An element of transformation, based on the National Plan for Higher Education, and which will affect all higher education institutions, is the creation of a new institutional landscape. The meeting also approved the International Trade Administration Bill which, among other things, establishes a Commission for International Trade Administration (CITA) which replaces the Board for Tariffs and Trade (BTT).
The meeting was informed that the Department of Communications and Icasa had resolved the matter of the offer for the Black Economic Empowerment component of the Second National Operator. Cabinet examined preparations for Child Protection Week (25 May - 1 June), which this year will be used to launch a campaign for the registration of children for the Child Support Grant.
Cabinet discussed proposals from the Department of Education processed from the Report of the National Working Group on "The Restructuring of the Higher Education System in South Africa".