The Committee also interacted with representatives of the National Skills Fund and Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) in order to ascertain the impact of these entities on skills development in KwaZulu- Natal. The oversight was conducted within the context of the newly reconfigured higher education and training landscape which incorporates the Skills Development functions transferred from the Department of Labour. At the centre of the new arena is the need to facilitate flexible and dynamic linkages between universities, FET colleges, the SETAs and the NSF to meet the differentiated demands and opportunities for skills development across various segments of the sector. By conducting this oversight, the Committee aimed in part to ascertain how the reconfigured sector is responding to this new challenge.