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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 ...
Energy
Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) Amendment: briefing
20 Nov 2018
The DOE gave a briefing on the amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM). The background to the CPPNM, the new obligations of the Convention, its strategic importance of CPPNM and the implementation plan for the amendments. He asked that the Committee consider the amendments ...
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.
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Amendment Bill: finalisation
14 Nov 2018
The Committee continued its consideration and deliberations on the National Qualification Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018] A and B-lists.
It adopted the A-list with no amendments, and the B-list with a few amendments. It adopted clauses 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6 without any amendments, and amended sub-clauses 1 (b) ...
Energy
Committee Report on Draft Integrated Resource Plan: discussion, with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2018
The updated Committee Report with the added comments made by Members during the meeting of 6 November 2018 was noted. Some of the updates related to coal, nuclear, Grand Inga and technology costing:
▪ Coal - Some stakeholders were concerned about the reduced role of coal in the draft IRP ...
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 ...
Energy
Committee Report on draft Integrated Resource Plan: briefing
6 Nov 2018
The Committee Report contained views and comments from all the public input received during the consultation process on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2018). The Chairperson emphasised that this was a first draft for consideration by the Committee. Attendees at the meeting included the Centre for Environmental Rights, SA Faith ...
Energy
Draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018: public hearings
26 Oct 2018
The Committee heard the last batch of oral submissions on the Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP). The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), National Society of Black Engineers of SA (NSBESA), Black Business Council (BBC) jointly with the SA Energy Forum (SAEF), Organisation Undoing ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations
24 Oct 2018
The Committee met to consider and discuss the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018].
The Committee felt that since at least three stakeholders had bemoaned the definition of ‘authentic’ as being vague and creating confusion, it wanted to know whether the newly drafted definition covered all the possibilities of inauthenticity. ...