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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 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Universal Service and Access Agency of SA, USAF & .ZA Domain Name Authority on their 2016 Annual Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister
12 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister on Telecommunications and Postal Services, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, was in attendance.
The Committee heard briefings from the Universal Service and Access Agency of SA and the Universal Service and Access Fund, and from the .za Domain Name Authority.
The Universal Service and Access Agency’s drivers were: 100% ...
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 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
7 Apr 2016
The State Information Technology Agency briefed the Committee on its strategic plan and Annual Performance Plan. It had six strategic goals, 13 strategic objectives and 25 targets in its six programs.
Strategic priorities were: value added procurement to lower the cost of goods and services; providing the core Information Technology ...
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.
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department on its 2016 Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
5 Apr 2016
Missing Documents: Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services 2016 Annual Performance Plan
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on its strategic and anuual performance plans. The presentation spoke to the alignment of the DTPS priorities with government’s priorities, gave a summary of its priorities ...
Basic Education
Meeting with visiting New Zealand Parliamentary Delegation
17 Mar 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Basic and Higher Education and Training sat jointly to receive a delegation from New Zealand's Parliament. Officials were present from each of the departments to give a broad background to their functions and work. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) described its sustainable development goals towards ...
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 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Broadband rollout: Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services & Entities briefing
15 Mar 2016
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and its entities briefed the Committee on broadband rollout. First the policy context was looked at, followed by contextual issues, the global environment, collaboration with other stakeholders and finally a discussion of the various broadband initiatives.
In terms of policy context, the ...