Nompendulo Thobile Mkhatshwa

National Assembly

nmkhatshwa@parliament.gov.za ntmkatshwa@gmail.com

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About Nompendulo Thobile Mkhatshwa

2020 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 23

2019 committee attendance as mp

73% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 30

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Recent meetings attended

Higher Education, Science and Technology — Establishment of Ministerial Task Team on business processes; Remuneration of Vice-Chancellors; Funding of missing middle & historic debt; SRC elections — 19 Jun 2020
Higher Education, Science and Technology — Matters of current affairs with respect to TVET colleges: King Hintsa TVET college; Orbit TVET college & Westcol TVET college — 17 Jun 2020
Higher Education, Science and Technology — Human Capital Development & Science Engagement: NRF briefing; NIHSS on its mandate and funding of postgraduate students — 3 Jun 2020
Higher Education, Science and Technology — CGE on Gender Transformation in Tertiary Institutions; Biovac; DHET & DSI Budget: Committee Reports — 2 Jun 2020
Higher Education, Science and Technology — S-SETA, W- SETA and C- SETA on governance and management issues: Follow-up briefing — 26 May 2020

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.

Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

101st Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Human Capital Development & Science Engagement: NRF briefing; NIHSS on its mandate and funding of postgraduate students 3 Jun 2020

Ms N Mkhatshwa (ANC) also directed her questions to the NIHSS – she asked if the Institute has done any work on the proposal by students in 2015/16 on the decolonisation of higher education, ‘
DHET & DSI Budget: Committee Report; CGE on Gender Transformation in Tertiary Institutions 2 Jun 2020

Ms N Mkhatshwa (ANC) suggested that the Committee needed to ensure that a centralised formulation of policies that speaks to gender equality and transformation ought to be in all institutions and should be prioritized. There is a significant disjuncture between gender offices of the university and the SRC when it ...
S-SETA, W- SETA and C- SETA on governance and management issues: Follow-up briefing 26 May 2020

Ms N Mkhatshwa (ANC) reiterated the importance of resolving the issues in the Seta sector. The Department needs to bring in some intent in restoring efficiency and effectiveness in these Seta’s. She asked about how the Seta’s will deliberately work towards restoring good governance and management.
MICT SETA & ETDP SETA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans 22 May 2020

Ms N Mkhatshwa (ANC) commented that the SETA needed to work to restore people’s confidence in it, and to improve the outcomes of its learning programmes. She said there were overlapping areas among NSFAS, the NSF and the National Research Foundation (NRF), and suggested the Department should review the ...
NSFAS, CHE & SAQA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans 20 May 2020

Ms N Mkhatshwa (ANC) commented that there were many concerns that had been raised with regard to the cutting of funds for students who were classified under the category N+2, and said that there should be a reconsideration on the matter, because there were many reasons as to why ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology 19 Sep 2019

(1)Whether there has been any substantive progress with regard to the restoration of stability in the management of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) (details furnished); if so, (2) whether the persons who are found to have caused the degeneration of NSFAS will face legal consequences; if not ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology 19 Sep 2019

What legal interventions have been made in the cases of maladministration, unethical and self-enriching practices which found expression in the governance of institutions of higher learning from the University of Venda to the University of Fort Hare, where there are unfinished infrastructure development projects and institutions are under administration?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

TAKE 6 - STARTS AT 14:50 25 Feb 2020

Hon Chairperson, hon deputy president, hon members of the House, and to the many of South Africans watching from home.
As we enter into this new decode, we must emphasize the role of science and innovation in our society.
From 4 to 7 February 2020, the Portfolio Committee on Higher ...
ENGLISH: 7 Nov 2019

Hon Chairperson and hon members of the House, some may want to believe that this thing of stars and astronomy is a western one. However, the bright star
for me lies in a rather star-poor region and is prominent in the summer sky. It is called Ndemara the Sweetheart Star ...

All Plenary Appearances

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