. The placement of FET colleges graduates in industries remained a serious challenge for the Department and currently there were more than 11 000 FET graduates seeking work placement. . Articulation of FET colleges' students to higher education remained a serious concern for the Department. . The delivery agents of the skills branch of the Department included: SETAS, National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB), Institute for National Development of Learnerships, Employment, Skills and Labour Assessments (INDLELA), National Skills Fund (NSF) and Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). . The dawn of a new phase of the SETA landscape was implemented on 1 April 2011 where changes were made to leadership, governance and strategies of SETAs. . The Department was improving in the planning framework to ensure that the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) provided a strong base for the DHET sub-systems and SETAs.