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Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Khumalo; Shushu; Geldenhuys; Maguvhe
13 Dec 2016
The first witness, Prof Bongani Khumalo, former SABC board member, described a number of corporate governance problems he observed at SABC and these included failure to observe the differentiation between board and executive functions and thus poor management of boundaries between the board and the executive. There were dynamics that ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Nkosi; Mabaso; Masinga; Gqubule, Pillay; Mvoko, Calata
12 Dec 2016
The Chairperson informed the Committee that on Saturday 10 December his office had received a letter from Ncube Inc attorneys headed Re: Inquiry by the Ad hoc Committee into the Affairs of the South African Broadcasting Corporation and its Board of Directors. The letter stated that the SABC Board is ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Krish Naidoo, Philip Molefe & Itani Tsiesi; Multichoice as potential witness
9 Dec 2016
The Board of Inquiry Committee continued to take evidence from witnesses in the SABC matter. The Committee firstly discussed whether Multichoice should be called as a witness. The Committee concluded, after discussion, that it would be preferable to proceed with the process of interviewing direct witnesses from the SABC and ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Lubisi; Mokhobo; Mavuso
8 Dec 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee interviewed two former SABC Board members, Mr Ronny Lubisi and Mr Vusi Mavuso as well as former Group CEO, Ms Lulama Mokhobo. They were called as witnesses to testify in the SABC inquiry and an overview of what was taking place during their tenure at the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Auditor General, ICASA, Public Protector
7 Dec 2016
The Committee has a mandate through National Assembly resolution to conduct an inquiry into the fitness of members of the SABC Board to hold office and then report back to the House on 28 February 2017. The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Plan for Post-School Education and Training funding & implementation: DHET progress report
30 Nov 2016
The delegation of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented the National Plan for Post-School Education and Training (NP- PSET), covering its vision for Continuing Education and Training (CET), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and Higher Education at the university level.
The delegation of the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board inquiry: deliberations on the way forward
29 Nov 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee met to deliberate on a few preparatory matters; however the actual work on the inquiry would not go ahead because of the interdict against the Ad Hoc Committee brought by the remaining member of the SABC Board, Chairperson Prof. Maguvhe on Monday, 28 November 2016.
Members ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on Quarter 2 performance
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), reporting on its second quarter performance, said during the period under review it had achieved ten of the 12 planned delivery targets for its core programmes, which covered university education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), continuing education and training (CET), ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of Assembly Rules: Mini plenaries & member statements: Report back by Subcommittee
16 Nov 2016
Relevant Documents
Rules of the National Assembly 9th Edition
The Committee met to adopt the Report of the Subcommittee on its Review of Assembly Rules, which had met on 14 October 2016 to look into the procedure for motions without notice. The EFF was not present. The Chairperson of the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2017 Readiness of universities and TVET colleges; Financial statistics on Higher Education Institutions in 2015: Stats SA
16 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on the financial factors affecting the various stakeholders involved in higher education institutions, and received in-depth background information to contextualise the problems that had surfaced in 2016. The Department of Higher Education and Training ...