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Implementation of the National Skills Development Plan and perspectives on the North West Province A presentation to North West Provincial Skills Development Lekgotla 19/20 September 2018

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Implementation of the National Skills Development Plan and perspectives

on the North West Province

A presentation to North West Provincial Skills Development Lekgotla

19/20 September 2018

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Conceptual framework

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Defining the role of skills development within PSET and within the economy

Using the skills lens

NSDSIII an enabling policy framework not a strategic plan

Context: inherited a private provider, supply-led system

Market for skills separate from government development agenda and the PSET system

Using skills development to:

o build a developmental state, and to view the skills system as part of that developmental state that would

o work closely with the private sector to use skills, as part of a broader set of strategies to grow and transform the economy

This study acknowledge that there are different views on the meaning of “Skills development” and what skills development is and how the skills system contributes.

A high level simplified Theory of Change for NSDSIII which frames the shape and content of the evaluation report was developed.

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Locating Skills within the wider PSET system

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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III 2011-2016.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The purpose of this project was to obtain the services of a research institution/researcher to conduct an NSDS review impact study focusing on impact of beneficiaries (NEET and transformational imperatives as indicators).

The study was conducted at national level, covering all SETAs and TVET Colleges, in regards to achievement of all eight goals. The service provider undertook research on:

Impact on the 7 National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III developmental and transformation imperatives

Evaluate the implementation of the 8 NSDS goals

Uptake of the NSDS by stakeholders (labour, business, community, providers and government NSAs

Rate of participation by SETAs and employer relationship

Rate of participation by public universities and colleges

Rate of participation by private providers

PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION

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Strategic Architecture: Related Skills Development and HRD Strategies

NW Provincial and Local Business

Workplace Skills Plans

North West Master Skills Plan

Local Government Skills Development Handbook

National Skills Authority

HRD Strategic Framework for the

Public Service,

2016 - 2030

Human Resource Development

Strategy for South Africa, 2010 -

2030

National Skills Development

Strategy III

2011 – 2016 (as extended)

NW Provincial Public Service HRD

StrategyNW Provincial HRD StrategyNW Provincial Skills Plan

NW Provincial Public Service HRD

ForumNW Provincial HRD Council

NW Provincial Skills Development

Forum

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cial

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National Planning Commission

National Development Plan, Chapter 9, 2012-2030

Medium Term Strategic

Framework, Outcome 5, 2014-

2019

Department of Planning,

Monitoring and Evaluation

Human Resource Development

Council for SA

Department of Higher Education

and Training

Office of the Deputy President of

SA

Department of Public Service and

Administration

The Presidency

NW Provincial MTSF

NW Provincial Growth

and Development

Strategy and related

strategies*

NW Provincial Public

Service

Transformation

Strategy

NW Provincial Government Skills Plans

(projects and service delivery)

NW Municipal

Integrated

Development Plans

NW Local Government Skills Plans

(projects and service delivery)

Pro

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Provincial Planning Commission

NDP Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15

The Presidency

National Planning CommissionNW Provincial and Local Business

Strategies

NW SETA Skills Plans

NDP, Chapter 13

NW Provincial Capacity

Building Strategy for

Local Government

National Priority Outcomes, 2010 – Outcome 5: A Skilled and Capable Workforce to Support an Inclusive Growth Path.

National Planning Commission

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Stakeholder Landscape – Skills Supply and Demand

Skills Demand Skills SupplyNorth West

Provincial Skills Plan

Provincial and Local Government Growth and

Development StakeholdersProvincial Economic and

Infrastructure Development Committee

Provincial Public Service Improvement Committee

Local Economic Development Committee

Intergovernmental / Coordinating Forums

Provincial Skills Development ForumOffice of the Premier

Government DepartmentsOrganised Labour

Organised BusinessCommunity Organisations

Service Provider OrganisationsDesignated Group Organisations (Youth, People with

Disabilities, Women)Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) (relevant to

provincial economic activities)Provider Community Organisations

National Skills Authority (NSA)

National HRD and Skills Development Stakeholders

DHET PSET System Planning UnitDHET Special Projects UnitDHET Universities Branch

DHET TVET BranchDHET CET Branch

DHET Skills BranchNational Skills Fund (NSF)

