1. Introduction The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training undertook an oversight visit to Giyani on 06 - 09 October 2009. The committee in line with the statement made by the President during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) that identified the Greater Giyani Municipality as a focus area for rural development, agreed to conduct an oversight visit to Giyani to contribute to the Further Education and Training (FET) and adult education sectors of the area. The main objectives of the visit were two fold: firstly, to assess the status of Further Education and Training, to identify gaps and areas of improvement in order to contribute to the development of intervention strategies, and secondly, to assess progress made in the implementation of the Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign that was launched nationally in 2008 with the intention of improving literacy and numeracy.