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Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services Quarter 3 performance
15 Aug 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and its entities met with the Portfolio Committee to make presentations on their third quarter performances for the 2016/17 financial year.
The South African Post Office (SAPO) reported that they were set to lose R1 billion since December last year, and were losing ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
.zadna on its mandate
20 Jun 2017
The meeting was called because after the last meeting with ZADNA, the entity had felt that they were not well understood and wanted the opportunity to clarify themselves so that the Committee would have a better understanding.
ZADNA outlined the mandate of ZADNA by looking at the ECT Act and ...
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 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect: Department progress report, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Department gave a progress report on the implementation of the strategic pillars of the SA Connect program. The Department had changed how it viewed Broadband, it was now following the worldwide trend to look at it from the point of view of what impact broadband had and what SA’s ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Bank SETA, Insurance SETA & Finance and Accounting SETA on their Annual Performance Plan
7 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by three Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) – from the banking, insurance, and finance and accounting services sectors -- on their strategic and annual performance plans for the 2017/18 period.
The Bank SETA took the Members through an assessment ...
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 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
TVET Colleges Certification challenges: SITA briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on challenges around Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College Certification. SITA said it had been working on the matter for over six months and had appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training in December ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Services SETA, Energy and Water SETA, Local Government SETA on their Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister present
24 May 2017
Three organs of the Sector Education Training Authority presented their annual performance plans (APPs) for 2017/18 and strategic plans for 2015/16-2019/20.
The Service SETA (SSETSA) said its strategic plan was based on five priority areas. These were promoting access to skills development, providing expansion and capacitation, improving the relevance of ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
ICT White Paper Policy: Department briefing, with Minister
23 May 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services on the ICT White Paper Policy.
In his preliminary remarks, the Minister said that the White Paper had been approved by Cabinet in September 2016 and gazetted. It replaced previous versions of the White Paper and was ...