Professional Bodies

Provincial and Local Government HRD and Skills Development

StakeholdersHRD Forum

Public Sector HRD ForumArtisan Development Forum

HEI ForumSETA ForumECD Forum

Education ForumDistrict HRD Forum

Local Government Skills Forum

BeneficiariesEmployed

Under-employedUnemployed

Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)

Quality CouncilsSAQAHEQC

UmalusiQCTO

Provincial Skills OfficeProvincial Skills Secretariat

Delivery InstitutionsUniversities

TVET and CET CollegesPrivate Providers

Government Schools and Academies

Primary and High SchoolsEarly Childhood Centres

Workplaces

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Learning programme Enrolled

Learnerships 342 591

Internships 42 933

Skills Programmes 516 436

Artisans 130 876

Bursaries 61 802

Total 1 094 638

Total enrolments and completions over 2011/12 to 2015/16

7

33%

4%50%

13%

Learnerships

Internships

SkillsProgrammes

Artisans+

NSF Funded

2011-2012 32 404*

2012-2013 95 688

2013-2014 77 913

2014-2015 62 617

2015-2016 63 903

Total 332525

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Overall enrolments vs completions: per financial year

8

168 536153 448

203 507

256 119 259 737

134 181 141 121

168 847 165 402189 932

0

50 000

100 000

150 000

200 000

250 000

300 000

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

Enrolments Completions

Totals over 5 years

Enrolments 1 032 836

Completions 799 483

Throughput 77%

NB: Excluding Bursaries

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40% 38% 47% 53% 59% 48%

60% 62% 53% 47% 41% 52%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Over 5years

Female Male

Enrolments: gender composition over time

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Enrolments: Age

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32%30%

14%

9%6%

4%3% 1% 1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

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Age at birthday in the calendar year of entry (i.e. year of entry – year of birth)

Average age = 30,4 years

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49,9% 54,3% 46,7% 46,0% 42,7% 47,6%

47,7% 40,9% 45,9% 49,2% 54,5% 47,7%

2,5% 4,8% 7,4% 4,8% 2,9% 4,7%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Over 5years

1-3 4-6 7 or more

Enrolments: various NQF level

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Enrolments: NQF levels within each race over 5 years

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56%

47%

20%

92%

17%

48%

42%

51%

75%

8%

77%

48%

2%

2%

5%

6%

5%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Black

Coloured

Indian

Other

White

All learners

1-3 4-6 7 & higher

African

All learners

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Enrolments: Learner province over 5 years

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35,6%

14,2% 13,0%

8,8% 8,4% 7,3% 6,3%4,3%

2,1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

GP KZN WC LP EC NW MP FS NC

% le

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Province

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Enrolments: Employment status of enrolments

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Employed; 54,8%

Unemployed; 45,2%

Across all learners (Males & Females Combined)

Employed; 51%

Unemployed; 49%

Employment status of female enrolments

Employed Unemployed

Employed; 55%

Unemployed; 45%

Employment status of male enrolments

Employed Unemployed

Driven largely by skills programmes where 78% are employed. In learnerships

63% are unemployed

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Enrolments: proportion of people living with disabilities

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Total artisans + learnerships + internships + skills programmes

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016Over 5 years

People living with disabilities

1,1% 1,9% 1,4% 1,7% 2,0% 1,6%

No disabilities 98,9% 98,1% 98,6% 98,3% 98,0% 98,4%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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NSDSIII Evaluation

Section 5 Impact

Impact on individuals, firms, the economy and

transformation

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Productivity In the Employer Survey when asked about whether training has contributed to an increase in

employee productivity, 80.9% of employers stated that it did

A high proportion of employers stated that there is a decrease in errors in the workplace(73.3%) as well as an improvement in the quality of product or service delivered (79.3%)(organised labour agreed with the views of employers)

Training has also increased the work readiness of young people entering the workplace at74.8%

When asked about the supply of needed skills in the sector, 50.2% of employers stated that it isbelow expectations, with 42.1% indicating that it met expectations (gap between supply anddemand)

