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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education and Training Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training deliberated the Higher Education and Training Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
Members were not happy that the Report was not sent in advance to peruse and the Committee was given an hour to go through the report.
There were some grammatical ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General + DPME input
4 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) convened to discuss the annual audit outcomes of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General & DPME input
3 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) reported that most of the Department of Human Settlements’ entities had received a financially unqualified opinion, with findings regarding financial statements, performance information and compliance with legislation. The Department unfortunately also had one unqualified opinion with the Community Scheme Ombud ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Walter Sisulu University controversy; Skills Training for Post-School Education and Training: HSRC / Labour Market Intelligence Partnership research
6 Sep 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting by drawing Members’ attention to the issue reported in the media about the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student who had accidentally received a R14 million deposit from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The Committee decided to call a representative from WSU to attend ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements Quarter 1 performance
5 Sep 2017
The Committee met to be briefed on the performance of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) for the first quarter (April to June) of the 2017/2018 financial year. After receiving a detailed report on the Department’s programmes, and its achievements and failures, the Committee expressed its disappointment at the lack ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
W&RSETA, MerSETA & TETA on their Annual Performance Plans
21 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training convened with three Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to deliberate on their strategic plans for 2015/16 to 2019/20, and their 2017/18 annual performance plans. The SETAs were the Manufacturing, Engineering and other Related Services SETA (MERSETA), the Transport Education and Training ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements; Free State; Eastern Cape Business Plans
20 Jun 2017
The overall budget for the Free State province stood at R1, 24 billion. Total Sites 6 848, Units 5 395 and Title Deeds Backlog 36 919. The budget for OPSCAP is R59 192 560 million, Land Acquisition R5.5million, Accreditation R2 million and National Homebuilders Registration Council (Geo Tech) R6 162 ...
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 ...
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 ...