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Economic Development
International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa & Competition Tribunal on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
28 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee met to receive presentations from the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) and the Competition Tribunal on their 2013/14 Annual Report and Financial Statements.
The Competition Tribunal presented their annual report to the Committee. The Tribunal had embarked on a new way of reporting which ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education and Training Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee met briefly to discuss the BRRR, minutes of proceedings and minutes of previous Committee meetings.
The Committee went through the budget report page-by-page and Members gave their recommendations on sentence structures, recommendations of the proper use of words, change of the font and size, the use of ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2013/14 Annual Report
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report for the 2013/14 fiscal year. It looked at its strategic goals, such as increasing the number of skilled youths and expanding access to education and training; to adequately capacitating individual institutions to effectively provide or facilitate all learning; ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Audit Outcomes of Department of Higher Education and Training: AGSA briefing
14 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on the audit outcomes of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities for the 2013/2014 financial year. Members were told that the purpose of the presentation was to give them an insight into the audit outcomes in order to understand what had given ...
Economic Development
Progress in implementing the Social Accords: Deputy Minister & Department briefing
16 Sep 2014
The Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Department presented on the implementation and progress of the social accords. The Department had facilitated five major social accords in the past three years in the context of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) that focused on skills, education, local procurement, ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: University of Fort Hare briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by the University of Fort Hare management and its Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the students’ protests, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), infrastructural development, and the graduation and retention rates at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The University ...
Economic Development
Finance and Fiscal Commission on Department's performance and projections; Office of the Auditor-General on its role and mandate
9 Sep 2014
The Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) said South Africa was still some way from restoring strong and sustainable economic growth rates, as required by the National Development Plan (NDP). The economy needed to grow by 5.4% per annum to achieve NDP targets and to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: Mangosuthu University of Technology & Limpopo University briefings
27 Aug 2014
The Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Limpopo briefed the Committee on the recent student protests that took place in both Universities. Common issues were identified by each University, and input was also sought from the Student Representative Council, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department's Quarterly Performances for 2013/14
26 Aug 2014
The Economic Development Department (EDD) briefed the Committee on the performance and expenditure of the Department for the four quarters of the 2013/14 period.
Highlights for the first quarter included a report produced on employment, gross domestic product growth and investment in relation to the jobs drivers of the New ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on quarterly expenditure reports for 2013/14: postponement of meeting
19 Aug 2014
The Chairperson stressed the importance of quarterly reports, or reports in process, as far as legislation was concerned, because this was where the work done by the executive was reviewed. This process, in the case of this Department, was informed by the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) cycle, which ...