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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) ...
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 ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANBI Quarter 1 performance
30 Oct 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their first quarter performances.
The DEA first reported that eight people had so far been confirmed killed by the recent fires in the southern ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
30 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training considered the amendments made to the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill. It did not adopt the Bill because it wanted to the check the costs that were associated with it.
The Committee went through the Bill, clause by clause. It deliberated on ...
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. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
Higher Education BRRR available once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered two Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs). These were the draft report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, and the report with specific reference to the National Student Financial Aid ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Coal IPP Programme & Paris Agreement; UNFCCC COP 23 Bonn; UNFCCC Climate Change Katowice
16 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met to discuss South Africa’s preparations for the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 24) that was scheduled to be held from 2 to 14 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland.
The Committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations
11 Oct 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on whether the amendments being affected carried the objects of the National Qualification Framework Amendment Bill. The briefing also looked at whether the Bill could possibly have any legal or constitutional challenges going forward. He then read through his presentation. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Council for Higher Education, SAQA & QCTO 2017/18 Annual Report
10 Oct 2018
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) said the year had seen the higher education landscape regain some degree of normality following the turmoil of the 2016 academic year. A giant step had been taken towards addressing the imperative of social justice by declaring that students from poor ...