The main motivation for training in an organisation is to upskill employees in their existingoccupations (51.1%), with only 17.9% stating that they train to provide young people with workexperience through apprenticeships, learnerships and/or internships

Business confidence and productivity:

o the RMB/BER business confidence index has mostly remained between 30 and 55 between2011 and 2018

o Over the period, there has been a general decline in business confidence from 55 in 2011Q2to 39 in 2018Q2

o Also, between 2006 and 2016, it was found that the average profit margin for the SouthAfrican formal business sector declined

Impact on firms

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Equity

According to the Employer Survey, 70.8% of the surveyed employersstate that there is an increase in the proportion of skilled posts beingfilled by black people (African, Indian and Coloured), whereas 51.7%state that there is an increase in the proportion of managerial andsupervisory posts being filled by black people

59.8% of employers stated that there is an increase in the proportionof skilled posts being filled by women and 46.9% stated that there isan increase in the proportion of women in managerial and supervisoryposts

With regards to people with disabilities, only 23.3% of employersstated that there is an increase in the number of people withdisabilities employed in the organisation

In interviews with organised labour, respondents stated that traininghas not contributed to equity

Impact in relation to Transformational imperatives (1)

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Race Enrolments in learning programme across population groups

Across the 21 SETAs and the NSF, there were more than 1.3 million beneficiaries whoparticipated in learning programmes

For SETAs, 79% of learners that accessed learning programmes were African, followed by 12%for Whites, 6% for Indians and 3% for Coloureds

Even though there was improved access amongst the previously disadvantaged at 88%, theproportion of the Black beneficiaries that completed their training programmes was 85%

Impact in relation to Transformational imperatives (2)

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African; 79,17%

Coloured; 6,06%

Indian; 2,76%Other; 0,04%

White; 11,98%

African Coloured Indian Other White

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Class Enrolments in learning programme by NQF level

Amongst the learners who accessed the learning programmes, 55% were employed whilst 45% were unemployed

About 48% of the learners accessed qualifications at NQF level 1 to 3 (low level skills)

The proportion of learners who accessed learning opportunities at NQF levels 4 to 6 (mid-level skills) was also 48% indicating that there was a balanced allocation between low and mid-level skills

More Africans (56%) and Coloureds (47%) tended to be enrolled in lower NQF levels when compared to their Indian (20%) and White (17%) counterparts

Impact in relation to Transformational imperatives (3)

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56%

47%

20%

92%

17%

48%

42%

51%

75%

8%

77%

48%

2%

2%

5%

6%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Black

Coloured

Indian

Other

White

All learners

1-3 4-6 7 & higher

Africanblack

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Geography Enrolments in learning programme by province

Whilst the Gauteng population constitutes 25,5% of the country’s population, about 35,6% oflearners came from Gauteng

With the exception of the Northern Cape which had an even spread of learning opportunitiesas compared to the population proportion, the rest of the provinces had lesser proportion oflearners

Impact in relation to Transformational imperatives (5)

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25,5

19,7

11,5 11,3 107,8 6,9

5,12,1

35,6

14,2 13

8,4 8,86,3 7,3

4,32,1

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Population Learners

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Age Enrolments in learning programme by Age

Those 35 years or younger constituted 76% of all enrolments across learningprogrammes

Those leaving school had a higher chance of accessing learning opportunitiescompared to other age groups

Impact in relation to Transformational imperatives (6)

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32%30%

14%

9%6%

4%3% 1% 1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Youngerthan 25

25-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 Older than60

% in

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et

Age at birthday in the calendar year of entry (i.e. year of entry – year of birth)

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IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS: EMPLOYMENT

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Based on data from 8 SETAs (Meta Review)

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EMPLOYMENT IMPACT HAS A GENDER DIMENSION

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NSF Tracer

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Note re Mpumalanga – these were mainly respondents from municipalities who indicated that they did learnerships or skills programmes through Mahube FET College

EMPLOYMENT IMPACT ALSO HAS A PROVINCIAL DIMENSION

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NSDSIII Evaluation

Section 6 Conclusions

Conclusions in respect of relevance, effectiveness,

efficiency and sustainability

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The Strategy in its implementation has been effective in achieving a strategic shift:

o from private provision to a more mixed approach;

o from a skills market that was divorced from public policy and programmes toone that is more part of public policy;

o from a situation where skills development was viewed quite separately fromTVET and HE to one where there is a growing level of collaboration.

