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Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th century? Or that South Africa became integrated into a global trading system only after 1652?
News Update
The named Panel Chair of the Selection and Evaluation Panel denies being part of the panel.
Advocate Terry Motau has issued a statement denying membership of the S&E panel, and stating that he advised the Minister of his unavailability to chair the panel, and was never part of the panel activities.
The next step rests with the Portfolio Committee, the DA member is reported to have lodged a complaint with the Ethics Committee that the Minister mislead the Parliamentary Committee.
Original article
5 June 2025 Update on this post.
At a further meeting on Wednesday 4 June, 2025 the Parliamentary Committee on Higher Education members agreed to send a letter to DHET Minister Nkabane requesting the names of the panel members, who were responsible for conducting the review of over 500 applications for Chairpersons of the 21 SETAs, in order to present a shortlist of appointments to the Minister.
The Meeting Agenda
Under the programme banner of Women in Solidarity, attendance at the first day meeting was either in person at Lagoon Beach, Cape Town, or online. Either form of attendance would have generated a similar gamut of emotion. There was pride in the identification of South Africa as being eminently suitable as the country host for this year, given South Africa’s own legacy of emerging from struggle, the spirit of ubuntu, and using the metaphor of emerging through fog – with a wish for attendees to “stay with us next year – no matter what”.
Coal fired power stations produce 85% of South Africa’s electricity, making the country the biggest producer of harmful greenhouse-gas emissions in Africa.
South Africa is immersed in a “just energy transition” from a fossil fuel-based energy system to a cleaner, low-carbon energy system. This new system will be based primarily on renewable energy, such as solar, wind and green hydrogen.
Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of the country’s energy mix. Three years later, the court ruled that the government’s new coal plans were unlawful, invalid, and against the country’s constitution. Therefore, these plans cannot go ahead.
South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy will affect over 100,000 workers in coal mining and coal-fired power generation – and their families.
The persistent challenge of falsified or misrepresented qualifications in South Africa exposes serious shortcomings in recruitment and appointment processes. Although the scale of the problem is difficult to quantify, it’s considered to be reaching “pandemic” levels.
South Africa’s goal since 2012 has been to build a capable and developmental state to address the twin challenges of poverty and inequality. The country’s National Development Plan defines a capable state as “well-run and effectively coordinated state institutions with skilled public servants”. A transformative and developmental role is about “consistently delivering high quality services” for the good of society.
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