AgiSETA 2008 / 2009 Annual Report

Contact Details:

Telephone: +27 (0) 12 301 5600

Facsimile: +27 (0) 12 325 1677/24
Website: http://www.agriseta.co.za
Email: info@agriseta.co.za

Physical Address:
AgriSETA House
529 Belvedere Street
Arcadia
0083
Pretoria
South Africa

Postal Address:
P O Box 26024
Arcadia
0007
South Africa

ISBN Number: 978-0-621-38606-6

RP no.: RP84/2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Vision and Mission 2

Acronyms 3

Chairperson’s Report 4

Voorsitter se Verslag 7

Pehelo ya Modulasetulo 10

Ingxelo kaSihlalo 13

Chief Executive Officer’s Report 16

Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte se Verslag 20

Pehelo ya Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso 24

Ingxelo yeGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko 28

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Governing Board and Executive Committee 32

Human Resource Management 35

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTING
Marketing and Communications 40

Education Training Quality Assurance 44

Skills Delivery - Learnerships and Skills Programmes 47

Skills Planning 53

NSDS Objectives (Performance Information) 55

Mandatory Grants 59

FINANCIALS 1 APRIL 2008 – 31 MARCH 2009

Report of the Audit Committee 62

Report of the Auditor-General 64

Report of the Accounting Authority 66

Annual Financial Statements 70

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 Annual Report 2008 / 2009

VISION

The Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
(AgriSETA) will be a true and legitimate partner to the
stakeholders that represent the agricultural sector. AgriSETA
will be a recognised and much appreciated vehicle to speed
up training and development in order to establish sustainable,
prosperous enterprises, also within rural communities, and a
competent workforce.
Through trust and honest efforts, AgriSETA will gain credibility
which will enhance communication and create understanding
among all stakeholders. AgriSETA will stand tall as a successful
authority that has improved productivity and the viability of
enterprises, and has conquered the menace of illiteracy and the
scourge of unemployment.
Our success will benefit everyone. Workers will be proud
of their widely recognised abilities and will enjoy a well-
deserved, higher standard of living. Employees and employers
countrywide, keen to participate in training, will inundate our
offices with requests for learnerships and skills programmes.
AgriSETA will be particularly recognised for its efforts to
develop its learners as whole beings. Personal horizons will
be recreated and an array of unique, market-related skills
across the total value chain will be stimulated to help establish
prosperous and stable enterprises. These critical skills will be
jealously nurtured and protected by a grateful industry.
AgriSETA will serve as a model of excellence and perform like
a smooth running engine – quietly yet powerful – setting new
standards, acclaimed both locally and internationally. Loyalty
to one another will be our trademark. The tenacity to secure
funds for achieving our objectives will be our obsession, and
quality will be our passion. AgriSETA will challenge the peril
and inherent risk of agriculture in Africa with versatility and
vigour, to meet the changing demands of the business world.

MISSION

AgriSETA creates and promotes opportunities for social, economic

and employment growth for agri enterprises, in conjunction with other
stakeholders in agriculture, through relevant, quality and accessible
education, training and development in both primary and secondary
agriculture.

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ACRONYMS

18.1 Permanent employees

18.2 Unemployed people and under resourced farmers
ABET Adult Basic Education and Training
AGM Annual General Meeting
AgriSETA Agriculture Sector Education Training Authority
ATR Annual Training Report
BEE Black Economic Empowerment
BIWA Bursaries, Internships, Workplace Experience, Apprenticeships
CBO Community Based Organisation(s)
CEO Chief Executive Officer
DoL Department of Labour
eRPL Electronic Recognition of Prior Learning
ESSA Employment Services for South Africa
ETQA Education Training Quality Assurance
FASSET Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training
FAWU Food and Allied Workers Union
FET Further Education and Training
FGWU Food and General Workers Union
FoodBev Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry Education and Training
HET Higher Education and Training
ISOE Institute(s) of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
NAFU National Agricultural Farmers Union
NGO Non Governmental Organisation(s)
NLRD National Learner(s) Records Database
NQF National Qualifications Framework
NSA National Skills Authority
NSDS National Skills Development Strategy
NSF National Skills Fund
NUF National Union of Farm Workers
NVC New Venture Creations
OFO Organizing Framework for Occupations
PAETA Primary Agriculture Education and Training Authority
PFMA Public Finance Management Act
PPP Public Private Partnership(s)
QC Quality Council(s)
QCTO Quality Council for Trade and Occupations
QMS Quality Management System
RMAA Red Meat Abattoir Association
RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
SAFATU South African Food and Textile Workers Union
SAGIC South African Green Industry Council
SAQA South African Qualifications Authority
SARS South African Revenue Service
SDA Skills Development Act
SETA Sector Education Training Authority
SLA Service Level Agreement
SSC Sub Sector Committee
SSP Sector Skills Plan
TUASA Transvaal Union of South Africa
WSP Workplace Skills Plan

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 Annual Report 2008 / 2009

CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT

Mr Jacobus van Dyk

Chaiperson

It is with a paradoxical mind that I present this annual • Road Shows

report to you. The past year has been a year filled with
both challenges and successes, hence a paradox. Presently, During March 2009, the AgriSETA embarked on provincial
as I write this report, a lot of changes have already taken road shows with stakeholders to workshop, among other
place and affected the training arena, e.g. the promulgation matters, the Quality Council Trade and Occupations
of the new National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (QCTO) and Organising Framework for Occupations
legislation and the amended Skills Development Act (SDA). (OFO), the new template for submitting claims for the
These changes will undoubtfully impact on us. While this Mandatory Grants, and creating building blocks of
has been a challenging year, it has had its unique highlights, networks for agricultural stakeholders. I personally had
with which I shall begin. an opportunity to open the workshop in the Western
Cape, and our Vice-Chairperson, Mr Sipho Khumalo,
the one in KwaZulu-Natal. The feedback received was
HIGHLIGHTS that the road shows were a great success. We also
The following two highlights were experienced with pleasure: managed to use the same platform to convey the
message with regard to the looming changes facing the
Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) while
• Appointing of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
assuring our stakeholders not to start pushing the panic
buttons, but to keep the spirit of ‘Business as usual’.
Mr Jerry Madiba was appointed as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) with effect from 01 October 2008. His
appointment came after his predecessor, Mr Machiel
UNCERTAINTY DUE TO THE EXPECTED NEW
Van Niekerk, decided to pass on the baton. I, together
SECTOR EDUCATION TRAINING AUTHORITY
with my fellow Board members, faced a daunting task
(SETA) LANDSCAPE AND APPLICATION FOR
in choosing the right candidate, but after several rigorous
AGRISETA RE-CERTIFICATION
interviews, Mr Jerry Madiba succeeded in taking the
baton from Mr Van Niekerk. Mr Madiba had been a
At the end of March 2009, the Agriculture Sector
previous Primary Agriculture Education and Training
Education Training Authority (AgriSETA) submitted an
Authority (PAETA) Learnership Manager, though for a
application for re-certification for the National Skills
short time, and with his wealth of experience in the
Development Strategy (NSDS III). I believe it is due to the
agricultural sector the Board is confident that we have
joint efforts of the Board and the AgriSETA staff, who have
the right man to take AgriSETA to new heights. On behalf
worked tirelessly in consulting with selected levy payers
of the Board, I would like to take advantage of this
(both from primary and secondary sectors), service providers
opportunity to welcome him into the AgriSETA family.

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 We at AgriSETA pledge our support to the processes of change...
and state departments, especially the national Department of
Agriculture, that we will keep the boat afloat. This consultation
process was to get a mandate for re-certification and letters
of support. Not only did we get overwhelming support from
those mentioned, but also from the Agricultural Commodity
groups, and employer and employee organizations. The entire
SETA staff and Board are eagerly awaiting a response regarding
the re-certification process.
The slow pace of the process to reach finality on the proposals
for the new SETA landscape is taking its toll on both the staff
and the Board. We at AgriSETA pledge our support to the
processes of change. However, we wish to place on record
our frustration with regard to the apparent lack of direction
and delays in certain areas. We operate on the principle that
change is inevitable and believe that, like the weather, the best
way to cope with it is to accept it and make the most of it.
We fear that further delay might exasperate the problem, but
wish to assure stakeholders that we are ready to face up to
and cope with the looming change. We would like to urge the
parties concerned to resolve the matter urgently.
TARGETS
I am glad to report that AgriSETA has exceeded most of
the targets as per the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with
the Department of Labour. These include inter alia: the
Learnerships and Skills Programmes, Bursaries, Internships,
Work Place Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA). I want
to highlight and single out the following two issues, which are
critical and require focused attention, namely apprenticeship
support and the preparations for the QCTO.
• Apprenticeships
Government has called upon SETAs to become actively
involved in the development of a young pool of artisans
for our country. We are all aware of the fact that our
artisan pool is ageing and it is estimated that the average
age of artisans may exceed 50 years.
AgriSETA immediately took up this challenge and called
for a meeting with our large employers and employee
bodies. These employers, suffering from the lack of
adequately qualified artisans, immediately pledged
their support for this initiative. Thus, during the 2008/09
financial year we accepted a target to engage 50 learners
in apprenticeships, but have, in actual fact, engaged 104
learners. We have also approached the National Skills
Fund (NSF) for additional funding, and after receiving their
approval, we will engage approximately 200 apprentices in
the 2009/10 financial year.
• Preparations for the QCTO
The Board and I were exposed to the terminology
of The Skills Development Amendment Act, which
introduced new terms that are threatening unless one
questions them. Threatening as they were, and thinking
of the responsibility we have torwards our agricultural
stakeholders and levy payers, we approved and set aside
funds for the appointment of a QCTO Project Leader,
and I am happy to report that we have advanced in our
preparations for the 2010 roll-out. We further mandated
the staff to spread the message out there.
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CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
By and large, I am happy with the way in which our levy
payers continue to improve in lodging claims for the
mandatory grants. Due to being inundated with applications
for training, my Board and I approved and committed surplus
funds in June 2008 to increase skills development offerings,
and I am satisfied with the way in which the project is running.
May I also add that we are frustrated with the little financial
resources that are at our disposal compared to the need out
there for agricultural skills training from basic and Adult Basic
Education and Training (ABET) to farm management, export
preparation training, and highly mechanized and technological
skill needs for commercial farmers.
As non-agricultural industries close and job losses become
apparent, the majority of rural dwellers turn to farming as an
alternative, and with the shortcomings of the current funding
model of the levy system, AgriSETA will remain challenged
to serve those outside the levy threshold. I do hope for a
unique funding model with the birth of NSDSIII, coupled
with the new SETA landscape for SETAs such as ours. For
example, how do we successfully fund the emerging and land
reform recipients with levies out of the limited number of
contributors? Questions such as these need to be asked and
answered.
May I finally thank my Board members for a job well
done in the current financial year and hasten to add that my
Governing Board has a unique way of reaching agreement.
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May I finally thank my Board members for a job well done in
the current financial year and hasten to add that my Governing
Board has a unique way of reaching agreement. This is made
possible by the commitment and passion from all. May I
extend a word of thanks to my Vice-Chairperson, Mr Sipho
Khumalo, for his soft- spoken attitude and wisdom, but also his
effectiveness and guidance.
To Mr Machiel Van Niekerk, the outgoing CEO, thank you
that you started with the old Primary Education and Training
Authority (PAETA) and survived the 2005 merger to lead
AgriSETA until you decided to retire and pass the baton
last year. You are indeed a true champion of agricultural
skills development. To the new CEO, a hearty welcome
into the race and you are assured of my Governing
Board’s support. To the AgriSETA staff, thank you for the
commendable way you implemented the mandate of the
SETA. To our stakeholders, training providers and levy payers,
thank you for entrusting us with steering the AgriSETA ship.
Mr Jacobus van Dyk
Chaiperson
 VOORSITTER SE VERSLAG

Mnr Jacobus van Dyk

Voorsitter

Dit is met ’n skynbare teenstrydigheid dat ek hierdie • Landwye Besoeke

Jaarverslag aan u voorlê. Die afgelope jaar was ’n jaar met
beide uitdagings en suksesse, vandaar die teenstrydigheid. Gedurende Maart 2009 het AgriSETA provinsiale
Baie veranderinge het reeds plaasgevind en die opleidings bekendstellingstoere onderneem om onder meer
arena beïnvloed, bv. die afkondiging van nuwe wetgewing werkswinkels oor die Kwaliteitsraad vir Ambagte
met betrekking tot die Nasionale Kwalifikasieraamwerk en Beroepe (QCTO) en Georganiseerde Raamwerk
(NKR) en die wysigings aan die Wet op Vaardigheids- vir Okkupasies (OFO) te hou, die nuwe formaat vir die
ontwikkeling. Hierdie veranderinge sal ongetwyfeld ’n indiening van aansoeke vir verpligte toekennings bekend
invloed op ons hê. Alhoewel dit ’n uitdagende jaar was, te stel en om netwerke onder landbou belanghebbers
het dit ook unieke hoogtepunte gehad, en ek noem graag te vestig. Ek het persoonlik die geleentheid gehad om
eerstens ’n paar. een van die werkswinkels in die Wes-Kaap te open, en
my Ondervoorsitter, mnr Sipho Khumalo, het een in
KwaZulu-Natal geopen. Die terugvoer wat ons ontvang
HOOGTEPUNTE het, was dat die besoeke ’n groot sukses was. Ons
Die volgende twee hoogtepunte staan uit: het ook die geleentheid gebruik om met belanghebbers
te kommunikeer oor die veranderinge wat die Sektor
Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede (SETA’s) in die gesig
• Aanstelling van ’n nuwe Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
staar, terwyl ons terselfdertyd belanghebbers gerusgestel
(HUB):
het om nie paniekerig te raak nie, maar om voort te gaan
in die gees van “besigheid soos altyd”.
Mnr Jerry Madiba is met ingang van 1 Oktober 2008 as
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte aangestel. Sy aanstelling het
gekom nadat sy voorganger, mnr Machiel van Niekerk,
ONSEKERHEID WEENS DIE BEOOGDE SETA-
besluit het om die leisels oor te gee. Ek en my mede-
LANDSKAP EN AANSOEK OM AGRISETA-
raadslede het gewonder hoe ons die regte kandidaat
HERSERTIFISERING
sonder enige twyfel in ons gemoed sou kon aanstel. Na
verskeie strawwe onderhoude, het mnr Jerry Madiba
Aan die einde van Mei 2009 het AgriSETA ’n aansoek
daarin geslaag om die leisels by mnr van Niekerk oor te
ingedien vir hersertifisering binne die Nasionale Vaardigheids-
neem. Mnr Madiba was voorheen die Leerlingskap
ontwikkelingstrategie (NSDS III). Ek glo dit is te danke aan die
Bestuurder by die Primere Landbou Onderwys- en
gesamentlike werk van die Raad en die AgriSETA-personeel,
Opleidingsowerheid (PAETA) en alhoewel net vir ’n
wat onvermoeid gewerk het om te konsulteer met gekose
kort tydjie, bring hy ongetwyfeld ’n magdom ervaring in
heffingbetalers (uit beide die primêre en sekondêre sektore),
die landbousektor met hom saam. Namens die Raad wil
diensverskaffers en departemente, veral die Nasionale
ek graag van hierdie geleentheid gebruik maak om hom
Departement van Landbou, om die skip op koers te hou.
te verwelkom in die AgriSETA-familie.

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VOORSITTER SE VERSLAG
AgriSETA ondersteun verandering...
Die doel van die konsultasieproses was om ’n mandaat en
ondersteuningsbriewe te kry vir hersertifisering. Nie net het
ons oorweldigende ondersteuning van die genoemde partye
ontvang nie, maar ook van die Landbou Kommoditeitsgroepe
asook van Werkgewers- en Werknemersorganisasies. SETA
werknemers en die Raad wag angstig op ’n antwoord met
betrekking tot die hersertifiseringsproses.
Die stadige proses rakende die nuwe SETA-landskap het
‘n negatiewe invloed op beide die personeel en die Raad.
AgriSETA ondersteun verandering maar wil terselfdertyd ons
frustrasie uitspreek oor die gebrek aan rigting en vertragings
op sekere gebiede. Ons aanvaar die beginsel dat verandering
onvermydelik is en berus ons daarby. Die beste manier om
verandering te hanteer is om dit te aanvaar en die beste daarvan
te maak. Ons neem ook kennis dat verdere oponthoude die
dilemma kan vererger, maar ons verseker u dat ons gereed is
om die veranderinge die hoof te bied. Ons doen n beroep op
die betrokkenes om die saak so gou as moontlik op te los.
TEIKENS
Dit is vir my aangenaam om te berig dat AgriSETA die meeste
van die teikens wat in die Diensvlakooreenkoms (SLA) met die
Departement van Arbeid aangegaan is, oorskry het. Dit sluit
onder andere in Leerlingskappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme,
Beurse, Internskappe, Werkplek Ondervinding en Vakleerling-
skappe (BIWA). Ek wil graag die volgende twee kwessies uitlig
as krities belangrik, naamlik vakleerlingskap ondersteuning en
voorbereidings vir die QCTO.
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• Vakleerlingskappe
Die regering het n beroep op SETAs gedoen om aktief
betrokke te raak by die ontwikkeling van ’n poel jong
vakmanne in ons land. Ons is almal bewus van die feit
dat ons poel van vakmanne verouder en daar word
beraam dat die gemiddelde ouderdom van vakmanne
moontlik 50 oorskry.
AgriSETA het hierdie uitdaging onmiddellik aanvaar
en ’n vergadering gereël met ons grootste werkgewers
en werknemerorganisasies. Hierdie werkgewers, wat
’n tekort aan behoorlik opgeleide vakmanne ervaar,
het onmiddellik hul ondersteuning vir hierdie inisiatief
beloof. Ongeag ons teiken om 50 leerders vir die
2008/09 finansiele jaar in vakleerlingskappe te plaas, het
ons inderdaad 104 leerders hierby betrek. Ons het ook
die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds (NVF) genader vir
bykomende befondsing en indien ons hulle goedkeuring
kry, sal ons ongeveer 200 vakleerlinge in die 2009/10
finansiele jaar by die program betrek.
• Voorbereidings vir die QCTO
Ek en die Raad is blootgestel aan nuwe terminologie
in die Wysigingswet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling wat
oorweldigend kan wees tensy dit aangespreek word.
Gedagtig aan die verantwoordelikheid wat ons teenoor
ons landbou belanghebbers en heffingbetalers het, is
fondse vir die aanstelling van ’n QCTO Projekleier
goedgekeur en is dit aangenaam om te berig dat ons
goed gevorder het met die voorbereidings vir die 2010
implementering. Ons het ook ’n opdrag aan die personeel
gegee om die boodskap na buite uit te dra.
Oor die algemeen voel ek tevrede met die toename in
heffingbetalers wat eise indien vir die verpligte fondse.
Aangesien ons oorval is met aansoeke vir opleiding, het
ek en die Raad in Junie 2008 surplus fondse goedgekeur en
beskikbaar gestel om vaardigheidsontwikkeling te verbeter,
en is ek tevrede met die projek se vordering. Ek moet egter
byvoeg dat ons gefrustreerd is met die gebrek aan finansiele
hulpbronne tot ons beskikking indien die behoefte vir
landbou vaardigheidsopleiding in ag geneem word. Dit sluit
in van basiese opleiding en ABET tot plaasbestuur, uitvoer
voorbereidingsopleiding, asook die hoogs gemeganiseerde en
tegnologiese vaardigheidsbehoeftes van kommersiële boere
en verwante bedrywe. Soos nie-landbou-ondernemings sluit
en werksverliese toeneem, wend die meerderheid landelike
bewoners hulle na boerdery as ’n alternatief, en met die huidige
befondsingsmodel van die heffingstelsel, sal dit moeilik bly vir
AgriSETA. Ek hoop van harte vir ’n unieke befondsingsmodel
met die finalisering van NSDSIII, gekoppel aan die nuwe
SETA landskap. Byvoorbeeld, hoe kan ons die opkomende en
grondhervormings-begunstigdes suksesvol befonds met heffings
vanaf slegs ’n paar bydraers? Vrae soos hierdie moet ondersoek
en beantwoord word.
Vergun my om ten slotte my Raadslede, wat hulle uitstekend
van hul taak gekwyt het in die huidige finansiële jaar, te bedank
en ook by te voeg dat die Bestuursraad ’n unieke manier het
om tot ’n vergelyk te kom.
Vergun my om ten slotte my Raadslede, wat hulle uitstekend
van hul taak gekwyt het in die huidige finansiële jaar, te bedank
en ook by te voeg dat die Bestuursraad ’n unieke manier het
om tot ’n vergelyk te kom. Dit word moontlik gemaak deur
almal se verbintenis en passie. Ek wil ook graag ’n woord
van dank uitspreek teenoor my Ondervoorsitter, mnr Sipho
Khumalo, vir sy kalm ingesteldheid en wysheid, maar ook vir sy
doeltreffendheid en leiding.
Aan mnr Machiel van Niekerk, die uitgetrede HUB, dankie dat
jy begin het met die ou PAETA, die 2005-samesmeltings oorleef
het en AgriSETA gelei het totdat jy besluit het om af te tree
en die leisels oor te gee. Jy is waarlik ’n kampioen vir landbou
vaardigheidsontwikkeling. Aan die nuwe HUB, hartlik welkom en
wees verseker van my Bestuursraad se ondersteuning. Aan die
AgriSETA-personeel, dankie dat julle die mandaat van die SETA
implementeer. Aan ons belanghebbers, opleidingsverskaffers en
heffingbetalers, dankie dat julle ons vertrou om die AgriSETA
skip op koers te hou.
Mnr Jacobus van Dyk
Voorsitter
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PEHELO ya
Pehelo YA Modulasetulo
MODULASETULO

