Motheo and Buffalo City Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges on their governance, administration, teaching and learning and related matters
9 Nov 2022
The Committee met to receive briefings from Motheo and Buffalo City Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges on their governance, administration, teaching and learning and related matters and their respective student representative councils and organised labour unions.
Members were generally impressed by Motheo TVET College’s progress since the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
KZN Community Education and Training College on governance, administration, teaching and learning and related matters
4 Nov 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Community Education and Training (CET) college, its Student Representative Council (SRC), as well as the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (DHET) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting. The KZN CET briefed the Committee on governance; administration; teaching ...
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; ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill: public hearings
1 Nov 2022
The Committee convened virtual public hearings on the Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill and there was consensus from the following stakeholders of their support: Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz), South African Fruit & Vegetable Canners Association (SAFVCA) and SA Fruit Juice Association (SAFJA), Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA), ...
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 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development BRRR
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Committee met to consider its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the Department and its entities.
Members voiced their disappointment with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development’s (DALRRD) failure to spend R1.3 billion of its budget allocation and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
AGSA briefing on audit outcomes of DSI and its entities; Department of Science and Innovation, HSRC & South African National Space Agency Annual Reports 2021/22
19 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science, and Innovation received a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa on the audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Innovation and its entities, and briefings by the Department itself, the Human Sciences Research ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Council on Higher Education (CHE); South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA); Quality Council for Trades and Occupations Annual Reports 2021/22
14 Oct 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO), the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the Council on Higher Education (CHE) on their annual reports for 2021/222. The entities reported on their non-financial and financial performance.
The QCTO said it had had to adapt ...