South Africa has 21 Setas funded with 1% of the payrolls of companies with profits of over R500 000. They provide post-school skills training, this year the Seta partnered up with TUT’s Department of Journalism, giving ten 3rd year Journalism Students an opportunity to learn from the Limpopo Independent Newspapers group.
The higher education department is gearing up to appeal against a Labour Court judgment on changes to the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta). "It is the intention of the department to appeal this judgment on, amongst others, the grounds that we do not think the judge fully applied her mind on the matter...," department spokesperson Nqaba Nqandela said in a statement.
"Secondly, we are of the view that parts of this judgment may have serious implications for the boundaries and separation of powers between the judiciary and the role of the executive."
The Services Seta would return to court to ask it to overturn Blade Nzimande's decision to transfer R1bn from its bank account to the National Skills Fund. Parliament heard earlier this year that the fund had a budget deficit just under this amount.
Nqandela said despite the court's ruling there was "no going back" on efforts to change the Seta system.
"The judgment is only a temporary set-back, as we intend to urgently undertake comprehensive legislative changes to ensure more effective oversight of government over the Setas, align these institutions with the post-school education and training system as a whole, and to ensure that these institutions adequately respond to the national priority of skills development.
"It is also urgent that Seta governance is aligned to best practices, in order also to ensure that the R8bn in their hands achieve the intended objectives."
Services Seta CEO Ivor Blumenthal and eight others took the matter to court. Nzimande wants them to have one standard constitution, reduce the size of their boards, for him to participate in the selection of board members and to include two ministerial appointees to the boards.
"Secondly, we are of the view that parts of this judgment may have serious implications for the boundaries and separation of powers between the judiciary and the role of the executive."
The Services Seta would return to court to ask it to overturn Blade Nzimande's decision to transfer R1bn from its bank account to the National Skills Fund. Parliament heard earlier this year that the fund had a budget deficit just under this amount.
Nqandela said despite the court's ruling there was "no going back" on efforts to change the Seta system.
"The judgment is only a temporary set-back, as we intend to urgently undertake comprehensive legislative changes to ensure more effective oversight of government over the Setas, align these institutions with the post-school education and training system as a whole, and to ensure that these institutions adequately respond to the national priority of skills development.
"It is also urgent that Seta governance is aligned to best practices, in order also to ensure that the R8bn in their hands achieve the intended objectives."
Services Seta CEO Ivor Blumenthal and eight others took the matter to court. Nzimande wants them to have one standard constitution, reduce the size of their boards, for him to participate in the selection of board members and to include two ministerial appointees to the boards.
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