Mong. Jacobus van Dyk

Modulasetulo

Ke fana ka pehelo ena ya selemo le selemo ho lona ke na le
kelello e hanyetsanang. Selemo se fetileng e bile selemo se
tletseng diphephetso mmoho le dikatleho, mme ke ka hoo
ke buang ka kganyetsano. Ha jwale, jwalo ka ha ke ngola
pehelo ena, di ngata diphetoho tse seng di etsahetse mme tsa
ama karolo ya thupelo, mohlala, ho phatlalatswa ha molao o
motjha wa Naha wa Moralo wa Dikhwalifikheishene e leng
• Di-Road Show
National Qualification Framework le Molao o fetotsweng
wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni. Diphetoho tsena, ntle le
pelaelo, di tla ba le sephetho ho rona. Le ha sena e bile
selemo se nang le diphephetso, sona se na le dintlhakgolo
tsa sona tse ikgethang tseo ke tla qala ka tsona.
DINTLHAKGOLO
Re ile ra teana ka thabo le dintlhakgolo tsena tse pedi tse
latelang.
• Ho kgethwa ha CEO e motjha:
Mng. Jerry Madiba o ile a kgethwa ho ba Moofisiri ya ka
Sehloohong wa Phethahatso (Chief Executive Officer -
CEO) ho tloha ka la 01 Mphalane 2008. Ho kgethwa
ha hae ho tlile ka mora ho ba ya neng a tshwere setulo
seo, e leng Mong. Machiel van Niekerk a etse qeto ya ho
lahlela marapo. Nna mmoho le dintho tse ding tsa Boto re
ne re ipotsa hore na re tla atleha jwang haele mona re ne
re sa tsebe hore nkgetheng ya ka tshwaneleha e ka ba
mang. Ka mora dipuisano tsa mosebetsi tse mmalwa hape
tse kenelletseng. Ya ba Mong. Jerry Madiba o atleha ho
nka marapo ho tswa ho Mong. van Niekerk. Mong. Madiba
o ne a le Learnership Manager wa pejana wa mokgatlo wa
thuto le thupelo mokgeng wa temo e leng Primary
Agriculture Education and Training Authority (PAETA),
empa bakeng sa nako e kgutshwane, mme ha re na pelaelo
ya hore o tla le boiphihlelo bo batsi mokgeng ona wa
temo. Lebitsong la Boto, ke rata ho nka monyetla ona ke
mo amohele lelapeng lena la AgriSETA.
Ka Tlhakubele 2009, AgriSETA e ile ya ba le di-road show
diprovinseng moo ho tsona ho neng ho buisanwa le ho
sebetsana haholo ka dintho tse itseng, tseo hara tsona
e leng tsena tse latelang, Quality Council Trade
and Occupations (QCTO) le Organising Framework for
Occupations, le thempoleiti e ntjha ya ho romela ditleime
bakeng sa Dithuso tse Tlamang le ho thea marangrang
a diboloko tsa kaho bakeng sa bathahaselli ba tsa temo.
Nna ka bonna ke ile ka ba le monyetla wa ho bula e nngwe
ya diwekeshopo mane Kapa Bophirima mme Motlatsi
wa ka wa Modulasetulo, e leng Mong. Sipho Khumalo
mane KwaZulu Natal ka tatellano. Maikutlo ao re a
fumaneng ke a hore di-road show tsena di bile katleho
e kgolo. Re kgonne hape le ho sebedisa dibaka tseo ho
fetisa molaetsa o mabapi le diphetoho tse ka bang teng
tseo mokga wa Thuto le Tupelo e leng Sector Education
and Training Authorities (SETA’s) o tobaneng le tsona,
re ntse re tiisetsa hore bathahaselli ba rona ha ba qale ho
tshoha, empa ba be le moya wa ‘Ho etsa Mosebetsi ka
Tsela e Ntlafetseng’.

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HO SE BE LE BONNETE KA BAKA LA
TJHEBAHALO E LEBELLETSWENG YA SETA
LE KOPO YA HO FUWA HAPE DITIFIKEITI TSA
AGRISETA
Mafelong a Tlhakubele 2009, AgriSETA e rometse kopo
bakeng sa ho fuwa hape ditifiikeiti bakeng sa Leano la Naha la
Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni e leng National Skills Development
Strategy (NSDS III). Ke dumela hore ke ka baka la maiteko
a kopanetsweng pakeng tsa Boto le moifo wa AgriSETA
o sebeditseng ka matla ho rerisana le balefi ba di-levy ba
kgethilweng (ho tswa mekgeng ya poraimari le ya sekondari ka
bobedi), baabi ba ditshebeletso le mafapha, haholoholo Lefapha
la Naha la Temo mosebetsi o ileng wa tswela pele. Tshebetso
ya therisano e bile ya ho fumana thomo ya ho fuwa hape
ditifikeiti le mangolo a tshehetso. Ha re a fumana tshehetso e
kgolo ho bao ba boletsweng feela, empa hape le ho dihlopha
tsa Agricultural Commodity, mekgatlo ya bahiri le ya basebetsi.
Moifo ohle wa SETA mmoho le Boto ba ametse karabo ka
mafolofolo ho tswa tshebetsong eo ya kabo hape ya ditifikeiti.
Tjhebahalo e ntjha ya SETA e ntse e hlahella butle, mme e
bonahala moifong le ho Boto. Rona ho AgriSETA re itlama ho
tshehetsa tshebetso tsa diphetoho, le ha ho le jwalo, re rata ho
bolela ntle le qeaqeo ho se tshwarehe hantle ha rona mabapi
le kgaello ya mokgwa o lokelwang ho latelwa mmoho le tiehiso
e bileng teng dikarolong tse ding tse itseng. Re sebetsa ka
motheo wa hore re lokela ho lebella diphetoho mme hona re
ho tshwantshe le maemo a lehodimo, athe tsela e ntle haholo
ya ho fokotsa hona ke ho amohela maemo e be re kgona ho
tsamaisana le ona ka tsela e ntlafetseng. Re boela re ela hloko
hore tiehiso e nngwe hape e tla eketsa bothata empa re na
le bonnete ba hore re se re le malalalaotswe ho tobana le
diphetoho tse ka bang teng mme re rata le ho etsa boipiletso
ba hore taba ena e rarollwe ka potlako.
DIBEO
Ke motlotlo ho tlaleha hore AgriSETA e fihletse tse ngata tsa
dibeo tseo e neng e di kenetse Tumellanong ya Boemo ba
Tshebeletso (Service Level Agreement) le Lefapha la Mesebetsi.
Hona ho kenyelletsa hara tse ding; di-Learnership le Mananeo a
Bokgoni, Dibasari, di-Internship, Boiphihleo ba Mosebetsing le
di-Apprenticeship. Ke rata ho qolla haholo ditaba tse pedi tse
latelang tseo ke bonang e le tsa bohlokwa haholo mme di hloka
hore di latelwe ka matla, e leng tshehetso ya Apprenticeship le
ho lokisetsa QCTO.
• Di-Apprenticeship
Mmuso o entse boipiletso ho di-SETA hore di be le seabo
se mafolofolo ntshetsopeleng ya di-artisan tsa batho ba
sa leng batjha bakeng sa naha ya habo rona. Bohle re a
tseba hore di-artisan tseo re nang le tsona ha jwale e se
e le batho ba baholo mme ho lekanyetswa hore palohare
ya dilemo tsa bona e ka ba ka hodimo ho dilemo tse 50
boholo.
AgriSETA e ile ya nka phephetso ena ka potlako mme
ya bitsa kopano le mekgatlo e meholo ya bahiri le
basebetsi. Bahiri bana ba nang le bothata ba kgaello ya
di-artisan tse nang le mangolo a mosebetsi, ba ile ba
tshepisa ka potlako ho tshehetsa lenaneo lena. Ka hoo
selemong sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09 re ile ra ba le seabo sa
ho fumana baithuti ba 50 bakeng sa di-apprenticeship,
empa hantlentle baithuti bao ba ne ba le 104. Re ile ra
ya hape le ho Letlole la Naha la Tshehetso ya Bokgoni
e leng National Skills Fund (NSF) ho ya fumana thuso ya
ditjhelete tse ding hape, mme ya re ka mora ho ba kopo
ya rona e ananelwe re tla sebetsa le baithuti ba 200
selemong sa ditjhelete sa 2009/10.
• Ho lokisetsa QCTO
Molao o Fetotsweng wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni o tlile
le mareo a mang a matjha a tshosang ha o sa batlisise hantle
ka ona, mme nna le Boto re ile ra teana le ona mareo ao.
Le ha a ne a boheha a tshosa, le ka ho nahana ka
boikarabelo ba rona boo re nang le bona ho bathahaselli
ba rona ba temo mmoho le balefi ba di-levy re ile ra
ananela le ho behela ka thoko ditjhelete bakeng sa ho
hirwa ha moetapele wa Projeke ya QCTO, mme ke
motlotlo ho tlaleha hore re na le kgatelopele tse kgolo
tse entsweng mabapi le ho lokisetsa mosebetsi o moholo
wa 2010. Re ile ra fana hape le ka thomo ho moifo ho
abelana ka molaetsa ho ba bang.
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Pehelo ya Modulasetulo

Ka kakaretso, ke motlotlo ka moo balefi ba rona ba di-levy Ho Mong. Machiel van Niekerk, CEO ya tswang, ke a leboha
ba ntseng ba ntlafatsa ho kenya ditleleime tsa bona bakeng sa haele mona o ile wa qala le PAETA ya kgale, wa kgona ho
dithuso. Ka baka la dikopo tse ngata tse keneng bakeng sa tswela pele ha ho ne ho kopangwa mekga ka 2005 moo ho
thupelo, Boto ya ka le nna re ile ra ananela mme ra itlama la qetellwa ho hlonngwe AgriSETA ya ba o qetella ka ho etsa
ho ba le ditjhelete tse ding ka hodimo ka Phupjane 2008 ho qeto ya ho itokolla mosebetsing mme o fetisetse marapo ho ba
eketsa ntshetsopele ya bokgoni, mme ke kgotsofetse ka tsela bang. Ruri o bile moetapele wa sebele bakeng sa ntshetsopele
eo projeke e tsamayang ka teng. Ke rata ho bolela hape ka ya bokgoni ba tsa temo. Ho CEO e ntjha, re o amohela ka
matshwenyeho a rona haele mona mehlodi eo re nanng le pelo tse mofuthu tseleng ena, mme re o tiisetsa hore o tla
yona ya thuso e le menyenyane ha e bapiswa le ditlhoko tsa fumana tshehetso ho tswa ho Boto ya Taolo ya ka. Ho moifo
thupelo ya bokgoni ba tsa temo ho tswa boemong ba motheo wa AgriSETA, ke a leboha bakeng sa ho phethahatsa thomo
le ba Thuto ya Batho ba Hodileng (ABET) ho ya botsamaisng ya SETA. Ho bathahaselli ba rona, baabi ba thupelo le balefi
ba temo, thupelo ya ho lokisetsa diyantle ho ya fihla ditlhokong ba di-levy, re a leboha bakeng sa ho tshepela ho rona hore re
tsa bomakheniki le tekgenoloji e hodimo bakeng sa balemirui ba tsamaise AgriSeta.
bahwebi. Jwalo ka ha diindasteri tseo e seng tsa temo di kwala
mme ho lahleha le mesebetsi e leng dintho tse hlahellang ka
matla, bongata ba badudi ba mahaeng ba fetohela temong jwalo
ka mosebetsi o mong oo ba ka o etsang, mme le ka mmotlolo
wa ha jwale wa thuso tsa ditjhelete tsa mokgwa wa di-levy, Mong. Jacobus van Dyk
AgriSETA e tla dula e ntse e sokola. Ke tshepa hore re tla ba Modulasetulo
le mmotlolo o ikgethang wa thuso ya ditjhelete jwalo ka ho
hlahella ha NSDSIII mmoho le Tjhebahalo e ntjha ya SETA e
jwalo ka ya ka. Mohlala, re ka atleha ho thusa jwang ka ditjhelete
baamohedi ba ntseng ba hlahella mmoho le ho fetolwa ha melao
ya mobu ka di-levy tse tswang ho ba mmalwa hakaana? Dipotso
tse tshwanang le ena di lokelwa ho shebisiswa hantle mme di
fumanelwe dikarabo.

Qetellong ke rata ho leboha ditho tsa Boto ya ka bakeng sa

mosebetsi o motle o entsweng selemong sena sa ditjhelete,
mme ha ke na qeqeo ya ho bolela hore Boto e Laolang ya ka
e na le tsela e ikgethang ya ho fihlela tumellano athe hona ho
entswe hore ho kgonahale ke maikemisetso le kgahleho ho
tswa ho e mong le mong wa rona. Ke rata hape le ho fetisetsa
mantswe a diteboho ho Motlatsi wa Modulasetulo wa ka, e leng
Mong. Sipho Khumalo bakeng sa maikutlo a mosa a nang le ona
mmoho le bohlale ba ho tsamaisa dintho hantle ekasitana le ho
re tataisa.

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 Ingxelo kaSihlalo

Jacobus van Dyk

Sihlalo

Ndinithulela lengxelo yokuphela konyaka ngentetho Noqeqesho noGunyaziso (Primary Agriculture Education
ethetha ngokungathi yinto echasene nengqondo kanti and Traning Authority (PAETA)), nangona okwethutyana
iyinene. Unyaka ophelileyo, ibungunyaka ubugcwele ngokungathandabuziyo ezisa amava angumangaliso
imingeni nempumelelo, yiyo lonto ingathi yintetho engathi kwicandelo lezolimo. Ndingumlomo we Bhodi, ndithanda
ichasene nengqondo ukanti iyinene. Ngoku ndibhala ukuthabatha elithuba ndimamkele kusapho leAgriSETA.
lengxelo, utshintsho oluninzi sele lenzekile lichaphazele
necandelo lezoqeqesho umzekelo ukudandalaziswa ko
• Amaphulo Endawo ngeNdawo
‘Mgaqo-siseko wezeMfundo Jikelele’ (National Qualification
Framework), kunye noMthetho woPhuhliso lweZakhono
Ngo-March 2009, iAgriSETA izibandakanye kumaphulo
(Skills Development Act) oguqulweyo. Ezinguquko
eendawo ngendawo kumaphondo, maphulo lawo
zizakusichaphazela ngokuqinisekileyo. Logama lonyaka
abandakanya noluleko, iziSeko Zorwebo Ezisemgan-
ubunobuzima, ubukwanazo nezinto ebezibalaseleyo,
gathweni neMisebenzi (Quality Council Trade and
endizakuqala ngazo.
Occupations (QCTO)) kwakunye noMgaqo-siseko woku
Lungiselela iMisebenzi (Organising Framework for
Occupations), isimiselo esitsha sokufaka izicelo zamabango
EZIBALASELEYO
zeGranti eziNyanzelisayo nokwakhiwa kwamanqanaba
Ezi zimbini zilandelayo, zizinto esidlule kuzo sonwabile ngokuba
ezonxibelelwano kwabo banezabelo kwezolimo. Ndiye
zibalasele:
ndafuma ithuba lokuvula enye yalamaphulo okufundisana
eNtshona Koloni, kwakunye nosekela Sihlalo wam,
• Ukunyulwa ko Gosa eliPhezulu eliyiNtloko (iCEO): uMhlekazi Sipho Khumalo athe yena wavula iphulo
eliKwaZulu-Natal. Ingxelo esiyifumeneyop ichaza
uMhlekazi Jerry Madiba, wonyulwe njengeGosa eliPhezulu ukuba lamaphulo abanempumelelo enkulu. Siye
eliyintloko ngomhla 01 October 2008. Ukunyulwa saphumelela ukusebenzisa kwa esosiseko sinye ukudlulisa
kwakhe kuze emveni kwalowo ebexhuzula imikhala umyalezo ophathelelene neenguqu ezivelayo ezijongene
ngaphambi kwakhe, uMhlekazi Machiel van Niekerk. Mna neMfundo yeCandelo kunye noQeqesho noGunyaziso
kwakunye nesigqeba samalungu eBhodi siye sazibuza (Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA’s))
okokuba siphumelele kanjani ngaphandle kwechaphaza logama siqinisekisa amalungu esisebenza nawo ukuba
lentandabuzo, ekufumaneni umgqatswa ofanelekileyo. bangakhawulezi ukuxhalaba kodwa bagcine umoya
Emveni kwezigaba eziliqela, ezimandla zodliwano ndlebe, we’Shishini ngokuQhelekileyo. (Business as usual).
uMhlekazi Jerry Madiba uye waphumelela ekuthabatheni
lebhanile kuMhelakazi van Niekerk. uMhlekazi
Madiba ebenguMphathi wesigqeba sokufunda (Learnership
Manager) kwicandelo leZifundo Zolimo eliseZantsi kunye

