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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Police Involvement in Student Protests; PSIRA on University Security; SASSETA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) on police involvement in student protests
SAPS identified the #FeesMustFall movement as a student led protest movement that began in mid-October 2015 in response to an increase in fees at South African universities. The protests started at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) and spread ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET on its Quarter 4 performance; Certificate/Diploma backlog: SITA & Umalusi briefing
14 Jun 2017
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Umalusi and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) all worked together to achieve success in eradicating the backlogs in issuing certificates. At present, only 665 certificates were outstanding. The number of outstanding certificates represented 0.3 percent of the number of certificates that ...
Economic Development
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Market Inquiry outcomes: deliberations
13 Jun 2017
The Committee considered the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Market Inquiry outcomes prepared by the Committee’s Researcher as a summary to recap on the findings and recommendations made by the Competition Commission on the report. The Researcher shared the findings and the recommendations as well as the role of Parliament through the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Stellenbosch University language policy, transformation, safety & security; Labour Market Intelligence Report: HSRC briefing
31 May 2017
The Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University introduced the briefing on the university’s transformation initiatives by identifying safety on campus, student accommodation, and free and decolonised education, as some of the core challenges it was facing.
The Committee was told that the transformation agenda was one that was led by the university ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee Report on Department of Higher Education and Training Budget
10 May 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on its report on the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET’s) Budget Vote 15.
Members agreed that the Committee should closely monitor the progress of the Department because of its important role in the education sector. It was often presented with nice and detailed ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department & Industrial Development Corporation on their Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy
9 May 2017
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) presented its Corporate Plan and shared some deep concerns about the current economic conditions as influenced by the credit rating downgrade and how the junk status will affect the Corporation’s ability to disburse funding to its clients. In light of the current economic conditions, the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Review of Department of Higher Education & Training's Annual Performance Plan: Auditor-General briefing
15 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa provided insight on the 2017/18 draft Annual Performance Plans of the Department and its public entities. The review focused on the SMART criteria and whether the performance targets set by the Department and its entities met the criteria.
The AGSA noted that ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
New SETA landscape
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the National Skills Development Plan and Sector Education and Training Authority Landscape to the Committee and shared their developments upon opening the proposal up for public comment and the Department’s plans for transformation and integration of the post-school education and training system. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its Quarter 3 performance
1 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the Third Quarter performance report 2016/17. The Department had 38 performance indicators that encompassed 70 targets, but in the quarter under review, there were ten targets, mainly in the core delivery programmes of University Education, Skills Development and the Community Education and ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its Third Quarter Performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
28 Feb 2017
The Minister reported an unemployment rate of 26.7%, this is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 27.1% of Quarter 2, 2016. The labour force increased by 143 000. 235 000 jobs were created in Q3:127 000 were formal non-agriculture jobs, 53 000 informal non-agriculture, 38 000 in agriculture and 17 ...