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Higher Education
DHET & DSI Q1 & 2 2022/23 Performance
2 Dec 2022
The Portfolio Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on their performance and expenditure during the first and second quarters of the 2022/23 financial year.
The DSI reported that it had incurred ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
29 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education continued with round four of oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA). Six organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters from the Gauteng ...
Higher Education
2023 Academic Year: DHET & stakeholder preparations
23 Nov 2022
The Committee convened with the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, and stakeholders for a briefing on the state of readiness for the 2023 academic year. Each stakeholder presented its role as it relates to the sector, and challenges and some recommendations were made. Members were concerned about planning ...
Higher Education
NACI, ASSAf & SACNASP Annual Report 2021/22
18 Nov 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
National Advisory Council on Innovation
SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions
Three entities of the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation -- the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), and ...
Higher Education
Latest developments at UCT, UNISA, MUT & VUT; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Minister, Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of South Africa (UNISA) and Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to receive updates and latest developments about four institutions on matters that have come to the Committee's attention.
There had been ...
Higher Education
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 ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
8 Nov 2022
Higher Education
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; ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Updated status, Basic Education BRRR
1 Nov 2022
The Committee received a progress update from the administrative team responsible for collecting comments from the public on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Committee's content advisor reported that they had so far received 18 000 submissions, but due to a shortage of manpower had processed only ...
Higher Education
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 ...