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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Final clause by clause deliberations
20 Apr 2016
The Committee convened to go through the clauses of the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015], with input from the legal advisors from the State Law Advisor, Parliament and the Department of Higher Education and Training. A Member of the DA had proposed certain amendments to clauses 22 and 28 and ...
Economic Development
Meeting with German Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy
20 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development and the Portfolio Committee on Energy had a joint meeting with the German Committee on Economic Affairs to discuss matters such as the introduction of nuclear power stations and renewable energy, as well as to receive advice on how to improve existing power stations ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Clause by clause deliberations
13 Apr 2016
The Committee deliberated on the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015], going through on a clause-by-clause basis, with the Department of Higher Education and Training officials, legal advisers, and the Parliamentary Legal Advisers and State Law Advisers giving input.
The DA Members said at the outset that quite a number of ...
Economic Development
Committee Report on Economic Budget Vote
12 Apr 2016
The Chairperson, after consulting Members, decided that the meeting adjourn for an hour as the ruling party members needed to go into caucus around the report before presenting it to the meeting. The meeting adjourned and convened two hours later.
The Chairperson took Members through the report page by page. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Council on Higher Education and Training on its 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
7 Apr 2016
The Council for Higher Education had an ongoing project on the governance of our higher education. It had a number of aspects looking at institutions that continued to have high fees, looking at the developments with the Department of performance indicators for government. The Council focused on student governance and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
Officials from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2016/17, which had been tabled in Parliament on 11 March 2016. Given the lengthy nature of the document, it was agreed that only crucial areas would be discussed.
The presentation ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme & South African Qualifications Authority on their 2016/17 Budget & Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training & its entities 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan: AGSA on audit outcomes; DHET Budget for 2016/17 analysis: Finance and Fiscal Commission briefing
5 Apr 2016
The Financial and Fiscal Commission informed the Committee about the budget allocations and challenges facing the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). There were challenges and risks because the government had agreed to a 0% increase in university fees, which had resulted in consideration being given for free education. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: deliberations
15 Mar 2016
The Committee deliberated on the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015] on a clause-by-clause basis. A DA MP suggested that “specified period” in clause 12 amending (3B) should be replaced by within a “reasonable time”. The Department together with the State Law Advisor highlighted that the inclusion of “specified period” would ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Department response to submissions; deliberations
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) said the Committee’s proposed amendments to the Bill were mostly technical issues.
The submission by USAf contained eight concerns of which four are being considered by the Department, while it disagrees with three points raised by USAf and one item DHET found ...