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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Certificate backlog: Umalusi & SITA update; DHET Quarter 2 performance; Skills Development: HR Development Council
21 Nov 2018
The Committee met to hear briefings from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on its quarterly report, and from the State Information and Technology Agency (SITA) and Umalusi on the certification status for post-school qualifications. It also received a report from the Human Resources Development Council of South ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill: discussion
20 Nov 2018
The Committee was told that the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill was a response to the national integrated information communication technology (ICT) policy White Paper, and sought to speed up the roll out of infrastructure, enhance competition in the industry, reduce the cost to communicate, and enhance the ICT regulatory mechanisms ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: adoption of committee report
15 Nov 2018
The Committee Report on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B 20 – 2018] was adopted with minor changes. The Committee had adopted the report the previous day.
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Cases before the Committee
15 Nov 2018
Relevant documents:
Matters and referrals to Committee
Letter from Secretary to Parliament
NA: Questions for Oral Reply; Deputy President Cluster 4: Economics 2. Consideration of request for approval of international agreements
NA: Consideration of Rental Housing Amendment Bill; Consideration of request for approval of Acceptance of the DOHA Amendment to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Internet for All; Cybersecurity; Electronic Communications Amendment Bill: discussion
13 Nov 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) said that in 2019 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) would be holding a symposium on 5G -- the fifth generation of cellular mobile communications -- for countries from Africa, and South Africa was pushing that the meeting should also discuss the digital ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
8 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training met to consider and revert back to a decision on the referral of qualification or part-qualification to the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for verification and evaluation. The legal team presented its input on Clause 32 (1) 9a) (b) and (c) and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
7 Nov 2018
The Committee met to continue its consideration and deliberations on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill, dealing with the contents clause by clause.
The Committee heard that the issue around the ‘data format being determined in consultation with SAQA’ was that there would be a possibility of a disjuncture between ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill; SA Connect; iKamva Bill: adoption; with Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Committee met to hear responses from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) to questions posed the previous week on SA Connect’s activities, and for final consideration of the iKamva Bill [B10B -2018].
Members asked about the budget for last mile connectivity, on the total budget until 2020/21, ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee reports
31 Oct 2018
The meeting began with the Members proposing several stylistic suggestions and pointing out multiple grammatical errors within the content of the report. Cognisant of time, it was suggested that there should be a Parliamentary unit established for the primary mandate of proofreading and editing the reports after they have been ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
iKamva Bill: finalisation; SA Connect: status report
30 Oct 2018
The Committee met to deliberate on the IKAMVA Bill [B10B -2018] and to get an update on the progress report on SA Connect’s activities.
There was discussion on Members’ concern that training in the IT sector was through accredited courses provided by registered service providers and whether the board and ...