AgriSETA briefing to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation NCOP AgriSETA briefing to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation J S Madiba CEO 26 November 2014

MANDATE “To positively impact on the skills levels in the South African Agricultural Sector” Focussing, inter alia on; Commercial farmers and farm workers (the levy payer) Small scale, emerging, under resourced farmers Land reform beneficiaries Farmers groups eg. agricultural cooperatives

OVERARCHING LIMITATIONS Small income base (100% of levy for 2015/-16 estimated at R360 million, thus discretionary fund of R180 million Can only afford offices in 5 provinces – Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and KZN Capping by Ministry of Finance further reduced the discretionary fund. Other Departments' income not stable and continuous

MATTERS PERTAINING TO QUALIFICATIONS AgriSETA is one of the leading SETAs in the development of new occupationally aligned qualifications 19 are completed 5 in progress 9 In planning stage BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE DELAY IN REGISTRATION OF THE QUALIFICATIONS BY THE QCTO – SERIOUSLY HAMPERS IMPLEMENTATION

PROVINCIAL PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW FOR 2013/-14 Programme Scarce and Critical Gau WC EC NC NW Lim KZN FS MP TOT Learnership Scarce 1 299 217 228 134 189 379 422 209 131 3 208 Skills Progr 80% Critical 1 743 608 301 425 216 1 279 265 640 471 5 948 Bursaries 51 66 21 6 26 22 53 11 18 274 Apprentice 13 3 5 8 4 61 Interns 186 49 36 35 136 16 79 588 Grad Place 29 58 12 19 103 17 54 316 ABET 100% Critical 140 126 14 112 480 TOTAL 3 459 1 046 668 580 492 1 859 1 001 897 873 10 875

SOME INTERESTING PROJECTS 1. Cooperative Development - with DRDLR - with KZN Agric Dept Rolled out a programme titled “Farm Together” to the benefit of 236 cooperatives with a total of 2 009 members benefitting. Programme focussed on the governance, planning and structuring of cooperatives. R24 million 2. Land Reform Projects - with DRDLR Rolled out a total of 28 projects in the last finanical year with 250 beneficiaries on various programmes as identified via needs analysis (mainly skills programmes). R8 million

SOME INTERESTING PROJECTS 3. Cooperative Development - with KZN Agric Dept Learnership programmes delivered to identified agricultural cooperative projects in KZN. Total of 28 cooperatives to participate and 84 beneficiaries R3 million 4. EPWP Projects - with Department of Public Works Horticulture and Plant Production learning programmes to the benefit of EPWP beneficiaries. 50 learnerships and 2 700 skills programmes R22 million 5. Youth Development - with NYDA Youth-led Cooperatives to benefit – total of 490 beneficiaries R2 million

PIVOTAL PLANNING FIGURES FOR 2015/-16 PROGRAMME NUMBERS BUDGET Bursaries New 220 Continuations 350 R10.1 m R8.0 m Apprenticships New 210 Continuations 540 R10.5 m R22.5 m Interns and Graduate Place 250 Interns 275 Graduates (TVET & Univ) R25.5 m Cadidacy Programmes 25 R1.6 m Learnerships 1 375 R36.9 m Support to new farmers 120 R5.5 m Mentorships R2.5 m Agric College Capacity Build 12 R6.0 m Note: AgriSETA is application driven. Provincial breakdowns only available after considering all applications

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