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AgiSETA 2008 / 2009 Annual Report
Contact Details:
Telephone: +27 (0) 12 301 5600Facsimile: +27 (0) 12 325 1677/24Website: http://www.agriseta.co.za
Email: [email protected]
Physical Address:AgriSETA House
529 Belvedere StreetArcadia0083
PretoriaSouth Africa
Postal Address:P O Box 26024
Arcadia0007
South Africa
ISBN Number: 978-0-621-38606-6RP no.: RP84/2009
1
Vision and Mission 2
Acronyms 3
Chairperson’s Report 4
Voorsitter se Verslag 7
Pehelo ya Modulasetulo 10
Ingxelo kaSihlalo 13
Chief Executive Officer’s Report 16
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte se Verslag 20
Pehelo ya Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso 24
Ingxelo yeGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko 28
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Governing Board and Executive Committee 32
Human Resource Management 35
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTING
Marketing and Communications 40
Education Training Quality Assurance 44
Skills Delivery - Learnerships and Skills Programmes 47
Skills Planning 53
NSDS Objectives (Performance Information) 55
Mandatory Grants 59
FINANCIALS 1 APRIL 2008 – 31 MARCH 2009
Report of the Audit Committee 62
Report of the Auditor-General 64
Report of the Accounting Authority 66
Annual Financial Statements 70
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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VISION
The Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
(AgriSETA) will be a true and legitimate partner to the
stakeholders that represent the agricultural sector. AgriSETA
will be a recognised and much appreciated vehicle to speed
up training and development in order to establish sustainable,
prosperous enterprises, also within rural communities, and a
competent workforce.
Through trust and honest efforts, AgriSETA will gain credibility
which will enhance communication and create understanding
among all stakeholders. AgriSETA will stand tall as a successful
authority that has improved productivity and the viability of
enterprises, and has conquered the menace of illiteracy and the
scourge of unemployment.
Our success will benefit everyone. Workers will be proud
of their widely recognised abilities and will enjoy a well-
deserved, higher standard of living. Employees and employers
countrywide, keen to participate in training, will inundate our
offices with requests for learnerships and skills programmes.
AgriSETA will be particularly recognised for its efforts to
develop its learners as whole beings. Personal horizons will
be recreated and an array of unique, market-related skills
across the total value chain will be stimulated to help establish
prosperous and stable enterprises. These critical skills will be
jealously nurtured and protected by a grateful industry.
AgriSETA will serve as a model of excellence and perform like
a smooth running engine – quietly yet powerful – setting new
standards, acclaimed both locally and internationally. Loyalty
to one another will be our trademark. The tenacity to secure
funds for achieving our objectives will be our obsession, and
quality will be our passion. AgriSETA will challenge the peril
and inherent risk of agriculture in Africa with versatility and
vigour, to meet the changing demands of the business world.
MISSION
AgriSETA creates and promotes opportunities for social, economic
and employment growth for agri enterprises, in conjunction with other
stakeholders in agriculture, through relevant, quality and accessible
education, training and development in both primary and secondary
agriculture.
ACRONYMS
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18.1 Permanent employees
18.2 Unemployed people and under resourced farmers
ABET Adult Basic Education and Training
AGM Annual General Meeting
AgriSETA Agriculture Sector Education Training Authority
ATR Annual Training Report
BEE Black Economic Empowerment
BIWA Bursaries, Internships, Workplace Experience, Apprenticeships
CBO Community Based Organisation(s)
CEO Chief Executive Officer
DoL Department of Labour
eRPL Electronic Recognition of Prior Learning
ESSA Employment Services for South Africa
ETQA Education Training Quality Assurance
FASSET Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training
FAWU Food and Allied Workers Union
FET Further Education and Training
FGWU Food and General Workers Union
FoodBev Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry Education and Training
HET Higher Education and Training
ISOE Institute(s) of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
NAFU National Agricultural Farmers Union
NGO Non Governmental Organisation(s)
NLRD National Learner(s) Records Database
NQF National Qualifications Framework
NSA National Skills Authority
NSDS National Skills Development Strategy
NSF National Skills Fund
NUF National Union of Farm Workers
NVC New Venture Creations
OFO Organizing Framework for Occupations
PAETA Primary Agriculture Education and Training Authority
PFMA Public Finance Management Act
PPP Public Private Partnership(s)
QC Quality Council(s)
QCTO Quality Council for Trade and Occupations
QMS Quality Management System
RMAA Red Meat Abattoir Association
RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
SAFATU South African Food and Textile Workers Union
SAGIC South African Green Industry Council
SAQA South African Qualifications Authority
SARS South African Revenue Service
SDA Skills Development Act
SETA Sector Education Training Authority
SLA Service Level Agreement
SSC Sub Sector Committee
SSP Sector Skills Plan
TUASA Transvaal Union of South Africa
WSP Workplace Skills Plan
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CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
It is with a paradoxical mind that I present this annual
report to you. The past year has been a year filled with
both challenges and successes, hence a paradox. Presently,
as I write this report, a lot of changes have already taken
place and affected the training arena, e.g. the promulgation
of the new National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
legislation and the amended Skills Development Act (SDA).
These changes will undoubtfully impact on us. While this
has been a challenging year, it has had its unique highlights,
with which I shall begin.
HIGHLIGHTS
The following two highlights were experienced with pleasure:
• Appointing of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
Mr Jerry Madiba was appointed as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) with effect from 01 October 2008. His
appointment came after his predecessor, Mr Machiel
Van Niekerk, decided to pass on the baton. I, together
with my fellow Board members, faced a daunting task
in choosing the right candidate, but after several rigorous
interviews, Mr Jerry Madiba succeeded in taking the
baton from Mr Van Niekerk. Mr Madiba had been a
previous Primary Agriculture Education and Training
Authority (PAETA) Learnership Manager, though for a
short time, and with his wealth of experience in the
agricultural sector the Board is confident that we have
the right man to take AgriSETA to new heights. On behalf
of the Board, I would like to take advantage of this
opportunity to welcome him into the AgriSETA family.
• Road Shows
During March 2009, the AgriSETA embarked on provincial
road shows with stakeholders to workshop, among other
matters, the Quality Council Trade and Occupations
(QCTO) and Organising Framework for Occupations
(OFO), the new template for submitting claims for the
Mandatory Grants, and creating building blocks of
networks for agricultural stakeholders. I personally had
an opportunity to open the workshop in the Western
Cape, and our Vice-Chairperson, Mr Sipho Khumalo,
the one in KwaZulu-Natal. The feedback received was
that the road shows were a great success. We also
managed to use the same platform to convey the
message with regard to the looming changes facing the
Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) while
assuring our stakeholders not to start pushing the panic
buttons, but to keep the spirit of ‘Business as usual’.
UNCERTAINTY DUE TO THE EXPECTED NEW
SECTOR EDUCATION TRAINING AUTHORITY
(SETA) LANDSCAPE AND APPLICATION FOR
AGRISETA RE-CERTIFICATION
At the end of March 2009, the Agriculture Sector
Education Training Authority (AgriSETA) submitted an
application for re-certification for the National Skills
Development Strategy (NSDS III). I believe it is due to the
joint efforts of the Board and the AgriSETA staff, who have
worked tirelessly in consulting with selected levy payers
(both from primary and secondary sectors), service providers
Mr Jacobus van Dyk
Chaiperson
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and state departments, especially the national Department of
Agriculture, that we will keep the boat afloat. This consultation
process was to get a mandate for re-certification and letters
of support. Not only did we get overwhelming support from
those mentioned, but also from the Agricultural Commodity
groups, and employer and employee organizations. The entire
SETA staff and Board are eagerly awaiting a response regarding
the re-certification process.
The slow pace of the process to reach finality on the proposals
for the new SETA landscape is taking its toll on both the staff
and the Board. We at AgriSETA pledge our support to the
processes of change. However, we wish to place on record
our frustration with regard to the apparent lack of direction
and delays in certain areas. We operate on the principle that
change is inevitable and believe that, like the weather, the best
way to cope with it is to accept it and make the most of it.
We fear that further delay might exasperate the problem, but
wish to assure stakeholders that we are ready to face up to
and cope with the looming change. We would like to urge the
parties concerned to resolve the matter urgently.
TARGETS
I am glad to report that AgriSETA has exceeded most of
the targets as per the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with
the Department of Labour. These include inter alia: the
Learnerships and Skills Programmes, Bursaries, Internships,
Work Place Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA). I want
to highlight and single out the following two issues, which are
critical and require focused attention, namely apprenticeship
support and the preparations for the QCTO.
• Apprenticeships
Government has called upon SETAs to become actively
involved in the development of a young pool of artisans
for our country. We are all aware of the fact that our
artisan pool is ageing and it is estimated that the average
age of artisans may exceed 50 years.
AgriSETA immediately took up this challenge and called
for a meeting with our large employers and employee
bodies. These employers, suffering from the lack of
adequately qualified artisans, immediately pledged
their support for this initiative. Thus, during the 2008/09
financial year we accepted a target to engage 50 learners
in apprenticeships, but have, in actual fact, engaged 104
learners. We have also approached the National Skills
Fund (NSF) for additional funding, and after receiving their
approval, we will engage approximately 200 apprentices in
the 2009/10 financial year.
• Preparations for the QCTO
The Board and I were exposed to the terminology
of The Skills Development Amendment Act, which
introduced new terms that are threatening unless one
questions them. Threatening as they were, and thinking
of the responsibility we have torwards our agricultural
stakeholders and levy payers, we approved and set aside
funds for the appointment of a QCTO Project Leader,
and I am happy to report that we have advanced in our
preparations for the 2010 roll-out. We further mandated
the staff to spread the message out there.
We at AgriSETA pledge our support to the processes of change...
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By and large, I am happy with the way in which our levy
payers continue to improve in lodging claims for the
mandatory grants. Due to being inundated with applications
for training, my Board and I approved and committed surplus
funds in June 2008 to increase skills development offerings,
and I am satisfied with the way in which the project is running.
May I also add that we are frustrated with the little financial
resources that are at our disposal compared to the need out
there for agricultural skills training from basic and Adult Basic
Education and Training (ABET) to farm management, export
preparation training, and highly mechanized and technological
skill needs for commercial farmers.
As non-agricultural industries close and job losses become
apparent, the majority of rural dwellers turn to farming as an
alternative, and with the shortcomings of the current funding
model of the levy system, AgriSETA will remain challenged
to serve those outside the levy threshold. I do hope for a
unique funding model with the birth of NSDSIII, coupled
with the new SETA landscape for SETAs such as ours. For
example, how do we successfully fund the emerging and land
reform recipients with levies out of the limited number of
contributors? Questions such as these need to be asked and
answered.
May I finally thank my Board members for a job well done in
the current financial year and hasten to add that my Governing
Board has a unique way of reaching agreement. This is made
possible by the commitment and passion from all. May I
extend a word of thanks to my Vice-Chairperson, Mr Sipho
Khumalo, for his soft- spoken attitude and wisdom, but also his
effectiveness and guidance.
To Mr Machiel Van Niekerk, the outgoing CEO, thank you
that you started with the old Primary Education and Training
Authority (PAETA) and survived the 2005 merger to lead
AgriSETA until you decided to retire and pass the baton
last year. You are indeed a true champion of agricultural
skills development. To the new CEO, a hearty welcome
into the race and you are assured of my Governing
Board’s support. To the AgriSETA staff, thank you for the
commendable way you implemented the mandate of the
SETA. To our stakeholders, training providers and levy payers,
thank you for entrusting us with steering the AgriSETA ship.
Mr Jacobus van Dyk
Chaiperson
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
May I finally thank my Board members for a job well
done in the current financial year and hasten to add that my
Governing Board has a unique way of reaching agreement.
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VOORSITTER SE VERSLAG
Dit is met ’n skynbare teenstrydigheid dat ek hierdie
Jaarverslag aan u voorlê. Die afgelope jaar was ’n jaar met
beide uitdagings en suksesse, vandaar die teenstrydigheid.
Baie veranderinge het reeds plaasgevind en die opleidings
arena beïnvloed, bv. die afkondiging van nuwe wetgewing
met betrekking tot die Nasionale Kwalifikasieraamwerk
(NKR) en die wysigings aan die Wet op Vaardigheids-
ontwikkeling. Hierdie veranderinge sal ongetwyfeld ’n
invloed op ons hê. Alhoewel dit ’n uitdagende jaar was,
het dit ook unieke hoogtepunte gehad, en ek noem graag
eerstens ’n paar.
HOOGTEPUNTE
Die volgende twee hoogtepunte staan uit:
• Aanstelling van ’n nuwe Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
(HUB):
Mnr Jerry Madiba is met ingang van 1 Oktober 2008 as
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte aangestel. Sy aanstelling het
gekom nadat sy voorganger, mnr Machiel van Niekerk,
besluit het om die leisels oor te gee. Ek en my mede-
raadslede het gewonder hoe ons die regte kandidaat
sonder enige twyfel in ons gemoed sou kon aanstel. Na
verskeie strawwe onderhoude, het mnr Jerry Madiba
daarin geslaag om die leisels by mnr van Niekerk oor te
neem. Mnr Madiba was voorheen die Leerlingskap
Bestuurder by die Primere Landbou Onderwys- en
Opleidingsowerheid (PAETA) en alhoewel net vir ’n
kort tydjie, bring hy ongetwyfeld ’n magdom ervaring in
die landbousektor met hom saam. Namens die Raad wil
ek graag van hierdie geleentheid gebruik maak om hom
te verwelkom in die AgriSETA-familie.
• Landwye Besoeke
Gedurende Maart 2009 het AgriSETA provinsiale
bekendstellingstoere onderneem om onder meer
werkswinkels oor die Kwaliteitsraad vir Ambagte
en Beroepe (QCTO) en Georganiseerde Raamwerk
vir Okkupasies (OFO) te hou, die nuwe formaat vir die
indiening van aansoeke vir verpligte toekennings bekend
te stel en om netwerke onder landbou belanghebbers
te vestig. Ek het persoonlik die geleentheid gehad om
een van die werkswinkels in die Wes-Kaap te open, en
my Ondervoorsitter, mnr Sipho Khumalo, het een in
KwaZulu-Natal geopen. Die terugvoer wat ons ontvang
het, was dat die besoeke ’n groot sukses was. Ons
het ook die geleentheid gebruik om met belanghebbers
te kommunikeer oor die veranderinge wat die Sektor
Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede (SETA’s) in die gesig
staar, terwyl ons terselfdertyd belanghebbers gerusgestel
het om nie paniekerig te raak nie, maar om voort te gaan
in die gees van “besigheid soos altyd”.
ONSEKERHEID WEENS DIE BEOOGDE SETA-
LANDSKAP EN AANSOEK OM AGRISETA-
HERSERTIFISERING
Aan die einde van Mei 2009 het AgriSETA ’n aansoek
ingedien vir hersertifisering binne die Nasionale Vaardigheids-
ontwikkelingstrategie (NSDS III). Ek glo dit is te danke aan die
gesamentlike werk van die Raad en die AgriSETA-personeel,
wat onvermoeid gewerk het om te konsulteer met gekose
heffingbetalers (uit beide die primêre en sekondêre sektore),
diensverskaffers en departemente, veral die Nasionale
Departement van Landbou, om die skip op koers te hou.
Mnr Jacobus van Dyk
Voorsitter
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Die doel van die konsultasieproses was om ’n mandaat en
ondersteuningsbriewe te kry vir hersertifisering. Nie net het
ons oorweldigende ondersteuning van die genoemde partye
ontvang nie, maar ook van die Landbou Kommoditeitsgroepe
asook van Werkgewers- en Werknemersorganisasies. SETA
werknemers en die Raad wag angstig op ’n antwoord met
betrekking tot die hersertifiseringsproses.
Die stadige proses rakende die nuwe SETA-landskap het
‘n negatiewe invloed op beide die personeel en die Raad.
AgriSETA ondersteun verandering maar wil terselfdertyd ons
frustrasie uitspreek oor die gebrek aan rigting en vertragings
op sekere gebiede. Ons aanvaar die beginsel dat verandering
onvermydelik is en berus ons daarby. Die beste manier om
verandering te hanteer is om dit te aanvaar en die beste daarvan
te maak. Ons neem ook kennis dat verdere oponthoude die
dilemma kan vererger, maar ons verseker u dat ons gereed is
om die veranderinge die hoof te bied. Ons doen n beroep op
die betrokkenes om die saak so gou as moontlik op te los.
TEIKENS
Dit is vir my aangenaam om te berig dat AgriSETA die meeste
van die teikens wat in die Diensvlakooreenkoms (SLA) met die
Departement van Arbeid aangegaan is, oorskry het. Dit sluit
onder andere in Leerlingskappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme,
Beurse, Internskappe, Werkplek Ondervinding en Vakleerling-
skappe (BIWA). Ek wil graag die volgende twee kwessies uitlig
as krities belangrik, naamlik vakleerlingskap ondersteuning en
voorbereidings vir die QCTO.
• Vakleerlingskappe
Die regering het n beroep op SETAs gedoen om aktief
betrokke te raak by die ontwikkeling van ’n poel jong
vakmanne in ons land. Ons is almal bewus van die feit
dat ons poel van vakmanne verouder en daar word
beraam dat die gemiddelde ouderdom van vakmanne
moontlik 50 oorskry.
AgriSETA het hierdie uitdaging onmiddellik aanvaar
en ’n vergadering gereël met ons grootste werkgewers
en werknemerorganisasies. Hierdie werkgewers, wat
’n tekort aan behoorlik opgeleide vakmanne ervaar,
het onmiddellik hul ondersteuning vir hierdie inisiatief
beloof. Ongeag ons teiken om 50 leerders vir die
2008/09 finansiele jaar in vakleerlingskappe te plaas, het
ons inderdaad 104 leerders hierby betrek. Ons het ook
die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds (NVF) genader vir
bykomende befondsing en indien ons hulle goedkeuring
kry, sal ons ongeveer 200 vakleerlinge in die 2009/10
finansiele jaar by die program betrek.
• Voorbereidings vir die QCTO
Ek en die Raad is blootgestel aan nuwe terminologie
in die Wysigingswet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling wat
oorweldigend kan wees tensy dit aangespreek word.
Gedagtig aan die verantwoordelikheid wat ons teenoor
ons landbou belanghebbers en heffingbetalers het, is
fondse vir die aanstelling van ’n QCTO Projekleier
goedgekeur en is dit aangenaam om te berig dat ons
goed gevorder het met die voorbereidings vir die 2010
implementering. Ons het ook ’n opdrag aan die personeel
gegee om die boodskap na buite uit te dra.
AgriSETA ondersteun verandering...
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Oor die algemeen voel ek tevrede met die toename in
heffingbetalers wat eise indien vir die verpligte fondse.
Aangesien ons oorval is met aansoeke vir opleiding, het
ek en die Raad in Junie 2008 surplus fondse goedgekeur en
beskikbaar gestel om vaardigheidsontwikkeling te verbeter,
en is ek tevrede met die projek se vordering. Ek moet egter
byvoeg dat ons gefrustreerd is met die gebrek aan finansiele
hulpbronne tot ons beskikking indien die behoefte vir
landbou vaardigheidsopleiding in ag geneem word. Dit sluit
in van basiese opleiding en ABET tot plaasbestuur, uitvoer
voorbereidingsopleiding, asook die hoogs gemeganiseerde en
tegnologiese vaardigheidsbehoeftes van kommersiële boere
en verwante bedrywe. Soos nie-landbou-ondernemings sluit
en werksverliese toeneem, wend die meerderheid landelike
bewoners hulle na boerdery as ’n alternatief, en met die huidige
befondsingsmodel van die heffingstelsel, sal dit moeilik bly vir
AgriSETA. Ek hoop van harte vir ’n unieke befondsingsmodel
met die finalisering van NSDSIII, gekoppel aan die nuwe
SETA landskap. Byvoorbeeld, hoe kan ons die opkomende en
grondhervormings-begunstigdes suksesvol befonds met heffings
vanaf slegs ’n paar bydraers? Vrae soos hierdie moet ondersoek
en beantwoord word.
Vergun my om ten slotte my Raadslede, wat hulle uitstekend
van hul taak gekwyt het in die huidige finansiële jaar, te bedank
en ook by te voeg dat die Bestuursraad ’n unieke manier het
om tot ’n vergelyk te kom. Dit word moontlik gemaak deur
almal se verbintenis en passie. Ek wil ook graag ’n woord
van dank uitspreek teenoor my Ondervoorsitter, mnr Sipho
Khumalo, vir sy kalm ingesteldheid en wysheid, maar ook vir sy
doeltreffendheid en leiding.
Aan mnr Machiel van Niekerk, die uitgetrede HUB, dankie dat
jy begin het met die ou PAETA, die 2005-samesmeltings oorleef
het en AgriSETA gelei het totdat jy besluit het om af te tree
en die leisels oor te gee. Jy is waarlik ’n kampioen vir landbou
vaardigheidsontwikkeling. Aan die nuwe HUB, hartlik welkom en
wees verseker van my Bestuursraad se ondersteuning. Aan die
AgriSETA-personeel, dankie dat julle die mandaat van die SETA
implementeer. Aan ons belanghebbers, opleidingsverskaffers en
heffingbetalers, dankie dat julle ons vertrou om die AgriSETA
skip op koers te hou.
Mnr Jacobus van Dyk
Voorsitter
Vergun my om ten slotte my Raadslede, wat hulle uitstekend
van hul taak gekwyt het in die huidige finansiële jaar, te bedank
en ook by te voeg dat die Bestuursraad ’n unieke manier het
om tot ’n vergelyk te kom.
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULOPEHELO YA MODULASETULO
Ke fana ka pehelo ena ya selemo le selemo ho lona ke na le
kelello e hanyetsanang. Selemo se fetileng e bile selemo se
tletseng diphephetso mmoho le dikatleho, mme ke ka hoo
ke buang ka kganyetsano. Ha jwale, jwalo ka ha ke ngola
pehelo ena, di ngata diphetoho tse seng di etsahetse mme tsa
ama karolo ya thupelo, mohlala, ho phatlalatswa ha molao o
motjha wa Naha wa Moralo wa Dikhwalifikheishene e leng
National Qualification Framework le Molao o fetotsweng
wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni. Diphetoho tsena, ntle le
pelaelo, di tla ba le sephetho ho rona. Le ha sena e bile
selemo se nang le diphephetso, sona se na le dintlhakgolo
tsa sona tse ikgethang tseo ke tla qala ka tsona.
DINTLHAKGOLO
Re ile ra teana ka thabo le dintlhakgolo tsena tse pedi tse
latelang.
• Ho kgethwa ha CEO e motjha:
Mng. Jerry Madiba o ile a kgethwa ho ba Moofisiri ya ka
Sehloohong wa Phethahatso (Chief Executive Officer -
CEO) ho tloha ka la 01 Mphalane 2008. Ho kgethwa
ha hae ho tlile ka mora ho ba ya neng a tshwere setulo
seo, e leng Mong. Machiel van Niekerk a etse qeto ya ho
lahlela marapo. Nna mmoho le dintho tse ding tsa Boto re
ne re ipotsa hore na re tla atleha jwang haele mona re ne
re sa tsebe hore nkgetheng ya ka tshwaneleha e ka ba
mang. Ka mora dipuisano tsa mosebetsi tse mmalwa hape
tse kenelletseng. Ya ba Mong. Jerry Madiba o atleha ho
nka marapo ho tswa ho Mong. van Niekerk. Mong. Madiba
o ne a le Learnership Manager wa pejana wa mokgatlo wa
thuto le thupelo mokgeng wa temo e leng Primary
Agriculture Education and Training Authority (PAETA),
empa bakeng sa nako e kgutshwane, mme ha re na pelaelo
ya hore o tla le boiphihlelo bo batsi mokgeng ona wa
temo. Lebitsong la Boto, ke rata ho nka monyetla ona ke
mo amohele lelapeng lena la AgriSETA.
• Di-Road Show
Ka Tlhakubele 2009, AgriSETA e ile ya ba le di-road show
diprovinseng moo ho tsona ho neng ho buisanwa le ho
sebetsana haholo ka dintho tse itseng, tseo hara tsona
e leng tsena tse latelang, Quality Council Trade
and Occupations (QCTO) le Organising Framework for
Occupations, le thempoleiti e ntjha ya ho romela ditleime
bakeng sa Dithuso tse Tlamang le ho thea marangrang
a diboloko tsa kaho bakeng sa bathahaselli ba tsa temo.
Nna ka bonna ke ile ka ba le monyetla wa ho bula e nngwe
ya diwekeshopo mane Kapa Bophirima mme Motlatsi
wa ka wa Modulasetulo, e leng Mong. Sipho Khumalo
mane KwaZulu Natal ka tatellano. Maikutlo ao re a
fumaneng ke a hore di-road show tsena di bile katleho
e kgolo. Re kgonne hape le ho sebedisa dibaka tseo ho
fetisa molaetsa o mabapi le diphetoho tse ka bang teng
tseo mokga wa Thuto le Tupelo e leng Sector Education
and Training Authorities (SETA’s) o tobaneng le tsona,
re ntse re tiisetsa hore bathahaselli ba rona ha ba qale ho
tshoha, empa ba be le moya wa ‘Ho etsa Mosebetsi ka
Tsela e Ntlafetseng’.
Mong. Jacobus van Dyk
Modulasetulo
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HO SE BE LE BONNETE KA BAKA LA
TJHEBAHALO E LEBELLETSWENG YA SETA
LE KOPO YA HO FUWA HAPE DITIFIKEITI TSA
AGRISETA
Mafelong a Tlhakubele 2009, AgriSETA e rometse kopo
bakeng sa ho fuwa hape ditifiikeiti bakeng sa Leano la Naha la
Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni e leng National Skills Development
Strategy (NSDS III). Ke dumela hore ke ka baka la maiteko
a kopanetsweng pakeng tsa Boto le moifo wa AgriSETA
o sebeditseng ka matla ho rerisana le balefi ba di-levy ba
kgethilweng (ho tswa mekgeng ya poraimari le ya sekondari ka
bobedi), baabi ba ditshebeletso le mafapha, haholoholo Lefapha
la Naha la Temo mosebetsi o ileng wa tswela pele. Tshebetso
ya therisano e bile ya ho fumana thomo ya ho fuwa hape
ditifikeiti le mangolo a tshehetso. Ha re a fumana tshehetso e
kgolo ho bao ba boletsweng feela, empa hape le ho dihlopha
tsa Agricultural Commodity, mekgatlo ya bahiri le ya basebetsi.
Moifo ohle wa SETA mmoho le Boto ba ametse karabo ka
mafolofolo ho tswa tshebetsong eo ya kabo hape ya ditifikeiti.
Tjhebahalo e ntjha ya SETA e ntse e hlahella butle, mme e
bonahala moifong le ho Boto. Rona ho AgriSETA re itlama ho
tshehetsa tshebetso tsa diphetoho, le ha ho le jwalo, re rata ho
bolela ntle le qeaqeo ho se tshwarehe hantle ha rona mabapi
le kgaello ya mokgwa o lokelwang ho latelwa mmoho le tiehiso
e bileng teng dikarolong tse ding tse itseng. Re sebetsa ka
motheo wa hore re lokela ho lebella diphetoho mme hona re
ho tshwantshe le maemo a lehodimo, athe tsela e ntle haholo
ya ho fokotsa hona ke ho amohela maemo e be re kgona ho
tsamaisana le ona ka tsela e ntlafetseng. Re boela re ela hloko
hore tiehiso e nngwe hape e tla eketsa bothata empa re na
le bonnete ba hore re se re le malalalaotswe ho tobana le
diphetoho tse ka bang teng mme re rata le ho etsa boipiletso
ba hore taba ena e rarollwe ka potlako.
DIBEO
Ke motlotlo ho tlaleha hore AgriSETA e fihletse tse ngata tsa
dibeo tseo e neng e di kenetse Tumellanong ya Boemo ba
Tshebeletso (Service Level Agreement) le Lefapha la Mesebetsi.
Hona ho kenyelletsa hara tse ding; di-Learnership le Mananeo a
Bokgoni, Dibasari, di-Internship, Boiphihleo ba Mosebetsing le
di-Apprenticeship. Ke rata ho qolla haholo ditaba tse pedi tse
latelang tseo ke bonang e le tsa bohlokwa haholo mme di hloka
hore di latelwe ka matla, e leng tshehetso ya Apprenticeship le
ho lokisetsa QCTO.
• Di-Apprenticeship
Mmuso o entse boipiletso ho di-SETA hore di be le seabo
se mafolofolo ntshetsopeleng ya di-artisan tsa batho ba
sa leng batjha bakeng sa naha ya habo rona. Bohle re a
tseba hore di-artisan tseo re nang le tsona ha jwale e se
e le batho ba baholo mme ho lekanyetswa hore palohare
ya dilemo tsa bona e ka ba ka hodimo ho dilemo tse 50
boholo.
AgriSETA e ile ya nka phephetso ena ka potlako mme
ya bitsa kopano le mekgatlo e meholo ya bahiri le
basebetsi. Bahiri bana ba nang le bothata ba kgaello ya
di-artisan tse nang le mangolo a mosebetsi, ba ile ba
tshepisa ka potlako ho tshehetsa lenaneo lena. Ka hoo
selemong sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09 re ile ra ba le seabo sa
ho fumana baithuti ba 50 bakeng sa di-apprenticeship,
empa hantlentle baithuti bao ba ne ba le 104. Re ile ra
ya hape le ho Letlole la Naha la Tshehetso ya Bokgoni
e leng National Skills Fund (NSF) ho ya fumana thuso ya
ditjhelete tse ding hape, mme ya re ka mora ho ba kopo
ya rona e ananelwe re tla sebetsa le baithuti ba 200
selemong sa ditjhelete sa 2009/10.
• Ho lokisetsa QCTO
Molao o Fetotsweng wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni o tlile
le mareo a mang a matjha a tshosang ha o sa batlisise hantle
ka ona, mme nna le Boto re ile ra teana le ona mareo ao.
Le ha a ne a boheha a tshosa, le ka ho nahana ka
boikarabelo ba rona boo re nang le bona ho bathahaselli
ba rona ba temo mmoho le balefi ba di-levy re ile ra
ananela le ho behela ka thoko ditjhelete bakeng sa ho
hirwa ha moetapele wa Projeke ya QCTO, mme ke
motlotlo ho tlaleha hore re na le kgatelopele tse kgolo
tse entsweng mabapi le ho lokisetsa mosebetsi o moholo
wa 2010. Re ile ra fana hape le ka thomo ho moifo ho
abelana ka molaetsa ho ba bang.
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULO
Ka kakaretso, ke motlotlo ka moo balefi ba rona ba di-levy
ba ntseng ba ntlafatsa ho kenya ditleleime tsa bona bakeng sa
dithuso. Ka baka la dikopo tse ngata tse keneng bakeng sa
thupelo, Boto ya ka le nna re ile ra ananela mme ra itlama
ho ba le ditjhelete tse ding ka hodimo ka Phupjane 2008 ho
eketsa ntshetsopele ya bokgoni, mme ke kgotsofetse ka tsela
eo projeke e tsamayang ka teng. Ke rata ho bolela hape ka
matshwenyeho a rona haele mona mehlodi eo re nanng le
yona ya thuso e le menyenyane ha e bapiswa le ditlhoko tsa
thupelo ya bokgoni ba tsa temo ho tswa boemong ba motheo
le ba Thuto ya Batho ba Hodileng (ABET) ho ya botsamaisng
ba temo, thupelo ya ho lokisetsa diyantle ho ya fihla ditlhokong
tsa bomakheniki le tekgenoloji e hodimo bakeng sa balemirui ba
bahwebi. Jwalo ka ha diindasteri tseo e seng tsa temo di kwala
mme ho lahleha le mesebetsi e leng dintho tse hlahellang ka
matla, bongata ba badudi ba mahaeng ba fetohela temong jwalo
ka mosebetsi o mong oo ba ka o etsang, mme le ka mmotlolo
wa ha jwale wa thuso tsa ditjhelete tsa mokgwa wa di-levy,
AgriSETA e tla dula e ntse e sokola. Ke tshepa hore re tla ba
le mmotlolo o ikgethang wa thuso ya ditjhelete jwalo ka ho
hlahella ha NSDSIII mmoho le Tjhebahalo e ntjha ya SETA e
jwalo ka ya ka. Mohlala, re ka atleha ho thusa jwang ka ditjhelete
baamohedi ba ntseng ba hlahella mmoho le ho fetolwa ha melao
ya mobu ka di-levy tse tswang ho ba mmalwa hakaana? Dipotso
tse tshwanang le ena di lokelwa ho shebisiswa hantle mme di
fumanelwe dikarabo.
Qetellong ke rata ho leboha ditho tsa Boto ya ka bakeng sa
mosebetsi o motle o entsweng selemong sena sa ditjhelete,
mme ha ke na qeqeo ya ho bolela hore Boto e Laolang ya ka
e na le tsela e ikgethang ya ho fihlela tumellano athe hona ho
entswe hore ho kgonahale ke maikemisetso le kgahleho ho
tswa ho e mong le mong wa rona. Ke rata hape le ho fetisetsa
mantswe a diteboho ho Motlatsi wa Modulasetulo wa ka, e leng
Mong. Sipho Khumalo bakeng sa maikutlo a mosa a nang le ona
mmoho le bohlale ba ho tsamaisa dintho hantle ekasitana le ho
re tataisa.
Ho Mong. Machiel van Niekerk, CEO ya tswang, ke a leboha
haele mona o ile wa qala le PAETA ya kgale, wa kgona ho
tswela pele ha ho ne ho kopangwa mekga ka 2005 moo ho
la qetellwa ho hlonngwe AgriSETA ya ba o qetella ka ho etsa
qeto ya ho itokolla mosebetsing mme o fetisetse marapo ho ba
bang. Ruri o bile moetapele wa sebele bakeng sa ntshetsopele
ya bokgoni ba tsa temo. Ho CEO e ntjha, re o amohela ka
pelo tse mofuthu tseleng ena, mme re o tiisetsa hore o tla
fumana tshehetso ho tswa ho Boto ya Taolo ya ka. Ho moifo
wa AgriSETA, ke a leboha bakeng sa ho phethahatsa thomo
ya SETA. Ho bathahaselli ba rona, baabi ba thupelo le balefi
ba di-levy, re a leboha bakeng sa ho tshepela ho rona hore re
tsamaise AgriSeta.
Mong. Jacobus van Dyk
Modulasetulo
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INGxELO KASIHLALO
Ndinithulela lengxelo yokuphela konyaka ngentetho
ethetha ngokungathi yinto echasene nengqondo kanti
iyinene. Unyaka ophelileyo, ibungunyaka ubugcwele
imingeni nempumelelo, yiyo lonto ingathi yintetho engathi
ichasene nengqondo ukanti iyinene. Ngoku ndibhala
lengxelo, utshintsho oluninzi sele lenzekile lichaphazele
necandelo lezoqeqesho umzekelo ukudandalaziswa ko
‘Mgaqo-siseko wezeMfundo Jikelele’ (National Qualification
Framework), kunye noMthetho woPhuhliso lweZakhono
(Skills Development Act) oguqulweyo. Ezinguquko
zizakusichaphazela ngokuqinisekileyo. Logama lonyaka
ubunobuzima, ubukwanazo nezinto ebezibalaseleyo,
endizakuqala ngazo.
EZIBALASELEYO
Ezi zimbini zilandelayo, zizinto esidlule kuzo sonwabile ngokuba
zibalasele:
• Ukunyulwa ko Gosa eliPhezulu eliyiNtloko (iCEO):
uMhlekazi Jerry Madiba, wonyulwe njengeGosa eliPhezulu
eliyintloko ngomhla 01 October 2008. Ukunyulwa
kwakhe kuze emveni kwalowo ebexhuzula imikhala
ngaphambi kwakhe, uMhlekazi Machiel van Niekerk. Mna
kwakunye nesigqeba samalungu eBhodi siye sazibuza
okokuba siphumelele kanjani ngaphandle kwechaphaza
lentandabuzo, ekufumaneni umgqatswa ofanelekileyo.
Emveni kwezigaba eziliqela, ezimandla zodliwano ndlebe,
uMhlekazi Jerry Madiba uye waphumelela ekuthabatheni
lebhanile kuMhelakazi van Niekerk. uMhlekazi
Madiba ebenguMphathi wesigqeba sokufunda (Learnership
Manager) kwicandelo leZifundo Zolimo eliseZantsi kunye
Noqeqesho noGunyaziso (Primary Agriculture Education
and Traning Authority (PAETA)), nangona okwethutyana
ngokungathandabuziyo ezisa amava angumangaliso
kwicandelo lezolimo. Ndingumlomo we Bhodi, ndithanda
ukuthabatha elithuba ndimamkele kusapho leAgriSETA.
• Amaphulo Endawo ngeNdawo
Ngo-March 2009, iAgriSETA izibandakanye kumaphulo
eendawo ngendawo kumaphondo, maphulo lawo
abandakanya noluleko, iziSeko Zorwebo Ezisemgan-
gathweni neMisebenzi (Quality Council Trade and
Occupations (QCTO)) kwakunye noMgaqo-siseko woku
Lungiselela iMisebenzi (Organising Framework for
Occupations), isimiselo esitsha sokufaka izicelo zamabango
zeGranti eziNyanzelisayo nokwakhiwa kwamanqanaba
ezonxibelelwano kwabo banezabelo kwezolimo. Ndiye
ndafuma ithuba lokuvula enye yalamaphulo okufundisana
eNtshona Koloni, kwakunye nosekela Sihlalo wam,
uMhlekazi Sipho Khumalo athe yena wavula iphulo
eliKwaZulu-Natal. Ingxelo esiyifumeneyop ichaza
ukuba lamaphulo abanempumelelo enkulu. Siye
saphumelela ukusebenzisa kwa esosiseko sinye ukudlulisa
umyalezo ophathelelene neenguqu ezivelayo ezijongene
neMfundo yeCandelo kunye noQeqesho noGunyaziso
(Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA’s))
logama siqinisekisa amalungu esisebenza nawo ukuba
bangakhawulezi ukuxhalaba kodwa bagcine umoya
we’Shishini ngokuQhelekileyo. (Business as usual).
Jacobus van Dyk
Sihlalo
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Annual Report 2008 / 2009
INGxELO KASIHLALO
UTHANDABUZO OLUBANGELWA LUMISELO
OLUYILWAYO KWAKUNYE NOKUBHALISELA
ISICELO ESAMKELEKILEYO KWAKHONA KWE
SETA
Ekupheleni kukaMarch 2009, iAgriSETA iye yafaka isicelo
sosokumiselwa ngokusemthethweni kwakhona, icelela
‘iZakhono kuZwelonke neeNdlela zoPhuhliso (National
Skills Development Strategy (NSDSIII). Ndiyakholwa ukuba
kungenzame zeBhodi kwakunye nabasebenzi beAgriSETA
abathe basebenza ngokuzimisela besebenzisana nabathile
kwabarhafa imiyinge yeenkonzo (bonke aba bakhankanyiweyo
baphuma kwabasakhasayo nasele beqingqile), abenza lemisebenzi
namasebe, ingakumbi iSebe leZolimo kuZwelonke ukuba
liyirhuqe ledyokhwe ingemi. Olusebenziswano ibilelokufumana
imvume yokuphindakokumiselwa ngokusemthethweni
kwakunye neencwadi zenkxaso. Asifumananga nje inkxaso
engumangaliso kwabo sebekhankanyiwe, kodwa nakumaqela
leMveliso Zolimo’ [Agricultural; Commodity groups], amaqela
wabaqeshi nabasebenzi. Abasebenzi beSETA ngokupheleleyo,
kwakunye neBhodi bajonge ngamehlw’abomvu impendulo
kulenqubo yokumiselwa ngokwasemthethweni.
Ibakala leSETA entsha oluhamba ngonyawo lonwabu,
luyabachaphazela abasebenzi neBhodi. Thina eAgriSETA
sithembisa inkxaso kulenkqubo yotshintsho, kodwa sinqwenela
ukubeka elubala ukuhlutshwa kwesithukuku songabikho
kwesikhokelo kawakunye nokucotha kwezinto kwindawana
ezithile. Sisebenza ngesimiselo sokuba inguqu mayingabalekwa
siyifanekisa nemozulu kwaye indlela eyeyona yokumelana nayo
kukuyamkela usebenza phantsi kwezomeko, uyisebenzisele
ukuphumelela nangokunjalo. Sikwaqaphela ukuba ukucotha
okwandileyo kusongeza kulentsindabadala yengxaki, kodwa
siniqinisekisa ukuba sizakumelana nalenguqu izayo, sikwanicela
ukuba niqhelane, niyamkela lemeko.
IMIGOMO
Ndinemincili ukwazisa ukuba iAgriSETA iye yayifikela yade
yangaphezele kwemimiselo ekhankanywe kwi Sivumelwano
Semimiselo Yomsebenzi (Service Level Agreement ) kwakunye
neSebe le Misebenzi (Department of Labour). Ezi zibandakanya,
kwezinye, ‘ukuFunda neeNkqubo Zezakhono’ (Learnerships
and Skills Programmes), inkxaso zezimali, iibasari ke ukutsho,
noqeqesho olusemisenbenzini, amava asezindaweni zengqesho
nabaxhaswa kwizifundo abaqeqeshelwe zona kwimisebenzi
yezandla ngabanolwazi kulomisebenzi, nolungiselelo leQCTO.
• Uqeqesho lwabanezakhono kwimisebenzi yezandla
uRhulumento uye wabongoza ukuba iiSETA zizibandakanye
kakhulu kuphuhliso lolutsha olunezakhono zemisebenzi
yezandla kwilizwe lethu. Siyazi sonke okokuba iinkonde
zethu ezinezizakhono zifikelela ekukhuleni, kwaye
kuqikelelwa ukuba iminyaka yabanezizakhono ingadlulela
kumashumi amahlanu (50years).
iAgriSETA iye ngokukhawuleza, yathabathela kuyo
oluxanduva yabiza intlanganiso namaqela abaqeshi
nabasebenzi. Ababaqeshi baqhwaleliswa kukunqongophala
kwababasebenzi banolwazi oluthe vetshe ngemisebenzio
yezandla, baye bathembisa inkxaso yabo kweliphulo.
Ngako oko kuthe ngonyaka-mali ka 2008/9, siye
sabanomyinge wokufaka abafundi abangamashumi
amahlanu (50), kwizifundo zezandla abesebenzayo,
kodwa ngokupheleleyo sifake abafundi abalikhulu
elinesine (104). Siye saya kwiNgxowa yeZakhono
zikaZwelonke (National kills Fund) apho sicele inkxaso
yezimali esiyakuthi sakufumana imvume sifake abafundi
bemisebenzi yezandla engqeshweni kunyaka-mali ka
2009/10.
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• Ulungiselelo leQCTO
Umthetho wophuhliso lwezakhono oguqulweyo,
uye wafika nemimiselo eyoyikisayo, ngaphandle kokuba
igocagocwe, iphononongwe kwaye iBhodi kwakunye
nam siye sawabona amagama asetyenzisiweyo. Isoyikisa
injalo, sikwacinga noxanduva esinalo kubantu abanesabelo
kwezolimo, nabarhafi beenkonzo siye saphumeza,
sabekabucala isixamali sokunyulwa kwenkokheli
yalomsebenzi weQCTO, kwaye ndinovuyo lokwazisa
ukuba sele sesihambe umngama kumalungiselelo
okundandalazisa elubala lenkqubo ka2010. Siye
sakwagunyazisa abasebenzi ukuba babelane nabantu
ngalenyewe.
Lilonke ke, ndinovuyo ngendlela abarhafi beenkonzo abaphuhla
ngayo ekufakeni izicelo zamalungelo agunyazisiweyo. Ngenxa
yokugxalathelana kwezicelo zoqeqesho, iBhodi yam kwakunye
nam siye saphumelelisa sikwazibophelela ngemali ethe vetshe
kuJune 2008 ukuze kwande ukunikezelwa kophuhliso lwezak-
hono kwaye ndanelisiwe yindlela lenkqubo ehamba ngayo.
Mandongeze ukuba sihlutshwa bubuncinane bezimali esinazo
kwingxowa, kongungqamene nesidingo soqeqesho lophuhliso
lwezolimo ukususela kwbakhasayo, noABET ukuya kubala-
wuli bezolimo, ukulungiselela uqeqesho lorwebo kumazwe
angaphesheya ukuya kwizakhono ezintsonkothileyo neemfuno
zezakhono zezobuchwepheshe kumafama arwebayo. Njen-
goko iinkonzo ezingezezolimo zivalwa, abantu bephulukana
nemisebenzi, abahlali basemaphandleni babalekela kwezolimo
njengesiphephelo, kwaye ngalendlela isimiselo sokubhatalwa
kwemiyinge emiselweyo, iAgriSETA iyakuhlala inyuka umnqant-
sa. Ndinethemba lomiselo owodwa ngokuzalwa kwe NSDSIII
kwakunye nemimiselo yeSETA entsha leSETA efana neyam.
Umzekelo, siyixhasa njani ngezimali nangempumelelo abazuza
kuphuhliso lwemihlaba abasahlumayo ngemirhumo kwabam-
balwa abarhumayo kulovimba. Imibuzo efana nale, ifuna uku-
phononongwa ize iphendulwe.
Mandigqibe ngelokuthi ndibulele amalungu eBhodi yam ngom-
sebenzi omhle abawenzileyo kunyaka-mali omiyo kwaye ndin-
gaphozisi maseko ukongeza ukuba iQumrhu leBhodi linendlela
ekhethekileyo loku melana nemvumelwano, kwaye oku kwen-
ziwa kukuzimisela nothando lomsebenzi kubo bonke. Man-
dongeze ngombulelo kusekela Sihlalo, uMhlekazi Sipho Khu-
malo ngendlela ethobekileyo elumkileyo, ngokuzigqaja kunye
nenkokhelo yakhe. Ku Mhlekazi Machiel van Niekerk, uMphathi
obexhozula imikhala, ndiyakubulela ngokuba uqale iPAETA en-
dala, waphumela kumanyano luka 2005 ekukhokeleni iAgriSE-
TA wade wathatha umhlala phantsi udlulise lebhanile. Ngenene
ulitshawe lophuhliso lwezakhono kwezolimo. KwiGosa eliphe-
zelu eliyiNtloko, wamkelekile ngokupheleleyo kugqatso kwaye
ukwaqinisekiswa ngenkxaso yeBhodi elawulayo. Kubasebenzi
beAgriSETA, ndiyabulela ngokwenza njengoko niyalelwe yiSE-
TA. Kwabo banebango, kubaqeqeshi, nabarhafi beenkonzo eq-
ingqiweyo, ndinibulela ngokungazenzisiyo ngokusithemba ukuba
siqhube lenqwelo.
Jacobus van Dyk
Sihlalo
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULOCHIEF ExECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
At AgriSETA we believe that through training, skills are
developed, information is provided, behaviours are changed
and food security is enhanced. Furthermore, we believe
that productivity and increased income can be realised
through training. It is against this background that I present
the annual report. As I reflect back on how changes have
presented numerous challenges to our nation, such as job
losses, the economic recession, the spread of swine flu, an
amendment to the Skills Development Act and the new
National Qualifications Framework (NQF) legislation, etc.
between December 2008 and March 2009, one can only
say that training is necessary to adequately prepare people
and communities to cope with forthcoming changes. With
change being inevitable, we believe that it is something we
have to live with and not attempt to solve. We need to
make sense of changes, but, more importantly, we need
to embrace the change. During the past year we have had
national road shows to capacitate our providers and to
cement our relationships with various state departments,
both national and provincial level, and also our levy
payers. We believe that we can only build a strong force
championing capacity building and the provision of services
through partnerships.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEPARTMENTS AND
AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS
• Department of Agriculture (National and provincial)
We continue to enjoy a thriving relationship with the
National Department of Agriculture through the Director-
General, Ms Nduli, and the branch education, extension
and research led by Ms Titi and Mr Mankazana. Our
contact with Mr Kgobokoe has proved to be a very
valuable and driving force in the relationship. We
timeously receive a yearly 0,1% levy from the department,
and we have now initiated new Memorandums of
Understanding (MoUs) on training material for
cooperatives.
As the new CEO, I have also started visiting provincial
departments of agriculture and so far paid courtesy visits
to Limpopo, Western Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape.
As a SETA we continue to enjoy cordial relationships with
all the provincial departments of agriculture, and we
continue to engage in projects in those departments. The
colleges of agriculture in the provinces continue to
participate in the SETA activities and, given their
resources and status of accreditation, continue to make
a highly qualitative contribution to the SETA.
• Department of Labour
Our relationship with the Department of Labour (DoL)
is marked by mutual respect and unwavering support
from the minister, his top management and the SETA
support unit. We continue to participate in all relevant
structures of the DoL, and, given the size of the SETA,
have performed quite well in reporting (quarterly) and
against set targets on the score card.
AgriSETA is faced with a major challenge of serving
too many with too little, given that agriculture is a
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Chief Executive Officer
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national priority. Most of our clients fall outside the
levy grant system (land reform recipients and most
agricultural enterprises) and continue to look to us as a
source of help. The number of these clients continues
to rise due to job losses, as they look to agriculture
as an alternative, and we appeal to the National Skills
Fund (NSF) custodians and the National Skills Authority
(NSA) to favourably look at applications we submit to
alleviate the pressure we face.
• Department of Education
We enjoy a special relationship from the Adult Basic
Education and Training (ABET) Directorate in the
National Department of Education. A highlight there
is the MoU that was signed with the North West
Department of Education, which has transferred
R2.8 million to the SETA to train their stakeholders in
agricultural Learnerships and Skills Programmes. Several
Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges participate
in offering Learnerships and Skills Programmes.
• Levy payers and broader agricultural stakeholders
Our relationship with the agricultural stakeholders and
levy payers is doing quite well. We advertised a surplus
project in August 2008 and it assisted a lot in meeting
training needs of our levy payers. The Skills Planning
department managed to solve problems the levy payers
had with the new format of the Workplace Skill Plan
(WSP) and the Annual Training Report (ATR) plan during
the national road shows, and we do hope to receive
increased claims from the mandatory funds.
SKILL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
The SETA is overwhelmed by large numbers of applications
for the Learnerships and Skills Programmes that far exceed the
money we get from the Discretionary Funds. While some of
the applications target our scarce and critical skills, some of
them are way out of line but of necessity to the applicants. The
need is exacerbated by the land reform recipients who need
anything from ABET to financial and technical skills. However,
we are happy to report that in the current year we have
exceeded our targets by 202% for the unemployed learners
and 105% for the employed learners.
SKILL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The department has done fairly well in hosting the Sub-Sector
Committees (SSCs), which has provided an opportunity
to engage the envisaged SETA landscape. A high number of
stakeholders were reached regarding scarce and critical skills.
This was done so that Bursaries, Internships, Workplace
Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA) can focus on those
identified scarce and critical skills. In the current year, BIWA’s
targets were far exceeded and AgriSETA made available
R9 587 million matching R8 172 million from the NSF for the
training of 227 apprentices. Although the section did well,
ABET remains a worrying problem as targets set are never
reached. I am of the opinion that ABET should be placed in
the arena of NSDS III for re-discussion and to redefine SETA’s
involvement in ABET.
At AgriSETA we believe that through training, skills are
developed, information is provided, behaviours are changed
and food security is enhanced.
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EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
(ETQA) DEPARTMENT
With the amendment of the Skill Development Act, which
gave birth to the Quality Council for Trade and Occupations
(QCTO), the ETQA department has initiated the piloting of
four occupational qualifications, namely:
• Horticulture Production/Farm Manager NQF 4,
• Machinery Operators NQF 3,
• Process Controllers NQF4, and
• Meat Safety and Quality Controllers (Meat Inspectors)
NQF 4.
With the help of related agricultural /farming enterprises, the
qualifications are at an advanced stage of development. Our
main focus is to get buy in of companies and industries to tap
into their expertise and involvement in preparing Work Plans
for the rolling out of the QCTO in 2010. Mr Fanny Phetla,
the Quality Assurance Manager, has acquired the service of
Mr Herman Van Deventer as a QCTO Project Manager and so
far the department is doing excellent work.
We have also recognised an additional two Institutes of
Sectoral or Occupational Excellence (ISOEs) in the current
financial year to help in building capacity for community-based
service providers and rolling out occupational qualifications.
While our future vision involves increasing working relations
with Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges, which
are offering agricultural programmes to strategically help land
reform beneficiaries, one must not forget the role that is being
played by emerging providers, who will desperately require a
helping hand from the AgriSETA in order to cope with the
changes.
COMMUNICATION SECTION
Ms Caren Cleinwerck, who is our communication officer, has
done exceeding well on her own, as she managed to organise a
conference that managed to attract attendance of our service
providers, levy payers and other stakeholders. The conference
succeeded in providing a reassuring feedback on the service of
the SETA. She also attended several SETA Clusters meetings
in several provinces and exhibited the SETA at various forums
and other related invitations.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The AgriSETA levy income increased by 8.4% from
R131,5 million in 2007/08 to R142,5 million in the 2008/09
financial year. The actual administration income was
R18,9 million compared to R18,4 million received in the
2007/08 financial year. The reason for the 2.4% variation is that
there was an increase in levy income from the employers, but a
reduction in the levies received from the agricultural provincial
departments. The discretionary amounts used for the current
year 2008/09 was R58,4 million, and the total payout on the
Mandatory Grants was R62,4 million compared to R60 million
of the 2007/08 financial year. AgriSETA has allocated a total of
99% of its available resources for the 2008/09 financial year.
The following were our financial challenges, especially for
controlling 10% of the administration cost:
• Salary cost high as hiring of the new CEO while keeping
the old CEO for efficient handing over;
• Using more specialist consultants for Supply Chain
Management;
• Increasing a pool of contract appointments for data
capturing for the surplus project and learnerships;
Overall our finances are being administered very well with
the assistance of Deloitte, and we have always received an
unqualified report from the Auditor-General’s office.
STAFFING MATTERS
During the current year, the AgriSETA had a staff complement
of 26 permanent staff members and 3 temporary staff members.
The SETA also employed a new CEO, Jerry Madiba, in October
2008, as well as Francina Mphele in the Finance department.
Ms Gloria Ntoule was appointed in the ETQA department
in February 2009. The following temporary staff members
were employed on a permanent basis from September 2008:
CHIEF ExECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
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Ina du Preez, Lulu Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok and Bronwynn
Oosthuizen. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to welcome
the newcomers onboard the AgriSETA ship.
The following resignations were received: Messrs, Francis
Senona (ETQA), Manuel De Bruin and Shaun Starr (Skill
Delivery) and we wish them well in their new endeavours.
We are struggling with the filling of vacant posts because of
the envisaged SETA landscape and this is compromising us on
the quality of the applicants for posts due to the uncertainty
it creates.
WORD OF GRATITUDE
I would like to dedicate this section in thanking the AgriSETA
Board for its unwavering support. A special thanks to the
Chairperson; Mr Jack van Dyk and Vice- Chairperson, Mr Sipho
Khumalo, for their guidance and wisdom.
To our stakeholders, the Departments of Agriculture and
Labour (both national and provincial), many thanks for the
professional attitude and amicable working relationship you
have fostered with the AgriSETA. To the levy payers, a special
word of gratitude for entrusting us with your funds and co-
championing skills development for the agricultural sector. To
our service providers, we appreciate the seriousness in which
you deliver skills needed out there on behalf of the SETA.
Like I have said on the road shows, engage us as we can only
grow and serve you better. To the staff at AgriSETA, you are
an A-Team and we are still going to conquer many matches
together.
I would also like to extend a word of thanks to Mr Machiel Van
Niekerk. He was asked to stay on as Operations Manager and
assisted with site visits as well as introducing me to the SETA
environment and stakeholders of the AgriSETA. Hard working
and keeping the AgriSETA head high, Mr van Niekerk left at
the end of March 2009 and passed the baton to me. Under
my guidance, I intend taking the AgriSETA from strength to
strength.
Thank you
Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
Chief Executive Officer
Like I have said on the road shows, engage us as we can
only grow and serve you better. To the staff at AgriSETA,
you are an A-Team and we are still going to conquer
many matches together.
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULOHOOF UITVOERENDE BEAMPTE SE VERSLAG
AgriSETA glo dat vaardighede ontwikkel word, inligting
oorgedra word, gedrag verander word en voedselsekuriteit
verbeter word deur opleiding. Ons glo ook dat produktiwiteit
en verhoogde inkomste verseker kan word deur opleiding.
Dit is teen hierdie agtergrond dat ek die Jaarverslag voorlê.
As ek terugdink hoe veranderings soos werksverliese,
die ekonomiese resessie, die verspreiding van varkgriep,
wysigings tot die Wet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling en die
nuwe Nasionale Kwalifikasies Raamwerk (NKR)-wetgewing,
ensovoorts ons nasie met vele uitdagings gelaat het tussen
Desember 2008 en Maart 2009, kan ’n mens maar net sê
dat opleiding noodsaaklik is om mense en gemeenskappe
voldoende voor te berei om toekomstige veranderinge te
hanteer. Aangesien verandering onafwendbaar is, glo ons
dit is iets om te aanvaar en nie iets om te probeer oplos
nie. Ons moet sin maak van veranderinge, maar belangriker
nog moet ons veranderinge aangryp. Gedurende die
afgelope jaar het ons verskeie bekendstellingstoere deur
die land onderneem om ons verhouding met verskeie
regeringsdepartemente, beide nasionaal en provinsiaal, en
ook met ons heffingbetalers te verstewig. Ons glo dat ons
slegs deur vennootskappe ’n sterk band kan vorm wat beter
kapasiteit en dienslewering voorstaan.
VERHOUDINGS MET DEPARTEMENTE EN
LANDBOU-BELANGHEBBERS
• Departement van Landbou (nasionaal en provinsiaal)
Ons geniet steeds ’n gesonde verhouding met die
Nasionale Departement van Landbou deur die Direkteur-
Generaal, me Nduli, asook die opleiding-, voorligting-
en navorsingstak, gelei deur me Titi en mnr Mankazana.
Ons skakeling met mnr Kgobokoe is baie waardevol en
die dryfkrag agter hierdie verhouding. Ons ontvang
stiptelik ’n jaarlikse heffing van 0,1% van die departement
en het nou ’n nuwe memorandum van ooreenkoms
(MO) in plek ten opsigte van opleidingsmateriaal vir
koöperasies.
As nuwe HUB het ek ook begin om provinsiale
departemente van landbou te besoek en tot dusver
het ek hoflikheidsbesoeke afgelê by Limpopo, die
Wes-Kaap, Vrystaat en Oos-Kaap. As ’n sektor onderwys-
en opleidingsowerheid (SETA) geniet ons ’n goeie
verhouding met al die provinsiale departemente van
landbou en is ons voortdurend saam met hulle by
projekte betrokke. Die landboukolleges in die provinsies
neem voortdurend deel aan die SETA-aktiwiteite, en
gegewe hul hulpbronne en akkreditasie status, is hulle
baie betrokke by die SETA.
• Departement van Arbeid
Ons verhouding met die Departement van Arbeid
word gekenmerk deur wedersydse respek en onfeilbare
ondersteuning vanaf die Minister, sy topbestuur en die
SETA-ondersteuningseenheid. Ons neem voortdurend
deel aan alle toepaslike strukture van die Departement
van Arbeid, en gegewe die grootte van die SETA het ons
goed presteer in terme van verslagdoening (kwartaalliks)
en voldoening aan die gegewe teikens.
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
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Gegewe die feit dat landbou ’n nasionale prioriteit is,
staar AgriSETA ’n groot uitdaging in die gesig omdat
ons te veel mense met te min geld moet dien. Die
meeste van ons kliënte (grondhervorming begunstigdes
en landbou ondernemings) is nie deel van die heffing-
toelaestelsel nie en maak staat op ons hulp. Hierdie
kliënte word voortdurend meer weens werksverliese en
hulle beskou landbou as ’n alternatief. Ons doen dus
‘n beroep op die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds (NVF) se
besluitnemers en die Nasionale Vaardigheidsowerheid
om die aansoeke wat ons indien gunstig te oorweeg ten
einde die druk op ons te verlig.
• Departement van Onderwys
Ons het ’n spesiale verhouding met die Direktoraat
vir Basiese Volwasse Onderwys en Opleiding (ABET) in
die Nasionale Departement van Onderwys. Een van
die hoogtepunte in hierdie verband is die ooreenkoms
wat met die Noordwes Departement van Onderwys
onderteken is waarvolgens R2,8 miljoen oorgedra word
na die SETA om belanghebbers in landbou Leerlingskappe
en Vaardigheidsprogramme op te lei. Verskeie Opleidings-
kolleges vir Verdere Onderwys neem deel deur Leerlings-
kappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme aan te bied.
• Heffingbetalers en algemene landbou verwante
belanghebbers
Ons het ’n goeie verhouding met al die landbou verwante
belanghebbers en heffingbetalers. Ons het in Augustus
2008 ’n surplus-projek geadverteer en dit het n groot
bydrae gemaak daartoe om ons heffingbetalers se
behoeftes aan te spreek. Die Vaardigheidsbeplannings-
afdeling het tydens die bekendstellingstoere daarin geslaag
om probleme wat heffingbetalers met die nuwe formaat
van die Werkplek Vaardigheidsplan (WVP) en Jaarlikse
Opleidingsverslag het, op te los en ons hoop om meer
eise vir hierdie fondse te ontvang.
VAARDIGHEIDSLEWERINGS AFDELING
Die SETA word oorval deur groot hoeveelhede aansoeke vir
die Leerlingskappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme, soveel so dat
die waarde van die aansoeke die beskikbare Diskresionere
Fondse ver oorskry. Alhoewel sommige van hierdie aansoeke
op ons skaars en kritiese vaardighede fokus, wyk sommige
dramaties daarvan af maar is die beplande opleiding tog
noodsaaklik vir die aansoekers. Die behoefte word vererger
deur die grondhervormings begunstigdes wat uiteenlopende
behoeftes het – van ABET tot finansiële en tegniese vaardighede.
Nietemin is dit aangenaam om te berig dat ons in die huidige
jaar ons teikens vir werklose leerders met 202% en die van
werkende leerders met 105% oorskry het.
VAARDIGHEIDSBEPLANNINGSAFDELING
Hierdie afdeling het redelik goed gedoen en tydens die
Subsektor Komitee (SSK) vergaderings die geleentheid gebruik
om die beoogde SETA-landskap te bespreek. ’n Groot aantal
belanghebbers is bereik met betrekking tot kritiese en skaars
vaardighede. Dit is gedoen sodat Beurse, Internskappe,
Werkplek Ondervinding en Vakleerlingskappe (BIWA) kan
AgriSETA glo dat vaardighede ontwikkel word, inligting
oorgedra word, gedrag verander word en voedselsekuriteit
verbeter word deur opleiding.
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HOOF UITVOERENDE BEAMPTE SE VERSLAG
fokus op daardie skaars en kritiese vaardighede. In die huidige
jaar is BIWA-teikens ver oorskry, en AgriSETA het R9 587
miljoen beskikbaar gestel bykomend tot die R8 172 miljoen
van die NVF vir die opleiding van 227 vakleerlinge. Alhoewel
hierdie afdeling goed gedoen het, bly ABET ’n kommerwekkende
probleem, aangesien die gestelde teikens nooit bereik word
nie. Ek glo dat ABET in die arena van NSDS III geplaas behoort
te word ter wille van hernude bespreking en om SETAS se
betrokkenheid by ABET te herdefinieer.
ONDERWYS OPLEIDING
KWALITEITSVERSEKERINGSAFDELING (ETQA)
Met die wysigings tot die Wet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling,
wat die weg gebaan het vir die Kwaliteitsraad vir Handel en
Beroepe (QCTO), het die ETQA afdeling begin met die
implementering van vier beroepskwalifikasies, naamlik:
• Tuinbouproduksie/Plaasbestuur NKR 4;
• Masjinering Operateurs NKR 3;
• Proses Kontroleurs NKR 4; en
• Vleisveiligheid- en Kwaliteitbeheerders (Vleisinspekteurs)
NKR 4
Die kwalifikasies is in ’n gevorderde stadium van ontwikkeling
danksy die hulp van verwante landbou-/boerderyondernemings.
Ons hooffokus is om maatskappye en nywerhede te laat
inkoop in die proses om hul kundigheid en betrokkenheid
te gebruik met die voorbereiding van werkplanne vir die
implementering van QCTO in 2010. Mnr Fanny Phetla, die
ETQA Bestuurder, het die dienste van mnr Herman Van
Deventer bekom as ’n QCTO Projekbestuurder en tot dusver
doen die afdeling uitstekende werk.
Ons het ook twee addisionele Instansies vir Sektorale of
Beroepsuitnemendheid (ISOE’s) in die huidige finansiële
jaar geregistreer om ons by te staan om die kapasiteit van
gemeenskapsgebaseerde diensverskaffers te verbeter en om
beroepskwalifikasies bekend te stel. Dit is ons toekomsvisie
om werksverhoudinge met Opleidings Kolleges vir Verdere
Onderwys wat landbouprogramme aanbied, te verbeter ten
einde grondhervorming begunstigdes strategies te help. Daar
moet egter nie vergeet word van die rol wat opkomende
verskaffers speel nie, en hulle het dringend ondersteuning
van AgriSETA nodig ten einde die nuwe uitdagings die hoof
te bied.
KOMMUNIKASIE SEKSIE
Me Caren Cleinwerck, wat ons kommunikasiebeampte is, het
uitstekende werk op haar eie gedoen deur ’n konferensie te
reël wat bygewoon is deur ons diensverskaffers, heffingbetalers
en ander belanghebbers. Die gerusstellende terugvoer oor die
dienste van die SETA wat ontvang is, is n aanduiding van die
sukses van die konferensie. Sy het ook SETA Groep vergaderings
in verskeie provinsies bygewoon en SETA uitstallings aangebied
by verskeie forums asook tydens ander verwante uitnodigings.
FINANSIËLE PRESTASIE
Die AgriSETA heffingsinkomste het in die 2008/09 finansiele
jaar met 8,4% gestyg tot R142,5 miljoen teenoor die R131,5
miljoen van 2007/2008. Die werklike administratiewe inkomste
was R18,9 miljoen in vergelyking met R18,4 miljoen ontvang
in die 2007/08 finansiele jaar. Die rede vir die 2,4% variasie
is die verhoging in heffinginkomste van werkgewers terwyl
daar ’n daling was in die heffings ontvang vanaf die provinsiale
departemente van landbou. Diskresionêre fondse wat vir die
huidige jaar, 2008/09, aangewend is, was R58,4 miljoen en
die totale uitbetaling van verpligte fondse was R62,4 miljoen
in vergelyking met R60 miljoen vir die 2007/08 finansiele
jaar. AgriSETA het ’n totaal van 99% van sy beskikbare
hulpbronne toegewys vir die 2008/09 finansiele jaar.
Die volgende uitdagings met betrekking tot finansies het
voorgekom, veral om die 10% administrasiefooi te beheer:
• Salariskoste was hoog aangesien die nuwe HUB aangestel
is terwyl die ou HUB behou is om ’n gladde oorname te
verseker;
• Gebruik van meer spesialis konsultante vir Verskaffings-
bestuur;
• Groter poel van kontrakaanstellings om data in te sleutel
vir die surplus projek en leerlingskappe.
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In die geheel word ons finansies baie goed bestuur met die hulp
van Deloitte en ons het nog altyd ’n ongekwalifiseerde verslag
van die Ouditeur-Generaal se kantoor ontvang.
PERSONEELAANGELEENTHEDE
Tydens die huidige finansiële jaar het AgriSETA ’n totaal van 26
permanente personeellede gehad en 3 tydelike personeellede.
Die SETA het ook in Oktober 2008 ’n nuwe HUB, Jerry
Madiba, aangestel sowel as Francina Mphele in die Finansiele
afdeling. Me Gloria Ntoule is in Februarie 2009 in die ETQA
afdeling aangestel. Die volgende tydelike personeellede is ook
vanaf September 2008 permanent aangestel: Ina du Preez, Lulu
Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok en Bronwynn Oosthuizen. Ons maak
gebruik van hierdie geleentheid om die nuwelinge welkom te
heet by AgriSETA.
Die volgende bedankings is ontvang: Mnre Francis Senona
(ETQA), Manuel de Bruin en Shaun Starr (Vaardigheidslewering),
en ons wens hulle alle sterkte toe met hul nuwe uitdagings.
Dit is vir ons n probleem om vakante poste te vul as gevolg
van die beoogde SETA-landskap en dit kompromitteer ons in
terme van die kwaliteit van aansoekers vir poste weens die
onsekerheid wat dit skep.
WOORD VAN BEDANKING
Ek gebruik graag hierdie geleentheid om die AgriSETA Raad te
bedank vir hul onwrikbare ondersteuning. ’n Spesiale woord van
dank aan die Voorsitter, mnr Jack van Dyk en Ondervoorsitter,
mnr Sipho Khumalo vir hul leiding en wysheid.
Aan ons belanghebbers, die departemente van landbou en
arbeid (beide nasionaal en provinsiaal), baie dankie vir hul
professionele houding en die vriendelike werksverhouding
wat hulle met AgriSETA handhaaf. Aan die heffingbetalers, ’n
spesiale woord van dank dat julle ons met julle geld vertrou
en mede-voorstanders van vaardigheidsontwikkeling in die
landbousektor is. Aan ons diensverskaffers, ons waardeer die
erns waarmee julle die nodige vaardighede namens die SETA
lewer.
Soos ek tydens die landswye toere gesê het: werk saam met
ons, aangesien ons net daardeur kan groei en julle beter kan
dien. Aan die personeel van AgriSETA, julle is ’n A-span en ons
gaan nog baie wedstryde saam wen.
Ek wil ook graag ’n woord van dank uitspreek teenoor
mnr Machiel van Niekerk. Hy is gevra om aan te bly as
Bedryfsbestuurder en het gehelp met terreinbesoeke en het
my bekendgestel aan die SETA omgewing en die belanghebbers
van AgriSETA. Na harde werk en met AgriSETA goed op dreef
het mnr van Niekerk aan die einde van Maart 2009 uitgetree
en die leisels aan my oorgegee. Onder my leiding is ek van plan
om AgriSETA van krag tot krag te laat gaan.
Dankie
Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
Soos ek tydens die landswye toere gesê het: werk saam
met ons, aangesien ons net daardeur kan groei en julle beter
kan dien. Aan die personeel van AgriSETA, julle is ’n A-span en
ons gaan nog baie wedstryde saam wen.
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULOPEHELO YA MOOFISIRI YA KA SEHLOOHONG WA PHETHAHATSO
Ke tumelo ya rona ho AgriSETA hore ka thupelo, bokgoni
bo ntshetswa pele, ho fanwa ka tlhahisoleseding, boitshwaro
bo a fetolwa mme ho matlafatswa le tsela ya tshirelso ya
ho fumana dijo. Hape re dumela hore tlhahiso e hodimo le
keketseho ya kuno di ka fihlelwa ka thupelo. Ke mabapi le
hoo mona ke fanang ka pehelo ena ya selemo. Ha ke hetla
ke sheba morao ka moo diphetoho di tlisitseng diphephetso
tse ngata ka teng setjhabeng sa habo rona, jwalo ka tahleho
ya mesebetsi, mathata a tsa moruo, ho hasana ha bolwetse
ba swine flu, ho fetolwa ha Molao wa Ntshetsopele ya
Bokgoni le melao e metjha ya NQF (Moralo wa Naha
wa Dikhwalifikheishene), jj. pakeng tsa Tshitwe 2008 le
Tlhakubele 2009, re ka mpa ra bolela feela hore thupelo e a
hlokeha bakeng sa ho lokisa setjhaba ka tshwanelo hore se
kgone ho shebana le diphetoho tse tlang. Jwalo ka diphetoho
di bonahala hore di tla ba teng, re dumela hore hoo ke
ntho eo re lokelang ho itlwaetsa yona mme re se leke ho e
rarolla. Re lokela ho utlwisisa hore diphetoho tseo di reng
mme hwa bohlokwa haholo ke ho amohela diphetoho tseo.
Selemong se fetileng rebanne le di road shows ho hlamellang
di kamano tsa rona le mafapha a fapaneng a mmuso, mme ra
kenyelletsa le balefi ba rona ba di-levy. Re dumela hore re
ka haha mokga o matla o tla shebana le kaho ya bokgoni le
phano ya ditshebeletso ka tshebedisano mmoho.
DIKAMANO LE MAFAPHA LE BATHAHASELLI BA
TSA TEMO
• Lefapha la Temo (Boemong ba Naha le Diprovinse)
Re tswela pele ho ba le dikamano tse atlehileng le Lefapha
la Naha la Temo ka Molaodi Kakaretso, Ms Nduli le lekala
la thuto, katoloso le diphuputso tse etelletsweng pele ke
Ms Titi le Mong. Le Mr Mankazana. Eo re iteanyang le
yena, e leng Mong. Kgobokoe o bontshitse bohlokwa ba
hae le tshusumetso ya hae dikamanong tsa rona. Re
fumana ka nako levy ya rona ya 1% ya selemo le selemo
ho tswa lefapheng mme jwale re se re qadile ka
Memorandamo ya Kutlwisiso e mabapi le methiriele ya
thupelo bakeng sa dikoporasi.
Jwalo ka CEO e motjha, ke se ke qadile ho etela mafapha
a diprovinse a temo mme ke se ke etetse Limpopo, Kapa
Bophirima, Foreistata le Kapa Botjhabela. Re ntse re tswela
pele jwalo ka SETA ho ba le dikamano tse ntle le Mafapha
a Temo a diprovinse athe re ntse re sebedisana le
diprojekeng tseo. Dikholetjhe tsa Temo diproviseng di
tswela pele ho ba le seabo mesebetsing ya SETA mme ka
ho ya ka mehlodi ya tsona ya thuso le boemo ba kananelo
tsa mangolo a semmuso di tswela pele ho ba le seabo sa
boleng bo hodimo le SETA.
• Lefapha la Mesebetsi
Kamano ya rona le Lefapha la Mesebetsi e bonahala ka
hlomphano le tshehetso e sa belaetseng ho tswa ho Letona,
botsamaising ba lona bo hodimo le yuniting ya tshehetso
ya SETA. Re tswela pele ho ba le seabo dibopehong tsohle
tse tshwanetseng ho tswa Lefapheng la Mesebetsi mme ha
re sheba boholo ba SETA yona re bona e sebeditse
hantle haholo ka ho tlaleha (ka kotara) le ho ba kgahlanong
le maikemisetso a beuweng.
AgriSETA e tobane le phephetso e kgolo haholo ya ho
sebeletsa ba bangata haholo ka bonyenyane boo e nang
le bona, ha re sheba hore temo ke ntho e lokelang ho
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso
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ba ka sehloohong naheng ka bophara. Ditlelaente tse ngata
tsa rona di wela ka ntle ho mokgwatshebetso wa dithuso
tsa di-levy (baamohedi ba Diphetolo tsa melao ya Mobu
le dikgwebo tse ngata tsa temo) mme ba tswela pele ho
sheba ho rona jwalo ka mohlodi wa thuso. Ditlelaente
tsena di tswela pele ho ata ka baka la ditahlehelo tsa
mesebetsi hobane ba bona temo e le tsela e nngwe e ka
ba thusang, ka hoo re etsa boipiletso ho ba tsamaisang
Letlole la Naha la Bokgoni (National Skills Fund) le Bolaodi
ba Naha ba Bokgoni (National Skills Authority (NSA))
hore ba shebe ka kutlwelo dikopo tseo re di romelang
bakeng sa ho fokotsa kgatello eo re tobanang le yona.
• Lefapha la Thuto
Re na le dikamano tse ikgethang le Bolaodi ba Thuto le
Thupelo ya Motheo ya Batho ba seng ba Hodile [Adult
Basic Education and Training (ABET)] Lefapheng la Naha
la Thuto. Ntlhakgolo mona ke ya Memorandamo wa
Kutlwisiso o saennweng le Lefapha la Thuto la Leboya
Bophirima le ileng la transfera R2.8 miliyone ho ya ho SETA
hore ho rupellwe bathahaselli ho di-learnership le
Mananeo a Bokgoni a temo. Dikholetjhe tse mmalwa tsa
Thuto le Thupelo e Phahameng (FET) di ba le seabo sa ho
fana ka di-Learnership le Mananeo a Bokgoni.
• Balefi ba di-levy le bathahaselli ba tsa temo ka
bophara
Dikamano tsa rona le bathahaselli ba tsa temo ekasitana
le balefi ba di-levy di ntse di tsamaya hantle haholo. Re ile
ra bapatsa surplus project ka Phato 2008 mme yona e ile
ya thusa haholo ho fihlela ditlhoko tsa thupelo tsa balefi
ba rona ba di-levy. Lefapha la Thero ya Bokgoni le kgonne
ho rarolla mathata ao balefi ba di-levy ba ileng ba ba le ona
le mokgwa o motjha wa Moralo wa Bokgoni ba Mosebetsi
le morero wa Tlaleho ya Selemo le Selemo ya Thupelo ka
nako ya di-road show tse ileng tsa tshwarwa naheng
ka bophara, mme re tshepa hore ho tla ba le ditleleime tse
eketsehileng ho tsa matloleng a tlamang.
LEFAPHA LA PHANO KA BOKGONI
SETA e fumana dikopo tse ngata haholo tsa di-Learnership le
mananeo a Bokgoni mme tsona di bile di feta tjhelete eo re e
fumanang ho tswa ho Discretionary funds. Le ha tse ding tsa
dikopo di shebile haholo bokgoni ba rona bo haellang haholo
hape ba bohlokwa, tse ding tsa tsona di ka thoko kwana
empa di a hlokeha bakeng sa bakopi ba tsona. Tlhokeho ena
e mpefatswa haholo ke baamohedi ba diphetolo tsa melao ya
mobu ba batlang eng kapa eng ho tloha ho ABET ho ya ho tsa
ditjhelete le bokgoning ba botekgeniki. Le ha ho le jwalo re
motlotlo ka pehelo ya hore selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete
re se re fetile dibeo tsa rona ka 202% bakeng sa baithuti ba sa
sebetseng le 105% bakeng sa baithuti ba sebetsang.
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PEHELO YA MOOFISIRI YA KA SEHLOOHONG WA PHETHAHATSO
LEKALA LA THERO YA BOKGONI
Lefapha le sebeditse hantle haholo ka ho amohela di-Sub Sector
Committees (SSC’s) e leng ntho e ileng ya fana ka monyetla wa
ho sebedisana ka Tjhebahalo e lebelletsweng ya SETA. Ho ile
ha fihlelwa palo e hodimo ya bathahaselli mabapi le bokgoni ba
bohlokwa hape bo haellang. Hona ho entswe bakeng sa hore
Dibasari, di-Internship, Boiphihlelo bo fumanwang Mosebetsing
le di-Apprenticeship (BIWA) di tsepamise maikutlo bokgoning
boo bo hlwauweng bo haellang hape ba bohlokwa. Selemong
sena sa ha jwale dibeo tsa BIWA di ne di le ka hodimo le ho feta
mme AgriETA e ile ya fana ka R9 587 miliyone ho bapa le R8 172
miliyone ho tswa ho NSF bakeng sa thupelo ya di-apprentice tse
227. Le ha karolo e sebeditse hantle haholo ABET yona e ntse e
dutse e le bothata hobane ha ho eso fihlelwe maikemisetso. Ke
na le mohopolo wa hore ABET e lokela ho behwa karolong ya
NSDS III hore ho boele ho buisanwe ka yona mme ho hlaloswe
botjha seabo sa SETA ho ABET.
LEFAPHA LA TIISETSO YA BOLENG BA THUTO
YA THUPELO [EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY
ASSURANCE - (ETQA)]
Ka ho fetolwa ha Molao wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni o
ileng wa hlahisa Khansele ya ho Lebela Boleng bakeng sa
Kgwebo le Mesebetsi e leng Quality Council for Trade and
Occupations (QCTO), lefapha la ETQA le qadile ka ho leka
dikhwalifikheishene tsa lona tse nne tsa mosebetsi e leng:
• Tlhahiso ya Horticulture/Motsamaisi wa Polasi NQF 4;
• Dioporeitara tsa Metjhini NQF 3;
• Balaodi ba Ditshebetso NQF4; le
• Plokeho ya Nama le Balaodi ba Boleng (Bahlahlobi ba
Nama) NQF 4
Dikhwalifikheishene di se di le boemong bo hatetseng pele ba
ntshetsopele ka thuso ya dikgwebo tsa temo/temothuo tse
amanang le tsona. Seo re seng re se shebile jwale ke ho fumana
tshehetso ya dikhampani le diindasteri hore re tle re kgone ho
inkela ho tswa boiphihelong ba bona le seabong sa bona jwalo
ka ha ho lokiswa Meralo ya Mesebetsi bakeng sa ho kengwa
tshebetsong ha QCTO ka 2010. Mong. Fanny Phetla o se a
fumane tshebeletso ya Mong. Herman Van Deventer jwalo ka
Motsamaisi wa Projeke ya QCTO mme ho fihlela jwale lefapha
le ntse le sebetsa hantle haholo.
Re etse hloko hape tow Institutes of Sectoral or Occupational
Excellence (ISOE’s) e nngwe selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete
ho thusa ho bopa bokgoni bakeng sa baabi ba ditshebeletso ba
leng hara merabe le ho kenya tshebetsong dikhwalifikheishene
tsa mosebetsi. Le ha tjhebelopele ya rona ya nakong e tlang e
le ho eketsa dikamano tsa tshebetso le Dikholetjhe tsa Thuto
le Thupelo tse Phahameng tse fanang ka mananeo a temo, hore
di thuse ka mokgwa o yang ka leano baamohedi ba melemo
ditabeng tsa ho fetolwa ha melao ya mobu, ha re a tshwanela ho
lebala seabo sa baabi ba ntseng ba hlahella, ba tla hlokang thuso
ho tswa ho AgriSETA hore ba kgone ho shebana le diphetoho.
KAROLO YA DIKGOKAHANO
Ms Caren Cleinwerck, eo e leng moofisiri wa dikgokahano wa
rona o se a sebeditse hantle haholo a le mong jwalo ka ha a
kgonne ho hlophisa khonferense e ileng ya kgona ho hohela
Baabi ba rona ba Ditshebeletso, balefi ba di-levy le bathahaselli
ba bang. Khonferense e kgonne ho fana ka tiisetso ya maikutlo
mabapi le tshebeletso ya SETA. O ile a kenela hape le dikopano
tse mmalwa tsa di-Cluster tsa SETA diproviseng tse mmalwa
ekasitana le ho bapatsa SETA diforamong tse ngata le dibakeng
tse ding tseo a neng a menngwe ho tsona tse amanang le hona.
TSHEBEDISO YA DITJHELETE
Kuno ya di-levy tsa AgriSETA e eketsehile ka 8.4% ho tloha
ho R131,5 ka 2007/08 ho ya ho R142,5 miliyone ka selemo
sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09. Kuno eo e leng yona hantlentle ya
tsamaiso e ne e le R18,9 miliyone ha e bapiswa le R18,4 miliyone
e fumanweng ka selemo sa ditjhelete sa 2007/08. Lebaka la
hore ho be le phapang ya 2.4% ke hore ho bile le keketseho
ya kuno ya levy ho tswa ho bahiri, empa phokotseho ya di-
levy tse fumanweng ho tswa Mafapheng a Diprovinse a Temo.
Selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09 ho sebedisitswe
R58,4 miliyone mme ha ba le tefelo ya Dithuso tse Tlamang
tsa R62,4 miliyone ha ho bapiswa le R60 miliyone selemong sa
ditjhelete sa 2007/08. AgriSETA e abelane ka paloyohle ya 99%
ya mehlodi ya yona ya thuso bakeng sa selemo sa ditjhelete sa
2008/09.
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Ho latelang ke diphephetso tse bileng teng ho tsa ditjhelete,
haholoholo bakeng sa taolo ya 10% ya ditjeo tsa tsamaiso:
• Ditjeo tsa moputso di bile hodimo ka ho hirwa ha CEO
e motjha le ho boloka CEO wa kgale hore a tle a kgone
ho nehelana ka marapo hantle;
• Ho sebedisa dikhonsaltente tsa di-specialist bakeng sa
Tsamaiso ya Phepelo ya Thepa.
• Keketseho ya palo ya basebetsi ba nakwana ba hirilweng
bakeng sa ho bokella dintlha tsa surplus project le
di-leanership.
• Ho hirwa ha CEO e motjha le ho boloka CEO wa kgale
hore a tle a kgone ho nehelana ka marapo hantle.
Ka kakaretso ditjhelete tsa rona di tsamaiswa hantle haholo ka
thuso ya ba Deloitte mme haesale re ntse re fumana raporoto e
se nang pelaelo ho tswa ofising ya Mohlakisi Kakaretso.
DITABA TSE MABAPI LE MOIFO
Hara selemo sena AgriSETA e bile le moifo wa batho ba 26
ba dinako tsohle le ba 3 bao eleng ba nakwana. SETA hape e
hirile CEO e motjha, Jerry Madiba ka Mphalane 2008 ekasitana
le Francina Mphele lefapheng la Ditjhelete. Ms Gloria Ntoule
o hirilwe lefapheng la ETQA ka Hlakubele 2009. Basebetsi
bana ba latelang bona ba hirilwe ho ba basebetsi ba dinako
tsohle ho tloha ka Loetse 2008, mme bona ke: Ina du Preez,
Lulu Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok le Bronwynn Oosthuizen. Re
nka monyetla ona ho amohela basebetsi bao ba batjha mona
AgriSETA.
Bana ba latelang bona ba lebohile mosebetsi, mme bona ke,
Benghadi, Francis Senona (ETQA), Manuel de Bruin le Shaun
Starr (Phano ka Bokgoni) mme re ba lakaletsa ho hotle moo
ba yang. Re ntse re sokola ho tlatsa dikgeo tsa diposo tse
bulehileng ka baka la tjhebahalo ya SETA e lebelletsweng mme
hona ho baka mathata hodima boleng ba bakopi ba diposo ka
baka la ho se hlake hoo hona ho tlang le hona.
MANTSWE A TEBOHO
Ke rata ho nka karolo ena ke lebohe Boto ya AgriSETA bakeng
sa tshehetso ya yona e matla. Ke lebohe hape ka mokgwa o
ikgethang Modulasetulo, Mong. Jack van Dyk le Motlatsi wa
Modulasetulo, Mong. Sipho Khumalo bakeng sa tataiso le
bohlale ba bona.
Ho bathahaselli ba rona, Mafapha a Temo le Mesebetsi (ka
bobedi boemong ba naha le diprovinse), re le leboha haholo
bakeng sa maikutlo a seprofeshenale le dikamano tse ntle
haholo tsa tshebedisano eo le bileng le yona le AgriSETA. Ho
balefi ba di-levy, le lona re rata ho le leboha haholo bakeng
sa ho beha tshepo ya lona ho rona ka ho kenya ditjhelete tsa
lona ho rona le tshwarisana mosebetsing wa ntshetsopele
ya bokgoni bakeng sa mokga wa temo. Ho baabi ba rona ba
ditshebeletso, re ananela boikemisetso ba lona ba ka moo le
faneng ka bokgoni ka teng lebitsong la SETA.
Jwalo ka ha ke ile ka bolela ho di-road show, ikamahanyeng le
rona mme hoo ho tla re thusa hore re hole re le sebeletse ka
tsela e ntlafetseng. Ho moifo wa AgriSETA, le tshwana feela le
sehlopha se ka sehloohong (A-Team) mme di ngata tseo re sa
ntsaneng re tlilo di fenya ha re ntse re le mmoho.
Ke rata hape le ho fetisetsa diteboho ho Mong. Machiel van
Niekerk. O ile a kotjwa hore a dule ntse a tshwere jwalo
ka Operations Manager mme a thusa ka diketelo tsa ditsheng
ekasitana le ho ntlwaetsa tikoloho ya SETA le bathahaselli ba
AgriSETA. Ho sebetsa ka matla le ho sebetsa ka boikemisetso
ho AgriSETA, Mong. van Niekerk o tsamaile ka Tlhakubele
2009 mme a fetisetsa marapo ho nna, athe he ka tlasa tataiso
ya ka, le nna ke ikemiseditse ho etsa hore AgriSETA e be matla
le ho feta.
Ke a leboha
Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso
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PEHELO YA MODULASETULOINGxELO YEGOSA ELIPHEZULU ELIYINTLOKO
Yinkolelo yethu kwiAgriSETA ukuba ngokusebenzisa
uqeqeso, ukuphuhliswa kwezakhono, kubonelelwa ngolwazi,
izimilo ziyaguqulwa futhi nokhuseleko kokutya kuyakhuliswa.
Ukuqhubela phambili sikwakholelwa ukuba imveliso
kunye nengeniso enyukileyo ingabonakaliswa ngoqeqesho.
Ndisebenzise lemeko ukuchaza ngalengxelo yokuphela
konyaka. xa ndikhangela emva ngendlela iinguquko ezisifakele
imicelimngeni emininzi kwilizwe lethu njengokulahleka
kwemisebenzi, ukudodobala koqoqosho, ukwanda
komkhuhlane wehagu, ukulungiswa kwakhona koMthetho
woPhuhliso leZakhono kunye nenkqubo yowisomthetho
entsha yeNQF, nezinye phakathi kukaDisemba 2008 kunye
noMatshi ka2009, nabani na angatsho ukuba uqeqesho
luyadingeka ukuze lilungiselele ngokuphelelyo abantu
kunye nabahlali bakwazi ukumelana nemicelimngeni ezayo.
Ngenguquko engenakunqandwa, siyakholwa ukuba yinto
esingaphila nayo hayi into esizawuzama ukuyisombulula.
Simele ukuba sizithathele ingqaleko iinguquko kodwa
eyona nto ibalulekileyo siyamkele inguquko. Kunyaka
ogqithileyo sisebenzise imiboniso yasezindleleni, ukwenza
luqilima ubudlelwane bethu namasebe ahlukekeneyo
karhulumente, kuzwelonke nakumaphondo, kwaye
siquke nabarhafi beenkonzo. Siyakholwa ukuba singakha
into enamandla ephethe ukwakhiwa ngokubalaseleyo
kwezakhono nokubonelela ngeenkonzo ngokusebenzisana
ngokubambisana.
UBUDLELWANE NAMASEBE KUNYE
NAMALUNGU EZOLIMO
• Isebe leZolimo (Kuzwelonke naseMaphondweni)
Siyaqhubeka ukonwabela ubudlelwane obunempumelelo
kunye neSebe leZolimo ngokusebenzisana noMlawuli
Jikelele, uNkosazana Nduli kunye nemfundo yesebe,
ulwandiso nophando olukhekelwe nguNkosazana
Titi noMhlekazi Mankazana. Umntu wethu osinxibelelana
naye uMhlekazi uKgobokoe uzibalule njengomntu onefuthe
elibalulekileyo phakathi kobubudlelwane. Sifumana
ngexesha irhafu yeenkonzo yonyaka eyiyi pesenti
(1%) evela kwisebe kwaye ngoku usungule iMemorandamu
yeMvisiswano (MoU) phakathi kwamaxwebhu oqeqesho
lemanyano yamashishini. Njenge CEO entsha, ndiye
ndaqalisa ukuhambela amasebe wamaphondo ezolimo
kwaye ukufika ngoku ndenze uhambo lembeko eLimpopo,
eNtshona Koloni nase Mpuma Koloni. Siyaqhubeka
ukonwabela ubudlelwane obunobubele njenge SETA
nawo onke amaSebe eZolimo siphinde siqhubeke
nokuzibandakanya kwiprojekthi ezo. iiKholeji zoLimo
phakathi kwamaphondo ziyaqhubeka ukuthatha
kwimicimbi yeSETA nokunikela ngobutyebi bayo
kunye nobume obuqinisekisiweyo iqhubeka ukudlala
indima enobulunga obuphezulu ngokusebenzisana
neSETA.
• Isebe labaSebenzi
uBudlelwane bethu neSebe labaSebenzi (DoL) baziwa
ngokubambisana ngembeko kunye nenkxaso engagunqiyo
uJeremia Sello Madiba
iGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko
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evela kuMphathiswa, kunye namagosa akhe aphezulu kunye
necandelo lenkxaso leSETA. Siyaqhubeka ukuthatha
inxaxheba kumacandelo onke afaneleyo avela kwaDoL
kwaye xa ujionga ubukhulu beSETA isebenze kakuhle
kakhulu nokunika ingxelo (ngekota) nangokujongene
nethagethi ibizibekele zona kwikhadi lamanqaku.
iAgriSETA ijongene nomngeni omkhulu wokubonelela
ngeenkonzo kwabaninzi kodwa isebenzisa okuncinane,
ngenxa yokubona ukuba ezolimo yinto ephambili esizweni.
Uninzi lwabathengi bethu bangaphandle kwesixokelelwano
sorhafiso lwegranti (Abafuma iMbuyekezo yeMihlaba
kunye namashishini ezolimo) kwaye beqhubeka ukusibona
njengomthombo woncedo. Ababathengi bayaqhubeka
ukwanda ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yimisebenzi ngoko
bakhangela ezolimo njengendlela yabucala kwaye simemela
kwabaphethe iNgxowa-mali yeZakhono zeSizwe kunye
Nabagunyazisa iZakhono zeSizwe (iNational Skills
Authority (NSA)) ukuba bajonge ngeliso lokunceda
kwizicelo esizifakileyo ukuba sehlise ubunzima esijongene
nabo.
• Isebe lezeMfundo
Sonwabela ubudlelwane obukhethekileyo obuvela kwiZiko
leMfundo eSisiseko noQeqesho yaBantu abadala (iABET)
phakathi kweSebe LezeMfundo likaZwelonke.
Kwezisematheni kuhkho iMoU esayiniweyo neSebe
lezeMfundo laseMntla-Ntshona eliye lafaka iR2.8
yezigidi kwiSETA ukuze iqeqeshe amalungu ayo
kwiiNkqubo zeZakhono nokuFunda ngezolimo. Iikholeji
eziliqela zeMfundo ePhambili noQeqesho (iFET) zithatha
inxaxheba ekuboneleleni ngeeNkqubo zeZakhono
nokuFunda.
• Abahlawuli berhafu yeenkonzo namalungu abanzi
kwezolimo
Ubudlelwane bethu namalungu ezolimo kunye nabo
bahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo busaqhuba kakuhle. Siye
sazisa iprojekthi eyongezelelweyo ngoAgasti 2008
kwaye iyeyanceda kakhulu ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo
zoqoqosho zabahlawuli bethu berhafu yeenkonzo. iSebe
loYilo leZakhono liyelasombulula iingxaki abahlawuli
berhafu yeenkonzo bebenazo ngenhlelo entsha yoYilo
lokuSebenza kweZakhono (iWSP) kunye neNgxelo
yoQeqesho yoNyaka (iATR) phakathi kwemiboniso
yasezindleni kwizwelonke kwaye inethemba lokuba
izicelo ezivela kwingxowamali enyanzelisayo zizawunyuka.
ISEBE ELIBONELELA NGEZAKHONO
iSETA iyeyamangaliswa kakhulu bubuninzi bezicelo kwiiNkqubo
zokuFunda neZakhono ezo ziphezulu kakhulu kwingxowa-mali
yoNcedo ngobulumko. Ngaxeshanye ezinye izicelo zijolise
kwizakhono ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo, ezinye zazo ziphume
kakhulu endleleni kodwa zibalulekile kwabo bafaka izicelo.
Isidingo senziwa mandudndu ngabafumene imbuyekezo yomhlaba
abafuna yonke into kwiABET ukuya kwezemali nezakhono
zezandla. Naxa kunjalo sonwabile ukunika ingxelo ukuba
kulonyaka singaphambili kwitagethi yethu nge202% kubafundi
abangasebenziyo kunye ne105% kubafundi abasebenzayo.
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INGxELO YEGOSA ELIPHEZULU ELIYINTLOKO
ISEBE LOYILO LWEZAKHONO
Isebe lisebenze kakuhle ekusingatheni iiKomiti eziNgaphantsi
zeCandelo (Sub Sector Committees (SSC’s)) eliyelabonelela
ngethuba lokusebenzisana ngokuzimisela neMbonakalo-mhlaba
yeSETA. Inani eliphezulu lamalungu liyelafikelelwa ngamalunga
nezakhono ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo. Lento iye yenziwa
kuba iiBasari, uQeqesho lomsebenzi, Amava awaseMsebenzini
kunye Nokufunda usebenza (Bursaries, Internships, Workplace
Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA)) ukuze kujongwe
kwezo zakhono zifunyenweyo ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo.
Kulonyaka iithagethi zeBIWA ziyezangaphezulu komlinganiselo
kakhulu futhi iAgriSETA iyeyabonelela nge R9 587 yezigidi
elungelelene neR8 172 yezigidi evela kwiNSF ukuze kuqeqeshwe
abafundi abasebenzayo abanga- 227. Naxa elicandelo lisebenze
kakuhle iABET ihleli iyingxaki exhalabisayo ngokuba iitagethi
ezibekiweyo azifikelelwa. Ndinengcinga yokuba iABET imelwe
ukubekwa kwibakala leNSDS III ukuze iphinde ixoxwe kwakhona
nokucacisa kwakhona iindima yeSETA kwiABET.
ISEBE LEZEMFUNDO LOKUQINISEKISA
UBULUNGA BOQEQESHO (I-EDUCATION
TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE (ETQA)
DEPARTMENT))
Ngokulungiswa kwakhona koMthetho woPhuhliso leZakhono
oye wazala iBhunga Lobulunga Lemisebenzi Nengqesho
(iQuality Council for Trade and Occupations (QCTO)) isebe
leETQA liyelaqalisa ngokuphanda ngezitifiketi ezine zengqesho
ezibizwa ngokuba:
• iHorticulture Production/Farm Manager NQF 4;
• iMachinery Operators NQF 3;
• iProcess Controllers NQF4; and
• iMeat Safety and Quality Controllers (Meat Inspectors)
NQF 4
Ezizitifiketi sele zihlabele mngama kwizinga lophuhliso
ngokuncedwa ngamashishini afana nawezolimo /awefama.
Eyona njongo yethu ephambili kukufumana inkxaso
yeenkampani namashishini ukuba basebenzise ubuchule babo
nokuba yinxalenye yokulungiselela uYilo leMisebenzi lokuqalisa
ukusebenzisa iQCTO ngo2010. uMhlekazi Fanny Phetla
uzifumanele iinkonzo zika Mhlekazi uHerman van Deventer
njengoMphathi weProjekthi weQCTO kwaye ukuzofika ngoku
iSebe lesibenza ngokubalaseleyo. Sikwafumene elinye iziko
loncedo (iInstitutes of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence
(ISOE’s)) ukuncedisa ukwakha ikhono lababonelela ngeenkonzo
zabahlali nokuqalisa ngokusebenzisa izitifeketi zokusebenza.
Nangona umbono wengomso ikukongeza ubudlelwane
bokusebenza neeKholeji zeFET ezozibonelela ngeenkqubo
zolimo uba zincede ngecebo kubaxhamli bembuyekezo
yomhlaba, nabani na akumele ukuba alibale ngendima edlalwe
ngababoneleli beenkonzo abasakhasayo, aba bazawusoloko
befuna uncedo kakhulu elivela kwiAgriSETA ukuze bamelane
neenguquko.
ICANDELO LEZOTHUNGELWANO
uNkosikazi Caren Cleinwerck, lowo oligosa lethu
lezothungelwano usebenze kakuhle kakhulu eyedwa
njengomntu olibinqa, uyewakwazi ukulungiselela ikomfa ethe
yakwazi ukuba nomtsalane kwabo Basibonelela Ngeenkozo
ukuba babeyinxalenye, abahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo kunye
mamanye amalungu ethu. Ikomfa ibenempumelelo ngokunika
ingxelo iqinisekisa imbonelelo yeenkonzo zeSETA. Uphinde
wayinxalenye yemihlangano yamaqumrhu eSETA kumaphondo
aliqela aphinde enze imiboniso ngeSETA kwingxoxo
ezahlekeneyo kunye nezinye izimemo ezifanayo.
UKUSETYENZISWA KWEEMALI
Imali yengeniso yerhafu yeenkonzo zeAgriSETA inyuke nge
8.4% ukusuka kwi R131,5 ngo2007/08 ukuya kwi R142,5
yezigidi ngo2008/09 kulonyaka wezemali. Imali yengeniso
eyiyiyo yolawulo ibiyi R18,9 izigidi xa kuthelekiswa neR18,4
yezigidi efunyanwe kunyaka wezemali ngo2007/2008. Isizathu
somahluko we2.4% sibonisa ukuba kubekhona ukonyuka
kwerhafu yeenkonzo evela kubaqashi, kodwa ukwehla
kwerhafu yeenkonzo kuvele kuMasebe eZolimo waMaphondo.
Amanani avakalayo walonyaka, 2008/09 asetyenzisiweyo abeyi
R58,4 yezigidi kwaye imali ehlawuliweyo epheleyo yeGranti
Ezinyanzelisayo ibiyi R62,4 yezigidi xa kuthelekiswa neR60
yezigidi kunyaka wezemali ka2007/08. iAgriSETA iyeyabela
i99% epheleleyo yobutyebi bayo obukhoyo kunyaka wezemali
ka2008/09.
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Ezilandelayo ibe yimingeni kwezemali kakhulu kuwimpatho
yendleko zolawulo eziyi10%:
• Indleko yomvuzo ibephezulu xa kuqeshwa iCEO entsha
kuphindwe kugcinwe neCEO endala ukuze inikezele
kakuhle umsebenzi;
• Ukusebenzisa kakhulu amagosa angaphandle
angochwepheshe kuLawulo lokuBonelela ngeeNkonzo;
(iSupply Chain Management);
• Ukunyuka kwabaqeshwa abaninzi abekontraki ukuba
bagcine inkcukacha kwikhompyutha zeprojekthu nenhlelo
zokufunda;
• Ukuqeshwa kweCEO entsha ngaxeshanye kugcinwe iCEO
endala ukuze umsebenzi unikezelwe kakuhle.
xa siqhukumbela iimali zethu ziphathwe kakuhle kakhulu
ngenncedo leDeloitte besisoloko silifumana ingxelo
engaqinisekiswanga evela kwiofisi yoMpicothi-Jikelele
weeNcwadi.
IMICIMBI YABASEBENZI
Phakathi kwalonyaka iAgriSETA ibinabasebenzi abancomekayo
abasisigxina aba- 26 kunye nabasebenzi bexeshana aba-3. iSETA
iphinde yaqesha iCEO entsha, uJerry Madiba ngoOktobha
2008 kunye noFrancina Mphele kwicandelo lezemali.
uNkosikazi Gloria Ntoule uyewaqashelwa kwicandelo leETQA
ngoFebruwari 2009. Abasebenzi abalandelayo bebeqashwe
okwexeshana bayebaqeshwa njengabasebenzi abasisigxina
ukususela ngoSeptemba 2008 futhi bona ngu: Ina du Preez,
uLulu Engelbrecht, uMarissa Kok noBronwynn Oosthuizen.
Sithatha elithuba ukwamkela abasebenzi abatsha kulomkhumbi
weAgriSETA.
Abalandelayo bafake izicelo zokurhoxa emsebenzini; uMessrs,
uFrancis Senona (ETQA), uManuel de Bruin noShaun Starr
(Obonelela ngeZakhono) kwaye sibanqwenelela okuhle
kwimisebenzi yabo emitsha. Sisenengxaki yokuvala izithuba
ezingenabantu ngenxa yokuzimisela kobume beSETA kwaye
lento isifaka engozini kubulunga babo bafaka izicelo zemisebenzi
ngenxa yokuswela intembeko ekwenzayo.
ILIZWI LOMBULELO
Ndithanda ukunikela elicandelo ukubulela iBhodi yeAgriSETA
ngenkxaso yabo engazenzisiyo. Umbulelo okhethekileyo
kuSihlalo; uMhlekazi Jack van Dyk kunye nosekela Sihlalo,
uMhlekazi Sipho Khumalo ngeengcebiso zabo nobulumko.
Kumalungu wethu esesisebenza nawo, aMasebe weZolimo
naBasebenzi (womabini kuzwelonke namaphondo) ndivakalisa
umbulelo kakhulu ngokuziphatha okufanelekileyo kunye
nentsebenziswano enobuhlobo eniyakhileyo kunye neAgriSETA.
Kwabo bahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo, umbulelo okhethekileyo
ngokusithemba ngeemali zenu nokuba sizibalule ngokuphatha
uphuhliso lwezakhono kwicandelo lezolimo. Kubantu bethu
ababonelela ngenkonzo, sibulela ukuzimisela kwenu ngendlela
enibonelela ngayo ngezakhono ezidingekayo ngaphandle
xa nimele iSETA. Njengokuba benditshilo kwimiboniso
yasezindleleni, sifakeni kuba sizawukhula kwaye sinikhonze
betele. Kubasebenzi eAgriSETA, nilelona qela eliphambili i-“A-
Team” kwaye sisezawuqhubeka siphumelele imidlalo emininzi
kunye.
Ndikwathanda ukuvakalisa ilizwi lombulelo kuMhlekazi Machiel
van Niekerk. Uye wacelwa ukuba ahlale njengoMphathi
weMisebenzi waphinda wanceda ngokuhambela iindawo
zokusebenzela nokuphinda andazise kwindawo yeSETA kunye
nakumalungu weAgriSETA. Umsebenzi onzima nokugcina
intloko iphakimile yeAgriSETA, uMhlekazi van Niekerk uye
wahamba ekupheleni kukaMatshi 2009 wagqithisela intonga
yokuphatha kum, kwaye phantsi kolawulo lwam, ndizimisele
ukuthatha iAgriSETA ndiyisuse emandleni ndiyise emandleni. I
Enkosi
uJeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
iGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko
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GOVERNING BOARD
At the Annual General Meeting held on 22nd October 2008, the following Board members were nominated and also represented
on other committees within the AgriSETA
EMPLOYEES
NAME ORGANISATION RACE GENDERExECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
SKILLS
PLANNINGETQA
LEARNER-
SHIPS
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
Mzikayise Khumalo Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Male
Atwell Nazo Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Male
Seihloiso Manoto Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Female
Katishi Masemola Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Male
Mbulelo Jolisa Food and General Workers Union (FGWU)
African Male
Itlhobogeng Mokwena Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Male
Pulane Maine Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
African Female
Adele van Den Berg Solidarity White Female
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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EMPLOYERS
NAME ORGANISATION RACE GENDERExECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
SKILLS
PLANNINGETQA
LEARNER-
SHIPS
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
Jacobus Van Dyk Agri (Western Cape)
White Male
Prof Daan Prinsloo Transvaal Agri-cultural Union of South Africa
White Male
Dr Di Goodwin South African Green Industry Council (SAGIC)
White Female
Dr Gerhardus Neethling
Red Meat Abat-toir Association (RMAA)
White Male
Jacques van Niekerk Henwil Chickens White Male
Jacqueline Bhana Tongaat Hulett Sugar
Indian Female
Willem Strydom Grain South Africa White Male
Leonard Hansen Astral Operations Ltd
White Male
Otto Mbangula National African Farm Workers Union (NAFU)
African Male
Adriaan Gerritzen Vrystaat Koöperasie Beperk
White Male
Dates of Governing Board meetings
Dates and attendance of Governing Board meetings:
Date of Meeting Employee Employers Total
29 May 2008 9 10 19
31 July 2008 10 10 20
14 August 2008 10 7 17
22 October 2008 10 10 20
19 March 2009 9 8 17
Resignations from the Governing Board
• Mr Paseka Mohanoe of the union, National Union of Farmers (NUF) resigned at the Board meeting held in October 2008.
• Ms Adele van den Berg, replaced Mr Andre Marais of the union, Solidarity
• As the union, the South African Food and Allied Trade Union (SAFATU) being deregistered by the Department of Labour,
Mr Ben Mtshali had to step down from the Board.
The AgriSETA Board is in the process of receiving nominations for the replacement of the above mentioned Board members.
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GOVERNING BOARD EQUITY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dates and attendance of Executive Committee Meetings:
Date of Meeting Employee Employers Total
22 May 2008 3 2 5
14 August 2008 3 2 5
21 October 2008 3 3 6
12 February 2009 2 2 4
18 March 2009 2 2 4
HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE
Members of the Human Resource Committee are:
1. Mr Jacobus van Dyk - Agri (Western Cape) - (Chairperson)
2. Mr Mzikayise Khumalo - Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) - (Vice-Chairperson)
3. Mr Machiel van Niekerk - AgriSETA - Operations Manager
4. Mr Jeremia Madiba - AgriSETA - Chief Executive Officer
Dates of Human Resource Committee Meetings:
22 May 2008
7 August 2008
13 August 2008
18 November 2008
11 February 2009
3 March 2009
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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QUALITY ASSURANCE
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Fanny Phetla African Male Quality Assurance Manager
Dominicus Yotwana African Male Quality Control
Coordinator: Accreditation
Gloria Ntoule African Female Quality Control Admin Assistant: Accreditation
Rita De Bruyn White Female Assessor/ Moderator Administrator
Minah Matloa African Female Quality Control Admin Assistant: Monitoring
CORPORATE SERVICES
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Annetjie Labuscagne White Female Manager: Corporate Services
Rosa Ballard White Female Finance Controller
Dineo Mlambo African Female Admin Coordinator
Francina Mphele African Female Finance Assistant
Emily Thulare African Female Admin Assistant
Moses Meko African Male Internal Messenger / Security
Amanda Victor White Female Secretary / Administrator
SKILLS DELIVERY
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Thobile Muthwa African Female Skills Delivery Coordinator
Bronwyn Oosthuizen Coloured Female Learnership Administrator
Koos Sihlangu African Male Learnership Administrator
AGRISETA PERSONNEL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Jerry Madiba
African
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PERSONAL ASSISTANT
Farhana Rahaman
Indian
Female
Personal Assistant: CEO and Managers
MARKETING
Caren Cleinwerck
Coloured
Female
Marketing and Communications
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
SKILLS PLANNING
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Johann Engelbrecht White Male Skills Planning Manager
Johannah Masombuka African Female Skills Reporting Coordinator
Shereen Wentzel Coloured Female Data Capturer
Ina Du Preez White Female Data Capturer
Marissa Kok White Female ABET Administrator
Theuns Henning White Male Skills Planning Admin Manager
Amandie Gerber White Female Grants Coordinator
Racquel Bergman Coloured Female Grants Assistant
Lulu Engelbrecht White Female Grants Assistant
Cynthia Nkabinde African Female Surplus Project Administrator
OPERATIONS
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Machiel Van Niekerk White Male Operations Manager
CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES
NAME RACE GENDER POSITION
Merriam Marobyane African Female Data Capturer
Shereen Mbwana African Female Data Capturer
Stella Mokgoko African Female Data Capturer
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
AgriSETA EMPLOYEES
African Coloured Indian White Total
Permanent Male 5 0 0 3 8
Permanent Female 7 4 1 6 18
Temporary Male 0 0 0 0 0
Temporary Female 3 0 0 0 3
Total 15 4 1 9 29
APPOINTMENTS
After the news of Mr Machiel Van Niekerk’s retirement was announced, the process to find a new CEO was initiated in May 2008.
After an extensive recruitment procedure, candidates were identified, and after rigorous selection interviews and psychometric
evaluations by the AgriSETA Human Resource Committee and the Executive Committee, the baton was passed on to Mr Jeremia
(Jerry) Sello Madiba as from 1 October 2008.
The Human Resource Committee decided that all temporary employees be contracted to the AgriSETA until 31 March 2010.
They are:
Skills Planning Department
Shereen Wentzel Data Capturer (ABET Face-to-Face)
Ina du Preez Data Capturer who now assists with Bursaries, Workplace, Internships and Apprenticeship
(BIWA) administration
Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
Marissa Kok ABET Administrator (computer aided ABET)
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Permanent Female
Temporary Male
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Skills Delivery Department
Bronwynn Oosthuizen Learnership Administrator
Quality Assurance Department
Rita de Bruyn Assessor / Moderator Administrator
Gloria Ntoule Quality Control Admin Assistant: Accreditation replacing Ms Cynthia Nkabinde who filled the position of
the Surplus Project Administrator in the Skills Planning Department
Herman Van Deventer QCTO Project Manager
Corporate Services Department
Francina Mphele Finance Administrator
RESIGNATIONS
Mr Francis Senona, the Quality Control: Coordinator, Monitoring, resigned in January 2009.
Mr Manuel De Bruin, Learnership Administrator, resigned at the end of February 2009.
Mr Shaun Starr, the Skills Delivery Manager, who was contracted until June 2009, left the employ of AgriSETA on 13 March 2009.
RENUMERATION STRUCTURE
Position Annual Total Cost to Company Number of Employees
CEO R 700 000 - R 799 000 1
Senior Management R 500 000 - R 799 000 4
Middle Management R 400 000 - R 499 000 1
Co-ordinators R 200 000 - R 399 000 6
Senior Administrative Staff R 100 000 - R 199 000 14
Junior Administrative Staff <R 100 000 3
TOTAL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES 29
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in October 2008
had an attendance of 150 stakeholders. Representing the
employers, Mr Jack Van Dyk of Agri Western Cape was elected
as Chairperson and Mr Sipho Khumalo of the Food and Allied
Workers Union, representing the employees, was nominated
as Vice-Chairperson. Stakeholders and Accredited Training
Providers were thanked at a Gala Dinner held that evening.
Three ISOEs, namely Transvaal Sugar Beperk (TSB), Shukela
Training Centre and Scientific Roets, who were also at the
dinner, received their certificates.
At the national conference with the theme “Eradicate
Scarce Skills through Occupationally-based Learning”, we
had Professor Mehl of Triple L Academy share his views of
the Macro and International Perspective of Occupationally
Based Learning. Other speakers at the conference were Mr
Christoph Vorwerk, who talked about “Occupationally-based
Learning systems within the sector and how it can be applied
in practice”. Mr Herman Van Deventer and Ms Beatrice Enslin
also shared their perspective from the primary and secondary
sector of agriculture.
EXHIBITIONS
The AgriSETA Marketing department also attended the World
Occupational Health and Safety Day at the invitation of the
Department of Labour to provide information on safety in the
agri sector.
On Youth day, information hubs and exhibitions at the
University of the Western Cape informed the youth on scarce
and critical skills. Noting the words of former President Thabo
Mbeki, “We will therefore continue to take all necessary and
possible measures to empower our youth to acquire the
knowledge and skills to achieve a decent standard of living.”
The AgriSETA constantly shares the scarce and critical skills
within the agri sector.
The AgriSETA had the opportunity to support some of the
Minister of Labour’s Imbizo’s.
Exhibitions were attended at the Inzalabantu Sports Field in
KwaZulu-Natal, Kwambonambi Municipality, where a unique
computer skills training centre, run by people with disabilities,
was boosted when the Minister donated R500 000 towards the
Skills Centre.
Addressing an imbizo of domestic workers in Stellenbosch, the
Minister said, “A general feeling right across the labour market
spectrum had always been that law enforcement was in dire
need of tightening up to curb the rampant workplace injustices.
” Although it was an imbizo for domestic workers, some issues
regarding farm workers were also raised.
At the Eastern Cape Imbizo, held in Keiskamahoek at the Chief
Ngqika’s Palace outside King William Town, the AgriSETA
provided information and career guidance to job-seeking young
people and tertiary students.
“A war on Poverty Campaign” in Taung in the North West
Province, which was part of government’s strategy, was
attended by hundreds of people from the community. The
main objective was to reduce the incidence of poverty, and
information was distributed to those attending. The then
Deputy President, Ms Baleka Mbete, was to address the
community at the Sitting Polar Sports Ground.
The theme of this year’s National Skills Conference was
“Reflection on a decade of skills development in preparing for
the future.” The event was held in Midrand at Gallagher Estate
and thousands who attended listened to the Minister of Labour
when he spoke about about the challenges that lie ahead.
The conference was for invited guests only, but the exhibitions
were free to the public for all to attend. As was the case with
all other SETAs at the event, AgriSETA staff was inundated
with queries.
Mdladlana called for all stakeholders to prepare for
implementation around the new skills landscape once
the legislation has been adopted. “We need extensive
implementation plans so that we can move with speed once
the bill is passed,” said Mdladlana.
Mdladlana urged delegates to focus their deliberations on
drawing up plans to improve the role of skills development in
this country.
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“We can still do more to get thousands of young unemployed
people into employment. We can still do more to get our
people out of the poverty cycle. We can still do more to make
South Africa a better country. As we prepare for the future,
I will be watching the reports with keen interest!” Mdladlana
concluded.
The Marketing department also had the opportunity to
spend a day with Country Mushrooms, who had open days
at the Wattlewood Farm and Aalwyne Farm. Various Training
providers and Unions were also invited. Learners shared and
raised their concerns. This was also a good way to motivate
workers who were not attending ABET classes to see the
benefits of their fellow colleagues.
A Talent Champions Day was attended at the British American
Tobacco in Heidelberg, where employees of the company
were informed of skills development within the sector and
NQF changes. The various learnerships, their status and the
way forward were presented. Each division at the company
had the opportunity to do a presentation with questions being
raised from other departments. An award and certification
ceremony was also held.
Information material was requested from the events centres.
This material was highly appreciated by the learners who could
access the displayed information.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Scarce and critical skills information was advertised in various
media to inform stakeholders at a national level. Advertisements
appeared in Die Burger – Landbou, the Agri News/Nuus and The
Farmworker/plaaswerker.
Monthly SETA Cluster meetings are held in the Western
Cape, and are also attended by the AgriSETA Marketing
Department.
These cluster meetings are held for the following reasons:
• To strengthen inter-SETA relationships in the region;
• To adopt a collaborative approach to engaging with
relevant stakeholders in the region; and
• To establish linkages with other provincial initiatives with
a specific focus on skills development and training in
the region.
It is the intention of the SETA cluster to bring on board all
other SETAs. The SETA Cluster, whilst operating as a grouping
to address generic Human Resource Development (HRD)
issues, shall not interfere with the policies and procedures of
each SETA as an individual entity.
The structure of the cluster is as follows:
• The SETA Cluster is an ad hoc body that comprises
SETAs.
• Membership of the SETA Cluster will be exclusive to
SETA staff.
• Members shall appoint alternative members to represent
them on the SETA Cluster.
• Where necessary, delegates shall be appointed to represent
the SETA Cluster with respect to meetings with
stakeholders in the provinces. However, insofar as it is
possible, there shall be representation by all SETAs at
these meetings.
• Other parties will be invited to attend on an ad hoc
basis, but will not be allowed to become members of
the SETA Cluster.
The functions of the cluster are:
• To establish relationships with important stakeholders in
the province, inter alia government departments, the
business sector and organized labour with a view to
enhance skills development and training in the provinces;
• To establish linkages with provincial skills development
initiatives in the provinces;
• To organize speakers to address the cluster on important
developments in the skills development arena; and
• To conduct research where necessary.
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
NATIONAL INFORMATION SESSIONS
The Agriculture Sector Education Training Authority (AgriSETA)
recently held its annual national road shows in eight provinces.
The road shows were attended by 560 stakeholders. It was
an information-sharing session for stakeholders, accredited
training providers and skills development facilitators informing
them of the latest developments and changes. Training
providers were informed of the new Quality Council for Trades
and Occupations that will affect them in the long term. Skills
development facilitators were informed of the completion of
the Workplace Skills Plan and the Annual Training Reports,
which are to be submitted by 30 June 2009.
The Cape Town meeting, which had the highest attendance
figures, was opened by the AgriSETA Chairperson, Mr Jack Van
Dyk. Durban had the honour of hearing Mr Sipho Khumalo,
the Vice-Chairperson. The new Chief Executive Officer, Mr
Jerry Madiba, also attended, meeting majority stakeholders for
the first time and giving them a warm AgriSETA welcome.
The new Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
was explained by the newly appointed Project Manager, Mr
Herman Van Deventer. He is there to assist in preparing
the sectoral structures like the industry captains, community
of expert practitioners and partners to develop occupational
qualifications and assessment models.
This was a good networking session for stakeholders and for the
AgriSETA staff, who were informed on the Skills Development
Amendment Act, passed on 1 December 2008, pertaining to
the QCTO and OFO, as well as the National Qualifications
Framework Act passed on 17 February 2009.
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jerry Madiba, commenced
his duties on 1 October 2008 after the retirement of Mr
Machiel Van Niekerk.
Mr Madiba hails from a small village known as Mmotong wa
Perekisi (Perskebult) outside Polokwane in Limpopo Province.
He started school in Marapyane in the former Bophuthatswana
and from there continued in Limpopo until he graduated with
a B Agric, HED and B. Ed (Hons) at the then University of the
North (University of Limpopo). He further holds an Honours
and Masters degree (Agric Economics) from the University
of Pretoria and is currently registered for a PhD (Education
Policy Studies) with the same university. He started his
career as a teacher at Harry Oppenheimer Agricultural High
School and taught until he was appointed as Principal and then
later Rector of Tompi Seleka College of Agriculture. He is a
former examiner under the then Department of Education
and Training (DET) and a co-author of Focus in Agriculture, a
Grade 10 book, which is currently being used for the new FET
Curriculum. He was also involved in the process of investigating
and incorporating Colleges of Agriculture either under Further
Education and Training (FET) or Higher Education while working
for the National Department of Agriculture. He then became
involved in coordinating and writing the FET Curriculum for
the Department of Education. He was also previously involved
as Learnership Manager at the former PAETA, which gave
him an opportunity to become involved in many Government
departments. He joined the SETA, coming from the Department
of Agriculture and Science and Technology. His passion is to
expand the mentoring programme for the new land reform
recipients and to see more exports from commercial farmers.
OUTGOING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
After eight years of hard work in the SETA environment, Mr
Machiel Van Nierkerk has retired. Hard work and keeping the
head high of the AgriSETA, Van Niekerk left the AgriSETA at
the end of March. He was asked to stay on and assist with site
visits as well as introducing the incoming CEO, Mr Jerry Madiba,
to the SETA environment and stakeholders of the AgriSETA.
A farewell party was arranged for Mr Van Niekerk and
attended by Board members, the Department of Labour, the
Department of Agriculture, CEOs of SETAs, and staff. We had
the pleasure of hearing from the Department of Labour, which
was represented by Ms Elizabeth Thobejane, who thanked Mr
Van Niekerk.
A themed farewell party, “Around the world in 80 days”, was
chosen as Machiel will be living out his dream by travelling the
world on his boat. We wish him well in his travels and thank
him for bringing the AgriSETA thus far.
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WEBSITE
Electronic communication, namely the website and newsletters, still remained the best contact medium with stakeholders.
The following stats were recorded during the financial year:
WEBSITE HITS
Apr2008
May2008
Jun2008
Jul2008
Aug2008
Sep2008
Oct2008
Nov2008
Dec2008
Jan2009
Feb2009
Mar2009
Total number of visitors 13458 17760 16302 12166 10570 11770 12886 9265 8248 10168 12105 13018
Total number of visits 38311 50424 60088 45647 42305 42872 47526 36072 24551 37317 47325 54597
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09
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INTRODUCTION
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act 58
of 1995 has promulgated the establishment of Education and
Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) bodies of the SETAs and
professional bodies to implement a National Qualifications
Framework (NQF). The team of experts to review the NQF
was appointed in 2001. The aim of the review was to investigate
how the implementation of the NQF could be improved. Some
successes and a number of challenges were noted.
JOINT POLICY STATEMENT
Following the publication of the review findings, the Ministers
of Education and Labour issued a joint policy statement in
October 2007. This document outlined achievements to date
and stressed the fact that South Africa’s NQF is integrated and
includes all sectors and levels of education. The NQF objectives
have received widespread support, and an awareness of the
importance of outcomes-based education has been promoted.
The Ministers also responded to the challenges that had
emerged by agreeing to make provision for the establishment
of three Quality Councils (QCs) to manage three sub-
frameworks - one for Higher Education Qualifications, one
for General and Further Education Qualifications and one for
Occupational Qualifications. These sub-frameworks fall within
a single National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and are
managed in collaboration with the SAQA.
THE QUALITY COUNCIL FOR TRADES AND
OCCUPATIONS (QCTO)
The aspired output of the QCTO is to develop fit-for-purpose
occupational qualifications that will be certificated as National
Occupational Awards or National Skills Certificates. The awards
will name the relevant occupation for which the learner is now
competent to practice. The focus of occupational qualifications
will be the development of occupational competence which,
in turn, contributes to increased employment rates and
productivity. The envisaged structure and functions of the
QCTO reflect a new approach to quality assurance in which
quality assurance permeates all activities and is not seen
as a separate function. This model will also be developed in
response to appeals to bring qualifications development and
quality assurance ‘under one roof’. The quality assurance of the
learning process for the QCTO’s qualifications can be visualised
as a structure in which the roof is supported by two pillars:
design and development on the one side, and the assessment
of occupational competence on the other.
THE IMPLICATIONS TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM
CURRENT NQF QUALIFICATIONS
The SETA ETQAs are still responsible for the quality assurance
of the delivery of learning programmes, such as learnerships
and skills programmes, which culminate in current NQF
qualifications. The majority of these NQF qualifications have
expired or are about to expire, which creates a gap between
the outgoing NQF qualifications and the introduction of the
new occupational qualifications under the auspices of QCTO.
It is, however, hoped that the spirit of transitional arrangement
will endeavour to put the learners first and minimize disruption
in the best interest of the learning environment.
ACCREDITATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS
Like other SETA ETQA’s, AgriSETA ETQA has accredited a
substantial number of training providers in the sector - just
more than 210. The categories of these providers range from
small to large. The capacities of the small to medium providers
are just enough to provide training limited to skills programmes,
which means offering a group a few unit standards that are
packaged for a specific competencies. Looking at the intensions
of the occupational qualifications, the QCTO model will leave
a little room, if any, to accommodate the small providers.
Primary agriculture is the most affected part of the sector
when it comes to the participation of such small providers,
which offer training in rural areas, community projects, etc.
By and large the accreditation requirements of the new QCTO
architecture will put emphasis on the capacity of providers to
offer occupational outcomes, the ability to manage curricular for
the said occupation(s), and the ability to deliver on assessment
and moderation of such occupation(s). The following graph
attempts to depict the diminishing number of training providers
as the QCTO matures in years in the learning environment.
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The graph also illustrates that the remaining number will be
in categories such as agricultural colleges, FET colleges with
agricultural bias and workplace providers.
FUTURE ROLES OF THE ETQA’S
The roles of the 23 SETA ETQAs plus professional bodies,
which are currently operating under the auspices of the SAQA
Act, will be refined in line with the amendments of the Act.
The new roles for the ETQAs as envisaged in the new model
will focus on:
• Registering learning programmes to meet sector needs;
• Monitoring quality-of-learning programme
implementation;
• Focusing on work experience for learners;
• Engaging employers about quality issues;
• Identifying and interacting with key role players and
stakeholders;
• Supporting occupational curriculum and qualification
development; and
• Performing Quality Partner functions for selected
occupations where nominated.
AgriSETA ETQA’S POSITION:
NEW ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR QCTO
The process of developing occupational curricula, new
occupational qualifications and assessment has been prioritized
to minimize the possibility of the gap between outgoing NQF
qualifications and the introduction of the new occupational
qualifications. The process of identifying teams that consist
of industry captains has also begun. This process will run
parallel with the preparation of workplaces for the experiential
component of the prospective occupation(s). The immediate
step after curriculum development will be to identify the
partners in developing an assessment model for such curricula,
which will mainly focus on:
• Providing inputs to development of Qualification
Assessment Specification;
• Setting a national standard - National bank of assessment
tasks, instruments;
• Establishing assessment centres / sites;
• Registering constituent assessors; and
• Monitoring and auditing assessment sites and conducting
external moderation.
ETQA CAPACITY: THE STAFFING
Looking at the roles to be played by the ETQAs in the new
model, one realizes that they are far more demanding than
before: more hands will be required to participate in the
development of the curriculum; playing the role of partners
in the assessment of occupations across the sector; quality
assuring workplace experiential learning places; establishing
assessment centres, etc. The chances of successfully discharging
these responsibilities effectively and efficiently as required by
the new model without adding to the ETQA personnel will be
near impossible.
200
150
100
50
0 2010 2011 2010 2013
Number of providers
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EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
THE STRIDES
The ETQA has embarked on a road show to engage the
stakeholders and to keep them abreast of changes in the system.
The road shows started at the end of February and lasted
until the end of March 2009. All the AgriSETA departments,
provincial departments of agriculture, labour, correctional
services and the premiers’ offices were invited to participate in
the road shows. There was a good turnover of the invitees, and
the expectations of the road show were met.
TRAINING PROVIDER FORUMS
A good training provider structure in the form of provincial
forums, unarguably will be critical in easing the lives of training
providers in the new QCTO model in terms of positioning
themselves in the new landscapes. These outputs can be
achieved by:
• Strengthening the providers’ forums;
• Establishing the assessors’ and moderators’ forums;
• Sharing of best practice amongst the providers;
• Investing more in the new system; and
• Align ourselves to occupations rather than individual
qualification(s).
MONITORS
In order to extend the arm of the ETQA, function monitors,
who will be assisting in identifying workplaces for experiential
components of the occupation(s) have been commissioned.
Their services have also been extended to cover the needs
of Skills Planning and Delivery departments. The monitors are
contracted until 2010.
EVALUATORS
While investing more efforts in the new NQF landscapes, the
ETQAs are still required to maintain the SAQA compliance
in terms of the accreditation of training providers and the
registration of assessors and moderators. The AgriSETA ETQA
has procured the services of the service providers to assist the
SETA with the desktop evaluation of learning material, which is
submitted by the training providers and extends their scope of
cover or the accreditation process.
QCTO AND OFO PROJECT MANAGER
A project manager was appointed to manage the transitional
arrangements in terms of introducing the QCTO and OFO
to AgriSETA. The key output for this manager is to assist in
preparing the sectoral structures such as industry captains, and
a community of expert practitioners and partners to develop
occupational qualifications and an assessment model.
ETQA Committee
Mr Riaan Gerritzen Vrystaat Koöperasie Beperk (VKB)
(Chairperson)
Mr Mbu Jolisa Food and General Workers Union
(FGWU) (Vice Chairperson)
Mr Phillip Mokwena Food and Allied Workers Union
(FAWU)
Prof Daan Prinsloo Transvaal Agricultural Union of
South Africa
Quality Assurance Department
Mr Fanny Phetla Quality Assurance Manager
Mr Dominicus
Yotwana
Quality Control Coordinator:
Accreditation
Ms Gloria Ntoule Quality Control Admin Assistant:
Accreditation
Ms Rita De Bruyn Assessor/ Moderator
Administrator
Ms Minah Matloa Quality Control Admin Assistant:
Monitoring
Mr Herman van
Deventer
QCTO Project Manager
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LEARNERSHIPS
During the course of the financial year 2008-2009, a total of 43 Learnership Projects were approved. Learnership Projects refer to
an application received from an employer or project and might involve more than one company.
2008-2009 Learnerships: Approved Projects (LS-Table .1)
Sponsored Companies
Qualification EmployedLearners
(18.1)
UnemployedLearners
(18.2)
TotalLearners
Amount
1 Agri Machinery [Level 3] 2 0 2 R 28 500.00
1 Agri Sales 0 20 20 R 498 000.00
2 Animal Production [Level 1 & 4] 0 120 120 R 1 469 700.00
3 Business Management [Level 4] 5 1 6 R 96 150.00
2 Grain Processes [Level1-5] 30 46 76 R 1 572 900.00
14 Horticulture [Level 1] 117 12 129 R 1 598 490.00
1 Meat Processing [Level 3] 3 0 3 R 37 500.00
2 Mixed Farming [Level 1-2] 50 0 50 R 525 000.00
16 Plant Production [Level 1-4] 121 30 151 R 1 993 770.00
1 Wine Processing 2 0 2 R 28 500.00
43 Totals 330 229 559 R 7 848 510.00
The table above shows:
During 2008-2009, the AgriSETA sponsored 43 employer companies /farms by allocating learnerships. These learnerships included a
total of 559 learners of whom 330 were employed learners and 229 unemployed learners. The majority of learners are enrolled in the
Learnership: Plant Production (ranging from Level 1 – 4), the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture at Level 1, and the Learnership:
Animal Production at Level 1 and 4.
Of the total of 43 companies / farms, 14 presented the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture, whilst 16 presented the Learnership:
Plant Production. It should be noted that one of the two contracts was concluded with a single institution to present the Learnership:
Animal Production, but that the allocation benefitted various employers.
The total sponsored number of learners is 559 of which the highest number of learners, namely 151 learners, are enrolled in
the Learnership in Plant Production, ranging from Levels 1 – 4 [the employed learners are 121 and the unemployed learners are 30].
A number of 129 learners are enrolled in the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture, Level 1 [the employed learners are 117 and
the unemployed learners are 12]. It is a pity that only six learners were enrolled in Business Management [Level 4] as this has been
identified as one of the Scarce and Critical Skills within Agriculture.
A total amount of R7 848 510-00 was allocated to the 2008-2009 learnership projects. The highest amount was allocated to the
Learnership in Plant Production. It is interesting that the second highest amount of R1 598 490-00 is allocated to Learnerships in
Ornamental Horticulture on the entrance level, i.e. Level 1.
We will explore more information on LS-Table.1 in the following graphs which will visually reflect our 2008-2009 activity on
learnership projects.
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Distribution of Employed and Unemployed Learners per Learnership.
In primary agriculture there are four learnerships of which 288 learners are employed and 162 learners are unemployed, totaling
450 learners (81% of the approved projects). The learnerships are:
• Animal production compiled of only 120 unemployed learners.
• Horticulture compiled of 117 employed learners and 12 unemployed learners.
• Mixed farming systems compiled of only 50 employed learners.
• Plant production compiled of 121 employed learners and 30 unemployed learners.
In secondary agriculture there are four learnerships of which 35 learners are employed and 66 learners are unemployed, totaling
101 learners (18% of the approved projects). The learnerships are:
• Agri Machinery Technician compiled of only two employed learners.
• Agri Sales and Services compiled of only 20 unemployed learners.
• Grain processing compiled of 30 employed learners and 46 unemployed learners.
• Meat processing compiled of only three employed learners.
Learners have been enrolled in two learnerships, which are not within the scope of the AgriSETA, but are registered with other
SETAs. Of the total of 8 learners, 7 are employed learners and 1 is an unemployed learner (1% of the approved project). These
learnerships are:
• Business Management compiled of 5 employed learners and 1 unemployed learner.
• Wine processing compiled of only 2 employed learners.
SKILLS DELIVERY
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Agri Mach
inery [Level 3]
Agri Sale
s
Animal Productio
n [Level 1 & 4]
Business Manage
ment [Level 4]
Grain Processe
s [Level 1 - 5
]
Horticulture [Level 1]
Meat Processin
g [Level 3]
Mixed Farming [L
evel 1 - 2]
Plant Production [Level 1 - 4
]
Wine Processing
Employed Learners Unemployed Learners
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Distribution of Funds per Learnership (LS-Table .1)
The graph above reflects the distribution of funds per learnership. A total amount allocated to the four learnerships in primary
agriculture is R5 586 960-00 (71% of the approved amount). The allocation per learnership is:
• Animal production allocation is R 1 469 700-00.
• Horticulture allocation is R 1 598 490-00.
• Mixed farming systems allocation is R 525 000-00.
• Plant production allocation is R 1 993 770-00.
A total amount allocated to the four learnerships in primary agriculture is R2 136 900-00 (27% of the approved amount).
The allocation per learnership is:
• Agri Machinery Technician allocation is R 28 500-00.
• Agri Sales and Services allocation is R 498 000-00.
• Grain processing allocation is R 1 572 900-00.
• Meat processing allocation is R 37 500-00.
R 2 000 000.00
R 1 800 000.00
R 1 600 000.00
R 1 400 000.00
R 1 200 000.00
R 1 000 000.00
R 800 000.00
R 600 000.00
R 400 000.00
R 200 000.00
R 0.00
Agri Mach
inery [Level 3]
Agri Sale
s
Animal Productio
n [Level 1 & 4]
Business Manage
ment [Level 4]
Grain Processe
s [Level 1 - 5
]
Horticulture [Level 1]
Meat Processin
g [Level 3]
Mixed Farming [L
evel 1 - 2]
Plant Production [Level 1 - 4
]
Wine Processing
Amount
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SKILLS DELIVERY
A total amount of R124 650-00 (2% of the approved amount) was allocated to the two learnerships registered with other SETAs. The
allocation per learnership is:
• Business Management allocation is R 96 150-00.
• Wine processing allocation is R 28 500-00.
It should also be mentioned that a total number of 72 learners have been enrolled in learnerships that are not funded by the
AgriSETA. These learners are registered through the normal process and although not funded by the SETA, they will receive the
same benefits (i.e. accumulation of credits on the National Learner Record Database (NLRD) at SAQA and certification by the
AgriSETA) than those learners funded by the AgriSETA.
The table below summarizes the above allocation of funds. (LS-Table .2)
2008-2009 LEARNERSHIPS Vs Allocations
Learnerships Registered
by AgriSETA
Learnerships registered
by AgriSETA with
allocations
Learnerships Registered
by AgriSETA without
allocations
Learnerships registered
by other SETAs with
allocations
Learnerships with
allocations
91 15 72 2 17
Allocated Amount R 7 723 860.00 R 124 650.00 R 7 848 510.00
Learnerships Registered by the AgriSETA for 2008-2009: (LS-Table .2)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0AgriSETA Registered
Learnerships
AgriSETA Allocated
Learnerships
AgriSETA UnallocatedLearnerships
MOU’sLearnerships
Total Allocated
Learnerships
91
15
76
2
17
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AgriSETA registered 91 learnerships with the Department of Labour (DoL) of which only 15 learnerships are active in the 2008-
2009 allocation. Two learnerships are registered by other SETAs, namely the learnership Wine Processing, which is registered by
FoodBEV, and the learnership Business Administration, which is registered by FASSET. Both learnerships are at the entry level. All
active learneships, both AgriSETAs and other ETQAs, total 17.
The table below reflects the registered qualification (by AgriSETA) against registered learnerships per level.
Levels Qualification Learnership
Level 1 9 13
Level 2 21 26
Level 3 19 21
Level 4 22 25
Level 5 10 6
Level 6 1 0
Totals 82 91
Skills Programmes
Skills Programmes have been well supported during the course of the financial year 2008-2009 as a mechanism to fund skills
development in the sector. All Skills Programmes entail skills development based on Unit Standards which are registered by SAQA.
Furthermore, all unit standards leads to a qualification and credits could be obtained towards such a qualification. The table below
reflects the allocation for Skills Programmes during the course of the 2008 / 2009 financial year.
2008-2009 Allocated Skills Programmes (SP-Table .1)
Learner Status Number of Learners Amount
Employed 1485 R 1 892 197.50
Unemployed 1221 R 2 467 597.50
Totals 2706 R 4 359 795.00
Total Companies / Projects 66
Total Unit Standards 106
A total number of 2 706 learners were enrolled in Skills Programmes of which 1 485 were employed learners and 1 221 unemployed
learners. In terms of Skills Programmes a total of 66 companies / projects were supported by AgriSETA during the financial period
2008-2009. It is interesting to note that only 106 unit standards were selected for the provision of skills programmes.
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SKILLS DELIVERY
The distribution is reflected in the graph below.
Distribution of Skills Programmes according to employed and unemployed learners as well as companies and unit
standards (SP-Table .1)
Allocation of funds according to employed and unemployed learners. (SP-Table .1)
SKILLS DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
Thanks to all who participated in skills development through the rest of the 2008-2009 financial year.
Learnership and Skills Programmes
• The Skills Delivery Department develops Learnerships and Skills Programmes for employed and unemployed learners.
• The Skills Delivery Department has made an outstanding improvement with the allocation and implementation of Learnerships
and Skills Programmes on an allocated little budget.
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0Employed Unemployed Total Companies Total Unit Standards
R 2 500 000.00
R 2 000 000.00
R 1 500 000.00
R 1 000 000.00
R 500 000.00
R 0.00 Employed Unemployed
An amount of R 2 467 597 was allocated
to unemployed learners, whilst an amount
of R 1 892 197 was allocated to employed
learners. It should be noted that the
NSDS target regarding employed learners
was achieved despite the fact that more
unemployed learners were trained in
skills programmes. This has been due to
much need expressed to the Land Reform
recipients.
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The Learnership Committee
Ms Pulane Maine Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) (Chairperson)
Ms Adele Van Den Berg Solidarity (Vice-Chairperson)
Mr Len Hansen Astral Operations Ltd
Mr Otto Mbangula National African Farmers Union (NAFU)
Dr Di Goodwin SA Green Industry Council (SAGIC)
Skills Delivery Personnel
Ms Thobile Muthwa Skills Delivery Coordinator
Mr Koos Sihlangu Learnership Administrator
Ms Bronwynn Oosthuizen Skills Delivery Administrator
SKILLS PLANNING FUNCTION
As in the past, the SETA met with the requirement to submit its annual update of the Sector Skills Plan (SSP) on the due date of 31
August 2008 for the 2009/10 financial year. This update was approved by the Department of Labour as submitted. For the first
year the data on scarce and critical skills were uploaded electronically on the Department of Labour Employment Services for South
Africa (ESSA) system. This will enable the Department to better interact with unemployed and the Department of Home Affairs
with regards to scarce skills.
In order to update the SSP, the SETA engaged in extensive stakeholder participation. Prior to the update of the SSP (in essence the
chapter that concerns itself with scarce and critical skills) a plenary meeting of all 12 Sub- Sector Committees were called, and during
a one-day workshop, each sub-sector within the demarcation of the AgriSETA made inputs, which were edited and recorded in the
SSP update. Changes from the previous year were negligible and therefore no further costs were incurred to design and print a new
scarce skills guide – the previous guide was widely re-printed and distributed.
Linked to the above is the task of the Skills Planning Department to communicate to stakeholders with regards to scarce skills. This
was extensively done by means of the following:
• Participating in the annual AgriSETA Conference held on 22 October 2008 which was attended by 150 stakeholders.
• Throughout the year Sub-Sector Committee (SSC) meetings are held during which each sub-sector within the demarcation
of AgriSETA is given an opportunity to interact with the staff of the Skills Planning Department.
• During the month of March, a road show was completed, covering eight provinces and reaching in excess of 560 stakeholders.
Projects within the Skills Planning Department
Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET)
ABET is a long-term intervention of the AgriSETA. This is mainly due to the generally low levels of education in the agricultural
sector. ABET is delivered in two modes of instruction. The first, which is also the larger component of ABET, is a mode for which a
computer-based system is used to assist learners in mastering a language and numeracy. The second is normal class-room instruction
for those who prefer not to use the computer-based system or who do not have the infrastructure to accommodate computers.
Annually, an amount of approximately R10 million is invested in ABET. During the past financial year, 2 826 learners registered for
at least one subject at a given level.
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SKILLS PLANNING
ABET remains a challenge. The question continually asked is whether it really forms part of the core task of a SETA to be responsible
for the literacy and numeracy of workers. Delivery also remains a problem: learners tend to complete one level and do so only for
literacy. Learners shy away from the higher levels of ABET and numeracy. This causes a dilemma, as learners are only recognized as
“completed” once they have completed both learning areas (literacy and numeracy) at a certain level.
The ABET issue is shared by most SETAs and the Department of Labour has taken note. It is hoped that the next NSDS strategy,
which will commence on 1 April 2010, will take a fresh look at ABET and SETAs’ role in it.
Bursaries, Internships, Workplace Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA).
Bursaries, internships, workplace experience and apprenticeships focus directly on eradicating scarce skills in the sector. Allocations
against planned for the past financial year was as follows:
LEARNING TYPE PLANNED FOR 2008/09 ACTUAL FOR 2008/09
Bursaries 55 150
Internships 100 161
Workplace experience 50 61
Apprenticeships 50 104
The BIWA project is highly successful with a high completion and placement rate. AgriSETA is particularly proud of its participation
in the national apprenticeship initiative – the extent to which our enterprises are taking in apprentices is overwhelming and an
indication of the scarcity of qualified artisans in South Africa.
During the financial year the NSF approved an application whereby they will co-fund the training of 227 apprentices (NSF contribution
R8 172 million and AgriSETA R9 587 million). Due to the delay in the approval from the NSF, AgriSETA commenced with the project
and as from April 2009 the NSF contribution will be activated.
Skills Planning Committee
Dr Di Goodwin SA Green Industry Council
Dr Gerhard Neethling Red Meat Abattoir Association (RMAA)
Mr Eliasa Mahlo National African Farmers Union (NAFU)
Mr Katishi Masemola Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
Mr Pieter Dirks Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
Mr Themba Machi South African General Workers Union (SAGAWU)
Skills Planning Department
Mr Johann Engelbrecht Skills Planning Manager
Ms Johannah Masombuka Skills Reporting Coordinator
Ms Marissa Kok ABET Administrator
Ms Shereen Wentzel Data Capturer
Ms Ina du Preez Data Capturer
Mr Theuns Henning Skills Planning Admin Manager
Ms Amandie Gerber Grants Coordinator
Ms Racquel Bergman Grants Assistant
Ms Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
Ms Cynthia Nkabinde Surplus Project Administrator
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Objective 1:
Prioritising and communicating critical skills for sustainable growth, development and equity.
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/
COMPLIANCE
VARIANCE
Success Indicator 1.1
Skills development supports national and
sectoral growth, development and equity
priorities
Timeous design and
delivery of the SSP and it
annual updating
Submitted by 31 August
2008
None
Success Indicator 1.2
Information on critical skills is widely
available to learners. Impact of
information dissemination researched,
measured and communicated in terms of
rising entry, completion and placement of
learners
Annual Guide with SETA
information, focusing on
scarce skills
Annually train 350 Skills
Development Facilitators
(SDF’s) country wide
620 177% achievement
Large national roadshow
in eight provinces. Well
attended.
Objective 2:
Promoting and accelerating quality training for all at the workplace.
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/
COMPLIANCE
VARIANCE
Success Indicator 2.1
Large and medium firms employment
equity targets are supported by skills
development. Impact on overall equity
profile assessed.
218 large firms
(150 + employees) and
448 medium (50 -149
employees) to receive
mandatory grants
228 Large
360 Medium
105% achievement on
large
Complied
80% achievement on
medium. Medium firms
reluctant to submit WSP/
ATR. Annual roadshow
in March 2009 will
positively impact as focus
was on WSP/ATRs
Success Indicator 2.2
Skills development is supported in at least
40% of small levy paying firms and the
impact of the support is measured
980 small enterprises to
receive financial support
592 60% achievement on small
Sector has simply too
many small enterprises to
be served with AgriSETA
limited funding
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Objective 2: (continues)
Promoting and accelerating quality training for all at the workplace.
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/
COMPLIANCE
VARIANCE
Success Indicator 2.5
Annually increase in the number of
small BEE firms and BEE co-operatives is
supported through skills development.
Progress measured through an annual
survey of BEE firms and BEE co-operatives
within the sector from the 2nd year
onward. Impact of support measured
20 21 105% achievement
Complied
Success Indicator 2.7
Number of workers have achieved at least
ABET Level 4
The target for 2008/2009
is
4 700 learners to enroll
on any ABET Level
2810
60% achieved
ABET consistently
difficult to obtain adults
to participate in learning
which is mostly after
hours and on weekends.
Success Indicator 2.8
Number of workers assisted to enter
and at least 50% successfully complete
programmes, including learnerships and
apprenticeships, leading to basic entry,
intermediate and high level scarce skills.
Impact of assistance measured.
Assisting employed
workers on learning
programmes.
The target for 2008/09 is
1660 learners 3338
202% achievement
Employed workers are
a focus of AgriSETA
and surplus funds are
continuously moved to
this area.
Objective 3:
Promoting employability and sustainable livelihoods through skills development
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/
COMPLIANCE
VARIANCE
Success Indicator 3.2
At least 2 000 non-levy paying enterprises,
NGO’s and CBO’s and community based
co-operatives are supported by skills
development
Impact of support on sustainability
measured with a targeted 75% success
rate
20 NGO’s, CBO’s
or other non-paying
enterprises assisted with
skills development
158 790% achievement
Unexpected large scale
intervention by a large
Agric Coop which
enabled AgriSETA to
exceed this target.
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Objective 4:
Assisting designated groups, including new entrants to participate in accredited work – integrated learning and work-based
programmes to acquire critical skills to enter the labour market and self-employment
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/
COMPLIANCE
VARIANCE
Success Indicator 4.1
Number of unemployed people assisted
to enter and at least 50% successfully
complete programmes, including
learnerships and apprenticeships, leading
to basic entry, intermediate and high
level scarce skills. Impact of assistance
measured.
650 learners from the
unemployed sector
supported via learning
programmes
3381 520% achievement.
As for 2.8, excess funds
are focused in this area
in order to assist mainly
under-resourced farmers
Success Indicator 4.2
Number of young students in sector
relevant programmes from FET and
HET institutions assisted to gain work
experience, of whom at least 70%
successfully find placement.
50 unemployed learners
exposed to Critical Skills
Programmes
61 122% achievement
Employers are starting to
engage with workplace
experience on a much
larger scale than in the
past as benefits of this
programme becomes
clear.
Success Indicator 4.3
Number of young people trained and
mentored to form sustainable new
ventures and at least 70% of new ventures
in operation 12 months after completion
of programme
50 persons exposed to
new ventures
21 42% achievement
Although 50 NVC
learners were allocated to
a provider in Mpumalanga,
only 21 could be recruited
by end of year. A further
30 have subsequently
been registered but only
in the new financial year
(May 2009)
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SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY
Objective 5:
Improving the quality and relevance of provision
NSDS SUCCESS
INDICATOR
AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/COMPLIANCE VARIANCE
Success Indicator 5.1
SETA recognises and supports
at least 5 Institutes of Sectoral
or Occupational Excellence
(ISOE) within public or private
institutions and through the
Public Private Partnerships
(PPP’s) where appropriate.
These are spread as widely
as possible so that people
can attain identified critical
occupations skills whose
excellence is measured in
terms of the number of
learners successfully placed
in the sector and employer
satisfaction ratings of their
training.
2 ISOE’s supported 2 100% achievement
Complied.
Over the five years a total of
5 ISOEs have been recognized
– which was AgriSETAs five
year target.
Success Indicator 5.2
Each province has at least
2 accredited provider
institutions to manage the
delivery of the new venture
creation qualification.
70% of new ventures still
operating after 12 months will
be used as a measure of the
institutions success.
Support 0 provincial providers
to deliver new venture
creation
0 AgriSETA set no target for
NVC providers as it utilizes
already recognized NVC
providers.
Success Indicator 5.3
Measurable improvements in
quality of services delivered by
skills development institutions
and those responsible for the
implementation of the NQF
Outcome of annual SAQA
audit. Maximum possible
score: 3 1.83
Performed at 61% level of
ideal.
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AgriSETA had 16 633 employers registered in terms of the
Skills Development Act for the 2008/2009 financial year.
Of the 16 633 registered employers, 4 258 employers paid the
skills development levy. The total amount received in levies
for the twelve-month period relating to the 2008/2009 financial
year as at 31 March 2009 was R 142 607 million.
Of the 4 258 levy-paying employers, 1 680 applications for
mandatory grants were received by 30 June 2008, of which
1 248 were paid the Mandatory Grant. The main reason for
not paying the Mandatory Grant to employers who submitted
an application was mainly first-time submissions and rejections
due to insufficient detail and/or proof of training or exemption.
The total amount paid to mandatory grants in 2008/2009 was
R62, 466 million. This also included payment made with regard
to prior-year levies received. The mandatory grant payout
percentage was 73% and related to levies received for the
scheme year 2008/2009.
The AgriSETA national information and training session was
held in eight provinces in March 2009 with the focus on the
submission of annual training reports (ATR) and workplace
skills plans (WSP) to improve the quality and quantity of future
Mandatory Grant submissions.
Presentations were done by Ms Amandie Gerber, the Grants
Coordinator. Questions were asked with regard to the new
format of the Mandatory Grant, which included the Organizing
Framework for Occupations. These questions were well
answered in the various sections where they are applicable.
After the explanation and clarification of the new template
for submission, the department expects to receive more
submissions from the WSP and ATRs.
Mandatory Grants Department
Name Position
Ms Amandie Gerber Grants Coordinator
Ms Racquel Bergman Grants Assistant
Ms Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
MANDATORY GRANTS PAYMENTS
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 MARCH 2009
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Annual Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2009, set out on pages 66 to 103, have been approved by the
Accounting Authority in terms of section 51(1) (f) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), No 1 of 1999 on 29 May 2009, and
are signed on their behalf by:
Jeremia Madiba (CEO) Jacobus van Dyk (Chairperson)
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Contents Page
Report of the Accounting Authority 66
Statement of Financial Performance 70
Statement of Financial Position 71
Statement of Changes in Net Assets 72
Cash Flow Statement 73
Accounting Policies to the Annual Financial Statements 74
Notes to the Annual Financial Statements 82
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 MARCH 2009
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
INTRODUCTION
The Audit Committee met four times during the financial year. The following table shows the attendance of Audit Committee
members indicated by an x.
MEMBER NAME AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING DATES
20 May 2008 30 July 2008 20 Oct 2008 11 March 2009
Prof Deon Scott (Chairperson) x x x Resigned
Mr Len Hansen (Member) x x x
Mr Michael Fell (Employer Representative) x x x x
Mr Katishi Masemola (Employee Representative) x x x
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
The Audit Committee charter complies with the principles of
good governance and the PFMA and is regularly revisited by
the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is accountable to
the Accounting Authority and has an overseeing function with
regard to the following:
• Financial management and other reporting practices;
• Internal controls and the management of risks;
• Compliance with laws, regulations and good ethical
practices;
• The external audit function;
• The internal audit function, and
• The fraud prevention function.
The Audit Committee has executed its responsibilities in
compliance with its terms of reference in the Audit Committee
charter.
REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE AUDIT
COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee addressed the following activities during
the period under review:
• Elected Mr LW Hansen as Chairperson;
• Reviewed the risk analysis of the AgriSETA;
• Reviewed the internal audit charter;
• Reviewed the internal audit coverage plan and budget;
• Considered the internal audit reports and made
appropriate recommendations;
• Monitored internal audit coverage of the three-year
audit rolling plan;
• Monitored management’s follow-up of matters that
required attention as identified by an internal audit;
• Monitored compliance with the AGRISETA policies and
applicable legislation;
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• Approved the SETAs updated and revised fraud
prevention plan;
• Reviewed the annual financial statements for the year
ended 31 March 2009;
• Reviewed the audit report of the Auditor-General on
the annual financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2009, and
• Reviewed the audited annual financial statements for
the year ended 31 March 2009 and recommended the
statements for approval by the accounting authority.
CONCLUSION
The Audit Committee wishes to report that in its opinion:
• The internal audit plan was structured to ensure proper
risk management;
• Matters requiring management’s attention were
adequately addressed;
• The internal control systems are effective;
• The internal auditors are effective, objective and
independent;
• The external auditors are effective, objective and
independent;
• The Auditor-General has not raised any matters of
significance within the control of the AgriSETA;
• The Audit Committee accepts the opinion expressed by
the Auditor-General;
• The Audit Committee has carried out its operations
appropriately, diligently and in accordance with the
statutory and other requirements, and
• The annual financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2009 fairly represent the financial position of the
AgriSETA.
MR LW HANSEN
CHAIRPERSON
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REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Introduction1. I have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority (AGRISETA) which comprise the statement of financial position as at 31 March 2009, the statement of financial performance, the statement of changes in net assets and the cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes, as set out on pages 74 to 103.
The accounting authority’s responsibility for the financial statements2. The accounting authority is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with the basis of accounting determined by the National Treasury, as set out in accounting policy note 1 to the financial statements and in the manner required by the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) (PFMA) and for such internal control as the accounting authority determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
The Auditor-General’s responsibility3. As required by section 188 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 read with section 4 of the Public Audit Act, 2004 (Act No. 25 of 2004) (PAA)] and section 14(6) (a) of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998), my responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audit.
4. I conducted my audit in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing read with General Notice 616 of 2008, issued in Government Gazette No. 31057 of 15 May 2008. Those standards require that I comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
5. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
6. I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my audit opinion.
Opinion 7. In my opinion the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the AGRISETA as at 31 March 2009 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the basis of accounting determined by the National Treasury, as set out in accounting policy note 1 to the financial statements and in the manner required by the PFMA.
Basis of accounting8. Without qualifying my opinion, the public entity’s policy is to prepare financial statements on the basis of accounting determined by the National Treasury, as set out in accounting policy note 1 to the financial statements.
Other mattersWithout qualifying my opinion, I draw attention to the following matter that relates to my responsibilities in the audit of the financial statements:
Relicensing9. SETA’s were established for a five year period until 31 March 2010. AGRISETA has applied for the renewal of its certificate of establishment. It is expected that the legislated renewal process will be concluded by 31 March 2010. Governance framework10. The governance principles that impact the auditor’s opinion on the financial statements are related to the responsibilities and practices exercised by the accounting authority and executive management and are reflected in the key governance responsibilities addressed below:
Key governance responsibilities11. The PFMA tasks the accounting authority with a number of responsibilities concerning financial and risk management and internal control. Fundamental to achieving this is the implementation of key governance responsibilities, which I have assessed as follows:
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL TO PARLIAMENT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
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Number Matter Yes No
Clear trail of supporting documentation that is easily available and provided in a timely manner
1 No significant difficulties were experienced during the audit concerning delays or the availability of requested information.
√
Quality of financial statements and related management information
2 The financial statements were not subject to any material amendments resulting from the audit. √
3 The annual report was submitted for consideration prior to the tabling of the auditor’s report. √
Timeliness of financial statements and management information
4 The annual financial statements were submitted for auditing as per the legislated deadlines section 55 of the PFMA. √
Availability of key officials during audit
5 Key officials were available throughout the audit process. √
Development and compliance with risk management, effective internal control and governance practices
6 Audit committee √
•The public entity had an audit committee in operation throughout the financial year. √
•The audit committee operates in accordance with approved, written terms of reference. √
•The audit committee substantially fulfilled its responsibilities for the year, as set out in section 77 of the PFMA and Treasury Regulation 27.1.8.
√
7 Internal audit
•The public entity had an internal audit function in operation throughout the financial year. √
•The internal audit function operates in terms of an approved internal audit plan. √
•The internal audit function substantially fulfilled its responsibilities for the year, as set out in Treasury Regulation 27.2.
√
8 There are no significant deficiencies in the design and implementation of internal control in respect of financial and risk management.
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9 There are no significant deficiencies in the design and implementation of internal control in respect of compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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10 The information systems were appropriate to facilitate the preparation of the financial statements. √
11 A risk assessment was conducted on a regular basis and a risk management strategy, which includes a fraud pre-vention plan, is documented and used as set out in Treasury Regulation 27.2.
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12 Powers and duties have been assigned, as set out in section 56 of the PFMA. √
Issues relating to the reporting of performance information
13 The information systems were appropriate to facilitate the preparation of a performance report that is accurate and complete.
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14 Adequate control processes and procedures are designed and implemented to ensure the accuracy and complete-ness of reported performance information.
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15 A strategic plan was prepared and approved for the financial year under review for purposes of monitoring the performance in relation to the budget and delivery by the AGRISETA against its mandate, predetermined objec-tives, outputs, indicators and targets Treasury Regulation 30.1.
√
16 There is a functioning performance management system and performance bonuses are only paid after proper as-sessment and approval by those charged with governance.AGRISETA did not make performance bonus payments for the 2008/09 financial year.
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12. The AGRISETA continued to comply with the legislation relating to governance matters and adopted and applied good governance practices throughout the year.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
Report on performance information13. I have reviewed the performance information as set out on pages 55 to 58.
The accounting authority’s responsibility for the performance information14. The accounting authority has additional responsibilities as required by section 55(2)(a) of the PFMA to ensure that the annual report and audited financial statements fairly present the performance against predetermined objectives of the public entity.
The Auditor-General’s responsibility15. I conducted my engagement in accordance with section 13 of the PAA read with General Notice 616 of 2008, issued in Government Gazette No. 31057 of 15 May 2008.
16. In terms of the foregoing my engagement included performing procedures of an audit nature to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence about the performance information and related systems, processes and procedures. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement.
17. I believe that the evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to report that no significant findings have been identified as a result of my review.
APPRECIATION18. The assistance rendered by the staff of the AGRISETA during the audit is sincerely appreciated.
Pretoria31 July 2009
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Honourable Minister, it is with pleasure that the Accounting
Authority presents to you the Annual Financial Statements for
the Agricultural Sector Education Training Authority for the
period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009
1. DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
SKILLS PLANNING
The Sector Skills Plan was submitted to the Department of
Labour on the due date, 31 August 2008, and was approved.
As reported last year, the AgriSETA continued with its
involvement in the development of occupationally directed
qualifications. A specialist service provider was appointed to
assist in this task. In November 2008, a contract to the value
of R1 183 922 was awarded to HRC Development.
There is a great demand for the learning material that was
developed, although this project has been concluded. With the
assistance of the Marketing and Communications Department,
the CDs are distributed to the relevant stakeholders upon
request.
Land reform and restitution
The MoU between AgriSETA and the Commissioner for the
Restitution of Land Rights was eventually signed on 5 June
2008. This MoU is in support of a draft proposal to the NSF
to the value of R258 million. The AgriSETA Board decided to
show its commitment to this project by allocating R20 million
from its own discretionary funds to “kick-start” the project.
Apprenticeships
During the financial year the National Skills Fund (NSF)
approved an application whereby they will co-fund the training
of 227 apprentices (NSF contribution R8 million and the
AgriSETA R20 million). Due to the delay in the approval of the
NSF, AgriSETA commenced with the project and as from April
2009, the NSF contribution will be activated.
Surplus project
The AgriSETA was inundated with applications of which the
total value (learnerships and skills programmes combined)
exceeded R100 million. This made the allocation process
extremely difficult. Eventually 142 approvals were made, which
will benefit 5 845 learners.
EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The primary sector is becoming increasingly interested in
assisting its employees in acquiring credits through the RPL
approach. The Elsenburg Institute of Learning expressed their
interest in initiating the electronic Recognition of Prior Learning
(eRPL) process within agricultural programmes. Their focus
will be placed on NQF levels 1 to 4 to recognize those skills
and knowledge already possessed by individuals by assessing
the evidence the individuals have submitted or demonstrated.
This initiative would spark great interest in the sector and also
present a great opportunity to those who do not have formal
qualifications to achieve them or part of them through the
RPL approach.
The Elsenburg Institute of Learning is currently engaging with
Deloitte to unpack the eRPL model and customize it to address
the challenges such as:
• The process of collecting evidence that should be
consistent with the principle of assessment as per SAQA
regulation. In simple terms it means that the candidates
would be enabled through the RPL system to receive
credits toward nationally recognised unit standards and
qualifications, provided that the evidence produced meet
requirements in terms of validity, authenticity, sufficiency,
consistency and fairness.
• The illiterate learners who require more time and
attention to interpret the questions, which is likely to
prolong the duration of assessment of portfolios.
• Too much guidance during assessment which may
compromise the principle of assessment (validity,
authenticity, sufficiency, consistency and fairness).
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Quality Management Systems (QMS)
The development of the integration of the QMS is well under
way. The scoping exercise, which was carried out in each
department, includes mapping out the processes, procedures
and guidelines, and determining the extent of discrepancy
between the practice and the documented processes. To
integrate the system, Revworth Consulting assists the
departments with the implementation of the system. The
anticipated completion dates for the integration of QMS are
towards the end of October 2009.
Qualifications and Unit Standards
The qualifications, which had either expired or were nearing
their expiry dates, were all re-submitted with little or no
changes. SAQA has recognized the fact that the SETA cannot
incur the cost of trying to get the qualifications to be re-
registered. They are willing to assist with blanket registration of
all the qualifications while transiting into the new dispensation.
Assessors and Moderators
The process with regard to the registration of assessors and
moderators is well underway. Although 1 050 assessors and
700 moderators have trained so far, the mobility of assessors
and moderators from one provider to another poses challenges
in our system. The establishment of training provider forums
will assist the SETA in stabilizing the vigorous movement of
these assessors and moderators. If there is any assistance in
terms of training of assessors and moderators, it would be
channelled better via the provided forum.
Institute of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence (ISOE)
We are proud to announce that AgriSETA has so far recognized
five ISOE institutions, TSB in Malelane, Mpumalanga, Shukela
Training Centre, Mount Edgecoumbe, KZN, Scientific Roets,
Kokstad , Eastern Cape; National Training Institute and Koue
Bokkeveld in Western Cape. The AgriSETA has scheduled
the meeting with all the ISOE institutions to streamline their
responsibilities and contributions towards achieving our scarce
and critical skills objectives through the OFO model.
SKILLS DELIVERY – LEARNERSHIPS AND SKILLS
PROGRAMMES
The Skills Delivery Department is responsible for the
implementation of the Service Level Agreement the SETA
concluded with DoL. The implementation of these targets
that were agreed upon by the specific NSDS target is the
responsibility of this department.
2. PERFORMANCE INORMATION
AgriSETA’s performance is measured by the Department
of Labour against the National Skills Development Strategy
objectives upon submissions of the Quarterly Monitoring
Reports.
3. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Executive Committee and Governing Board met five times
during the financial year.
The Human Resource Committee met six times for the
financial year.
Policies
The following policies were approved at the Governing Board
meeting held on 18 March 2009:
1. Financial Policy
2. Mandatory Grant Policy
3. Human Resource Policy
4. RECOMMENDATIONS
Accounting Authority Members
The members of the Accounting Authority received a daily
allowance and the following amounts have been paid to the
board members. A comprehensive table is attached, as per
Treasury Regulation 28.1.
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Daily allowances paid:
Chairperson R1 250
Vice chairperson R1 250
Ordinary members R1 250
Should a Board member be chairing a specific meeting, an
additional allowance of R250 is received.
Board members are also represented on various standing
committees of the SETA such as Skills Planning, ETQA, Human
Resources, Learnership and Sub-Sector Committees.
An overnight fee of R100-00 per overnight stay per member
and a reimbursive travel amount of R2,92 (two rand ninety two
cents) per kilometre is paid.
Events After The Balance Sheet Date
No material or significant events took place after year-end.
The Audit Committee report, which forms part of the annual
financial statements, was approved on 31 July 2009.
SETAS’s were established for a five year period until 31 March
2010. AGRISETA has applied for the renewal of its certificate
of establishment. It is expected that the legislated renewal
process will be concluded by 31 March 2010.
In the event that the AGRISETA’s certificate of establishment
is not renewed then the Executive Authority will decide on the
transfer of all assets and liabilities of the SETA.
5. BUSINESS ADDRESS
AgriSETA House
529 Belvedere Street
Arcadia
0083
Republic of South Africa
Jacobus Van Dyk
Chairperson of the Board
31 May 2009
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6 87
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150
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
2008/09 2007/08
Notes R'000 R'000
INCOME
Skills Development Levy: income from non-exchange transactions 2 142 607 131 536
Skills Development Levy: penalties and interest from non-exchange trans-actions
1 201 941
National Skills Fund income 14 78 695
Investment income 3 17 336 11 741
Other income 4 859 192
Total revenue 162 081 145 105
EXPENSES
Employer grant and project expenses 5 (119 893) (100 457)
Administration expenses 6 (18 733) (15 443)
National Skills Fund expenses 14 ( 78) ( 695)
Total expenses (138 704) (116 595)
NET SURPLUS FOR THE PERIOD 1 23 377 28 510
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MARCH 2009
2008/09 2007/08
Notes R'000 R'000
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 7 5 112 5 898
Intangible assets 8 16 -
Current assets
Accounts receivable from non-exchange transactions 9 733 1 228
Accounts receivable other 10 640 1 312
Consumables 2 -
Cash and cash equivalents 11 169 231 144 779
Total assets 175 734 153 217
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Accounts payable from non-exchange transactions 12 17 001 18 827
Accounts payable from exchange transactions 13 7 546 9 741
National Skills Fund received in advance 14 3 252 2 904
Government Grants and donor funding received in advance 15 3 632 819
Total Liabilities 31 431 32 291
NET ASSETS 144 303 120 926
Funds and reserves
Administration reserve 1 140 956
Employer grant reserve 233 185
Discretionary reserve 139 823 116 548
Capitalisation reserve 3 107 3 237
144 303 120 926
TOTAL FUNDS AND RESERVES 144 303 120 926
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
Not
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CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
2008/09 2007/08
Notes R'000 R'000
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating activities
Cash receipts from stakeholders and customers 145 837 131 990
Cash paid to stakeholders, suppliers and employees (141 387) (108 694)
Cash generated in operations 16 4 450 23 296
Interest Received 3 17 336 11 741
Net Special Project funds paid 14 & 15 3 161 (1 142)
Net cash inflow from operating activities 24 947 33 895
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment 7 & 8 (537) (433)
Proceeds from disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment 7 & 8 42 -
Net cash outflow from investing activities (495) (433)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 24 452 33 462
Opening Balance 144 779 111 317
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 11 169 231 144 779
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACCOUNTING POLICIES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
1. Basis of preparation
The annual financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, except where adjusted for present/fair values as
required by the respective accounting standards. The annual financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statements
of General Accepted Accounting Practice and the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) as amended,
including any interpretations of such Statements issued by the Accounting Practices Board, with the effective standard of Generally
Recognised Accounting Practices (GRAP) issued by the Accounting Standards Board replacing the equivalent GAAP Statement as
follows:
Standard of GRAP
GRAP 1: Presentation of financial statements
GRAP 2: Cash flow statements
GRAP 3: Accounting policies, changes in accounting
estimates and errors
Currently the recognition and measurement principles in the above GRAP and GAAP Statements do not differ or result in material
differences in items presented and disclosed in the financial statements. The implementation of GRAP 1, 2 & 3 has resulted in the
following changes in the presentation of the financial statements:
1. Terminology differences:
Standard of GRAP
Statement of financial performance
Statement of financial position
Statement of changes in net assets
Net assets
Surplus/deficit
Accumulated surplus/deficit
Contributions from owners
Distributions to owners
Reporting date
2. The cash flow statement can only be prepared in accordance with the direct method.
3. Specific information has been presented separately on the statement of financial position such as :
(a) receivables from non-exchange transactions, including taxes and transfers;
(b) taxes and transfers payable;
(c) trade and other payables from non-exchange transactions
ACCOUNTING POLICIES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Replaced Statement of GAAP
AC101: Presentation of financial statements
AC118: Cash flow statements
AC103: Accounting policies, changes in accounting
estimates and errors
Replaced Statement of GAAP
Income statement
Balance sheet
Statement of changes in equity
Equity
Profit/loss
Retained earnings
Share capital
Dividends
Balance sheet
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4. Amount and nature of any restrictions on cash balances is required.
Paragraph 11 – 15 of GRAP 1 have not been implemented due to the fact that the budget reporting standard has not been developed
by the local standard setter and the international standard is not effective for this financial year. Although the inclusion of budget
information would enhance the usefulness of the financial statements, non-disclosure will not affect the objective of the financial
statements.
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below and are, in all material
respects, consistent with those of the previous year, except as otherwise indicated.
2. Currency
These financial statements are presented in South African Rands since that is the currency in which the majority of the entity
transactions are denominated.
3. Revenue recognition
3.1 Levy income
The accounting policy for the recognition and measurement of skills development levy income has been amended on the basis of a
revised interpretation of the Skills Development Act, Act No 97 of 1998 and the Skills Development Levies Act, Act No 9 of 1999
as amended.
Skills Development Levy (SDL) transfers are recognised when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the SETA and
these benefits can be measured reliably. This occurs when the Department of Labour (DoL) either makes an allocation or payment,
whichever comes first, to the SETA, as required by Section 8 of the Skills Development Levies Act, 1999 as amended (Act No. 9 of
1999). The new policy is effective from 1st April 2007.
In terms of section 3(1) and 3(4) of the Skills Development Levies Act, 1999 (Act No. 9 of 1999 as amended), registered member
companies of the SETA pay a skills development levy of 1% of the total payroll cost to the South African Revenue Services (SARS),
who collects the levies on behalf of the Department of Labour (DoL). Companies with an annual payroll cost less than R 500 000
are exempted in accordance with section 4 (b) of the Skills Development Levies Act, No. 9 of 1999 as amended, effective 1 August
2005.
80% of skills development levies are paid over to the SETA (net of the 20% contribution to the National Skills Fund). The SETA was
not in a position to verify that SARS has collected all potential skills levy income.
Levy income is recognised on the accrual basis.
Revenue is adjusted for interSETA transfers due to employers changing SETA’s. Such adjustments are separately disclosed as
interSETA transfers. The amount of the interSETA adjustment is calculated according to the Standard Operating Procedure re-issued
by the Department of Labour.
When a new employer is transferred to the SETA, the levies transferred by the former SETA are recognised as revenue and allocated
to the respective category to maintain its original identity.
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3.2 Interest and penalties
Interest and penalties received on the skills development levy are recognised on the accrual basis.
3.3 Funds allocated by the National Skills Fund for Special Projects
Funds transferred by the National Skills Fund (NSF) are accounted for in the financial statements of the SETA as a liability until the
related eligible special project expenses are incurred, when the liability is extinguished and revenue recognised.
Property, plant and equipment acquired for NSF Special Projects are capitalised in the financial statements of the SETA, as the SETA
controls such assets for the duration of the project. Such assets could however only be disposed of in terms of agreement and specific
written instructions by the NSF.
3.4 Government grants and other donor income
Conditional government grants and other conditional donor funding received is recorded as deferred income when they become
receivable and is then recognised as income on a systematic basis over the period, necessary to match the grants with the related costs
which they are intended to compensate. Unconditional grants received are recognised when the amounts have been received.
3.5 Investment income
Interest income is accrued on a time proportion basis, taking into account the principal outstanding and the effective interest rate
over the period to maturity.
4. Grants and project expenditure
A registered employer may recover a maximum of 50% of its total levy payment as a mandatory grant (excluding interest and
penalties) by complying with the criteria in accordance with the Skills Development Act, 1998 SETA Grant regulations regarding
monies received and related matters (the SETA Grant Regulations).
Mandatory grants
Grants equivalent to 50% of the total levies received by the SETA during the corresponding financial period, if the employer meets
the criteria in the SETA Grant Regulations.
Discretionary grants & project expenditure
A SETA may allocate discretionary grants to employers who have submitted an application for a discretionary grant in the prescribed
form within the agreed upon cut-off period. The grant payable and the related expenditure are recognised when the application has
been approved.
A SETA may out of any surplus monies determine and allocate funds to employers, education and training providers and workers of
the employers who have submitted an application for the funds in the prescribed form within the agreed upon cut-off period.
Project expenditure comprises:
• costs that relate directly to the specific contract;
• costs that are attributable to contract activity in general and can be allocated to the project; and
• such other costs as are specifically chargeable to the SETA under the terms of the contract.
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Such costs are allocated using methods that are systematic and rational and are applied consistently to all costs having similar
characteristics.
Project costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which they are incurred.
Retrospective adjustments by SARS
The SETA refunds amounts to employers in the form of grants, based on information from SARS. Where SARS retrospectively
amends the information on levies collected, it may result in grants that have been paid to certain employers that are in excess of the
amount the SETA is permitted to have granted to employers. A receivable relating to the overpayment to the employer in earlier
periods is raised at the amount of such grant overpayment, net of bad debts and provision for irrecoverable amounts.
5. Irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure
Irregular expenditure means expenditure incurred in contravention of, or not in accordance with, a requirement of any applicable
legislation, including:
• The PFMA, as amended.
• The Skills Development Act (the Act), 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998) as amended.
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure means expenditure that was made in vain and would have been avoided had reasonable care been
exercised.
All irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure is recognised against the respective class of expense in the period in which they
are incurred.
6. Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and adjusted for any impairments.
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets over their estimated useful lives, using the straight line method. Land is
not depreciated as it is deemed to have an indefinite useful life.
Where the carrying amount of an asset is greater than its estimated recoverable amount, it is written down immediately to its
recoverable amount (i.e. impairment losses are recognised.)
The gain or loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the
carrying amount and are taken into account in determining operating surplus.
7. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets is stated at cost less any subsequent accumulated amortisation and adjusted for any impairments. Amortisation is
charged so as to write off the cost of assets over their estimated useful lives, using the straight line methods.
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The estimated useful lives, residual values and amortisation method are reviewed at each year end, with the effect of any changes in
eestimate accounted for on a prospective basis.
Where the carrying amount of an asset is greater than its estimated recoverable amount, it is written down immediately to its
recoverable amount (i.e. impairment losses are recognised.)
The gain or loss on disposal of intangible assets is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying amount
and are taken into account in determining operating surplus.
8. Leasing
Finance leases consistent with the definition set out in the Treasury Regulations refer to a contract that transfers the risks, rewards,
rights and obligations incident to ownership to the lessee and is recorded as a purchase of equipment by means of long-term
borrowing. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Payments made under operating leases (leases other than finance leases) are charged to the Statement of Financial Performance on
a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. When an operating lease is terminated before the lease period has expired, any
payment required to be made to the lessor by way of penalty is recognised as an expense in the period in which termination takes
place.
9. Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the SETA has a present obligation as a result of a past event and it is probable that this will result in
an outflow of economic benefits that can be estimated reliably. Long-term provisions are discounted to net present value.
Termination benefits are recognized and expensed only when the payment is made.
No provision has been made for retirement benefits as the SETA does not provide for retirement benefits for its employees.
10. Grants and Projects
Mandatory and discretionary grant payments
A liability is recognised for mandatory grant payments once the specific criteria set out in the SETA Grant Regulation has been
complied with by member companies and it is probable that the SETA will approve the grant application for payment. The liability is
measured at the net present value of the expected future cash outflow as determined in accordance with the Act. This measurement
involves an estimate, based on the amount of levies received.
Discretionary projects
No provision is made for projects approved at year end, unless the service in terms of the contract has been delivered. Where a
project has been approved, but has not been accrued for or provided for, it is disclosed as commitments in the notes to the financial
statements.
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11. Financial instruments
Recognition
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the SETA’s Statement of Financial Position when the SETA becomes a party
to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets
Investments are recognised and derecognised on a trade date where the purchase or sale of an investment is under a contract whose
terms require delivery of the investment within the timeframe established by the market concerned, and are initially measured at
fair value, net of transaction costs except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially
measured at fair value.
Financial assets can be classified into the following specified categories: financial assets as ‘at fair value through profit or loss’ (FVTPL),
‘held-to-maturity investments’, ‘available-for-sale’ (AFS) financial assets and ‘loans and receivables’. The classification depends on the
nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of initial recognition.
All financial assets of the SETA were categorised as loans and receivables.
Loans and receivables
Trade receivables, loans, and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an
active market are classified as ‘loans and receivables’. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the
effective interest method less any impairment. Interest income is recognised by applying the effective interest rate,
except for short-term receivables where the recognition of interest would be immaterial.
Effective interest method
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset and of allocating interest income over
the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected
life of the financial asset, or, where appropriate, a shorter period.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial
recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been impacted. For financial assets carried
at amortised cost, the amount of the impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of
estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original effective interest rate.
The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade
receivables where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. When a trade receivable is uncollectible,
it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the
allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognised in the surplus or deficit.
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Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities at FVTPL or other financial liabilities.
Financial liabilities at FVTPL
• Financial liabilities are classified as at FVTPL where the financial liability is either held for trading or it is designated as
at FVTPL.
• All financial liabilities of the SETA were classified as other financial liabilities.
Other financial liabilities
• Other financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs.
• Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, with interest
expense recognised on an effective yield basis.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest
expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments
through the expected life of the financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period.
12. Reserves
Equity is classified based on the restrictions placed on the distribution of monies received in accordance with the Regulations issued
in terms of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act 97 of 1998) statement of changes in equity as follows:
• Administration reserve
• Employer grant reserve
• Discretionary reserve
• Unappropriated surplus
Employer levy payments are set aside in terms of the Skills Development Act and the regulations issued in terms of the Act, for the
purpose of:
2008/09 2007/08
% %
Administration costs of the SETA 10 10
Employer Grant Fund Levy 50 50
Mandatory Workplace Skills Grant 50 50
Discretionary grants and projects 20 20
Received by the SETA 80 80
Contribution to the National Skills Fund 20 20
100 100
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In addition, contributions received from public service employers in the national or provincial spheres of government may be used
to fund the SETA’s administration costs.
Interest and penalties received from SARS as well as interest received on investments is utilised for discretionary grant projects.
Surplus funds in the administration and unallocated funds in the employer grant reserve are moved to the discretionary fund reserve
Provision is made in the mandatory grant reserve for newly registered companies, participating after the legislative cut-off date.
13. Comparative figures
Where necessary, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation in the current year.
14. Taxation
No provision has been made for taxation, as the SETA is exempt from income tax in terms of Section 10 of the Income Tax Act,
1962 (Act 58 of 1962).
15. Consumables
Consumables are recognised as an asset on the date of acquisition and it is measured at the lower of cost or net reliasable value. It
is subsequently recognised in surplus or deficit as it is consumed.
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NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
1. A
LL
OC
AT
ION
OF
NE
T S
UR
PL
US
FO
R T
HE
YE
AR
TO
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SE
RV
ES
:
2007
/08
2008
/09
Empl
oyer
gr
ants
re
serv
eD
iscr
etio
nary
gra
nts
rese
rve
Tot
al p
er
Stat
emen
t of
Fin
anci
al
Perf
orm
ance
R
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al p
er
Stat
emen
t of
Fin
anci
al
Perf
orm
ance
R
’000
Adm
inis
trat
ion
rese
rve
Man
dato
ry
skill
s gr
ant
Dis
cret
iona
ry
gran
ts
Spec
ial
Proj
ects
Proj
ects
Tot
al
disc
retio
nary
Tot
al r
even
ue 1
45 1
05
162
081
1
8 92
9 8
8 57
8 3
5 31
9 7
8 1
9 17
7 5
4 57
4
Skill
s de
velo
pmen
t le
vy: i
ncom
e
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dmin
levy
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me
(10%
) 1
8 28
5 1
8 71
0 1
8 71
0 -
-
-
-
-
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rant
levy
inco
me
(70%
) 1
13 2
51
123
897
-
8
8 57
8 3
5 31
9 -
-
35
319
Skill
s de
velo
pmen
t le
vy: p
enal
ties
and
inte
rest
941
1
201
-
-
-
-
1 2
01
1 2
01
Nat
iona
l Ski
lls F
und
inco
me
695
7
8 -
-
-
7
8 -
7
8
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atio
ns fo
r sp
ecia
l pro
ject
s -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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stm
ent
inco
me
11
741
17
336
-
-
-
- 1
7 33
6 1
7 33
6
Oth
er in
com
e 1
92
859
2
19
-
-
- 6
40
640
Tot
al e
xpen
ses
116
595
1
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291
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78
59
601
59
680
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106)
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2. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LEVY INCOME FROM NON-EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
The total levy income per the Statement of Financial Performance is as follows:
Levy income: Administration 18 710 18 285
Levies received 18 653 18 479
Levies received from SARS 17 888 16 277
Government levies received 881 2 099
InterSETA transfers in 36 129
InterSETA transfers out (152) (26)
Levies accrued 57 (194)
Levy income: Employer Grants 88 578 81 006
Levies received 88 855 81 976
Levies received from SARS 89 372 81 467
InterSETA transfers in 245 640
InterSETA transfers out (762) (131)
Levies accrued (277) (970)
Levy income: Discretionary Grants 35 319 32 245
Levies received 35 538 32 633
Levies received from SARS 35 745 32 427
InterSETA transfers in 98 258
InterSETA transfers out (305) (52)
Levies accrued (219) (388)
142 607 131 536
3. INVESTMENT INCOME
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Interest income: Bank deposits 17 336 11 741
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4. OTHER INCOME
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Rental income - Building 164 152
Other 695 40
Insurance Claims 695 19
Amount Owing to AgriSETA for Accident Repairs to Budget rental car - 21
859 192
5. EMPLOYER GRANT AND PROJECT EXPENSES
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Mandatory grants 60 291 61 171
Disbursed 62 446 60 022
Accrual (2 155) 1 149
Discretionary grants 1 (262)
Disbursed (3) (1)
Accrual 4 (259)
Project expenditure 59 601 39 548
Disbursed 60 405 36 930
Movement in Accrual (804) 2 618
119 893 100 457
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
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6. ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES
2008/09 2007/08
Note R'000 R'000
Depreciation 306 314
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment 5
Operating lease rentals - Buildings 5 70
Maintenance, repairs and running costs 345 477
Property and buildings 236 420
Other 109 57
Advertising, marketing and promotions, communication 103 74
Entertainment expenses 144 67
Consultancy and service provider fees 5 137 4 526
Legal fees 81 144
Cost of employment 6.1 7 432 6 390
Travel and subsistence 917 981
Staff training and development 59 23
Renumeration to members of the accounting authority 217 199
Remuneration to members of the audit committee 93 6
External auditor's remuneration - Audit fees 492 377
Department of Agriculture levies written off * 1 079 -
Allowance for doubtful debts (122) 17
Other 2 440 1 779
Internal Audit Fees 362 373
Telephone Charges 308 206
Water & Electricity 168 166
Stationery 170 90
Sundry expenses 1 432 944
18 733 15 443
*Department of Agriculture levies recorded for the 06/07 and 07/08 financial year were not received during the 08/09 financial year and were written off during March 2009
6.1 Cost of employment
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Salaries and wages 6 644 5 730
Basic salaries 5 500 4 764
Performance awards 508 400
Temporary staff 504 516
Leave payments 132 50
Social contributions 788 659
Medical aid contributions 219 156
Pension contributions: defined contribution plans 569 503
7 432 6 389
Average number of employees 28 24
Refer to the report by the Accounting Authority for disclosure concerning the emoluments of members of the accounting authority and the Chief Executive Officer and senior managers.
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NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Cost
Accumulated depreciation/ impairment
Closing carrying amount
Period ended 31 March 2009 R’000 R’000 R'000
Land 1 288 - 1 288
Buildings 2 257 - 2 257
Computer equipment 1 172 (898) 274
Office furniture and fittings 2 034 (1 184) 850
Project assets 5 175 (4 732) 443
Balance at end of period 11 926 (6 814) 5 112
Cost
Accumulated depreciation/ impairment
Closing carrying amount
Period ended 31 March 2008 R’000 R'000
Land 1 288 - 1 288
Buildings 2 257 - 2 257
Computer equipment 999 (782) 217
Office furniture and fittings 1 775 (1 035) 740
Project assets 5 175 (3 779) 1 396
Balance at end of period 11 494 (5 596) 5 898
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Opening Balance Additions Disposals
Depreciation charge 08/09
Carrying amount 2009
R’000 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Movement summary 2009
Land 1 288 - - - 1 288
Buildings 2 257 - - - 2 257
Computer equipment 217 172 (12) (135) 242
Office furniture and fittings 740 339 (36) (161) 882
Project assets 1 396 - - (953) 443
Balance at end of period 5 898 511 (48) (1 249) 5 112
Opening Balance Additions Disposals
Depreciation charge 07/08
Carrying amount 2008
R’000 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Movement summary 2008
Land 1 288 - - - 1 288
Buildings 2 257 - - - 2 257
Computer equipment 84 237 (12) (92) 217
Office furniture and fittings 778 180 - (218) 740
Project assets 2 964 17 - (1 585) 1 396
Balance at end of period 7 371 434 (12) (1 895) 5 898
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NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
8. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Cost
Accumulated depreciation/ impairment
Closing carrying amount
Period ended 31 March 2009 R’000 R’000 R'000
Application software 197 (181) 16
Cost
Accumulated depreciation/ impairment
Closing carrying amount
Period ended 31 March 2008 R’000 R’000 R'000
Application software 171 (171) -
Opening Balance Additions Disposals
Depreciation charge 08/09
Carrying amount 2009
R’000 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Movement summary 2009
Application software - 26 - (10) 16
Opening Balance Additions Disposals
Depreciation charge 07/08
Carrying amount 2008
R’000 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Movement summary 2008
Application software 4 - - (4) -
During the current financial year, application software was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to intangible assets.
Application software complies with the definition of Intangible assets, which is an identifiable non-monetary asset without physical
substance.
9. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FROM NON-EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
2008/09 2007/08
Notes R'000 R'000
InterSETA debtors 24 428 993
Employer receivables 9.1 327 379
Allowance for doubtful debts 9.1 (22) (144)
733 1 228
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9.1 Employer receivable
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Employer receivable
Employer receivables 327 379
Allowance for doubtful debt (22) (144)
Net effect of SARS retrospective adjustments on affected employers 305 235
R327 000 (2008:R379 000) was recognised as a receivable relating to the overpayment to the employer in earlier periods, and is based on the amount of such grant over payments. An amount of R22 000 (2008: R144 0000) was provided for as doubtful debt.
10. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE OTHER
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Government Levy debtors - 1 079
Other receivables 640 233
640 1 312
11. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and in banks and investments in fixed
deposits. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year as shown in the cash flow statement can be reconciled to the
related items in the blance sheet as follows:
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Cash at bank and in hand 9 934 9 779
Cash at bank 9 929 9 771
Cash on hand 5 8
Short term investments/instruments 159 297 135 000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 169 231 144 779
As required in Treasury Regulation 31.2, National Treasury approved the banks where the bank accounts are held. The weighted
average interest rate on short term bank deposits was 11.19% (2008: 10.05%).
The Skills Development Act Regulations state that a SETA may, if not otherwise specified by the Public Finance Management Act,
invest the monies in accordance with the investment policy approved by the relevant SETA.
Treasury Regulation 31.3 requires that, unless exempted by the National Treasury, the SETA as a public entity that is listed in
Schedule 3A of the Act must invest surplus funds with the Corporation for Public Deposits.
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
12. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FROM NON EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
2008/09 2007/08
Notes R'000 R'000
Skills development grants payable - mandatory 8 243 10 583
InterSETA payables 24 34 118
SARS Payables 12.1 7 077 6 637
Employer Payables 1 647 1 489
17 001 18 827
12.1 SARS Payable
Opening balance
Change in estimate Additions
Closing balance
Period ended 31 March 2009 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Levies incorrectly received 4 995 (54) 939 5 880
PAYE received as Skills Development Levies 1 642 (445) - 1 197
6 637 (499) 939 7 077
Opening balance
Change in estimate Additions
Closing balance
Period ended 31 March 2008 R’000 R’000 R'000 R'000
Levies incorrectly received 3 443 435 1 117 4 995
PAYE received as Skills Development Levies 1 642 - - 1 642
5 085 435 1 117 6 637
An amount of R 5 880 000 (2008: R4 995 000) relates to levies incorrectly contributed by employers, and paid over by SARS and
DOL, after being exempted from contributing skills development levies due to new legislation which came into effect 1 August 2005.
An amount of R1 197 000 (2008: R1 642 000) relates to levies incorrectly received as SDL.
13. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FROM EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
Project creditors 5 671 6 475
Service provider fees outstanding - 771
Trade payables 1 693 2 332
Employee Leave accrual * 182 163
7 546 9 741
* During the current financial year, Employee leave accrual was reclassified from Provisions to Accounts payable from exchange transactions. Employee leave accrual complies with the definition of accruals. Leave is calculated based on leave days outstanding at year end and the total cost of employment.
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14. NATIONAL SKILLS FUND: SPECIAL PROJECTS
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Opening balance 2 904 3029
Received during year 5 264
NSF ETQA 5 -
NSF 700 - 264
Interest received 421 306
Utilised and recognised as revenue-conditions met: 78 695
EQTA Expense 78 192
NSF 700 - 503
Closing balance 3 252 2 904
During the current period conditional funds of R 5 000 (2008: R264 000) were received from the National Skills Fund during 2008/9
for the purposes of the NSF ETQA project. This amount was recognised as a liability until the conditions attached were met. During
the period, R 78 000 (2008:R695 000) eligible special projects expenses were incurred and a corresponding amount was recognised
as revenue. At year end, R 3 252 000 (2008:R2 904 000) continues to be accounted for as a liability until the remaining conditions
attached have been met.
15. GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND DONOR FUNDING RECEIVED IN ADVANCE
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Opening balance 819 819
Received during the period - Department of Education 2 813 -
Utilised and recognised as income conditions met - -
Closing balance 3 632 819
During the period no conditional grants were received from the DOE for the purpose of the DOE Project R 2 813 000 (2008 R Nil).
At year end, R 3 632 000 (2008: R819 000) continues to be accounted for as a liability until the outstanding monies are received and
the remaining conditions attached have been met.
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
16. RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO NET SURPLUS
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Net surplus as per Statement of Financial Performance 23 377 28 510
Adjusted for non-cash items:
Depreciation 1 259 1 899
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment 5 0
Bad debts written off - -
Allowance for doubtful debts (122) 17
Investment income (17 336) (11 741)
Special project income realised
Adjusted for working capital changes:
Decrease/(Increase) in non exchange receivables 1 287 (696)
Decrease in payables (4 020) 5 307
Cash generated in operations 4 450 23 296
17. CONTINGENCIES
In terms of the PFMA, all surplus funds as at year-end may be forfeited to National Treasury should an application for retention of
surplus funds be denied. The SETA has on 31 May 2009 submitted an application to the Department of Labour for the retention of
surplus funds. As in the previous year AgriSETA expects that National Treasury will approve the retention of surplus funds.
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18. COMMITMENTS
18.1 Discretionary reserve
Of the balance of R139 823 000 (2008:R116 548 000) available in the Discretionary reserve at the end of March 2009, R135 093 000 (2008: R85 474 000) has been approved and allocated for future projects and skills priorities as set out below. Amounts for expenses that have already been contracted or incurred, and therefore included in grant expenses in the Statement of Financial Performance, are also indicated. A request for the accumulation of these funds has been sent to National treasury. At the time of compiling the financial statements, no reply had been received.
2007/08 2007/08 2007/08 2008/09 2008/09 2008/09 2008/09
Opening Balance
Approved by Accounting Authority Utilised
Opening Balance
Approved by Accounting Authority Utilised Total
R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000
NSDS ABET Skills Programmes 3 079 (2 924) (28) 127 (127) - -
Aids Training 344 (344) - - - - -
Learnership Development 6 969 (4 142) (1 467) 1 360 (1 101) (259) -
Stakeholder Capacity Develop 684 139 (537) 286 (286) - -
Standards Development 28 623 (333) 318 (250) (68) -
HIV Strategy Programme PAETA95 - - - - - - -
RPL NQF Project 1 191 (776) (498) (83) 83 - -
Mentorship's 250 (250) - - - - -
Doe-Ikhwelo Funds 2400 Learner 1 (1) - - - - -
Learnership Project PAETA956/0 20 503 744 (10 725) 10 522 - (1 699) 8 823
Training Farmworkers Prj-Grati 1 570 (1 071) (593) (94) 105 (11) -
Training Un- And Under-Employe 944 797 (315) 1 426 (1 392) (34) -
Training In Labour Legislation 23 - (14) 9 20 (29) -
SSP Project PAETA960/020 3 65 (68) - - - -
Assessor Training Project PAET - - - - - - -
Unit Std Development Project P 3 469 (2 518) (331) 620 (620) - -
Development Of Skills Programm 228 (198) (30) - - - -
ETQA - Project PAETA967/020 592 (576) (16) - - - -
ABET Project PAETA968/020 19 787 (15 287) (1 718) 2 782 (2 743) (992) (953)
Capacity Building - Governance 51 (51) - - - - -
Capacity Building Providers PA 1 109 (1 108) (30) (29) 29 - -
30. BIWA 6 666 (4 274) (606) 1 786 - (195) 1 591
Computer Assisted - - - - 34 (34) -
2.8 Skills Programmes 18.1 -2.8 1 670 17 206 (4 512) 14 364 14 388 (15 546) 13 206
1.2 Sector Specialist Training 300 300 (86) 514 (463) (375) (324)
Good Practice in Skills Development 50 - - 50 (50) - -
2.5 BEE Supported by Skills Development 250 2 000 (300) 1 950 1 650 (61) 3 539
NLPs 3 000 1 200 (130) 4 070 (4 070) - -
5.1 ISOE 800 500 (18) 1 282 (1 253) (29) -
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NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
18. COMMITMENTS (Continues)
18.1 Discretionary reserve
Of the balance of R139 823 000 (2008:R116 548 000) available in the Discretionary reserve at the end of March 2009, R135 093 000 (2008: R85 474 000) has been approved and allocated for future projects and skills priorities as set out below. Amounts for expenses that have already been contracted or incurred, and therefore included in grant expenses in the Statement of Financial Performance, are also indicated. A request for the accumulation of these funds has been sent to National treasury. At the time of compiling the financial statements, no reply had been received.
2007/08 2007/08 2007/08 2008/09 2008/09 2008/09 2008/09
Opening Balance
Approved by Accounting Authority Utilised
Opening Balance
Approved by Accounting Authority Utilised Total
R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000
5.1 Establishment of ISOE - - - - 16 (16) -
4.3 New Venture Creation 1 800 220 (70) 1 950 (1 921) (1) 28
5.3 NQF Capacity 1 500 3 300 (2 678) 2 122 11 973 (3 067) 11 028
5.4Stakeholder Capacity Building (Governance) ALDP
1 000 3 796 (546) 4 250 (1 749) (1 216) 1 285
5.5 Support to Commodity Structure - - - - 5 000 - 5 000
5.6 Learnership /Skills Prog - - - - 22 000 (3 770) 18 230
5.7 Support to School - - - - 1 100 (785) 315
1.1 SSP 600 100 (7) 693 (693) - -
Skills Programmes Un-Employed 1 083 - - 1 083 - - 1 083
2.7 ABET - 14 500 (8 871) 5 629 13 397 (9 894) 9 132
4.1 Workers Programmes - 29 398 (4 319) 25 079 22 243 (18 798) 28 524
4.2Learners assist gain workplace experience
- 3 010 (703) 2 307 1 152 (1 443) 2 016
Institute to Manage Development of NVC
- 1 000 - 1 000 (1 000) - -
PM Large & Med Firms - 100 - 100 (100) - -
4.3 Non Levy Enterprise - - - - 1 089 (9) 1 080
3.2 Non Levy Enterprise - - - - 5 672 (1 264) 4 408
DOE AgriSETA - - - - 200 (6) 194
Mentoring and support for Land reform Benefeciaries
- - - - 20 000 - 20 000
Reserves allocated - - - - 6 888 - 6 888
79 544 45 478 (39 548) 85 474 109 221 (59 601) 135 093
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18.2 Operating Leases
2008/09 2007/08
R'000 R'000
Total of future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases:
Not later than one year - 11
Later than one year and not later than five years - -
- 11
Operating Leases (continues)
The operating lease relates to the building premises used for office accommodation. (e.g. building premises used for office
accommodation). The lease agreement was entered into effective 01/06/2005 and will be operational for a period of three years,
expiring on 31/05/2008. No provision was made for an option to renew the lease on expiry.
19. MATERIAL LOSSES THROUGH CRIMINAL CONDUCT, IRREGULAR, FRUITLESS AND
WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE
To the best of our knowledge, no material losses through criminal conduct, or fruitless and wasteful expenditure were incurred
during the period ended 31 March 2009.
Material losses through criminal conduct:
None
Irregular expenditure
None
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure
None
20. EVENTS AFTER STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATE
None
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21. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
In the course of the SETA operations it is exposed to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risk. The SETA has developed a
comprehensive risk strategy in terms of TR 28.1 in order to monitor and control these risks. The risk management process relating
to each of these risks is discussed under the headings below.
The SETA’s exposure to cash flow interest rate risk and the effective interest rates on financial instruments at Statement of Financial
Position date are as follows:
Floating rate Non-interest bearing Total
Amount R’000
Effectiveinterest rate
Amount R’000
Weighted average
period until maturity in
years R'000
Period ended 31 March 2009
Assets
Cash 169 231 11.19% - - 169 231
Accounts receivable other - - 640 - 640
Total financial assets 169 231 640 - 169 871
Liabilities
Accounts payable from non exchange transactions - - (7 364) - (7 365)
Total financial liabilities - - (7 364) - (7 365)
Period ended 31 March 2008
Assets
Cash 144 779 10.05% - - 144 779
Accounts receivable other - - 1 312 - 1 312
Total financial assets 144 779 1 312 - 146 091
Liabilities
Accounts payable from non exchange transactions - - (9 578) - (9 579)
Total financial liabilities - - (9 578) - (9 579)
The SETA limits its counter-party exposure by only dealing with well-established financial institutions approved by National Treasury.
The SETA’s exposure is continuously monitored by the accounting authority. Credit risk in respect of SARS is limited as it is a
government entity of sound reputation.
Credit risk with respect to levy paying employers is limited due to the nature of the income received. The SETA’s concentration
of credit risk is limited to the Agriculture sectors in which the SETA operates. No events occurred in the Agriculture industry
during the financial period that may have an impact on the accounts receivable that has not been adequately provided for. The SETA
is exposed to a concentration of credit risk, as significant amounts is owed by the South African Revenue Services (SARS). This
concentration of risk is limited as SARS is a government entity with sound reputation.
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
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The ageing of other receivables from exchange transactions:
2008/09 2007/08
Gross Impairment Gross Impairment
Not past due - - - -
Past due 0 - 30 days 516 - - -
Interest Receivable
Past due 31 - 120 days - - 16 -
Past due 120 - 365 days - - 1 -
More than one year 1 - - -
Trade Debtors
Past due 0 - 30 days 51 - - -
Past due 31 - 120 days - - 7 -
More than one year 72 - 29 -
Prepayments
More than one year - - 1 259 -
Government Debtors
The SETA manage limits its treasury counter-party exposure by only dealing with well-established financial institutions approved
by National Treasury through the approval of their investment policy in terms of Treasury Regulation. The SETA’s exposure is
continuously monitored by the Finance Committee.
Credit risk with respect to levy paying employers is limited due to the nature of the income received. The SETA does not have
any material exposure to any individual or counter-party. The SETA’s concentration of credit risk is limited to the industry (ICT
and related industries) in which the SETA operates. No events occurred in the industry (ICT and related industries) during the
financial year that may have an impact on the accounts receivable that has not been adequately provided for. Accounts receivable
are presented net of allowance for doubtful debt.
Liquidity risk
The SETA manages liquidity risk through proper management of working capital, capital expenditure. Adequate reserves and liquid
resources are maintained.
2008/09Carrying Amount
6 months or less 6 - 12 months
More than 2 years
Accounts Payable from exchange transactions
Projects Creditors 3 809 3 809 - -
Service provider fees outstanding 439 439 - -
Sundry payables 1 129 1 129 - -
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NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
Liquidity risk
The SETA manages liquidity risk through proper management of working capital, capital expenditure and actual vs. forecasted cash
flows and its cash management policy. Adequate reserves and liquid resources are also maintained.
Market risk
The SETA is exposed to fluctuations in the employment market for example sudden increases in unemployment and changes in the
wage rates. No significant events occurred during the period that the SETA are aware of.
Fair values
The SETA’s financial instruments consist mainly of cash and cash equivalents, account and other receivables, and account and other
payables. No financial instruments were carried at an amount in excess of its fair value.
The following methods and assumptions are used to determine the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held by the SETA and short-term bank deposits with an original maturity of three months
or less. The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value.
Accounts receivable
The carrying amount of accounts receivable, net of allowance for bad debt, estimated by the accounting authority based on prior
experience. The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value.
Accounts payable
The carrying amount of account and other payables approximates fair value due to the relative short-term maturity of these financial
liabilities.
Liquidity risk
2007/08Carrying Amount
6 months or less 6 - 12 months
More than 2 years
Accounts Payable from exchange transactions
Projects Creditors 6 475 6 475 - -
Service provider fees outstanding 771 771 - -
Sundry payables 2 332 2 332 - -
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22. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY
In the application of the SETA’s accounting policies management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions
about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated
assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from
these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the
period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if
the revision affects both current and future periods.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The following are the key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the balance sheet
date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next
financial year.
Useful lives of property, plant and equipment
The SETA reviews the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment at the end of each annual reporting period, refer
note 7 for the carrying values of property, plant and equipment. The SETA is currently established until 31 March 2010 and in terms
of the Act read with Government Notice No. R.1082 of 7 September 1999 a SETA is required to apply to the Minister for a renewal
of its certificate of establishment by 1 April 2009.
In the light of the requirement to apply for a renewal of a SETA’s certificate of establishment, management was required to consider
how it impacts the period over which assets are expected to be available for use by the SETA. Management determined, consistent
with the prior year, that the useful life of assets should not be limited by the SETA’s establishment until 31 March 2010. Managements
determination of useful life also impacts the determination of the residual value of assets.
The following rates are used for the depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
• Buildings 20 years
• Computer equipment 3 years
• Computer Software 2 years
• Office furniture & fittings 10 years
The SETA has reviewed the residual values used for the purposes of depreciation calculations in the light of the amended definition
of residual value. The review did not highlight any requirement for an adjustment to the residual values used in the current or prior
periods. Residual values will be reviewed annually in the future.
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23. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, there are Standards and Interpretations in issue but not yet effective.
These include the following Standards and Interpretations that are applicable to the SETA and may have an impact on future financial
statements:
Effective date, commencing on or after
GRAP 9 Revenue from Exchange Transactions 1-Apr-09
GRAP 12 Inventories 1-Apr-09
GRAP 13 Leases 1-Apr-09
GRAP 17 Property Plant and Equipment 1-Apr-09
GRAP 100 Non-current Assets held for Sale and Discontinued Operations 1-Apr-09
GRAP 102 Intangible Assets 1-Apr-09
GRAP 24 Budget presentation Not effective
*An entity shall apply Standards of GRAP for annual financial statements covering periods beginning on or after a date to be
determined by the Minister of Finance in a regulation to be published in accordance with section 91(1)(b) of the PFMA. This date has
not yet been published as at the date of this set of financial statements.
IFRS 7 (AC 144)
IFRS 7 (AC 144) – Financial Instruments: Disclosures. The Standard adds certain new disclosures about financial instruments to those
currently required by IAS 32 – Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation. The Standard replaces the disclosures currently
required by IAS 30 – Disclosures in the Financial Statements of Banks and Similar Financial Institutions (IAS 30). The Standard
therefore groups all financial instruments’ disclosures together in a new Standard.
GRAP 9
GRAP 9 - Revenue from Exchange Transactions. The Standard provides additional South African public sector specific examples of
revenue transactions however it does not significantly differ from IAS 29 (AC 111) - Revenue. It is not expected that this Standard
will significantly impact future disclosure due to the limited nature and volume of exchange transactions for which a SETA is expected
to account.
GRAP 12
GRAP 12 - Inventories. The Standard provides additional guidance on the recognition and the initial measurement of inventories
including recognising inventories acquired at no cost, or for nominal consideration, at fair value as at the date of acquisition. It is not
expected that this Standard will significantly impact future disclosure due to the limited nature and volume of inventory for which a
SETA is expected to account.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
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GRAP 13
GRAP 13 - Leases. The Standard clarifies that the leases standard should still be applied even where legislation may prohibit and
entity from entering into certain types of lease agreements. It further adds an additional requirement to disclose the depreciation and
finance charge relating to the leased asset under accounted for as a finance lease by the lessee.
GRAP 17
GRAP 17 - Property Plant and Equipment. On initial application the Standard requires that assets which were acquired at no cost, or
for a nominal cost, is accounted for at its fair value as at the date of acquisition. This treatment is different to the current treatment
which accounts for such assets at cost. We do not expect this to significantly impact the carrying value of assets.
GRAP 100
GRAP 100 - Non-current Assets held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. The Standard provides public sector specific examples
and refer to non-cash-generating assets that are relevant to the public sector however it does not significantly differ from IFRS 5 -
Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. It is not expected that this Standard will significantly impact future
disclosure due to the limited nature and volume of such transactions for which a SETA is expected to account.
GRAP 102
GRAP 102 - Intangible Assets. This standard is drawn primarily from the International Accounting Standard on Intangible Assets (IAS
38). The Standard does provide additional public sector specific examples it also expands the identifiability criterion in the definition
of an intangible asset to include contractual rights arising from binding arrangements, and to exclude rights granted by statute. The
Standard will also require where an intangible asset is acquired at no cost or for a nominal consideration, that its cost is recorded
as its fair value as at the date it is acquired.
Guidance on web site costs, together with an appendix to illustrate the relevant accounting principles, has been included in this
Standard from SIC Interpretation 32 Intangible Assets – Web Site Costs.
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24. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions with other SETAs
InterSETA transactions and balances arise due to the movement of employers from one SETA to another. No other transactions
occurred during the period with other SETAs.
The balances at period-end included in receivables and payables are:
2008/09R’000
2007/08R’000
NotesAmount of the
transactionAmount
receivable/ payableAmount of the
transactionAmount
receivable/ payable
Receivables 9 379 427 1 086 993
W&R SETA 220 179 200 200
FIETA 15 76 61 61
ETDP SETA 14 14 - -
FOODBEV 41 43 131 131
CETA 12 - 30 30
FASSET 32 - 41 41
MERSETA - - 36 36
TETA - 18 18 18
THETA (67) 5 77 77
SERVICES 105 85 439 399
ISETT - - 102 -
ESETA 7 7 (50) -
Payables 12 1 219 34 268 118
FASSET - - 28 28
FIETA 36 8 64 64
CHIETA - - 11 -
SASSETA - - 1 1
SERVICES SETA - - 21 -
TETA 34 - - -
FOODBEV 1 130 22 14 -
W&R SETA 19 4 69 25
MERSETA - - 5 -
Other - - 55 -
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2009
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Transactions with other related parties
The SETA has, in the normal course of its operations, entered into certain transactions with entities either related to the Department
of Labour (DoL) or which had a nominated representative serving on the SETA accounting authority.
2008/09R’000
2007/08R’000
Related partyNature of
relationshipTransaction
type
Amount of the
transactionReceivable /(payable)
Amount of the
transactionReceivable /(payable)
Receivables
NSF monies received Related to DoL
NSF 700 78 - 695 -
Payables
Tongaat Hulett Sugar Limited Bhana Jacquie (Authority Member)
Discretionary Grant
220 - 154 -
Vrystaat Co-op BPK Riaan Gerritzen (Authority Member)
Discretionary Grant
406 - - -
Rainbow Chickens Farms Gwala Doda (Authority Member)
Discretionary Grant
- - 349 -
National Chicks (Astral Operations) Hansen Len (Authority Member)
Discretionary Grant
34 - - -
Red Meat Abattoir Association Neethling Gerhard Dr (Authority Member)
Discretionary Grant
1 140 - 710 -
NSF monies received Related to DoL
NSF 700 78 3 252 695 2 904
The above transactions occurred under terms that were no less favorable than those available in similar arm’s length dealings.
The amounts outstanding are unsecured and will be settled in relation to NSF by incurring qualifying expenditure or in cash. No
guarantees have been given or received. No expense has been recognised in the period for bad or doubtful debts in respect of the
amounts owed by related parties.
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