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Ingxelo kaSihlalo

UTHANDABUZO OLUBANGELWA LUMISELO IMIGOMO

OLUYILWAYO KWAKUNYE NOKUBHALISELA
ISICELO ESAMKELEKILEYO KWAKHONA KWE Ndinemincili ukwazisa ukuba iAgriSETA iye yayifikela yade
SETA yangaphezele kwemimiselo ekhankanywe kwi Sivumelwano
Semimiselo Yomsebenzi (Service Level Agreement ) kwakunye
Ekupheleni kukaMarch 2009, iAgriSETA iye yafaka isicelo neSebe le Misebenzi (Department of Labour). Ezi zibandakanya,
sosokumiselwa ngokusemthethweni kwakhona, icelela kwezinye, ‘ukuFunda neeNkqubo Zezakhono’ (Learnerships
‘iZakhono kuZwelonke neeNdlela zoPhuhliso (National and Skills Programmes), inkxaso zezimali, iibasari ke ukutsho,
Skills Development Strategy (NSDSIII). Ndiyakholwa ukuba noqeqesho olusemisenbenzini, amava asezindaweni zengqesho
kungenzame zeBhodi kwakunye nabasebenzi beAgriSETA nabaxhaswa kwizifundo abaqeqeshelwe zona kwimisebenzi
abathe basebenza ngokuzimisela besebenzisana nabathile yezandla ngabanolwazi kulomisebenzi, nolungiselelo leQCTO.
kwabarhafa imiyinge yeenkonzo (bonke aba bakhankanyiweyo
baphuma kwabasakhasayo nasele beqingqile), abenza lemisebenzi
• Uqeqesho lwabanezakhono kwimisebenzi yezandla
namasebe, ingakumbi iSebe leZolimo kuZwelonke ukuba
liyirhuqe ledyokhwe ingemi. Olusebenziswano ibilelokufumana
uRhulumento uye wabongoza ukuba iiSETA zizibandakanye
imvume yokuphindakokumiselwa ngokusemthethweni
kakhulu kuphuhliso lolutsha olunezakhono zemisebenzi
kwakunye neencwadi zenkxaso. Asifumananga nje inkxaso
yezandla kwilizwe lethu. Siyazi sonke okokuba iinkonde
engumangaliso kwabo sebekhankanyiwe, kodwa nakumaqela
zethu ezinezizakhono zifikelela ekukhuleni, kwaye
leMveliso Zolimo’ [Agricultural; Commodity groups], amaqela
kuqikelelwa ukuba iminyaka yabanezizakhono ingadlulela
wabaqeshi nabasebenzi. Abasebenzi beSETA ngokupheleleyo,
kumashumi amahlanu (50years).
kwakunye neBhodi bajonge ngamehlw’abomvu impendulo
kulenqubo yokumiselwa ngokwasemthethweni.
iAgriSETA iye ngokukhawuleza, yathabathela kuyo
oluxanduva yabiza intlanganiso namaqela abaqeshi
Ibakala leSETA entsha oluhamba ngonyawo lonwabu,
nabasebenzi. Ababaqeshi baqhwaleliswa kukunqongophala
luyabachaphazela abasebenzi neBhodi. Thina eAgriSETA
kwababasebenzi banolwazi oluthe vetshe ngemisebenzio
sithembisa inkxaso kulenkqubo yotshintsho, kodwa sinqwenela
yezandla, baye bathembisa inkxaso yabo kweliphulo.
ukubeka elubala ukuhlutshwa kwesithukuku songabikho
kwesikhokelo kawakunye nokucotha kwezinto kwindawana
Ngako oko kuthe ngonyaka-mali ka 2008/9, siye
ezithile. Sisebenza ngesimiselo sokuba inguqu mayingabalekwa
sabanomyinge wokufaka abafundi abangamashumi
siyifanekisa nemozulu kwaye indlela eyeyona yokumelana nayo
amahlanu (50), kwizifundo zezandla abesebenzayo,
kukuyamkela usebenza phantsi kwezomeko, uyisebenzisele
kodwa ngokupheleleyo sifake abafundi abalikhulu
ukuphumelela nangokunjalo. Sikwaqaphela ukuba ukucotha
elinesine (104). Siye saya kwiNgxowa yeZakhono
okwandileyo kusongeza kulentsindabadala yengxaki, kodwa
zikaZwelonke (National kills Fund) apho sicele inkxaso
siniqinisekisa ukuba sizakumelana nalenguqu izayo, sikwanicela
yezimali esiyakuthi sakufumana imvume sifake abafundi
ukuba niqhelane, niyamkela lemeko.
bemisebenzi yezandla engqeshweni kunyaka-mali ka
2009/10.

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• Ulungiselelo leQCTO Mandigqibe ngelokuthi ndibulele amalungu eBhodi yam ngom-
sebenzi omhle abawenzileyo kunyaka-mali omiyo kwaye ndin-
Umthetho wophuhliso lwezakhono oguqulweyo, gaphozisi maseko ukongeza ukuba iQumrhu leBhodi linendlela
uye wafika nemimiselo eyoyikisayo, ngaphandle kokuba ekhethekileyo loku melana nemvumelwano, kwaye oku kwen-
igocagocwe, iphononongwe kwaye iBhodi kwakunye ziwa kukuzimisela nothando lomsebenzi kubo bonke. Man-
nam siye sawabona amagama asetyenzisiweyo. Isoyikisa dongeze ngombulelo kusekela Sihlalo, uMhlekazi Sipho Khu-
injalo, sikwacinga noxanduva esinalo kubantu abanesabelo malo ngendlela ethobekileyo elumkileyo, ngokuzigqaja kunye
kwezolimo, nabarhafi beenkonzo siye saphumeza, nenkokhelo yakhe. Ku Mhlekazi Machiel van Niekerk, uMphathi
sabekabucala isixamali sokunyulwa kwenkokheli obexhozula imikhala, ndiyakubulela ngokuba uqale iPAETA en-
yalomsebenzi weQCTO, kwaye ndinovuyo lokwazisa dala, waphumela kumanyano luka 2005 ekukhokeleni iAgriSE-
ukuba sele sesihambe umngama kumalungiselelo TA wade wathatha umhlala phantsi udlulise lebhanile. Ngenene
okundandalazisa elubala lenkqubo ka2010. Siye ulitshawe lophuhliso lwezakhono kwezolimo. KwiGosa eliphe-
sakwagunyazisa abasebenzi ukuba babelane nabantu zelu eliyiNtloko, wamkelekile ngokupheleleyo kugqatso kwaye
ngalenyewe. ukwaqinisekiswa ngenkxaso yeBhodi elawulayo. Kubasebenzi
beAgriSETA, ndiyabulela ngokwenza njengoko niyalelwe yiSE-
TA. Kwabo banebango, kubaqeqeshi, nabarhafi beenkonzo eq-
Lilonke ke, ndinovuyo ngendlela abarhafi beenkonzo abaphuhla ingqiweyo, ndinibulela ngokungazenzisiyo ngokusithemba ukuba
ngayo ekufakeni izicelo zamalungelo agunyazisiweyo. Ngenxa siqhube lenqwelo.
yokugxalathelana kwezicelo zoqeqesho, iBhodi yam kwakunye
nam siye saphumelelisa sikwazibophelela ngemali ethe vetshe
kuJune 2008 ukuze kwande ukunikezelwa kophuhliso lwezak-
hono kwaye ndanelisiwe yindlela lenkqubo ehamba ngayo.
Mandongeze ukuba sihlutshwa bubuncinane bezimali esinazo Jacobus van Dyk
kwingxowa, kongungqamene nesidingo soqeqesho lophuhliso Sihlalo
lwezolimo ukususela kwbakhasayo, noABET ukuya kubala-
wuli bezolimo, ukulungiselela uqeqesho lorwebo kumazwe
angaphesheya ukuya kwizakhono ezintsonkothileyo neemfuno
zezakhono zezobuchwepheshe kumafama arwebayo. Njen-
goko iinkonzo ezingezezolimo zivalwa, abantu bephulukana
nemisebenzi, abahlali basemaphandleni babalekela kwezolimo
njengesiphephelo, kwaye ngalendlela isimiselo sokubhatalwa
kwemiyinge emiselweyo, iAgriSETA iyakuhlala inyuka umnqant-
sa. Ndinethemba lomiselo owodwa ngokuzalwa kwe NSDSIII
kwakunye nemimiselo yeSETA entsha leSETA efana neyam.
Umzekelo, siyixhasa njani ngezimali nangempumelelo abazuza
kuphuhliso lwemihlaba abasahlumayo ngemirhumo kwabam-
balwa abarhumayo kulovimba. Imibuzo efana nale, ifuna uku-
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PEHELO
CHIEF YA MODULASETULO
EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Chief Executive Officer
At AgriSETA we believe that through training, skills are
developed, information is provided, behaviours are changed
and food security is enhanced. Furthermore, we believe
that productivity and increased income can be realised
through training. It is against this background that I present
the annual report. As I reflect back on how changes have
presented numerous challenges to our nation, such as job
losses, the economic recession, the spread of swine flu, an
amendment to the Skills Development Act and the new
National Qualifications Framework (NQF) legislation, etc.
between December 2008 and March 2009, one can only
say that training is necessary to adequately prepare people
and communities to cope with forthcoming changes. With
change being inevitable, we believe that it is something we
have to live with and not attempt to solve. We need to
make sense of changes, but, more importantly, we need
to embrace the change. During the past year we have had
national road shows to capacitate our providers and to
cement our relationships with various state departments,
both national and provincial level, and also our levy
payers. We believe that we can only build a strong force
• Department of Labour
championing capacity building and the provision of services
through partnerships.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEPARTMENTS AND
AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS
• Department of Agriculture (National and provincial)
We continue to enjoy a thriving relationship with the
National Department of Agriculture through the Director-
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General, Ms Nduli, and the branch education, extension
and research led by Ms Titi and Mr Mankazana. Our
contact with Mr Kgobokoe has proved to be a very
valuable and driving force in the relationship. We
timeously receive a yearly 0,1% levy from the department,
and we have now initiated new Memorandums of
Understanding (MoUs) on training material for
cooperatives.
As the new CEO, I have also started visiting provincial
departments of agriculture and so far paid courtesy visits
to Limpopo, Western Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape.
As a SETA we continue to enjoy cordial relationships with
all the provincial departments of agriculture, and we
continue to engage in projects in those departments. The
colleges of agriculture in the provinces continue to
participate in the SETA activities and, given their
resources and status of accreditation, continue to make
a highly qualitative contribution to the SETA.
Our relationship with the Department of Labour (DoL)
is marked by mutual respect and unwavering support
from the minister, his top management and the SETA
support unit. We continue to participate in all relevant
structures of the DoL, and, given the size of the SETA,
have performed quite well in reporting (quarterly) and
against set targets on the score card.
AgriSETA is faced with a major challenge of serving
too many with too little, given that agriculture is a
 At AgriSETA we believe that through training, skills are
developed, information is provided, behaviours are changed
and food security is enhanced.
national priority. Most of our clients fall outside the
levy grant system (land reform recipients and most
agricultural enterprises) and continue to look to us as a
source of help. The number of these clients continues
to rise due to job losses, as they look to agriculture
as an alternative, and we appeal to the National Skills
Fund (NSF) custodians and the National Skills Authority
(NSA) to favourably look at applications we submit to
alleviate the pressure we face.
• Department of Education
We enjoy a special relationship from the Adult Basic
Education and Training (ABET) Directorate in the
National Department of Education. A highlight there
is the MoU that was signed with the North West
Department of Education, which has transferred
R2.8 million to the SETA to train their stakeholders in
agricultural Learnerships and Skills Programmes. Several
Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges participate
in offering Learnerships and Skills Programmes.
• Levy payers and broader agricultural stakeholders
Our relationship with the agricultural stakeholders and
levy payers is doing quite well. We advertised a surplus
project in August 2008 and it assisted a lot in meeting
training needs of our levy payers. The Skills Planning
department managed to solve problems the levy payers
had with the new format of the Workplace Skill Plan
(WSP) and the Annual Training Report (ATR) plan during
the national road shows, and we do hope to receive
increased claims from the mandatory funds.
SKILL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
The SETA is overwhelmed by large numbers of applications
for the Learnerships and Skills Programmes that far exceed the
money we get from the Discretionary Funds. While some of
the applications target our scarce and critical skills, some of
them are way out of line but of necessity to the applicants. The
need is exacerbated by the land reform recipients who need
anything from ABET to financial and technical skills. However,
we are happy to report that in the current year we have
exceeded our targets by 202% for the unemployed learners
and 105% for the employed learners.
SKILL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The department has done fairly well in hosting the Sub-Sector
Committees (SSCs), which has provided an opportunity
to engage the envisaged SETA landscape. A high number of
stakeholders were reached regarding scarce and critical skills.
This was done so that Bursaries, Internships, Workplace
Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA) can focus on those
identified scarce and critical skills. In the current year, BIWA’s
targets were far exceeded and AgriSETA made available
R9 587 million matching R8 172 million from the NSF for the
training of 227 apprentices. Although the section did well,
ABET remains a worrying problem as targets set are never
reached. I am of the opinion that ABET should be placed in
the arena of NSDS III for re-discussion and to redefine SETA’s
involvement in ABET.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
(ETQA) DEPARTMENT
With the amendment of the Skill Development Act, which
gave birth to the Quality Council for Trade and Occupations
(QCTO), the ETQA department has initiated the piloting of
four occupational qualifications, namely:
• Horticulture Production/Farm Manager NQF 4,
• Machinery Operators NQF 3,
• Process Controllers NQF4, and
• Meat Safety and Quality Controllers (Meat Inspectors)
NQF 4.
With the help of related agricultural /farming enterprises, the
qualifications are at an advanced stage of development. Our
main focus is to get buy in of companies and industries to tap
into their expertise and involvement in preparing Work Plans
for the rolling out of the QCTO in 2010. Mr Fanny Phetla,
the Quality Assurance Manager, has acquired the service of
Mr Herman Van Deventer as a QCTO Project Manager and so
far the department is doing excellent work.
We have also recognised an additional two Institutes of
Sectoral or Occupational Excellence (ISOEs) in the current
financial year to help in building capacity for community-based
service providers and rolling out occupational qualifications.
While our future vision involves increasing working relations
with Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges, which
are offering agricultural programmes to strategically help land
reform beneficiaries, one must not forget the role that is being
played by emerging providers, who will desperately require a
helping hand from the AgriSETA in order to cope with the
changes.
COMMUNICATION SECTION
Ms Caren Cleinwerck, who is our communication officer, has
done exceeding well on her own, as she managed to organise a
conference that managed to attract attendance of our service
providers, levy payers and other stakeholders. The conference
succeeded in providing a reassuring feedback on the service of
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the SETA. She also attended several SETA Clusters meetings
in several provinces and exhibited the SETA at various forums
and other related invitations.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The AgriSETA levy income increased by 8.4% from
R131,5 million in 2007/08 to R142,5 million in the 2008/09
financial year. The actual administration income was
R18,9 million compared to R18,4 million received in the
2007/08 financial year. The reason for the 2.4% variation is that
there was an increase in levy income from the employers, but a
reduction in the levies received from the agricultural provincial
departments. The discretionary amounts used for the current
year 2008/09 was R58,4 million, and the total payout on the
Mandatory Grants was R62,4 million compared to R60 million
of the 2007/08 financial year. AgriSETA has allocated a total of
99% of its available resources for the 2008/09 financial year.
The following were our financial challenges, especially for
controlling 10% of the administration cost:
• Salary cost high as hiring of the new CEO while keeping
the old CEO for efficient handing over;
• Using more specialist consultants for Supply Chain
Management;
• Increasing a pool of contract appointments for data
capturing for the surplus project and learnerships;
Overall our finances are being administered very well with
the assistance of Deloitte, and we have always received an
unqualified report from the Auditor-General’s office.
STAFFING MATTERS
During the current year, the AgriSETA had a staff complement
of 26 permanent staff members and 3 temporary staff members.
The SETA also employed a new CEO, Jerry Madiba, in October
2008, as well as Francina Mphele in the Finance department.
Ms Gloria Ntoule was appointed in the ETQA department
in February 2009. The following temporary staff members
were employed on a permanent basis from September 2008:
Ina du Preez, Lulu Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok and Bronwynn
Oosthuizen. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to welcome
the newcomers onboard the AgriSETA ship.
The following resignations were received: Messrs, Francis
Senona (ETQA), Manuel De Bruin and Shaun Starr (Skill
Delivery) and we wish them well in their new endeavours.
We are struggling with the filling of vacant posts because of
the envisaged SETA landscape and this is compromising us on
the quality of the applicants for posts due to the uncertainty
it creates.
WORD OF GRATITUDE
Like I have said on the road shows, engage us as we can only
grow and serve you better. To the staff at AgriSETA, you are
an A-Team and we are still going to conquer many matches
together.
I would also like to extend a word of thanks to Mr Machiel Van
Niekerk. He was asked to stay on as Operations Manager and
assisted with site visits as well as introducing me to the SETA
environment and stakeholders of the AgriSETA. Hard working
and keeping the AgriSETA head high, Mr van Niekerk left at
the end of March 2009 and passed the baton to me. Under
my guidance, I intend taking the AgriSETA from strength to
strength.

I would like to dedicate this section in thanking the AgriSETA Thank you
Board for its unwavering support. A special thanks to the
Chairperson; Mr Jack van Dyk and Vice- Chairperson, Mr Sipho
Khumalo, for their guidance and wisdom.

To our stakeholders, the Departments of Agriculture and

Labour (both national and provincial), many thanks for the Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
professional attitude and amicable working relationship you Chief Executive Officer
have fostered with the AgriSETA. To the levy payers, a special
word of gratitude for entrusting us with your funds and co-
championing skills development for the agricultural sector. To
our service providers, we appreciate the seriousness in which
you deliver skills needed out there on behalf of the SETA.

Like I have said on the road shows, engage us as we can

only grow and serve you better. To the staff at AgriSETA,

you are an A-Team and we are still going to conquer

many matches together.

