This report has two broad objectives. The first is linked to distributing and sharing information amongst a broad range of stakeholders about the activities of the Sector Education & Training Authorities (SETAs) in the province. The second is to avail this information so that it might translate into practical ways of planning, connecting and working together to achieve the skills development goals of the Skills Development and Levies Acts (1998 & 1999 respectively).
The Skills Development approach aims to provide a framework for developing and implementing sector and workplace strategies to improve workers' skills.
The Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998 as amended by the Skills Development Levies Act, 9 of 1999 and the Skills Developlment Amendement Act, 31 of 2003, provides a framework for strategies to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce and to integrate those strategies into the National Qualifications Framework. It includes provisions for the financing of skills development by means of a skills levy and a National Skills Fund.