Good progress has been made in some goals, less in others, but progress is beingmade.

Employers state that skills has improved performance

There are aspects of state engagement in the strategy that have been effective(expanded workplace learning) but the effectiveness of the strategy on publicservice capacity was limited

People gaining employment after training, where people chances of a job werevery much improved by the training received

There are mixed views as to whether skills development has been effective inachieving improved employment equity. Employers say that it has made adifference. Trade unions and the evidence from DoL (EE reports) paint a lesspositive picture.

Conclusions: Effectiveness

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R30 billion was spent by SETAs between 2011-2016.

This is from a total levy income of R63b of which R50b wentto the SETAs.

In addition, the NSF has spent around R14b. So, the totalspend was approximately R42 billion.

Just over R10b was spent by SETAs on artisans’ training anda similar amount was spent on learnerships.

Approximately R2.5 billion was spent by the NSF onapprenticeships and learnerships.

So approximately R22.5 billion was spent onapprenticeships and learnerships.

Skills programme spend came to R4.2 billion

Internships came to R1.8 billion.

Sustainability

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NSDSIII Evaluation

Section 7 Recommendations

Recommendations for future strategy, governance,

programmes, and capacity

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Recommendations: Strategy

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NSDS and implementation plan that takes effect from 1 April 2020

Joint planning and oversight structures put in place to drive delivery as well as adescription of the levers or instruments that will be put in place to enable the goals tobe achieved

That future strategy is accompanied by a communications strategy that makes clearwhat is intended, particularly in relation to the intended role of public and privateproviders

The NSDS (and its implementation plan) should set out short, medium and longer-termoutputs and outcomes as part of a realistic and credible Theory of Change which mustset out who will take lead responsibility for activities required to achieve outputs andoutcomes

The strategy should determine priorities based on costed options

The strategy should be accompanied by a financial strategy that provides direction tostakeholders on how resources should be allocated to achieve maximum impact

NSF:

There should be review of the priority programmes that the NSF commits to funding

Consideration should be given to the potential impact of reducing or withdrawingfunding from programmes

The focus should now turn to community colleges and the funding of capacity todeliver to the skills needs of local communities

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Recommendations: Governance and accountability

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The number of boards or accounting authorities should bereduced. Ideally there should be one accounting authority thathas real power to hold skills development structures toaccount

There should also be legislation to clarify exactly who isresponsible for: allocating funds; ensuring legislativecompliance; accounting for misuse of funds; accounting forpoor performance; and what powers exist to ensure there areconsequences for wrong doing

Whatever structures are finally agreed to much moreattention needs to be given to the training of board members.

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North West Province – Statistics Driving Skills Development Needs

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Key Information

North West lies in the north of South Africa on the Botswana border, fringed by the Kalahari Desert

in the west, Gauteng province to the east and the Free State to the south. It covers an area of 104

882km² and has a population of 3 748 436. Much of the province consists of flat areas of scattered

trees and grassland. The Vaal River flows along the southern border of the province.

Mahikeng (previously Mafikeng) is the capital. The city lies near the Botswana border and forms a

single urban area with its neighbouring town, Mmabatho. Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp are the

biggest cities in the province. Other main towns are Brits, Rustenburg, Klerksdorp and Lichtenburg.

Most economic activity is concentrated in the southern region between Potchefstroom and

Klerksdorp, as well as Rustenburg and the eastern region. Mining is the major contributor to the

North West economy and represents almost a quarter of South Africa’s mining industry as a whole.

The Rustenburg and Brits districts produce more platinum than any other single area in the world.

North West also produces a quarter of South Africa’s gold, as well as granite, marble, fluorspar and

diamonds. North West has a number of major tourist attractions, including the internationally

famous Sun City, the Pilanesberg National Park, the Madikwe Game Reserve and the Rustenburg

Nature Reserve.

North West is well known for cattle farming, while the areas around Rustenburg and Brits are fertile,

mixed-crop farming land. Maize and sunflowers are the most important crops, and the province is

the major producer of white maize in the country.

North West is divided into four district municipalities, which are further subdivided into 18 local

municipalities.

(Source: https://municipalities.co.za/provinces/view/8/north-west)

North West Province – Statistics Driving Skills Development Needs

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Province

Apr-Jun 2017

Jan-Mar 2018

Apr-Jun 2018

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on-year

change

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on-year

change

Thousand Per cent

South Africa 16 100 16 378 16 288 -90 188 -0,5 1,2

Western Cape 2 403 2 530 2 480 -50 77 -2,0 3,2

Eastern Cape 1 416 1 397 1 402 5 -13 0,4 -0,9

Northern Cape 292 321 317 -4 26 -1,1 8,9

Free State 777 814 788 -26 11 -3,2 1,5

KwaZulu-Natal 2 583 2 617 2 620 3 36 0,1 1,4

North West 978 992 977 -15 -1 -1,5 -0,1

Gauteng 5 050 5 069 5 055 -14 5 -0,3 0,1

Mpumalanga 1 212 1 197 1 212 15 0 1,2 0,0

Limpopo 1 390 1 441 1 436 -4 47 -0,3 3,4

Table D: Employment by province

The number of employed persons declined in most provinces between Q1: 2018 and Q2: 2018. The largest employment decreases were recorded in Western Cape (50 000), Free State (26 000), North West (15 000) andGauteng (14 000), while Mpumalanga (15 000), Eastern Cape (5 000) and KwaZulu-Natal (3 000) recorded employment gains in the same period.Compared to Q2: 2017, employment increased in six of the nine provinces, with Western Cape recording the largest increase of 77 000 jobs, followed by Limpopo (47 000) and KwaZulu-Natal (36 000). During the same period, employment losses were recorded in Eastern Cape (13 000) and North West (1 000). Employment in Mpumalanga remained unchanged during this period.

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Table E: Unemployment rate by province

The official unemployment rate increased by 0,5 of a percentage point in Q2: 2018 compared to Q1: 2018. The official unemployment rate increased in five of the nine provinces. The largest increase in the unemployment rate was recorded in Free State (up by 1,6 percentage points), Gauteng (up by 1,2 percentage points), and Western Cape (up by 1,0 percentage point). Year-on-year, the official unemployment rate declined by 0,5 of a percentage point. The largest declines were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (2,2 percentage points), followed by Northern Cape (1,6 percentage points) and North West (1,4 percentage points).

Official unemployment rate Expanded unemployment rate

Apr-Jun 2017

Jan-Mar 2018

Apr-Jun 2018

Qtr-to-qtr

change

Year-on-year change

Apr-Jun2017

Jan-Mar2018

Apr-Jun2018

Qtr-to-qtr

change

Year-on-year change

Per cent Percentage points Per cent Percentage points

South Africa 27,7 26,7 27,2 0,5 -0,5 36,6 36,7 37,2 0,5 0,5

Western Cape 20,7 19,7 20,7 1,0 0,0 24,6 22,5 23,2 0,7 -1,4

Eastern Cape 34,4 35,6 34,2 -1,3 -0,2 44,5 46,0 45,8 -0,3 1,3

Northern Cape 30,5 29,5 28,9 -0,6 -1,6 45,3 41,0 42,4 1,4 -2,9

Free State 34,4 32,8 34,4 1,6 0,0 40,5 38,4 40,1 1,7 -0,4

KwaZulu-Natal 24,0 22,3 21,8 -0,5 -2,2 40,4 40,6 40,9 0,3 0,5

North West 27,2 25,8 26,1 0,3 -1,1 42,0 41,8 43,4 1,6 1,4

Gauteng 29,9 28,6 29,7 1,1 -0,2 32,9 33,6 34,4 0,8 1,5

Mpumalanga 32,3 32,4 33,2 0,8 0,9 41,4 42,5 41,7 -0,8 0,3

Limpopo 20,8 19,9 19,3 -0,6 -1,5 37,1 37,6 37,4 -0,2 0,3

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Table 2.3: Labour force characteristics - North West

Apr-Jun 2017

Jul-Sep 2017

Oct-Dec 2017

Jan-Mar 2018

Apr-Jun 2018

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on-

year change

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on- year change

Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Per cent Per cent

North West

Population 15–64 yrs 2 512 2 523 2 534 2 545 2 556 11 44 0,4 1,7

Labour Force 1 343 1 332 1 313 1 338 1 323 -15 -20 -1,1 -1,5

Employed 978 983 999 992 977 -15 -1 -1,5 -0,1

Unemployed 365 349 314 346 346 0 -19 0,1 -5,1

Not economically active 1 169 1 191 1 221 1 207 1 232 26 63 2,1 5,4

Discouraged work-seekers 269 294 285 296 323 27 54 9,2 20,2

Other 900 897 936 911 909 -1 9 -0,2 1,0

Rates (%)

Unemployment rate 27,2 26,2 23,9 25,8 26,1 0,3 -1,1

Employed / population ratio (absorption) 38,9 39,0 39,4 39,0 38,2 -0,8 -0,7

Labour force participation rate

53,5 52,8 51,8 52,6 51,8 -0,8 -1,737

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Table 3.2: Employed by industry and province - North West

Apr-Jun 2017

Jul-Sep 2017

Oct-Dec 2017

Jan-Mar 2018

Apr-Jun 2018

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on-year

change

Qtr-to-qtrchange

Year-on-year

change

Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Per cent Per cent

Agriculture 54 49 47 47 43 -4 -10 -8,0 -18,9

Mining 132 137 128 125 147 22 15 17,3 11,3

Manufacturing 77 78 85 74 49 -25 -28 -34,1 -36,5

Utilities 5 5 5 5 11 7 6 143,0 124,1

Construction 84 71 90 96 94 -2 11 -1,9 12,9

Trade 197 200 206 197 190 -7 -7 -3,5 -3,5

Transport 31 35 36 33 34 1 3 4,1 10,1

Finance 99 102 111 117 100 -17 1 -14,6 0,7

Community and social services 210 230 218 228 231 2 21 1,1 9,8

Private households 89 78 72 70 77 7 -13 10,2 -14,338

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Cont/… Table 2.1 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education, 2016

Highest level of educationNorth West

(000’s)

South Africa(000’s)

Diploma with less than Grade 12/Std 10 6 89

Certificate with Grade 12/Std 10 55 693

Diploma with Grade 12/Std 10 83 1 483

Higher diploma (Technikon/University of Technology) 7 418

Post higher diploma (Technikon/University of Technology Masters, Doctoral)

4 177

Bachelor’s degree 40 1 023

Bachelor’s degree and post-graduate diploma 3 163

Honours degree 13 288

Higher degree (Masters, Doctorate) 8 230

Other * 128

Do not know 43 395

Unspecified * 109

Total population aged 20 years and older 2 338 34 613

*Values based on three or less unweighted cases are considered too small to provide accurate estimates, and values are therefore replaced by asterisks.

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Stakeholder Landscape: Coordinating Structures

Provincial Economic Growth and

Development

Provincial Skills

Development and HRD

Provincial Public

Service HRD Forum

Provincial HRD

Forum

Provincial Skills

Development Forum

Provincial MTSF

Outcome 5

Coordinating Forum

Local Government

Skills Forum

Sector Economic

Development

Plans

Provincial Growth

and Development

Strategy

Provincial MTSF

Strategy

Municipal

Integrated

Development Plans

Provincial Strategic

Infrastructure

Projects

SETA Forum

Provincial

Economic and

Infrastructure

Development

Committees

Local Economic

Development

Committee

Provincial Education, Training and

Development

TVET Committee

CET Committee

Social

Development

Committee

Higher Education

Committee

Basic Education

Committee

College Education

and Training

Community

Education and

Training

Early Childhood

Development

Higher Education

Basic Education

Provincial School of

Government

Workplace

Development

Skills Demand Skills Objectives Skills Supply