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Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA Bill: deliberations, with Minister
4 Sep 2018
The previous board of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) got chopped because it was a law unto itself.
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Mr Siyabonga Cwele, brought this to light when he briefed the Committee about the status of the USAASA with regard to board ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SAQA on Post-School Education & Training implementation; National Qualifications Framework simplification; underfunding
29 Aug 2018
SAQA briefed the Committee on the implementation of articulation in the post-school education and training sector and simplification of the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF), and provided a progress report on addressing the under-funding challenges.
SAQA said that the types of articulation were systemic, specific and individual articulation. The policy had ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Grant payment challenges and readiness: SA Post Office briefing; IKAMVA Bill: deliberations
28 Aug 2018
The South African Post Office admitted it had a tendency to underestimate customer care.
It made this revelation when the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services was trying to understand why people were complaining of not getting information and assistance from the entity when they had complaints.
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Rules of the National Assembly
Section 89: Removal of President – finalisation of revised rules
28 Aug 2018
The National Assembly Rules committee met to consider the following; the draft agenda for the meeting, two outstanding minutes, the legal opinion on the proposals for the removal of the president from office in terms of section 89 of the Constitution as well as the proposal on draft rules to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Procedures related to Section 89 of Constitution (Impeachment)
24 Aug 2018
The Subcommittee met to discuss the matter of Section 89 of the Constitution, which was the rule dealing with impeachment. A Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented an opinion by Senior Counsel on the amendment to the Rules of Parliament to provide for impeachment.
The first point highlighted was the definitions. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SETA new landscape; Post-School Education and Training National Plan; with Minister and Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to receive presentations on progress with the finalisation of the new Sectoral Education and Training Authority (SETA) landscape, and on the National Plan for Post-School Education and Training (PSET). The meeting was attended by both the Minister ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services met to deliberate on the IKamva National Bill. The discussion mainly centred on the definitions, the number of members required on the board, disqualification of politicians and public officials from the board, and the role of the Department in relation to the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS progress report
16 Aug 2018
Various stakeholders were requested by the Committee to report back on progress made, and to respond to questions posed to them, with regard to National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowance payments. The Committee had conducted its own research at the educational institutions to try and identify the issues, and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018]: DHET briefing
1 Aug 2018
The Department of Higher Education and Training was present to brief the Committee on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018].
The primary purpose of the Bill was to prevent the use of fraudulent certification by employees and institutions or the misrepresentation of certification. In the past, hundreds of false ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student-centred fees model & outstanding allowances: progress report by NSFAS, DHET, USAf, SACPO, SAUS, SAFETSA; with Minister
30 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on progress in the roll-out of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) student-centred model, and the payment of outstanding allowances to students. The entities which provided details of the wide-ranging challenges they faced, as well as recommendations to resolve troublesome areas, were NSFAS, the Department ...