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PEHELOUITVOERENDE
HOOF YA MODULASETULO
BEAMPTE SE VERSLAG
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
AgriSETA glo dat vaardighede ontwikkel word, inligting
oorgedra word, gedrag verander word en voedselsekuriteit
verbeter word deur opleiding. Ons glo ook dat produktiwiteit
en verhoogde inkomste verseker kan word deur opleiding.
Dit is teen hierdie agtergrond dat ek die Jaarverslag voorlê.
As ek terugdink hoe veranderings soos werksverliese,
die ekonomiese resessie, die verspreiding van varkgriep,
wysigings tot die Wet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling en die
nuwe Nasionale Kwalifikasies Raamwerk (NKR)-wetgewing,
ensovoorts ons nasie met vele uitdagings gelaat het tussen
Desember 2008 en Maart 2009, kan ’n mens maar net sê
dat opleiding noodsaaklik is om mense en gemeenskappe
voldoende voor te berei om toekomstige veranderinge te
hanteer. Aangesien verandering onafwendbaar is, glo ons
dit is iets om te aanvaar en nie iets om te probeer oplos
nie. Ons moet sin maak van veranderinge, maar belangriker
nog moet ons veranderinge aangryp. Gedurende die
afgelope jaar het ons verskeie bekendstellingstoere deur
die land onderneem om ons verhouding met verskeie
regeringsdepartemente, beide nasionaal en provinsiaal, en
ook met ons heffingbetalers te verstewig. Ons glo dat ons
slegs deur vennootskappe ’n sterk band kan vorm wat beter
• Departement van Arbeid
kapasiteit en dienslewering voorstaan.
VERHOUDINGS MET DEPARTEMENTE EN
LANDBOU-BELANGHEBBERS
• Departement van Landbou (nasionaal en provinsiaal)
Ons geniet steeds ’n gesonde verhouding met die
Nasionale Departement van Landbou deur die Direkteur-
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Generaal, me Nduli, asook die opleiding-, voorligting-
en navorsingstak, gelei deur me Titi en mnr Mankazana.
Ons skakeling met mnr Kgobokoe is baie waardevol en
die dryfkrag agter hierdie verhouding. Ons ontvang
stiptelik ’n jaarlikse heffing van 0,1% van die departement
en het nou ’n nuwe memorandum van ooreenkoms
(MO) in plek ten opsigte van opleidingsmateriaal vir
koöperasies.
As nuwe HUB het ek ook begin om provinsiale
departemente van landbou te besoek en tot dusver
het ek hoflikheidsbesoeke afgelê by Limpopo, die
Wes-Kaap, Vrystaat en Oos-Kaap. As ’n sektor onderwys-
en opleidingsowerheid (SETA) geniet ons ’n goeie
verhouding met al die provinsiale departemente van
landbou en is ons voortdurend saam met hulle by
projekte betrokke. Die landboukolleges in die provinsies
neem voortdurend deel aan die SETA-aktiwiteite, en
gegewe hul hulpbronne en akkreditasie status, is hulle
baie betrokke by die SETA.
Ons verhouding met die Departement van Arbeid
word gekenmerk deur wedersydse respek en onfeilbare
ondersteuning vanaf die Minister, sy topbestuur en die
SETA-ondersteuningseenheid. Ons neem voortdurend
deel aan alle toepaslike strukture van die Departement
van Arbeid, en gegewe die grootte van die SETA het ons
goed presteer in terme van verslagdoening (kwartaalliks)
en voldoening aan die gegewe teikens.
 AgriSETA glo dat vaardighede ontwikkel word, inligting
oorgedra word, gedrag verander word en voedselsekuriteit
verbeter word deur opleiding.
Gegewe die feit dat landbou ’n nasionale prioriteit is,
staar AgriSETA ’n groot uitdaging in die gesig omdat
ons te veel mense met te min geld moet dien. Die
meeste van ons kliënte (grondhervorming begunstigdes
en landbou ondernemings) is nie deel van die heffing-
toelaestelsel nie en maak staat op ons hulp. Hierdie
kliënte word voortdurend meer weens werksverliese en
hulle beskou landbou as ’n alternatief. Ons doen dus
‘n beroep op die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds (NVF) se
besluitnemers en die Nasionale Vaardigheidsowerheid
om die aansoeke wat ons indien gunstig te oorweeg ten
einde die druk op ons te verlig.
• Departement van Onderwys
Ons het ’n spesiale verhouding met die Direktoraat
vir Basiese Volwasse Onderwys en Opleiding (ABET) in
die Nasionale Departement van Onderwys. Een van
die hoogtepunte in hierdie verband is die ooreenkoms
wat met die Noordwes Departement van Onderwys
onderteken is waarvolgens R2,8 miljoen oorgedra word
na die SETA om belanghebbers in landbou Leerlingskappe
en Vaardigheidsprogramme op te lei. Verskeie Opleidings-
kolleges vir Verdere Onderwys neem deel deur Leerlings-
kappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme aan te bied.
• Heffingbetalers en algemene landbou verwante
belanghebbers
Ons het ’n goeie verhouding met al die landbou verwante
belanghebbers en heffingbetalers. Ons het in Augustus
2008 ’n surplus-projek geadverteer en dit het n groot
bydrae gemaak daartoe om ons heffingbetalers se
behoeftes aan te spreek. Die Vaardigheidsbeplannings-
afdeling het tydens die bekendstellingstoere daarin geslaag
om probleme wat heffingbetalers met die nuwe formaat
van die Werkplek Vaardigheidsplan (WVP) en Jaarlikse
Opleidingsverslag het, op te los en ons hoop om meer
eise vir hierdie fondse te ontvang.
VAARDIGHEIDSLEWERINGS AFDELING
Die SETA word oorval deur groot hoeveelhede aansoeke vir
die Leerlingskappe en Vaardigheidsprogramme, soveel so dat
die waarde van die aansoeke die beskikbare Diskresionere
Fondse ver oorskry. Alhoewel sommige van hierdie aansoeke
op ons skaars en kritiese vaardighede fokus, wyk sommige
dramaties daarvan af maar is die beplande opleiding tog
noodsaaklik vir die aansoekers. Die behoefte word vererger
deur die grondhervormings begunstigdes wat uiteenlopende
behoeftes het – van ABET tot finansiële en tegniese vaardighede.
Nietemin is dit aangenaam om te berig dat ons in die huidige
jaar ons teikens vir werklose leerders met 202% en die van
werkende leerders met 105% oorskry het.
VAARDIGHEIDSBEPLANNINGSAFDELING
Hierdie afdeling het redelik goed gedoen en tydens die
Subsektor Komitee (SSK) vergaderings die geleentheid gebruik
om die beoogde SETA-landskap te bespreek. ’n Groot aantal
belanghebbers is bereik met betrekking tot kritiese en skaars
vaardighede. Dit is gedoen sodat Beurse, Internskappe,
Werkplek Ondervinding en Vakleerlingskappe (BIWA) kan
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HOOF UITVOERENDE BEAMPTE SE VERSLAG
fokus op daardie skaars en kritiese vaardighede. In die huidige
jaar is BIWA-teikens ver oorskry, en AgriSETA het R9 587
miljoen beskikbaar gestel bykomend tot die R8 172 miljoen
van die NVF vir die opleiding van 227 vakleerlinge. Alhoewel
hierdie afdeling goed gedoen het, bly ABET ’n kommerwekkende
probleem, aangesien die gestelde teikens nooit bereik word
nie. Ek glo dat ABET in die arena van NSDS III geplaas behoort
te word ter wille van hernude bespreking en om SETAS se
betrokkenheid by ABET te herdefinieer.
ONDERWYS OPLEIDING
KWALITEITSVERSEKERINGSAFDELING (ETQA)
Met die wysigings tot die Wet op Vaardigheidsontwikkeling,
wat die weg gebaan het vir die Kwaliteitsraad vir Handel en
Beroepe (QCTO), het die ETQA afdeling begin met die
implementering van vier beroepskwalifikasies, naamlik:
• Tuinbouproduksie/Plaasbestuur NKR 4;
• Masjinering Operateurs NKR 3;
• Proses Kontroleurs NKR 4; en
• Vleisveiligheid- en Kwaliteitbeheerders (Vleisinspekteurs)
NKR 4
Die kwalifikasies is in ’n gevorderde stadium van ontwikkeling
danksy die hulp van verwante landbou-/boerderyondernemings.
Ons hooffokus is om maatskappye en nywerhede te laat
inkoop in die proses om hul kundigheid en betrokkenheid
te gebruik met die voorbereiding van werkplanne vir die
implementering van QCTO in 2010. Mnr Fanny Phetla, die
ETQA Bestuurder, het die dienste van mnr Herman Van
Deventer bekom as ’n QCTO Projekbestuurder en tot dusver
doen die afdeling uitstekende werk.
Ons het ook twee addisionele Instansies vir Sektorale of
Beroepsuitnemendheid (ISOE’s) in die huidige finansiële
jaar geregistreer om ons by te staan om die kapasiteit van
gemeenskapsgebaseerde diensverskaffers te verbeter en om
beroepskwalifikasies bekend te stel. Dit is ons toekomsvisie
om werksverhoudinge met Opleidings Kolleges vir Verdere
Onderwys wat landbouprogramme aanbied, te verbeter ten
einde grondhervorming begunstigdes strategies te help. Daar
moet egter nie vergeet word van die rol wat opkomende
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verskaffers speel nie, en hulle het dringend ondersteuning
van AgriSETA nodig ten einde die nuwe uitdagings die hoof
te bied.
KOMMUNIKASIE SEKSIE
Me Caren Cleinwerck, wat ons kommunikasiebeampte is, het
uitstekende werk op haar eie gedoen deur ’n konferensie te
reël wat bygewoon is deur ons diensverskaffers, heffingbetalers
en ander belanghebbers. Die gerusstellende terugvoer oor die
dienste van die SETA wat ontvang is, is n aanduiding van die
sukses van die konferensie. Sy het ook SETA Groep vergaderings
in verskeie provinsies bygewoon en SETA uitstallings aangebied
by verskeie forums asook tydens ander verwante uitnodigings.
FINANSIËLE PRESTASIE
Die AgriSETA heffingsinkomste het in die 2008/09 finansiele
jaar met 8,4% gestyg tot R142,5 miljoen teenoor die R131,5
miljoen van 2007/2008. Die werklike administratiewe inkomste
was R18,9 miljoen in vergelyking met R18,4 miljoen ontvang
in die 2007/08 finansiele jaar. Die rede vir die 2,4% variasie
is die verhoging in heffinginkomste van werkgewers terwyl
daar ’n daling was in die heffings ontvang vanaf die provinsiale
departemente van landbou. Diskresionêre fondse wat vir die
huidige jaar, 2008/09, aangewend is, was R58,4 miljoen en
die totale uitbetaling van verpligte fondse was R62,4 miljoen
in vergelyking met R60 miljoen vir die 2007/08 finansiele
jaar. AgriSETA het ’n totaal van 99% van sy beskikbare
hulpbronne toegewys vir die 2008/09 finansiele jaar.
Die volgende uitdagings met betrekking tot finansies het
voorgekom, veral om die 10% administrasiefooi te beheer:
• Salariskoste was hoog aangesien die nuwe HUB aangestel
is terwyl die ou HUB behou is om ’n gladde oorname te
verseker;
• Gebruik van meer spesialis konsultante vir Verskaffings-
bestuur;
• Groter poel van kontrakaanstellings om data in te sleutel
vir die surplus projek en leerlingskappe.
In die geheel word ons finansies baie goed bestuur met die hulp
van Deloitte en ons het nog altyd ’n ongekwalifiseerde verslag
van die Ouditeur-Generaal se kantoor ontvang.
PERSONEELAANGELEENTHEDE
Tydens die huidige finansiële jaar het AgriSETA ’n totaal van 26
permanente personeellede gehad en 3 tydelike personeellede.
Die SETA het ook in Oktober 2008 ’n nuwe HUB, Jerry
Madiba, aangestel sowel as Francina Mphele in die Finansiele
afdeling. Me Gloria Ntoule is in Februarie 2009 in die ETQA
afdeling aangestel. Die volgende tydelike personeellede is ook
vanaf September 2008 permanent aangestel: Ina du Preez, Lulu
Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok en Bronwynn Oosthuizen. Ons maak
gebruik van hierdie geleentheid om die nuwelinge welkom te
heet by AgriSETA.
Die volgende bedankings is ontvang: Mnre Francis Senona
(ETQA), Manuel de Bruin en Shaun Starr (Vaardigheidslewering),
en ons wens hulle alle sterkte toe met hul nuwe uitdagings.
Dit is vir ons n probleem om vakante poste te vul as gevolg
van die beoogde SETA-landskap en dit kompromitteer ons in
terme van die kwaliteit van aansoekers vir poste weens die
onsekerheid wat dit skep.
WOORD VAN BEDANKING
Ek gebruik graag hierdie geleentheid om die AgriSETA Raad te
bedank vir hul onwrikbare ondersteuning. ’n Spesiale woord van
dank aan die Voorsitter, mnr Jack van Dyk en Ondervoorsitter,
mnr Sipho Khumalo vir hul leiding en wysheid.
Soos ek tydens die landswye toere gesê het: werk saam
met ons, aangesien ons net daardeur kan groei en julle beter
kan dien. Aan die personeel van AgriSETA, julle is ’n A-span en
ons gaan nog baie wedstryde saam wen.
Aan ons belanghebbers, die departemente van landbou en
arbeid (beide nasionaal en provinsiaal), baie dankie vir hul
professionele houding en die vriendelike werksverhouding
wat hulle met AgriSETA handhaaf. Aan die heffingbetalers, ’n
spesiale woord van dank dat julle ons met julle geld vertrou
en mede-voorstanders van vaardigheidsontwikkeling in die
landbousektor is. Aan ons diensverskaffers, ons waardeer die
erns waarmee julle die nodige vaardighede namens die SETA
lewer.
Soos ek tydens die landswye toere gesê het: werk saam met
ons, aangesien ons net daardeur kan groei en julle beter kan
dien. Aan die personeel van AgriSETA, julle is ’n A-span en ons
gaan nog baie wedstryde saam wen.
Ek wil ook graag ’n woord van dank uitspreek teenoor
mnr Machiel van Niekerk. Hy is gevra om aan te bly as
Bedryfsbestuurder en het gehelp met terreinbesoeke en het
my bekendgestel aan die SETA omgewing en die belanghebbers
van AgriSETA. Na harde werk en met AgriSETA goed op dreef
het mnr van Niekerk aan die einde van Maart 2009 uitgetree
en die leisels aan my oorgegee. Onder my leiding is ek van plan
om AgriSETA van krag tot krag te laat gaan.
Dankie
Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte
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PEHELO ya
Pehelo YA Moofisiri
MODULASETULO
ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso
Jeremia Sello Madiba
Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso
Ke tumelo ya rona ho AgriSETA hore ka thupelo, bokgoni
bo ntshetswa pele, ho fanwa ka tlhahisoleseding, boitshwaro
bo a fetolwa mme ho matlafatswa le tsela ya tshirelso ya
ho fumana dijo. Hape re dumela hore tlhahiso e hodimo le
keketseho ya kuno di ka fihlelwa ka thupelo. Ke mabapi le
hoo mona ke fanang ka pehelo ena ya selemo. Ha ke hetla
ke sheba morao ka moo diphetoho di tlisitseng diphephetso
tse ngata ka teng setjhabeng sa habo rona, jwalo ka tahleho
ya mesebetsi, mathata a tsa moruo, ho hasana ha bolwetse
ba swine flu, ho fetolwa ha Molao wa Ntshetsopele ya
Bokgoni le melao e metjha ya NQF (Moralo wa Naha
wa Dikhwalifikheishene), jj. pakeng tsa Tshitwe 2008 le
Tlhakubele 2009, re ka mpa ra bolela feela hore thupelo e a
hlokeha bakeng sa ho lokisa setjhaba ka tshwanelo hore se
kgone ho shebana le diphetoho tse tlang. Jwalo ka diphetoho
di bonahala hore di tla ba teng, re dumela hore hoo ke
ntho eo re lokelang ho itlwaetsa yona mme re se leke ho e
rarolla. Re lokela ho utlwisisa hore diphetoho tseo di reng
mme hwa bohlokwa haholo ke ho amohela diphetoho tseo.
Selemong se fetileng rebanne le di road shows ho hlamellang
• Lefapha la Mesebetsi
di kamano tsa rona le mafapha a fapaneng a mmuso, mme ra
kenyelletsa le balefi ba rona ba di-levy. Re dumela hore re
ka haha mokga o matla o tla shebana le kaho ya bokgoni le
phano ya ditshebeletso ka tshebedisano mmoho.
DIKAMANO LE MAFAPHA LE BATHAHASELLI BA
TSA TEMO
• Lefapha la Temo (Boemong ba Naha le Diprovinse)
Re tswela pele ho ba le dikamano tse atlehileng le Lefapha
la Naha la Temo ka Molaodi Kakaretso, Ms Nduli le lekala
la thuto, katoloso le diphuputso tse etelletsweng pele ke
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Ms Titi le Mong. Le Mr Mankazana. Eo re iteanyang le
yena, e leng Mong. Kgobokoe o bontshitse bohlokwa ba
hae le tshusumetso ya hae dikamanong tsa rona. Re
fumana ka nako levy ya rona ya 1% ya selemo le selemo
ho tswa lefapheng mme jwale re se re qadile ka
Memorandamo ya Kutlwisiso e mabapi le methiriele ya
thupelo bakeng sa dikoporasi.
Jwalo ka CEO e motjha, ke se ke qadile ho etela mafapha
a diprovinse a temo mme ke se ke etetse Limpopo, Kapa
Bophirima, Foreistata le Kapa Botjhabela. Re ntse re tswela
pele jwalo ka SETA ho ba le dikamano tse ntle le Mafapha
a Temo a diprovinse athe re ntse re sebedisana le
diprojekeng tseo. Dikholetjhe tsa Temo diproviseng di
tswela pele ho ba le seabo mesebetsing ya SETA mme ka
ho ya ka mehlodi ya tsona ya thuso le boemo ba kananelo
tsa mangolo a semmuso di tswela pele ho ba le seabo sa
boleng bo hodimo le SETA.
Kamano ya rona le Lefapha la Mesebetsi e bonahala ka
hlomphano le tshehetso e sa belaetseng ho tswa ho Letona,
botsamaising ba lona bo hodimo le yuniting ya tshehetso
ya SETA. Re tswela pele ho ba le seabo dibopehong tsohle
tse tshwanetseng ho tswa Lefapheng la Mesebetsi mme ha
re sheba boholo ba SETA yona re bona e sebeditse
hantle haholo ka ho tlaleha (ka kotara) le ho ba kgahlanong
le maikemisetso a beuweng.
AgriSETA e tobane le phephetso e kgolo haholo ya ho
sebeletsa ba bangata haholo ka bonyenyane boo e nang
le bona, ha re sheba hore temo ke ntho e lokelang ho
 ba ka sehloohong naheng ka bophara. Ditlelaente tse ngata
tsa rona di wela ka ntle ho mokgwatshebetso wa dithuso
tsa di-levy (baamohedi ba Diphetolo tsa melao ya Mobu
le dikgwebo tse ngata tsa temo) mme ba tswela pele ho
sheba ho rona jwalo ka mohlodi wa thuso. Ditlelaente
tsena di tswela pele ho ata ka baka la ditahlehelo tsa
mesebetsi hobane ba bona temo e le tsela e nngwe e ka
ba thusang, ka hoo re etsa boipiletso ho ba tsamaisang
Letlole la Naha la Bokgoni (National Skills Fund) le Bolaodi
ba Naha ba Bokgoni (National Skills Authority (NSA))
hore ba shebe ka kutlwelo dikopo tseo re di romelang
bakeng sa ho fokotsa kgatello eo re tobanang le yona.
• Lefapha la Thuto
• Balefi ba di-levy le bathahaselli ba tsa temo ka
bophara
Dikamano tsa rona le bathahaselli ba tsa temo ekasitana
le balefi ba di-levy di ntse di tsamaya hantle haholo. Re ile
ra bapatsa surplus project ka Phato 2008 mme yona e ile
ya thusa haholo ho fihlela ditlhoko tsa thupelo tsa balefi
ba rona ba di-levy. Lefapha la Thero ya Bokgoni le kgonne
ho rarolla mathata ao balefi ba di-levy ba ileng ba ba le ona
le mokgwa o motjha wa Moralo wa Bokgoni ba Mosebetsi
le morero wa Tlaleho ya Selemo le Selemo ya Thupelo ka
nako ya di-road show tse ileng tsa tshwarwa naheng
ka bophara, mme re tshepa hore ho tla ba le ditleleime tse
eketsehileng ho tsa matloleng a tlamang.

Re na le dikamano tse ikgethang le Bolaodi ba Thuto le

LEFAPHA LA PHANO KA BOKGONI
Thupelo ya Motheo ya Batho ba seng ba Hodile [Adult
Basic Education and Training (ABET)] Lefapheng la Naha
SETA e fumana dikopo tse ngata haholo tsa di-Learnership le
la Thuto. Ntlhakgolo mona ke ya Memorandamo wa
mananeo a Bokgoni mme tsona di bile di feta tjhelete eo re e
Kutlwisiso o saennweng le Lefapha la Thuto la Leboya
fumanang ho tswa ho Discretionary funds. Le ha tse ding tsa
Bophirima le ileng la transfera R2.8 miliyone ho ya ho SETA
dikopo di shebile haholo bokgoni ba rona bo haellang haholo
hore ho rupellwe bathahaselli ho di-learnership le
hape ba bohlokwa, tse ding tsa tsona di ka thoko kwana
Mananeo a Bokgoni a temo. Dikholetjhe tse mmalwa tsa
empa di a hlokeha bakeng sa bakopi ba tsona. Tlhokeho ena
Thuto le Thupelo e Phahameng (FET) di ba le seabo sa ho
e mpefatswa haholo ke baamohedi ba diphetolo tsa melao ya
fana ka di-Learnership le Mananeo a Bokgoni.
mobu ba batlang eng kapa eng ho tloha ho ABET ho ya ho tsa
ditjhelete le bokgoning ba botekgeniki. Le ha ho le jwalo re
motlotlo ka pehelo ya hore selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete
re se re fetile dibeo tsa rona ka 202% bakeng sa baithuti ba sa
sebetseng le 105% bakeng sa baithuti ba sebetsang.

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LEKALA LA THERO YA BOKGONI
Lefapha le sebeditse hantle haholo ka ho amohela di-Sub Sector
Committees (SSC’s) e leng ntho e ileng ya fana ka monyetla wa
ho sebedisana ka Tjhebahalo e lebelletsweng ya SETA. Ho ile
ha fihlelwa palo e hodimo ya bathahaselli mabapi le bokgoni ba
bohlokwa hape bo haellang. Hona ho entswe bakeng sa hore
Dibasari, di-Internship, Boiphihlelo bo fumanwang Mosebetsing
le di-Apprenticeship (BIWA) di tsepamise maikutlo bokgoning
boo bo hlwauweng bo haellang hape ba bohlokwa. Selemong
sena sa ha jwale dibeo tsa BIWA di ne di le ka hodimo le ho feta
mme AgriETA e ile ya fana ka R9 587 miliyone ho bapa le R8 172
miliyone ho tswa ho NSF bakeng sa thupelo ya di-apprentice tse
227. Le ha karolo e sebeditse hantle haholo ABET yona e ntse e
dutse e le bothata hobane ha ho eso fihlelwe maikemisetso. Ke
na le mohopolo wa hore ABET e lokela ho behwa karolong ya
NSDS III hore ho boele ho buisanwe ka yona mme ho hlaloswe
botjha seabo sa SETA ho ABET.
LEFAPHA LA TIISETSO YA BOLENG BA THUTO
YA THUPELO [EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY
ASSURANCE - (ETQA)]
Ka ho fetolwa ha Molao wa Ntshetsopele ya Bokgoni o
ileng wa hlahisa Khansele ya ho Lebela Boleng bakeng sa
Kgwebo le Mesebetsi e leng Quality Council for Trade and
Occupations (QCTO), lefapha la ETQA le qadile ka ho leka
dikhwalifikheishene tsa lona tse nne tsa mosebetsi e leng:
• Tlhahiso ya Horticulture/Motsamaisi wa Polasi NQF 4;
• Dioporeitara tsa Metjhini NQF 3;
• Balaodi ba Ditshebetso NQF4; le
• Plokeho ya Nama le Balaodi ba Boleng (Bahlahlobi ba
Nama) NQF 4
Dikhwalifikheishene di se di le boemong bo hatetseng pele ba
ntshetsopele ka thuso ya dikgwebo tsa temo/temothuo tse
amanang le tsona. Seo re seng re se shebile jwale ke ho fumana
tshehetso ya dikhampani le diindasteri hore re tle re kgone ho
inkela ho tswa boiphihelong ba bona le seabong sa bona jwalo
ka ha ho lokiswa Meralo ya Mesebetsi bakeng sa ho kengwa
tshebetsong ha QCTO ka 2010. Mong. Fanny Phetla o se a
fumane tshebeletso ya Mong. Herman Van Deventer jwalo ka
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Motsamaisi wa Projeke ya QCTO mme ho fihlela jwale lefapha
le ntse le sebetsa hantle haholo.
Re etse hloko hape tow Institutes of Sectoral or Occupational
Excellence (ISOE’s) e nngwe selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete
ho thusa ho bopa bokgoni bakeng sa baabi ba ditshebeletso ba
leng hara merabe le ho kenya tshebetsong dikhwalifikheishene
tsa mosebetsi. Le ha tjhebelopele ya rona ya nakong e tlang e
le ho eketsa dikamano tsa tshebetso le Dikholetjhe tsa Thuto
le Thupelo tse Phahameng tse fanang ka mananeo a temo, hore
di thuse ka mokgwa o yang ka leano baamohedi ba melemo
ditabeng tsa ho fetolwa ha melao ya mobu, ha re a tshwanela ho
lebala seabo sa baabi ba ntseng ba hlahella, ba tla hlokang thuso
ho tswa ho AgriSETA hore ba kgone ho shebana le diphetoho.
KAROLO YA DIKGOKAHANO
Ms Caren Cleinwerck, eo e leng moofisiri wa dikgokahano wa
rona o se a sebeditse hantle haholo a le mong jwalo ka ha a
kgonne ho hlophisa khonferense e ileng ya kgona ho hohela
Baabi ba rona ba Ditshebeletso, balefi ba di-levy le bathahaselli
ba bang. Khonferense e kgonne ho fana ka tiisetso ya maikutlo
mabapi le tshebeletso ya SETA. O ile a kenela hape le dikopano
tse mmalwa tsa di-Cluster tsa SETA diproviseng tse mmalwa
ekasitana le ho bapatsa SETA diforamong tse ngata le dibakeng
tse ding tseo a neng a menngwe ho tsona tse amanang le hona.
TSHEBEDISO YA DITJHELETE
Kuno ya di-levy tsa AgriSETA e eketsehile ka 8.4% ho tloha
ho R131,5 ka 2007/08 ho ya ho R142,5 miliyone ka selemo
sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09. Kuno eo e leng yona hantlentle ya
tsamaiso e ne e le R18,9 miliyone ha e bapiswa le R18,4 miliyone
e fumanweng ka selemo sa ditjhelete sa 2007/08. Lebaka la
hore ho be le phapang ya 2.4% ke hore ho bile le keketseho
ya kuno ya levy ho tswa ho bahiri, empa phokotseho ya di-
levy tse fumanweng ho tswa Mafapheng a Diprovinse a Temo.
Selemong sa ha jwale sa ditjhelete sa 2008/09 ho sebedisitswe
R58,4 miliyone mme ha ba le tefelo ya Dithuso tse Tlamang
tsa R62,4 miliyone ha ho bapiswa le R60 miliyone selemong sa
ditjhelete sa 2007/08. AgriSETA e abelane ka paloyohle ya 99%
ya mehlodi ya yona ya thuso bakeng sa selemo sa ditjhelete sa
2008/09.
Ho latelang ke diphephetso tse bileng teng ho tsa ditjhelete,
haholoholo bakeng sa taolo ya 10% ya ditjeo tsa tsamaiso:
• Ditjeo tsa moputso di bile hodimo ka ho hirwa ha CEO
e motjha le ho boloka CEO wa kgale hore a tle a kgone
ho nehelana ka marapo hantle;
• Ho sebedisa dikhonsaltente tsa di-specialist bakeng sa
Tsamaiso ya Phepelo ya Thepa.
• Keketseho ya palo ya basebetsi ba nakwana ba hirilweng
bakeng sa ho bokella dintlha tsa surplus project le
di-leanership.
• Ho hirwa ha CEO e motjha le ho boloka CEO wa kgale
hore a tle a kgone ho nehelana ka marapo hantle.
Ka kakaretso ditjhelete tsa rona di tsamaiswa hantle haholo ka
thuso ya ba Deloitte mme haesale re ntse re fumana raporoto e
se nang pelaelo ho tswa ofising ya Mohlakisi Kakaretso.
DITABA TSE MABAPI LE MOIFO
Hara selemo sena AgriSETA e bile le moifo wa batho ba 26
ba dinako tsohle le ba 3 bao eleng ba nakwana. SETA hape e
hirile CEO e motjha, Jerry Madiba ka Mphalane 2008 ekasitana
le Francina Mphele lefapheng la Ditjhelete. Ms Gloria Ntoule
o hirilwe lefapheng la ETQA ka Hlakubele 2009. Basebetsi
bana ba latelang bona ba hirilwe ho ba basebetsi ba dinako
tsohle ho tloha ka Loetse 2008, mme bona ke: Ina du Preez,
Lulu Engelbrecht, Marissa Kok le Bronwynn Oosthuizen. Re
nka monyetla ona ho amohela basebetsi bao ba batjha mona
AgriSETA.
Bana ba latelang bona ba lebohile mosebetsi, mme bona ke,
Benghadi, Francis Senona (ETQA), Manuel de Bruin le Shaun
Starr (Phano ka Bokgoni) mme re ba lakaletsa ho hotle moo
ba yang. Re ntse re sokola ho tlatsa dikgeo tsa diposo tse
bulehileng ka baka la tjhebahalo ya SETA e lebelletsweng mme
hona ho baka mathata hodima boleng ba bakopi ba diposo ka
baka la ho se hlake hoo hona ho tlang le hona.
MANTSWE A TEBOHO
Ke rata ho nka karolo ena ke lebohe Boto ya AgriSETA bakeng
sa tshehetso ya yona e matla. Ke lebohe hape ka mokgwa o
ikgethang Modulasetulo, Mong. Jack van Dyk le Motlatsi wa
Modulasetulo, Mong. Sipho Khumalo bakeng sa tataiso le
bohlale ba bona.
Ho bathahaselli ba rona, Mafapha a Temo le Mesebetsi (ka
bobedi boemong ba naha le diprovinse), re le leboha haholo
bakeng sa maikutlo a seprofeshenale le dikamano tse ntle
haholo tsa tshebedisano eo le bileng le yona le AgriSETA. Ho
balefi ba di-levy, le lona re rata ho le leboha haholo bakeng
sa ho beha tshepo ya lona ho rona ka ho kenya ditjhelete tsa
lona ho rona le tshwarisana mosebetsing wa ntshetsopele
ya bokgoni bakeng sa mokga wa temo. Ho baabi ba rona ba
ditshebeletso, re ananela boikemisetso ba lona ba ka moo le
faneng ka bokgoni ka teng lebitsong la SETA.
Jwalo ka ha ke ile ka bolela ho di-road show, ikamahanyeng le
rona mme hoo ho tla re thusa hore re hole re le sebeletse ka
tsela e ntlafetseng. Ho moifo wa AgriSETA, le tshwana feela le
sehlopha se ka sehloohong (A-Team) mme di ngata tseo re sa
ntsaneng re tlilo di fenya ha re ntse re le mmoho.
Ke rata hape le ho fetisetsa diteboho ho Mong. Machiel van
Niekerk. O ile a kotjwa hore a dule ntse a tshwere jwalo
ka Operations Manager mme a thusa ka diketelo tsa ditsheng
ekasitana le ho ntlwaetsa tikoloho ya SETA le bathahaselli ba
AgriSETA. Ho sebetsa ka matla le ho sebetsa ka boikemisetso
ho AgriSETA, Mong. van Niekerk o tsamaile ka Tlhakubele
2009 mme a fetisetsa marapo ho nna, athe he ka tlasa tataiso
ya ka, le nna ke ikemiseditse ho etsa hore AgriSETA e be matla
le ho feta.
Ke a leboha
Jeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
Moofisiri ya ka Sehloohong wa Phethahatso
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PEHELO YA
Ingxelo MODULASETULO
yeGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko

uJeremia Sello Madiba

iGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko

Yinkolelo yethu kwiAgriSETA ukuba ngokusebenzisa UBUDLELWANE NAMASEBE KUNYE

uqeqeso, ukuphuhliswa kwezakhono, kubonelelwa ngolwazi, NAMALUNGU EZOLIMO
izimilo ziyaguqulwa futhi nokhuseleko kokutya kuyakhuliswa.
Ukuqhubela phambili sikwakholelwa ukuba imveliso
• Isebe leZolimo (Kuzwelonke naseMaphondweni)
kunye nengeniso enyukileyo ingabonakaliswa ngoqeqesho.
Ndisebenzise lemeko ukuchaza ngalengxelo yokuphela
Siyaqhubeka ukonwabela ubudlelwane obunempumelelo
konyaka. Xa ndikhangela emva ngendlela iinguquko ezisifakele
kunye neSebe leZolimo ngokusebenzisana noMlawuli
imicelimngeni emininzi kwilizwe lethu njengokulahleka
Jikelele, uNkosazana Nduli kunye nemfundo yesebe,
kwemisebenzi, ukudodobala koqoqosho, ukwanda
ulwandiso nophando olukhekelwe nguNkosazana
komkhuhlane wehagu, ukulungiswa kwakhona koMthetho
Titi noMhlekazi Mankazana. Umntu wethu osinxibelelana
woPhuhliso leZakhono kunye nenkqubo yowisomthetho
naye uMhlekazi uKgobokoe uzibalule njengomntu onefuthe
entsha yeNQF, nezinye phakathi kukaDisemba 2008 kunye
elibalulekileyo phakathi kobubudlelwane. Sifumana
noMatshi ka2009, nabani na angatsho ukuba uqeqesho
ngexesha irhafu yeenkonzo yonyaka eyiyi pesenti
luyadingeka ukuze lilungiselele ngokuphelelyo abantu
(1%) evela kwisebe kwaye ngoku usungule iMemorandamu
kunye nabahlali bakwazi ukumelana nemicelimngeni ezayo.
yeMvisiswano (MoU) phakathi kwamaxwebhu oqeqesho
Ngenguquko engenakunqandwa, siyakholwa ukuba yinto
lemanyano yamashishini. Njenge CEO entsha, ndiye
esingaphila nayo hayi into esizawuzama ukuyisombulula.
ndaqalisa ukuhambela amasebe wamaphondo ezolimo
Simele ukuba sizithathele ingqaleko iinguquko kodwa
kwaye ukufika ngoku ndenze uhambo lembeko eLimpopo,
eyona nto ibalulekileyo siyamkele inguquko. Kunyaka
eNtshona Koloni nase Mpuma Koloni. Siyaqhubeka
ogqithileyo sisebenzise imiboniso yasezindleleni, ukwenza
ukonwabela ubudlelwane obunobubele njenge SETA
luqilima ubudlelwane bethu namasebe ahlukekeneyo
nawo onke amaSebe eZolimo siphinde siqhubeke
karhulumente, kuzwelonke nakumaphondo, kwaye
nokuzibandakanya kwiprojekthi ezo. iiKholeji zoLimo
siquke nabarhafi beenkonzo. Siyakholwa ukuba singakha
phakathi kwamaphondo ziyaqhubeka ukuthatha
into enamandla ephethe ukwakhiwa ngokubalaseleyo
kwimicimbi yeSETA nokunikela ngobutyebi bayo
kwezakhono nokubonelela ngeenkonzo ngokusebenzisana
kunye nobume obuqinisekisiweyo iqhubeka ukudlala
ngokubambisana.
indima enobulunga obuphezulu ngokusebenzisana
neSETA.

• Isebe labaSebenzi

uBudlelwane bethu neSebe labaSebenzi (DoL) baziwa

ngokubambisana ngembeko kunye nenkxaso engagunqiyo

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 evela kuMphathiswa, kunye namagosa akhe aphezulu kunye • Abahlawuli berhafu yeenkonzo namalungu abanzi
necandelo lenkxaso leSETA. Siyaqhubeka ukuthatha kwezolimo
inxaxheba kumacandelo onke afaneleyo avela kwaDoL
kwaye xa ujionga ubukhulu beSETA isebenze kakuhle Ubudlelwane bethu namalungu ezolimo kunye nabo
kakhulu nokunika ingxelo (ngekota) nangokujongene bahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo busaqhuba kakuhle. Siye
nethagethi ibizibekele zona kwikhadi lamanqaku. sazisa iprojekthi eyongezelelweyo ngoAgasti 2008
kwaye iyeyanceda kakhulu ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo
iAgriSETA ijongene nomngeni omkhulu wokubonelela zoqoqosho zabahlawuli bethu berhafu yeenkonzo. iSebe
ngeenkonzo kwabaninzi kodwa isebenzisa okuncinane, loYilo leZakhono liyelasombulula iingxaki abahlawuli
ngenxa yokubona ukuba ezolimo yinto ephambili esizweni. berhafu yeenkonzo bebenazo ngenhlelo entsha yoYilo
Uninzi lwabathengi bethu bangaphandle kwesixokelelwano lokuSebenza kweZakhono (iWSP) kunye neNgxelo
sorhafiso lwegranti (Abafuma iMbuyekezo yeMihlaba yoQeqesho yoNyaka (iATR) phakathi kwemiboniso
kunye namashishini ezolimo) kwaye beqhubeka ukusibona yasezindleni kwizwelonke kwaye inethemba lokuba
njengomthombo woncedo. Ababathengi bayaqhubeka izicelo ezivela kwingxowamali enyanzelisayo zizawunyuka.
ukwanda ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yimisebenzi ngoko
bakhangela ezolimo njengendlela yabucala kwaye simemela
kwabaphethe iNgxowa-mali yeZakhono zeSizwe kunye ISEBE ELIBONELELA NGEZAKHONO
Nabagunyazisa iZakhono zeSizwe (iNational Skills
Authority (NSA)) ukuba bajonge ngeliso lokunceda iSETA iyeyamangaliswa kakhulu bubuninzi bezicelo kwiiNkqubo
kwizicelo esizifakileyo ukuba sehlise ubunzima esijongene zokuFunda neZakhono ezo ziphezulu kakhulu kwingxowa-mali
nabo. yoNcedo ngobulumko. Ngaxeshanye ezinye izicelo zijolise
kwizakhono ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo, ezinye zazo ziphume
kakhulu endleleni kodwa zibalulekile kwabo bafaka izicelo.
• Isebe lezeMfundo
Isidingo senziwa mandudndu ngabafumene imbuyekezo yomhlaba
abafuna yonke into kwiABET ukuya kwezemali nezakhono
Sonwabela ubudlelwane obukhethekileyo obuvela kwiZiko
zezandla. Naxa kunjalo sonwabile ukunika ingxelo ukuba
leMfundo eSisiseko noQeqesho yaBantu abadala (iABET)
kulonyaka singaphambili kwitagethi yethu nge202% kubafundi
phakathi kweSebe LezeMfundo likaZwelonke.
abangasebenziyo kunye ne105% kubafundi abasebenzayo.
Kwezisematheni kuhkho iMoU esayiniweyo neSebe
lezeMfundo laseMntla-Ntshona eliye lafaka iR2.8
yezigidi kwiSETA ukuze iqeqeshe amalungu ayo
kwiiNkqubo zeZakhono nokuFunda ngezolimo. Iikholeji
eziliqela zeMfundo ePhambili noQeqesho (iFET) zithatha
inxaxheba ekuboneleleni ngeeNkqubo zeZakhono
nokuFunda.

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Ingxelo yeGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko

ISEBE LOYILO LWEZAKHONO uzifumanele iinkonzo zika Mhlekazi uHerman van Deventer
njengoMphathi weProjekthi weQCTO kwaye ukuzofika ngoku
Isebe lisebenze kakuhle ekusingatheni iiKomiti eziNgaphantsi iSebe lesibenza ngokubalaseleyo. Sikwafumene elinye iziko
zeCandelo (Sub Sector Committees (SSC’s)) eliyelabonelela loncedo (iInstitutes of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence
ngethuba lokusebenzisana ngokuzimisela neMbonakalo-mhlaba (ISOE’s)) ukuncedisa ukwakha ikhono lababonelela ngeenkonzo
yeSETA. Inani eliphezulu lamalungu liyelafikelelwa ngamalunga zabahlali nokuqalisa ngokusebenzisa izitifeketi zokusebenza.
nezakhono ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo. Lento iye yenziwa Nangona umbono wengomso ikukongeza ubudlelwane
kuba iiBasari, uQeqesho lomsebenzi, Amava awaseMsebenzini bokusebenza neeKholeji zeFET ezozibonelela ngeenkqubo
kunye Nokufunda usebenza (Bursaries, Internships, Workplace zolimo uba zincede ngecebo kubaxhamli bembuyekezo
Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA)) ukuze kujongwe yomhlaba, nabani na akumele ukuba alibale ngendima edlalwe
kwezo zakhono zifunyenweyo ezinqabileyo nezibalulekileyo. ngababoneleli beenkonzo abasakhasayo, aba bazawusoloko
Kulonyaka iithagethi zeBIWA ziyezangaphezulu komlinganiselo befuna uncedo kakhulu elivela kwiAgriSETA ukuze bamelane
kakhulu futhi iAgriSETA iyeyabonelela nge R9 587 yezigidi neenguquko.
elungelelene neR8 172 yezigidi evela kwiNSF ukuze kuqeqeshwe
abafundi abasebenzayo abanga- 227. Naxa elicandelo lisebenze
kakuhle iABET ihleli iyingxaki exhalabisayo ngokuba iitagethi ICANDELO LEZOTHUNGELWANO
ezibekiweyo azifikelelwa. Ndinengcinga yokuba iABET imelwe
ukubekwa kwibakala leNSDS III ukuze iphinde ixoxwe kwakhona uNkosikazi Caren Cleinwerck, lowo oligosa lethu
nokucacisa kwakhona iindima yeSETA kwiABET. lezothungelwano usebenze kakuhle kakhulu eyedwa
njengomntu olibinqa, uyewakwazi ukulungiselela ikomfa ethe
yakwazi ukuba nomtsalane kwabo Basibonelela Ngeenkozo
ISEBE LEZEMFUNDO LOKUQINISEKISA ukuba babeyinxalenye, abahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo kunye
UBULUNGA BOQEQESHO (I-EDUCATION mamanye amalungu ethu. Ikomfa ibenempumelelo ngokunika
TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE (ETQA) ingxelo iqinisekisa imbonelelo yeenkonzo zeSETA. Uphinde
DEPARTMENT)) wayinxalenye yemihlangano yamaqumrhu eSETA kumaphondo
aliqela aphinde enze imiboniso ngeSETA kwingxoxo
Ngokulungiswa kwakhona koMthetho woPhuhliso leZakhono ezahlekeneyo kunye nezinye izimemo ezifanayo.
oye wazala iBhunga Lobulunga Lemisebenzi Nengqesho
(iQuality Council for Trade and Occupations (QCTO)) isebe
leETQA liyelaqalisa ngokuphanda ngezitifiketi ezine zengqesho UKUSETYENZISWA KWEEMALI
ezibizwa ngokuba:
Imali yengeniso yerhafu yeenkonzo zeAgriSETA inyuke nge
• iHorticulture Production/Farm Manager NQF 4;
8.4% ukusuka kwi R131,5 ngo2007/08 ukuya kwi R142,5
• iMachinery Operators NQF 3; yezigidi ngo2008/09 kulonyaka wezemali. Imali yengeniso

• iProcess Controllers NQF4; and eyiyiyo yolawulo ibiyi R18,9 izigidi xa kuthelekiswa neR18,4
yezigidi efunyanwe kunyaka wezemali ngo2007/2008. Isizathu
• iMeat Safety and Quality Controllers (Meat Inspectors) somahluko we2.4% sibonisa ukuba kubekhona ukonyuka
NQF 4 kwerhafu yeenkonzo evela kubaqashi, kodwa ukwehla
kwerhafu yeenkonzo kuvele kuMasebe eZolimo waMaphondo.
Ezizitifiketi sele zihlabele mngama kwizinga lophuhliso Amanani avakalayo walonyaka, 2008/09 asetyenzisiweyo abeyi
ngokuncedwa ngamashishini afana nawezolimo /awefama. R58,4 yezigidi kwaye imali ehlawuliweyo epheleyo yeGranti
Eyona njongo yethu ephambili kukufumana inkxaso Ezinyanzelisayo ibiyi R62,4 yezigidi xa kuthelekiswa neR60
yeenkampani namashishini ukuba basebenzise ubuchule babo yezigidi kunyaka wezemali ka2007/08. iAgriSETA iyeyabela
nokuba yinxalenye yokulungiselela uYilo leMisebenzi lokuqalisa i99% epheleleyo yobutyebi bayo obukhoyo kunyaka wezemali
ukusebenzisa iQCTO ngo2010. uMhlekazi Fanny Phetla ka2008/09.

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Ezilandelayo ibe yimingeni kwezemali kakhulu kuwimpatho ILIZWI LOMBULELO
yendleko zolawulo eziyi10%:
Ndithanda ukunikela elicandelo ukubulela iBhodi yeAgriSETA
• Indleko yomvuzo ibephezulu xa kuqeshwa iCEO entsha
ngenkxaso yabo engazenzisiyo. Umbulelo okhethekileyo
kuphindwe kugcinwe neCEO endala ukuze inikezele
kuSihlalo; uMhlekazi Jack van Dyk kunye nosekela Sihlalo,
kakuhle umsebenzi;
uMhlekazi Sipho Khumalo ngeengcebiso zabo nobulumko.
• Ukusebenzisa kakhulu amagosa angaphandle Kumalungu wethu esesisebenza nawo, aMasebe weZolimo
angochwepheshe kuLawulo lokuBonelela ngeeNkonzo; naBasebenzi (womabini kuzwelonke namaphondo) ndivakalisa
(iSupply Chain Management); umbulelo kakhulu ngokuziphatha okufanelekileyo kunye

• Ukunyuka kwabaqeshwa abaninzi abekontraki ukuba nentsebenziswano enobuhlobo eniyakhileyo kunye neAgriSETA.

bagcine inkcukacha kwikhompyutha zeprojekthu nenhlelo Kwabo bahlawula irhafu yeenkonzo, umbulelo okhethekileyo

zokufunda; ngokusithemba ngeemali zenu nokuba sizibalule ngokuphatha

uphuhliso lwezakhono kwicandelo lezolimo. Kubantu bethu
• Ukuqeshwa kweCEO entsha ngaxeshanye kugcinwe iCEO ababonelela ngenkonzo, sibulela ukuzimisela kwenu ngendlela
endala ukuze umsebenzi unikezelwe kakuhle. enibonelela ngayo ngezakhono ezidingekayo ngaphandle
xa nimele iSETA. Njengokuba benditshilo kwimiboniso
Xa siqhukumbela iimali zethu ziphathwe kakuhle kakhulu yasezindleleni, sifakeni kuba sizawukhula kwaye sinikhonze
ngenncedo leDeloitte besisoloko silifumana ingxelo betele. Kubasebenzi eAgriSETA, nilelona qela eliphambili i-“A-
engaqinisekiswanga evela kwiofisi yoMpicothi-Jikelele Team” kwaye sisezawuqhubeka siphumelele imidlalo emininzi
weeNcwadi. kunye.
Ndikwathanda ukuvakalisa ilizwi lombulelo kuMhlekazi Machiel
van Niekerk. Uye wacelwa ukuba ahlale njengoMphathi
IMICIMBI YABASEBENZI weMisebenzi waphinda wanceda ngokuhambela iindawo
zokusebenzela nokuphinda andazise kwindawo yeSETA kunye
Phakathi kwalonyaka iAgriSETA ibinabasebenzi abancomekayo nakumalungu weAgriSETA. Umsebenzi onzima nokugcina
abasisigxina aba- 26 kunye nabasebenzi bexeshana aba-3. iSETA intloko iphakimile yeAgriSETA, uMhlekazi van Niekerk uye
iphinde yaqesha iCEO entsha, uJerry Madiba ngoOktobha wahamba ekupheleni kukaMatshi 2009 wagqithisela intonga
2008 kunye noFrancina Mphele kwicandelo lezemali. yokuphatha kum, kwaye phantsi kolawulo lwam, ndizimisele
uNkosikazi Gloria Ntoule uyewaqashelwa kwicandelo leETQA ukuthatha iAgriSETA ndiyisuse emandleni ndiyise emandleni. I
ngoFebruwari 2009. Abasebenzi abalandelayo bebeqashwe
okwexeshana bayebaqeshwa njengabasebenzi abasisigxina Enkosi
ukususela ngoSeptemba 2008 futhi bona ngu: Ina du Preez,
uLulu Engelbrecht, uMarissa Kok noBronwynn Oosthuizen.
Sithatha elithuba ukwamkela abasebenzi abatsha kulomkhumbi
weAgriSETA.

Abalandelayo bafake izicelo zokurhoxa emsebenzini; uMessrs,

uFrancis Senona (ETQA), uManuel de Bruin noShaun Starr uJeremia (Jerry) Sello Madiba
(Obonelela ngeZakhono) kwaye sibanqwenelela okuhle iGosa eliphezulu eliyiNtloko
kwimisebenzi yabo emitsha. Sisenengxaki yokuvala izithuba
ezingenabantu ngenxa yokuzimisela kobume beSETA kwaye
lento isifaka engozini kubulunga babo bafaka izicelo zemisebenzi
ngenxa yokuswela intembeko ekwenzayo.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

GOVERNING BOARD

At the Annual General Meeting held on 22nd October 2008, the following Board members were nominated and also represented
on other committees within the AgriSETA

EMPLOYEES

EXECUTIVE SKILLS LEARNER- AUDIT

NAME ORGANISATION RACE GENDER COMMITTEE PLANNING
ETQA
SHIPS COMMITTEE

Mzikayise Khumalo Food and Allied African Male

Workers Union
(FAWU)
Atwell Nazo Food and Allied African Male
Workers Union
(FAWU)
Seihloiso Manoto Food and Allied African Female
Workers Union
(FAWU)
Katishi Masemola Food and Allied African Male
Workers Union
(FAWU)
Mbulelo Jolisa Food and General African Male
Workers Union
(FGWU)
Itlhobogeng Mokwena Food and Allied African Male
Workers Union
(FAWU)
Pulane Maine Food and Allied African Female
Workers Union
(FAWU)
Adele van Den Berg Solidarity White Female

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EMPLOYERS

EXECUTIVE SKILLS LEARNER- AUDIT

NAME ORGANISATION RACE GENDER COMMITTEE PLANNING
ETQA
SHIPS COMMITTEE

Jacobus Van Dyk Agri (Western White Male

Cape)
Prof Daan Prinsloo Transvaal Agri- White Male
cultural Union of
South Africa
Dr Di Goodwin South African White Female
Green Industry
Council (SAGIC)
Dr Gerhardus Red Meat Abat- White Male
Neethling toir Association
(RMAA)
Jacques van Niekerk Henwil Chickens White Male
Jacqueline Bhana Tongaat Hulett Indian Female
Sugar
Willem Strydom Grain South Africa White Male
Leonard Hansen Astral Operations White Male
Ltd
Otto Mbangula National African African Male
Farm Workers
Union (NAFU)
Adriaan Gerritzen Vrystaat White Male
Koöperasie
Beperk

Dates of Governing Board meetings

Dates and attendance of Governing Board meetings:

Date of Meeting Employee Employers Total

29 May 2008 9 10 19
31 July 2008 10 10 20
14 August 2008 10 7 17
22 October 2008 10 10 20
19 March 2009 9 8 17

Resignations from the Governing Board

• Mr Paseka Mohanoe of the union, National Union of Farmers (NUF) resigned at the Board meeting held in October 2008.

• Ms Adele van den Berg, replaced Mr Andre Marais of the union, Solidarity

• As the union, the South African Food and Allied Trade Union (SAFATU) being deregistered by the Department of Labour,
Mr Ben Mtshali had to step down from the Board.

The AgriSETA Board is in the process of receiving nominations for the replacement of the above mentioned Board members.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

GOVERNING BOARD EQUITY

6
Employee Male
5
Employee Female
4 Employer Male

3 Employer Female

0
Coloured Indian White African Total

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dates and attendance of Executive Committee Meetings:

Date of Meeting Employee Employers Total

22 May 2008 3 2 5
14 August 2008 3 2 5
21 October 2008 3 3 6
12 February 2009 2 2 4
18 March 2009 2 2 4

HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE

Members of the Human Resource Committee are:

1. Mr Jacobus van Dyk - Agri (Western Cape) - (Chairperson)
2. Mr Mzikayise Khumalo - Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) - (Vice-Chairperson)
3. Mr Machiel van Niekerk - AgriSETA - Operations Manager
4. Mr Jeremia Madiba - AgriSETA - Chief Executive Officer

Dates of Human Resource Committee Meetings:

22 May 2008
7 August 2008
13 August 2008
18 November 2008
11 February 2009
3 March 2009

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

AGRISETA PERSONNEL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PERSONAL ASSISTANT MARKETING

Jerry Madiba Farhana Rahaman Caren Cleinwerck
African Indian Coloured
Male Female Female
Chief Executive Officer Personal Assistant: CEO and Managers Marketing and Communications

QUALITY ASSURANCE

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Fanny Phetla African Male Quality Assurance Manager
Dominicus Yotwana African Male Quality Control
Coordinator: Accreditation
Gloria Ntoule African Female Quality Control Admin Assistant: Accreditation
Rita De Bruyn White Female Assessor/ Moderator Administrator
Minah Matloa African Female Quality Control Admin Assistant: Monitoring

CORPORATE SERVICES

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Annetjie Labuscagne White Female Manager: Corporate Services
Rosa Ballard White Female Finance Controller
Dineo Mlambo African Female Admin Coordinator
Francina Mphele African Female Finance Assistant
Emily Thulare African Female Admin Assistant
Moses Meko African Male Internal Messenger / Security
Amanda Victor White Female Secretary / Administrator

SKILLS DELIVERY

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Thobile Muthwa African Female Skills Delivery Coordinator
Bronwyn Oosthuizen Coloured Female Learnership Administrator
Koos Sihlangu African Male Learnership Administrator

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

SKILLS PLANNING

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Johann Engelbrecht White Male Skills Planning Manager
Johannah Masombuka African Female Skills Reporting Coordinator
Shereen Wentzel Coloured Female Data Capturer
Ina Du Preez White Female Data Capturer
Marissa Kok White Female ABET Administrator
Theuns Henning White Male Skills Planning Admin Manager
Amandie Gerber White Female Grants Coordinator
Racquel Bergman Coloured Female Grants Assistant
Lulu Engelbrecht White Female Grants Assistant
Cynthia Nkabinde African Female Surplus Project Administrator

OPERATIONS

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Machiel Van Niekerk White Male Operations Manager

CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES

NAME RACE GENDER POSITION

Merriam Marobyane African Female Data Capturer
Shereen Mbwana African Female Data Capturer
Stella Mokgoko African Female Data Capturer

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 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
J Madiba
OPERATIONS MANAGER
M van Niekerk
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO
CEO AND MANAGERS
F Rahaman

MANAGER: MANAGER: MARKETING MANAGER:

SKILLS PLANNING QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR SKILLS DELIVERY
MANAGER: J Engelbrecht F Phetla C Cleinwerck (Vacant)
CORPORATE SERVICES SURPLUS
A Labuscagne PROJECT
MANAGER
PROJECT (Vacant) PROJECT SKILLS DELIVERY
MANAGER MANAGER COORDINATOR
(Ad Hoc) H van Deventer T Muthwa

SURPLUS
PROJECT
FINANCE ADMIN SECRETARY / ADMINISTRATOR QC COORDINATOR QC COORDINATOR
COORDINATOR COORDINATOR SWITCHBOARD C Nkabinde ACCREDITATION MONITORING
ADMINISTRATOR
R Ballard D Mlambo A Victor D Yotwana (Vacant)
K Sihlangu

FINANCE ADMIN SKILLS REPORTING SSC SKILLS PLANNING QC ADMIN QC ADMIN ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ASSISTANT COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATOR ADMIN MANAGER ASSISTANT ASSISTANT (Vacant)
F Mphele E Thulare J Masombuka (Vacant) T Henning ADMINISTRATOR MONITORING
G Ntoule M Matloa

GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR
DATA COORDINATOR B Oosthuizen
RECEPTION / CAPTURER ASSESSOR /
INTERNAL A Gerber
S Wentzel MODERATOR
MESSENGER ADMINISTRATOR
M Meko GRANTS R de Bruyn
ASSISTANT
DATA R Bergman
CAPTURER ABET
I du Preez ADMINISTRATOR
M Kok
GRANTS
ASSISTANT
L Engelbrecht
An Organogram is used to illustrate reporting
BIWA
structures within an organization and is not
ADMINISTRATOR
indicative of salary grading per se. (Vacant)

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

AgriSETA EMPLOYEES

30
Permanent Male
25
Permanent Female
20 Temporary Male

15 Temporary Female

10

0
African Coloured Indian White Total

African Coloured Indian White Total

Permanent Male 5 0 0 3 8
Permanent Female 7 4 1 6 18
Temporary Male 0 0 0 0 0
Temporary Female 3 0 0 0 3
Total 15 4 1 9 29

APPOINTMENTS

After the news of Mr Machiel Van Niekerk’s retirement was announced, the process to find a new CEO was initiated in May 2008.
After an extensive recruitment procedure, candidates were identified, and after rigorous selection interviews and psychometric
evaluations by the AgriSETA Human Resource Committee and the Executive Committee, the baton was passed on to Mr Jeremia
(Jerry) Sello Madiba as from 1 October 2008.

The Human Resource Committee decided that all temporary employees be contracted to the AgriSETA until 31 March 2010.

They are:

Skills Planning Department

Shereen Wentzel Data Capturer (ABET Face-to-Face)
Ina du Preez Data Capturer who now assists with Bursaries, Workplace, Internships and Apprenticeship
(BIWA) administration
Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
Marissa Kok ABET Administrator (computer aided ABET)

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Skills Delivery Department
Bronwynn Oosthuizen Learnership Administrator

Quality Assurance Department

Rita de Bruyn Assessor / Moderator Administrator
Gloria Ntoule Quality Control Admin Assistant: Accreditation replacing Ms Cynthia Nkabinde who filled the position of
the Surplus Project Administrator in the Skills Planning Department
Herman Van Deventer QCTO Project Manager

Corporate Services Department

Francina Mphele Finance Administrator

RESIGNATIONS

Mr Francis Senona, the Quality Control: Coordinator, Monitoring, resigned in January 2009.
Mr Manuel De Bruin, Learnership Administrator, resigned at the end of February 2009.
Mr Shaun Starr, the Skills Delivery Manager, who was contracted until June 2009, left the employ of AgriSETA on 13 March 2009.

RENUMERATION STRUCTURE

Position Annual Total Cost to Company Number of Employees

CEO R 700 000 - R 799 000 1
Senior Management R 500 000 - R 799 000 4
Middle Management R 400 000 - R 499 000 1
Co-ordinators R 200 000 - R 399 000 6
Senior Administrative Staff R 100 000 - R 199 000 14
Junior Administrative Staff <R 100 000 3
TOTAL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES 29

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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in October 2008
had an attendance of 150 stakeholders. Representing the
employers, Mr Jack Van Dyk of Agri Western Cape was elected
as Chairperson and Mr Sipho Khumalo of the Food and Allied
Workers Union, representing the employees, was nominated
as Vice-Chairperson. Stakeholders and Accredited Training
Providers were thanked at a Gala Dinner held that evening.
Three ISOEs, namely Transvaal Sugar Beperk (TSB), Shukela
Training Centre and Scientific Roets, who were also at the
dinner, received their certificates.
At the national conference with the theme “Eradicate
Scarce Skills through Occupationally-based Learning”, we
had Professor Mehl of Triple L Academy share his views of
the Macro and International Perspective of Occupationally
Based Learning. Other speakers at the conference were Mr
Christoph Vorwerk, who talked about “Occupationally-based
Learning systems within the sector and how it can be applied
in practice”. Mr Herman Van Deventer and Ms Beatrice Enslin
also shared their perspective from the primary and secondary
sector of agriculture.
EXHIBITIONS
The AgriSETA Marketing department also attended the World
Occupational Health and Safety Day at the invitation of the
Department of Labour to provide information on safety in the
agri sector.
On Youth day, information hubs and exhibitions at the
University of the Western Cape informed the youth on scarce
and critical skills. Noting the words of former President Thabo
Mbeki, “We will therefore continue to take all necessary and
possible measures to empower our youth to acquire the
knowledge and skills to achieve a decent standard of living.”
The AgriSETA constantly shares the scarce and critical skills
within the agri sector.
The AgriSETA had the opportunity to support some of the
Minister of Labour’s Imbizo’s.
Exhibitions were attended at the Inzalabantu Sports Field in
KwaZulu-Natal, Kwambonambi Municipality, where a unique
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computer skills training centre, run by people with disabilities,
was boosted when the Minister donated R500 000 towards the
Skills Centre.
Addressing an imbizo of domestic workers in Stellenbosch, the
Minister said, “A general feeling right across the labour market
spectrum had always been that law enforcement was in dire
need of tightening up to curb the rampant workplace injustices.
” Although it was an imbizo for domestic workers, some issues
regarding farm workers were also raised.
At the Eastern Cape Imbizo, held in Keiskamahoek at the Chief
Ngqika’s Palace outside King William Town, the AgriSETA
provided information and career guidance to job-seeking young
people and tertiary students.
“A war on Poverty Campaign” in Taung in the North West
Province, which was part of government’s strategy, was
attended by hundreds of people from the community. The
main objective was to reduce the incidence of poverty, and
information was distributed to those attending. The then
Deputy President, Ms Baleka Mbete, was to address the
community at the Sitting Polar Sports Ground.
The theme of this year’s National Skills Conference was
“Reflection on a decade of skills development in preparing for
the future.” The event was held in Midrand at Gallagher Estate
and thousands who attended listened to the Minister of Labour
when he spoke about about the challenges that lie ahead.
The conference was for invited guests only, but the exhibitions
were free to the public for all to attend. As was the case with
all other SETAs at the event, AgriSETA staff was inundated
with queries.
Mdladlana called for all stakeholders to prepare for
implementation around the new skills landscape once
the legislation has been adopted. “We need extensive
implementation plans so that we can move with speed once
the bill is passed,” said Mdladlana.
Mdladlana urged delegates to focus their deliberations on
drawing up plans to improve the role of skills development in
this country.
“We can still do more to get thousands of young unemployed
people into employment. We can still do more to get our
people out of the poverty cycle. We can still do more to make
South Africa a better country. As we prepare for the future,
I will be watching the reports with keen interest!” Mdladlana
concluded.
The Marketing department also had the opportunity to
spend a day with Country Mushrooms, who had open days
at the Wattlewood Farm and Aalwyne Farm. Various Training
providers and Unions were also invited. Learners shared and
raised their concerns. This was also a good way to motivate
workers who were not attending ABET classes to see the
benefits of their fellow colleagues.
A Talent Champions Day was attended at the British American
Tobacco in Heidelberg, where employees of the company
were informed of skills development within the sector and
NQF changes. The various learnerships, their status and the
way forward were presented. Each division at the company
had the opportunity to do a presentation with questions being
raised from other departments. An award and certification
ceremony was also held.
Information material was requested from the events centres.
This material was highly appreciated by the learners who could
access the displayed information.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Scarce and critical skills information was advertised in various
media to inform stakeholders at a national level. Advertisements
appeared in Die Burger – Landbou, the Agri News/Nuus and The
Farmworker/plaaswerker.
Monthly SETA Cluster meetings are held in the Western
Cape, and are also attended by the AgriSETA Marketing
Department.
These cluster meetings are held for the following reasons:
• To strengthen inter-SETA relationships in the region;
• To adopt a collaborative approach to engaging with
relevant stakeholders in the region; and
• To establish linkages with other provincial initiatives with
a specific focus on skills development and training in
the region.
It is the intention of the SETA cluster to bring on board all
other SETAs. The SETA Cluster, whilst operating as a grouping
to address generic Human Resource Development (HRD)
issues, shall not interfere with the policies and procedures of
each SETA as an individual entity.
The structure of the cluster is as follows:
• The SETA Cluster is an ad hoc body that comprises
SETAs.
• Membership of the SETA Cluster will be exclusive to
SETA staff.
• Members shall appoint alternative members to represent
them on the SETA Cluster.
• Where necessary, delegates shall be appointed to represent
the SETA Cluster with respect to meetings with
stakeholders in the provinces. However, insofar as it is
possible, there shall be representation by all SETAs at
these meetings.
• Other parties will be invited to attend on an ad hoc
basis, but will not be allowed to become members of
the SETA Cluster.
The functions of the cluster are:
• To establish relationships with important stakeholders in
the province, inter alia government departments, the
business sector and organized labour with a view to
enhance skills development and training in the provinces;
• To establish linkages with provincial skills development
initiatives in the provinces;
• To organize speakers to address the cluster on important
developments in the skills development arena; and
• To conduct research where necessary.
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
NATIONAL INFORMATION SESSIONS
The Agriculture Sector Education Training Authority (AgriSETA)
recently held its annual national road shows in eight provinces.
The road shows were attended by 560 stakeholders. It was
an information-sharing session for stakeholders, accredited
training providers and skills development facilitators informing
them of the latest developments and changes. Training
providers were informed of the new Quality Council for Trades
and Occupations that will affect them in the long term. Skills
development facilitators were informed of the completion of
the Workplace Skills Plan and the Annual Training Reports,
which are to be submitted by 30 June 2009.
The Cape Town meeting, which had the highest attendance
figures, was opened by the AgriSETA Chairperson, Mr Jack Van
Dyk. Durban had the honour of hearing Mr Sipho Khumalo,
the Vice-Chairperson. The new Chief Executive Officer, Mr
Jerry Madiba, also attended, meeting majority stakeholders for
the first time and giving them a warm AgriSETA welcome.
The new Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
was explained by the newly appointed Project Manager, Mr
Herman Van Deventer. He is there to assist in preparing
the sectoral structures like the industry captains, community
of expert practitioners and partners to develop occupational
qualifications and assessment models.
This was a good networking session for stakeholders and for the
AgriSETA staff, who were informed on the Skills Development
Amendment Act, passed on 1 December 2008, pertaining to
the QCTO and OFO, as well as the National Qualifications
Framework Act passed on 17 February 2009.
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jerry Madiba, commenced
his duties on 1 October 2008 after the retirement of Mr
Machiel Van Niekerk.
Mr Madiba hails from a small village known as Mmotong wa
Perekisi (Perskebult) outside Polokwane in Limpopo Province.
He started school in Marapyane in the former Bophuthatswana
and from there continued in Limpopo until he graduated with
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a B Agric, HED and B. Ed (Hons) at the then University of the
North (University of Limpopo). He further holds an Honours
and Masters degree (Agric Economics) from the University
of Pretoria and is currently registered for a PhD (Education
Policy Studies) with the same university. He started his
career as a teacher at Harry Oppenheimer Agricultural High
School and taught until he was appointed as Principal and then
later Rector of Tompi Seleka College of Agriculture. He is a
former examiner under the then Department of Education
and Training (DET) and a co-author of Focus in Agriculture, a
Grade 10 book, which is currently being used for the new FET
Curriculum. He was also involved in the process of investigating
and incorporating Colleges of Agriculture either under Further
Education and Training (FET) or Higher Education while working
for the National Department of Agriculture. He then became
involved in coordinating and writing the FET Curriculum for
the Department of Education. He was also previously involved
as Learnership Manager at the former PAETA, which gave
him an opportunity to become involved in many Government
departments. He joined the SETA, coming from the Department
of Agriculture and Science and Technology. His passion is to
expand the mentoring programme for the new land reform
recipients and to see more exports from commercial farmers.
OUTGOING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
After eight years of hard work in the SETA environment, Mr
Machiel Van Nierkerk has retired. Hard work and keeping the
head high of the AgriSETA, Van Niekerk left the AgriSETA at
the end of March. He was asked to stay on and assist with site
visits as well as introducing the incoming CEO, Mr Jerry Madiba,
to the SETA environment and stakeholders of the AgriSETA.
A farewell party was arranged for Mr Van Niekerk and
attended by Board members, the Department of Labour, the
Department of Agriculture, CEOs of SETAs, and staff. We had
the pleasure of hearing from the Department of Labour, which
was represented by Ms Elizabeth Thobejane, who thanked Mr
Van Niekerk.
A themed farewell party, “Around the world in 80 days”, was
chosen as Machiel will be living out his dream by travelling the
world on his boat. We wish him well in his travels and thank
him for bringing the AgriSETA thus far.
 WEBSITE

Electronic communication, namely the website and newsletters, still remained the best contact medium with stakeholders.
The following stats were recorded during the financial year:

WEBSITE HITS

70000

60000

50000

40000

30000

20000

10000

0
Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009
Total number of visitors 13458 17760 16302 12166 10570 11770 12886 9265 8248 10168 12105 13018
Total number of visits 38311 50424 60088 45647 42305 42872 47526 36072 24551 37317 47325 54597

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EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE
INTRODUCTION
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act 58
of 1995 has promulgated the establishment of Education and
Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) bodies of the SETAs and
professional bodies to implement a National Qualifications
Framework (NQF). The team of experts to review the NQF
was appointed in 2001. The aim of the review was to investigate
how the implementation of the NQF could be improved. Some
successes and a number of challenges were noted.
JOINT POLICY STATEMENT
Following the publication of the review findings, the Ministers
of Education and Labour issued a joint policy statement in
October 2007. This document outlined achievements to date
and stressed the fact that South Africa’s NQF is integrated and
includes all sectors and levels of education. The NQF objectives
have received widespread support, and an awareness of the
importance of outcomes-based education has been promoted.
The Ministers also responded to the challenges that had
emerged by agreeing to make provision for the establishment
of three Quality Councils (QCs) to manage three sub-
frameworks - one for Higher Education Qualifications, one
for General and Further Education Qualifications and one for
Occupational Qualifications. These sub-frameworks fall within
a single National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and are
managed in collaboration with the SAQA.
THE QUALITY COUNCIL FOR TRADES AND
OCCUPATIONS (QCTO)
The aspired output of the QCTO is to develop fit-for-purpose
occupational qualifications that will be certificated as National
Occupational Awards or National Skills Certificates. The awards
will name the relevant occupation for which the learner is now
competent to practice. The focus of occupational qualifications
will be the development of occupational competence which,
in turn, contributes to increased employment rates and
productivity. The envisaged structure and functions of the
QCTO reflect a new approach to quality assurance in which
quality assurance permeates all activities and is not seen
as a separate function. This model will also be developed in
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response to appeals to bring qualifications development and
quality assurance ‘under one roof’. The quality assurance of the
learning process for the QCTO’s qualifications can be visualised
as a structure in which the roof is supported by two pillars:
design and development on the one side, and the assessment
of occupational competence on the other.
THE IMPLICATIONS TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM
CURRENT NQF QUALIFICATIONS
The SETA ETQAs are still responsible for the quality assurance
of the delivery of learning programmes, such as learnerships
and skills programmes, which culminate in current NQF
qualifications. The majority of these NQF qualifications have
expired or are about to expire, which creates a gap between
the outgoing NQF qualifications and the introduction of the
new occupational qualifications under the auspices of QCTO.
It is, however, hoped that the spirit of transitional arrangement
will endeavour to put the learners first and minimize disruption
in the best interest of the learning environment.
ACCREDITATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS
Like other SETA ETQA’s, AgriSETA ETQA has accredited a
substantial number of training providers in the sector - just
more than 210. The categories of these providers range from
small to large. The capacities of the small to medium providers
are just enough to provide training limited to skills programmes,
which means offering a group a few unit standards that are
packaged for a specific competencies. Looking at the intensions
of the occupational qualifications, the QCTO model will leave
a little room, if any, to accommodate the small providers.
Primary agriculture is the most affected part of the sector
when it comes to the participation of such small providers,
which offer training in rural areas, community projects, etc.
By and large the accreditation requirements of the new QCTO
architecture will put emphasis on the capacity of providers to
offer occupational outcomes, the ability to manage curricular for
the said occupation(s), and the ability to deliver on assessment
and moderation of such occupation(s). The following graph
attempts to depict the diminishing number of training providers
as the QCTO matures in years in the learning environment.
The graph also illustrates that the remaining number will be AgriSETA ETQA’S POSITION:
in categories such as agricultural colleges, FET colleges with NEW ARCHITECTURE
agricultural bias and workplace providers.
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR QCTO

200
The process of developing occupational curricula, new

150 occupational qualifications and assessment has been prioritized

to minimize the possibility of the gap between outgoing NQF
100 qualifications and the introduction of the new occupational
qualifications. The process of identifying teams that consist
50 of industry captains has also begun. This process will run
parallel with the preparation of workplaces for the experiential
0
2010 2011 2010 2013 component of the prospective occupation(s). The immediate
step after curriculum development will be to identify the
Number of providers partners in developing an assessment model for such curricula,
which will mainly focus on:

• Providing inputs to development of Qualification

FUTURE ROLES OF THE ETQA’S
Assessment Specification;
The roles of the 23 SETA ETQAs plus professional bodies,
which are currently operating under the auspices of the SAQA • Setting a national standard - National bank of assessment
Act, will be refined in line with the amendments of the Act. tasks, instruments;
The new roles for the ETQAs as envisaged in the new model • Establishing assessment centres / sites;
will focus on:
• Registering constituent assessors; and
• Registering learning programmes to meet sector needs;
• Monitoring and auditing assessment sites and conducting
• Monitoring quality-of-learning programme external moderation.
implementation;

• Focusing on work experience for learners;

ETQA CAPACITY: THE STAFFING
• Engaging employers about quality issues;

• Identifying and interacting with key role players and
stakeholders;
• Supporting occupational curriculum and qualification
development; and
• Performing Quality Partner functions for selected
occupations where nominated.
Looking at the roles to be played by the ETQAs in the new
model, one realizes that they are far more demanding than
before: more hands will be required to participate in the
development of the curriculum; playing the role of partners
in the assessment of occupations across the sector; quality
assuring workplace experiential learning places; establishing
assessment centres, etc. The chances of successfully discharging
these responsibilities effectively and efficiently as required by
the new model without adding to the ETQA personnel will be
near impossible.

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EDUCATION TRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE

THE STRIDES registration of assessors and moderators. The AgriSETA ETQA

The ETQA has embarked on a road show to engage the
stakeholders and to keep them abreast of changes in the system.
The road shows started at the end of February and lasted
until the end of March 2009. All the AgriSETA departments,
provincial departments of agriculture, labour, correctional
services and the premiers’ offices were invited to participate in
the road shows. There was a good turnover of the invitees, and
the expectations of the road show were met.
TRAINING PROVIDER FORUMS
A good training provider structure in the form of provincial
forums, unarguably will be critical in easing the lives of training
providers in the new QCTO model in terms of positioning
themselves in the new landscapes. These outputs can be
achieved by:
• Strengthening the providers’ forums;
• Establishing the assessors’ and moderators’ forums;
has procured the services of the service providers to assist the
SETA with the desktop evaluation of learning material, which is
submitted by the training providers and extends their scope of
cover or the accreditation process.
QCTO AND OFO PROJECT MANAGER
A project manager was appointed to manage the transitional
arrangements in terms of introducing the QCTO and OFO
to AgriSETA. The key output for this manager is to assist in
preparing the sectoral structures such as industry captains, and
a community of expert practitioners and partners to develop
occupational qualifications and an assessment model.
ETQA Committee
Mr Riaan Gerritzen Vrystaat Koöperasie Beperk (VKB)
(Chairperson)
Mr Mbu Jolisa Food and General Workers Union
(FGWU) (Vice Chairperson)

• Sharing of best practice amongst the providers; Mr Phillip Mokwena Food and Allied Workers Union
(FAWU)
• Investing more in the new system; and Prof Daan Prinsloo Transvaal Agricultural Union of
• Align ourselves to occupations rather than individual South Africa
qualification(s).

Quality Assurance Department

MONITORS Mr Fanny Phetla Quality Assurance Manager
Mr Dominicus Quality Control Coordinator:
In order to extend the arm of the ETQA, function monitors, Yotwana Accreditation
who will be assisting in identifying workplaces for experiential Ms Gloria Ntoule Quality Control Admin Assistant:
components of the occupation(s) have been commissioned. Accreditation
Their services have also been extended to cover the needs Ms Rita De Bruyn Assessor/ Moderator
of Skills Planning and Delivery departments. The monitors are Administrator
contracted until 2010. Ms Minah Matloa Quality Control Admin Assistant:
Monitoring
Mr Herman van QCTO Project Manager
EVALUATORS Deventer

While investing more efforts in the new NQF landscapes, the

ETQAs are still required to maintain the SAQA compliance
in terms of the accreditation of training providers and the

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LEARNERSHIPS

During the course of the financial year 2008-2009, a total of 43 Learnership Projects were approved. Learnership Projects refer to
an application received from an employer or project and might involve more than one company.

2008-2009 Learnerships: Approved Projects (LS-Table .1)

Employed Unemployed
Sponsored Total
Qualification Learners Learners Amount
Companies Learners
(18.1) (18.2)
1 Agri Machinery [Level 3] 2 0 2 R 28 500.00
1 Agri Sales 0 20 20 R 498 000.00
2 Animal Production [Level 1 & 4] 0 120 120 R 1 469 700.00
3 Business Management [Level 4] 5 1 6 R 96 150.00
2 Grain Processes [Level1-5] 30 46 76 R 1 572 900.00
14 Horticulture [Level 1] 117 12 129 R 1 598 490.00
1 Meat Processing [Level 3] 3 0 3 R 37 500.00
2 Mixed Farming [Level 1-2] 50 0 50 R 525 000.00
16 Plant Production [Level 1-4] 121 30 151 R 1 993 770.00
1 Wine Processing 2 0 2 R 28 500.00
43 Totals 330 229 559 R 7 848 510.00

The table above shows:

During 2008-2009, the AgriSETA sponsored 43 employer companies /farms by allocating learnerships. These learnerships included a
total of 559 learners of whom 330 were employed learners and 229 unemployed learners. The majority of learners are enrolled in the
Learnership: Plant Production (ranging from Level 1 – 4), the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture at Level 1, and the Learnership:
Animal Production at Level 1 and 4.

Of the total of 43 companies / farms, 14 presented the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture, whilst 16 presented the Learnership:
Plant Production. It should be noted that one of the two contracts was concluded with a single institution to present the Learnership:
Animal Production, but that the allocation benefitted various employers.

The total sponsored number of learners is 559 of which the highest number of learners, namely 151 learners, are enrolled in
the Learnership in Plant Production, ranging from Levels 1 – 4 [the employed learners are 121 and the unemployed learners are 30].
A number of 129 learners are enrolled in the Learnership: Ornamental Horticulture, Level 1 [the employed learners are 117 and
the unemployed learners are 12]. It is a pity that only six learners were enrolled in Business Management [Level 4] as this has been
identified as one of the Scarce and Critical Skills within Agriculture.

A total amount of R7 848 510-00 was allocated to the 2008-2009 learnership projects. The highest amount was allocated to the
Learnership in Plant Production. It is interesting that the second highest amount of R1 598 490-00 is allocated to Learnerships in
Ornamental Horticulture on the entrance level, i.e. Level 1.

We will explore more information on LS-Table.1 in the following graphs which will visually reflect our 2008-2009 activity on
learnership projects.

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Distribution of Employed and Unemployed Learners per Learnership.

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In primary agriculture there are four learnerships of which 288 learners are employed and 162 learners are unemployed, totaling
450 learners (81% of the approved projects). The learnerships are:

• Animal production compiled of only 120 unemployed learners.

• Horticulture compiled of 117 employed learners and 12 unemployed learners.

• Mixed farming systems compiled of only 50 employed learners.

• Plant production compiled of 121 employed learners and 30 unemployed learners.

In secondary agriculture there are four learnerships of which 35 learners are employed and 66 learners are unemployed, totaling
101 learners (18% of the approved projects). The learnerships are:

• Agri Machinery Technician compiled of only two employed learners.

• Agri Sales and Services compiled of only 20 unemployed learners.

• Grain processing compiled of 30 employed learners and 46 unemployed learners.

• Meat processing compiled of only three employed learners.

Learners have been enrolled in two learnerships, which are not within the scope of the AgriSETA, but are registered with other
SETAs. Of the total of 8 learners, 7 are employed learners and 1 is an unemployed learner (1% of the approved project). These
learnerships are:

• Business Management compiled of 5 employed learners and 1 unemployed learner.

• Wine processing compiled of only 2 employed learners.

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 Distribution of Funds per Learnership (LS-Table .1)

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The graph above reflects the distribution of funds per learnership. A total amount allocated to the four learnerships in primary
agriculture is R5 586 960-00 (71% of the approved amount). The allocation per learnership is:

• Animal production allocation is R 1 469 700-00.

• Horticulture allocation is R 1 598 490-00.

• Mixed farming systems allocation is R 525 000-00.

• Plant production allocation is R 1 993 770-00.

A total amount allocated to the four learnerships in primary agriculture is R2 136 900-00 (27% of the approved amount).
The allocation per learnership is:

• Agri Machinery Technician allocation is R 28 500-00.

• Agri Sales and Services allocation is R 498 000-00.

• Grain processing allocation is R 1 572 900-00.

• Meat processing allocation is R 37 500-00.

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A total amount of R124 650-00 (2% of the approved amount) was allocated to the two learnerships registered with other SETAs. The
allocation per learnership is:

• Business Management allocation is R 96 150-00.

• Wine processing allocation is R 28 500-00.

It should also be mentioned that a total number of 72 learners have been enrolled in learnerships that are not funded by the
AgriSETA. These learners are registered through the normal process and although not funded by the SETA, they will receive the
same benefits (i.e. accumulation of credits on the National Learner Record Database (NLRD) at SAQA and certification by the
AgriSETA) than those learners funded by the AgriSETA.

The table below summarizes the above allocation of funds. (LS-Table .2)

2008-2009 LEARNERSHIPS Vs Allocations

Learnerships Registered Learnerships registered Learnerships Registered Learnerships registered Learnerships with
by AgriSETA by AgriSETA with by AgriSETA without by other SETAs with allocations
allocations allocations allocations
91 15 72 2 17
Allocated Amount R 7 723 860.00 R 124 650.00 R 7 848 510.00

Learnerships Registered by the AgriSETA for 2008-2009: (LS-Table .2)

100
91
90

80 76
70

60

50

40

30

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AgriSETA AgriSETA AgriSETA MOU’s Total
Registered Allocated Unallocated Learnerships Allocated
Learnerships Learnerships Learnerships Learnerships

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AgriSETA registered 91 learnerships with the Department of Labour (DoL) of which only 15 learnerships are active in the 2008-
2009 allocation. Two learnerships are registered by other SETAs, namely the learnership Wine Processing, which is registered by
FoodBEV, and the learnership Business Administration, which is registered by FASSET. Both learnerships are at the entry level. All
active learneships, both AgriSETAs and other ETQAs, total 17.

The table below reflects the registered qualification (by AgriSETA) against registered learnerships per level.

Levels Qualification Learnership

Level 1 9 13
Level 2 21 26
Level 3 19 21
Level 4 22 25
Level 5 10 6
Level 6 1 0
Totals 82 91

Skills Programmes

Skills Programmes have been well supported during the course of the financial year 2008-2009 as a mechanism to fund skills
development in the sector. All Skills Programmes entail skills development based on Unit Standards which are registered by SAQA.
Furthermore, all unit standards leads to a qualification and credits could be obtained towards such a qualification. The table below
reflects the allocation for Skills Programmes during the course of the 2008 / 2009 financial year.

2008-2009 Allocated Skills Programmes (SP-Table .1)

Learner Status Number of Learners Amount

Employed 1485 R 1 892 197.50
Unemployed 1221 R 2 467 597.50
Totals 2706 R 4 359 795.00
Total Companies / Projects 66
Total Unit Standards 106

A total number of 2 706 learners were enrolled in Skills Programmes of which 1 485 were employed learners and 1 221 unemployed
learners. In terms of Skills Programmes a total of 66 companies / projects were supported by AgriSETA during the financial period
2008-2009. It is interesting to note that only 106 unit standards were selected for the provision of skills programmes.

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The distribution is reflected in the graph below.

Distribution of Skills Programmes according to employed and unemployed learners as well as companies and unit
standards (SP-Table .1)

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Employed Unemployed Total Companies Total Unit Standards

Allocation of funds according to employed and unemployed learners. (SP-Table .1)

R 2 500 000.00 An amount of R 2 467 597 was allocated

to unemployed learners, whilst an amount
R 2 000 000.00
of R 1 892 197 was allocated to employed
R 1 500 000.00 learners. It should be noted that the
NSDS target regarding employed learners
R 1 000 000.00 was achieved despite the fact that more
unemployed learners were trained in
R 500 000.00
skills programmes. This has been due to
much need expressed to the Land Reform
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Employed Unemployed recipients.

SKILLS DELIVERY DEPARTMENT

Thanks to all who participated in skills development through the rest of the 2008-2009 financial year.

Learnership and Skills Programmes

• The Skills Delivery Department develops Learnerships and Skills Programmes for employed and unemployed learners.

• The Skills Delivery Department has made an outstanding improvement with the allocation and implementation of Learnerships
and Skills Programmes on an allocated little budget.

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 The Learnership Committee
Ms Pulane Maine Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) (Chairperson)
Ms Adele Van Den Berg Solidarity (Vice-Chairperson)
Mr Len Hansen Astral Operations Ltd
Mr Otto Mbangula National African Farmers Union (NAFU)
Dr Di Goodwin SA Green Industry Council (SAGIC)

Skills Delivery Personnel

Ms Thobile Muthwa Skills Delivery Coordinator
Mr Koos Sihlangu Learnership Administrator
Ms Bronwynn Oosthuizen Skills Delivery Administrator

SKILLS PLANNING

SKILLS PLANNING FUNCTION

As in the past, the SETA met with the requirement to submit its annual update of the Sector Skills Plan (SSP) on the due date of 31
August 2008 for the 2009/10 financial year. This update was approved by the Department of Labour as submitted. For the first
year the data on scarce and critical skills were uploaded electronically on the Department of Labour Employment Services for South
Africa (ESSA) system. This will enable the Department to better interact with unemployed and the Department of Home Affairs
with regards to scarce skills.

In order to update the SSP, the SETA engaged in extensive stakeholder participation. Prior to the update of the SSP (in essence the
chapter that concerns itself with scarce and critical skills) a plenary meeting of all 12 Sub- Sector Committees were called, and during
a one-day workshop, each sub-sector within the demarcation of the AgriSETA made inputs, which were edited and recorded in the
SSP update. Changes from the previous year were negligible and therefore no further costs were incurred to design and print a new
scarce skills guide – the previous guide was widely re-printed and distributed.

Linked to the above is the task of the Skills Planning Department to communicate to stakeholders with regards to scarce skills. This
was extensively done by means of the following:

• Participating in the annual AgriSETA Conference held on 22 October 2008 which was attended by 150 stakeholders.

• Throughout the year Sub-Sector Committee (SSC) meetings are held during which each sub-sector within the demarcation
of AgriSETA is given an opportunity to interact with the staff of the Skills Planning Department.

• During the month of March, a road show was completed, covering eight provinces and reaching in excess of 560 stakeholders.

Projects within the Skills Planning Department

Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET)

ABET is a long-term intervention of the AgriSETA. This is mainly due to the generally low levels of education in the agricultural
sector. ABET is delivered in two modes of instruction. The first, which is also the larger component of ABET, is a mode for which a
computer-based system is used to assist learners in mastering a language and numeracy. The second is normal class-room instruction
for those who prefer not to use the computer-based system or who do not have the infrastructure to accommodate computers.

Annually, an amount of approximately R10 million is invested in ABET. During the past financial year, 2 826 learners registered for
at least one subject at a given level.

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ABET remains a challenge. The question continually asked is whether it really forms part of the core task of a SETA to be responsible
for the literacy and numeracy of workers. Delivery also remains a problem: learners tend to complete one level and do so only for
literacy. Learners shy away from the higher levels of ABET and numeracy. This causes a dilemma, as learners are only recognized as
“completed” once they have completed both learning areas (literacy and numeracy) at a certain level.

The ABET issue is shared by most SETAs and the Department of Labour has taken note. It is hoped that the next NSDS strategy,
which will commence on 1 April 2010, will take a fresh look at ABET and SETAs’ role in it.

Bursaries, Internships, Workplace Experience and Apprenticeships (BIWA).

Bursaries, internships, workplace experience and apprenticeships focus directly on eradicating scarce skills in the sector. Allocations
against planned for the past financial year was as follows:

LEARNING TYPE PLANNED FOR 2008/09 ACTUAL FOR 2008/09

Bursaries 55 150
Internships 100 161
Workplace experience 50 61
Apprenticeships 50 104

The BIWA project is highly successful with a high completion and placement rate. AgriSETA is particularly proud of its participation
in the national apprenticeship initiative – the extent to which our enterprises are taking in apprentices is overwhelming and an
indication of the scarcity of qualified artisans in South Africa.

During the financial year the NSF approved an application whereby they will co-fund the training of 227 apprentices (NSF contribution
R8 172 million and AgriSETA R9 587 million). Due to the delay in the approval from the NSF, AgriSETA commenced with the project
and as from April 2009 the NSF contribution will be activated.

Skills Planning Committee

Dr Di Goodwin SA Green Industry Council
Dr Gerhard Neethling Red Meat Abattoir Association (RMAA)
Mr Eliasa Mahlo National African Farmers Union (NAFU)
Mr Katishi Masemola Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
Mr Pieter Dirks Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
Mr Themba Machi South African General Workers Union (SAGAWU)

Skills Planning Department

Mr Johann Engelbrecht Skills Planning Manager
Ms Johannah Masombuka Skills Reporting Coordinator
Ms Marissa Kok ABET Administrator
Ms Shereen Wentzel Data Capturer
Ms Ina du Preez Data Capturer
Mr Theuns Henning Skills Planning Admin Manager
Ms Amandie Gerber Grants Coordinator
Ms Racquel Bergman Grants Assistant
Ms Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
Ms Cynthia Nkabinde Surplus Project Administrator

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Objective 1:
Prioritising and communicating critical skills for sustainable growth, development and equity.

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/ VARIANCE

INDICATOR COMPLIANCE
Success Indicator 1.1
Skills development supports national and Timeous design and Submitted by 31 August None
sectoral growth, development and equity delivery of the SSP and it 2008
priorities annual updating
Success Indicator 1.2
Information on critical skills is widely Annual Guide with SETA 620 177% achievement
available to learners. Impact of information, focusing on Large national roadshow
information dissemination researched, scarce skills in eight provinces. Well
measured and communicated in terms of attended.
rising entry, completion and placement of Annually train 350 Skills
learners Development Facilitators
(SDF’s) country wide

Objective 2:
Promoting and accelerating quality training for all at the workplace.

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/ VARIANCE

INDICATOR COMPLIANCE
Success Indicator 2.1
Large and medium firms employment 218 large firms 228 Large 105% achievement on
equity targets are supported by skills (150 + employees) and large
development. Impact on overall equity 448 medium (50 -149 360 Medium Complied
profile assessed. employees) to receive
mandatory grants 80% achievement on
medium. Medium firms
reluctant to submit WSP/
ATR. Annual roadshow
in March 2009 will
positively impact as focus
was on WSP/ATRs
Success Indicator 2.2
Skills development is supported in at least 980 small enterprises to 592 60% achievement on small
40% of small levy paying firms and the receive financial support
impact of the support is measured Sector has simply too
many small enterprises to
be served with AgriSETA
limited funding

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Objective 2: (continues)
Promoting and accelerating quality training for all at the workplace.

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/ VARIANCE

INDICATOR COMPLIANCE
Success Indicator 2.5
Annually increase in the number of 20 21 105% achievement
small BEE firms and BEE co-operatives is Complied
supported through skills development.

Progress measured through an annual

survey of BEE firms and BEE co-operatives
within the sector from the 2nd year
onward. Impact of support measured
Success Indicator 2.7
Number of workers have achieved at least The target for 2008/2009 60% achieved
ABET Level 4 is ABET consistently
4 700 learners to enroll 2810 difficult to obtain adults
on any ABET Level to participate in learning
which is mostly after
hours and on weekends.
Success Indicator 2.8
Number of workers assisted to enter Assisting employed 202% achievement
and at least 50% successfully complete workers on learning
programmes, including learnerships and programmes. Employed workers are
apprenticeships, leading to basic entry, a focus of AgriSETA
intermediate and high level scarce skills. The target for 2008/09 is and surplus funds are
1660 learners 3338 continuously moved to
Impact of assistance measured. this area.

Objective 3:
Promoting employability and sustainable livelihoods through skills development

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/ VARIANCE

INDICATOR COMPLIANCE
Success Indicator 3.2
At least 2 000 non-levy paying enterprises, 20 NGO’s, CBO’s 158 790% achievement
NGO’s and CBO’s and community based or other non-paying
co-operatives are supported by skills enterprises assisted with Unexpected large scale
development skills development intervention by a large
Agric Coop which
Impact of support on sustainability enabled AgriSETA to
measured with a targeted 75% success exceed this target.
rate

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Objective 4:
Assisting designated groups, including new entrants to participate in accredited work – integrated learning and work-based
programmes to acquire critical skills to enter the labour market and self-employment

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/ VARIANCE

INDICATOR COMPLIANCE
Success Indicator 4.1
Number of unemployed people assisted 650 learners from the 3381 520% achievement.
to enter and at least 50% successfully unemployed sector
complete programmes, including supported via learning As for 2.8, excess funds
learnerships and apprenticeships, leading programmes are focused in this area
to basic entry, intermediate and high in order to assist mainly
level scarce skills. Impact of assistance under-resourced farmers
measured.
Success Indicator 4.2
Number of young students in sector 50 unemployed learners 61 122% achievement
relevant programmes from FET and exposed to Critical Skills Employers are starting to
HET institutions assisted to gain work Programmes engage with workplace
experience, of whom at least 70% experience on a much
successfully find placement. larger scale than in the
past as benefits of this
programme becomes
clear.
Success Indicator 4.3
Number of young people trained and 50 persons exposed to 21 42% achievement
mentored to form sustainable new new ventures
ventures and at least 70% of new ventures Although 50 NVC
in operation 12 months after completion learners were allocated to
of programme a provider in Mpumalanga,
only 21 could be recruited
by end of year. A further
30 have subsequently
been registered but only
in the new financial year
(May 2009)

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SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Objective 5:
Improving the quality and relevance of provision

NSDS SUCCESS AGRISETA TARGET PROGRESS/COMPLIANCE VARIANCE

INDICATOR
Success Indicator 5.1
SETA recognises and supports 2 ISOE’s supported 2 100% achievement
at least 5 Institutes of Sectoral Complied.
or Occupational Excellence Over the five years a total of
(ISOE) within public or private 5 ISOEs have been recognized
institutions and through the – which was AgriSETAs five
Public Private Partnerships year target.
(PPP’s) where appropriate.
These are spread as widely
as possible so that people
can attain identified critical
occupations skills whose
excellence is measured in
terms of the number of
learners successfully placed
in the sector and employer
satisfaction ratings of their
training.
Success Indicator 5.2
Each province has at least Support 0 provincial providers 0 AgriSETA set no target for
2 accredited provider to deliver new venture NVC providers as it utilizes
institutions to manage the creation already recognized NVC
delivery of the new venture providers.
creation qualification.

70% of new ventures still

operating after 12 months will
be used as a measure of the
institutions success.
Success Indicator 5.3
Measurable improvements in Outcome of annual SAQA Performed at 61% level of
quality of services delivered by audit. Maximum possible ideal.
skills development institutions score: 3 1.83
and those responsible for the
implementation of the NQF

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 MANDATORY GRANTS PAYMENTS

AgriSETA had 16 633 employers registered in terms of the Presentations were done by Ms Amandie Gerber, the Grants
Skills Development Act for the 2008/2009 financial year. Coordinator. Questions were asked with regard to the new
format of the Mandatory Grant, which included the Organizing
Of the 16 633 registered employers, 4 258 employers paid the Framework for Occupations. These questions were well
skills development levy. The total amount received in levies answered in the various sections where they are applicable.
for the twelve-month period relating to the 2008/2009 financial After the explanation and clarification of the new template
year as at 31 March 2009 was R 142 607 million. for submission, the department expects to receive more
submissions from the WSP and ATRs.
Of the 4 258 levy-paying employers, 1 680 applications for
mandatory grants were received by 30 June 2008, of which Mandatory Grants Department
1 248 were paid the Mandatory Grant. The main reason for
not paying the Mandatory Grant to employers who submitted Name Position
an application was mainly first-time submissions and rejections Ms Amandie Gerber Grants Coordinator
due to insufficient detail and/or proof of training or exemption. Ms Racquel Bergman Grants Assistant
The total amount paid to mandatory grants in 2008/2009 was Ms Lulu Engelbrecht Grants Assistant
R62, 466 million. This also included payment made with regard
to prior-year levies received. The mandatory grant payout
percentage was 73% and related to levies received for the
scheme year 2008/2009.

The AgriSETA national information and training session was

held in eight provinces in March 2009 with the focus on the
submission of annual training reports (ATR) and workplace
skills plans (WSP) to improve the quality and quantity of future
Mandatory Grant submissions.

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