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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry day 2
17 Feb 2021
16 Feb 2021: SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry day 1
27 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: briefing on analysis of witnesses statements
13 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: way forward
18 Aug 2020: SMU allegations of poor governance & Vice Chancellor appointment, with Minister and Deputy
17 Jul 2020: ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry day 1
16 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology
Audio: SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry
27 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: analysis of witnesses statements
13 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: way forward
18 Aug 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor allegations; with Ministry
17 Jul 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Mangosuthu University of Technology on governance & related matters
12 Feb 2021
Video: PC on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 12 February 2021
Audio: Mangosuthu University of Technology on governance & related matters
The Committee met with the Council of the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) and the suspended Vice-Chancellor in a virtual meeting to receive briefings on its governance and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS 2019/20 Annual Report; with Auditor-General & Ministry
10 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 10 February 2021
The Committee met virtually with Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and the new National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board and CEO appointed at the end of November 2020 to receive briefings on the 2019/20 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee Reports & Minutes
4 Dec 2020
In its final meeting for the year, the Committee convened on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the minutes of meetings on 13, 17, 18 and 24 November 2020, and the second quarter 2020/21 reports of the Department of Higher Education and Training and the Department of Science and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NRF, HSRC & SANSA 2019/20 Annual Reports
24 Nov 2020
The Committee convened for a virtual briefing by the National Research Foundation (NRF), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) on their 2019/20 Annual Reports.
The Foundation first gave an overview of its strategic objectives reported that some of the challenges ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DSI & DHET Quarter 2 2020/21 performance
17 Nov 2020
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) to receive briefings on their second quarter performance reports.
DHET said in total, there were 86 targets for the 2020/21 financial year. For the quarter under review, only four ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CSIR, ASSAf & SACNASP 2019/20 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2020
The Committee was briefed by three of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)’s entities, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) on their Annual reports for the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2019/20 Audit outcomes of DHET: AGSA briefing; DHET Annual Report; ; with Deputy Minister
4 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the 2019/20 audit outcomes of the higher education and training portfolio. The 2019/20 outcomes were:
-Unqualified with no findings: FPM Seta, PSETA, SAQA, QCTO, NIHSS, CHE, TETA
-Unqualified with ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2019/20 DSI Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; DSI Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
3 Nov 2020
2019/20 Annual Reports
In this virtual meeting, the Office of the Auditor General (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2019/20 audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and its portfolio of entities: National Research Foundation (NRF); Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC); Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ...