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Annual Report Briefing
Select committee on Education and Recreation
26 November 2014,
South African Parliament
Cape Town
Outline• Introduction• CATHSETA Background / Overview• Legislative Mandates• CATHSSETA Strategic Direction• Learning Programmes• Financial Performance• Human Resources• Governance• Way Forward• Questions
Core Mandate of CATHSSETA
• The Purpose of the CATHSSETA is to contribute to South African Economy through the facilitation of skills development in the relevant Sub-Sectors.
• CATHSSETA is broken into six (6) sub-sectors namely;
• Culture, Arts & heritage• Tourism and Travel services• Hospitality• Sport, Recreation and Fitness• Conservation• Gaming and Lotteries
Legislative Mandates
• South African Constitution• Skills Development Act of 1998;• South African Qualifications Authority Act of 1995;• Education and Training Quality Assurance Bodies
Regulation of 1998;• Skills Development Levies Act of 1999;• Learnership Regulations of 2006; • National Qualifications Framework Act of 2008; • Public Finance Management Act • New Grant Regulation effective from 1 April 2013.
Overview/Background of the 21013/14 ARP
• CATHSSETA has been facing challenges of consistently not meeting its predetermined objectives.
• There’s been serious allegations made against some Board members and CEO • The Board commissioned Grant Thornton to investigate the allegations and make
recommendations • The Board couldn’t act on the findings due to their differences • The Minister instructed the Board to resolve the challenges• The infighting within the Board affected the performance of the organization wherein
the targets were not met on a quarterly basis.• For the FY 2013/14, CATHSSETA received a qualified Audit with matters of emphasis• Due to disfunctionality, the Minister instructed the DG to put the SETA under
administration• An Administrator was appointed on the 16th October to take over as the Accounting
Authority for CATHSSETA
•
Overview (continued)
Summary: Highest employed are in the hospitality and lowest Arts, Culture, and Heritage
Distribution of Employees Per Sub-Sector
CATHSSETA Strategic Direction• Vision:
Sustainable People Development for Prosperity
• Values:
Service Excellence; Efficiency; Equity; Integrity; Partnership; Quality; and Accessibility
• Mission:
To facilitate the skills development of our people through creating strategic partnerships to ensure a meaningful contribution to the economic growth within our sector
Strategic Objectives1. Establishing A Credible Institution Mechanism For
Skills Planning 2. Increasing Access To Occupationally Directed
Programmes3. Promoting The Growth Of Public Fet College
System That Is Responsive To Sector, Local, Regional & National Skills Needs & Priorities
4. Addressing the Low Level Of Youth & Adult Language & Numeracy Skills To Enable Additional Training
5. Encourage Better Use Of Workplace-based Skills Development
6. Encouraging And Supporting Cooperatives, Small Enterprises, Worker Initiated, NGO & Community Training Initiatives
7. Increasing Public Sector Capacity For Improved Service Delivery And Supporting The Building Of A Developmental State
8. Building Career & Vocational Guidance
Priority Scarce and Critical Skills
• Hotel Manager• Restaurant Manager• Sport facility Manager• Small Business Manager• Park Ranger• Conservation Scientist• Sound Technician• Chef• Sports Official• Cook
Learning Programmes
These are programmes that lead to a Qualification• Learnerships• Internships• Academic learning programmes• Skills programmes (short courses)• Learnerships & Internships are the core mandates as they
interact workplace experience
Number Certificated by Province
1026
1508
412 970
878
970513
275
2232 Comments• Highest in Western Cape• Lowest in Northern Cape
Learner Equity
Dimension Number Certificated Percentages
Black: African 5627 63%
Black: Coloured 930 10%
Black: Indian / Asian 253 3%
Unspecified 138 2%
White 2033 23%
Assessor and Moderator Registration
Dimension New / Received Approved / Registered
Programme 282 46
Assessor 216 107
Moderator 50 60
Bursaries Awarded by Province
40
40
37 39
3713
5
52 Comments• Highest in Western Cape• Lowest in Northern Cape• Unknown Limpopo
Discretionary Fund expenditure by Province
Province Total Number of Learners
Total amount
Eastern Cape 187 R 3 224 000Free State 219 R 2 571 125Gauteng 370 R 6 697 000Kwazulu Natal 991 R 9 619 190Limpopo 124 R 1 516 125Mpumalanga 32 R 675 000North West 198 R 1 896 000Northern Cape 7 R 84 000Western Cape 500 R 5 496 125
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (ANNUAL REPORT P 170) R’000
REVENUE FY 2013/14 FY 2012/13 FY 2011/12 % changeSkills Development Levy Income 255 386 222 678 197 702 13%
Penalties & interest 3900 2 187 2 484 -12%
Donor Income 1 721 7 567
Investment Income 5110 5 444 3 454 58%
Other
TOTAL REVENUE 264 396 232 030 211 207
EXPENSES
Mandatory Grants 48 155 94 620 78 959 20%
Discretionary Projects 169 727 105 958 54 533 94%
Donor Expenses 1 721 7 567
Admin 32 560 27 657 25 481 9%
Other 6 81
TOTAL EXPENSES 250 442 229 962 166 622
Surplus 13 954 2 068 44 584
Administrators Observations• Divided organization with high levels of mistrust amongst employees• High levels of pending disciplinary hearings• Contracts awarded without following procurement procedures especially
unsolicited bids• Contracts awarded to non accredited providers and compliance being
facilitated expost facto• Award of international outside of the policy• Broken relationships between AGSA, Internal Auditors and management• No implementation plan for AGSA recommendations• Qualified Audit opinion by AGSA
What has been Done by the Administrator
• Meeting management for a briefing• Meeting with AGSA & Internal Audit for a briefing• Follow up on AGSA findings and develop a plan to ratify identified weaknesses• Assessment of CATHSSETA’s financial position• Precautionary suspension of the CEO &CFO• Completion of outstanding investigations• Stabilizing the organization
– Address staff uncertainties & communicate change– Review plans, budgets and targets for current FY– Review strategy & APP for 2015/16 FY– Weekly management meetings and monthly staff meetings– Engagement of Stakeholders in Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town– Rationalization of functions to ensure integration and improve performance– Finalize Window 2 Discretionary grants allocations
What’s the Plan until Financial Year end
• Engagement of TVETs to strengthen partnership and assess capacity for training
• Sign MOUs with TVETs and workplaces for training and placement of learners
• Bimonthly engagement of stakeholders• Establish joint working committes across sectors • Finalize plans for 2015/16 FY• Develop and implement systems to address AGSA findings