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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education Training Authority & HWSETA on their Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
17 May 2017
Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education Training Authority (ETDP SETA) on its Annual performance Plan
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training met to receive the briefings from the Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education Training Authority (ETDPSETA) and the Health and Welfare Sector Education Training Authority ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee Report on Department of Higher Education and Training Budget
10 May 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on its report on the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET’s) Budget Vote 15.
Members agreed that the Committee should closely monitor the progress of the Department because of its important role in the education sector. It was often presented with nice and detailed ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA, USAASA, SAPO & BBI on their Annual Performance Plans
9 May 2017
The Committee heard briefings from the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) as well as the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) and the Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) on its Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans (APPs) for 2017/18.
The State Information Technology Agency said the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Review of Department of Higher Education & Training's Annual Performance Plan: Auditor-General briefing
15 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa provided insight on the 2017/18 draft Annual Performance Plans of the Department and its public entities. The review focused on the SMART criteria and whether the performance targets set by the Department and its entities met the criteria.
The AGSA noted that ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Establishment of Ikamva National eSkills Institute (iNeSI), with Minister present
14 Mar 2017
The Committee met to receive an update from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the establishment of iNesi and its revised business plan, as well as the adoption of outstanding minutes and the Department’s second quarter performance report.
The Minister introduced the discussion by explaining the important ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
New SETA landscape
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the National Skills Development Plan and Sector Education and Training Authority Landscape to the Committee and shared their developments upon opening the proposal up for public comment and the Department’s plans for transformation and integration of the post-school education and training system. ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA on services rendered to Government Departments
7 Mar 2017
The State Information Technology Agencybriefed the Committee.
Since 2002 the mandate of SITA has been improvement of service delivery to the public using Information Communication Technology. This allowed SITA to be aligned with the accounting officers for the departments, moving from IT metrics of success to service delivery metrics of ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its Quarter 3 performance
1 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the Third Quarter performance report 2016/17. The Department had 38 performance indicators that encompassed 70 targets, but in the quarter under review, there were ten targets, mainly in the core delivery programmes of University Education, Skills Development and the Community Education and ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cybersecurity: Department & SABRIC briefing, with Deputy Minister present
28 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the current state of and way forward regarding cybersecurity in South Africa. There was also a briefing by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) on the banking sectors experience of and response to ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Final Report: deliberations and adoption
24 Feb 2017
The Committee considered the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report and ensured that all the amendments were correctly captured in the revised report. The Committee formally adopted the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) reserved their rights until the Report was presented to ...