1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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 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

7. 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 skills programmes
R22 million
5. Youth Development - with NYDA
Youth-led Cooperatives to benefit – total of 490 beneficiaries
R2 million

8. 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

9. THANK YOU