PARLIAMENTARY PRESENTATION

1. PARLIAMENTARY PRESENTATION August 2013

2. VISION, MISSION AND VALUES • VISION • A competent, health and safety orientated mining and minerals workforce • MISSION • Ensure that the mining and minerals sector has sufficient competent • people who will improve health and safety, employment equity and • increase productivity standards • VALUES • Continuous Learning • Empowerment • Professionalism • Honesty and Mutual Respect • Service Excellence

3. MQA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • 1. Transformation • Ensuring sufficient skills and competencies for HDSAs • 2. Decision making through Research • Strengthening and improvement of the research function to support decision making • 3. Enhance Knowledge and Information Management • Ensures continuous tracking, monitoring and establishment of effective systems • 4. Core Skills Development Programmes aligned with Sector • Qualifications • Mining sector employees have the necessary competencies required in specific occupations • 5. Enhance the monitoring, evaluation, review, delivery capacity and • quality of skills development • Ensuring delivery of quality programmes • 6. Efficient, effective and transparent corporate governance system • with the legal framework • Streamline internal business processes to meet the strategic objectives

4. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2012-13 & 2013-14 PROJECTIONS • We received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General in 2012-13. • In spite the challenges in the mines, skills levy income continues to increase • Interest on bank accounts is expected to decrease from R25m toR22m in 2013-14. • Our discretionary grants expenditure budget is expected to increase from R302m to R604m (new regulations 50%) • 89% mandatory grants levy income was claimed in 2012-13. Our projections are 90% for 2013-14 • Of the total levy discretionary fund contributions received, 148% discretionary grants were disbursed in 2012-13. Projections are that 128% will be disbursed in 2013-14.

5. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 2012-13 & 2013-14 BUDGET

6. CURRENT TARGETS AND PROGRESS TO DATE

7. CURRENT TARGETS AND PROGRESS TO DATE

8. CURRENT TARGETS AND PROGRESS TO DATE

9. HEI PARTNERSHIPS • The MQA has formed partnerships with the following HEIs to develop Historically Disadvantaged South Africans as lecturers: • - Unisa • - University of Witwatersrand • - University of Johannesburg • - University of Venda • - University of Fort Hare • - Rhodes University • -University of Pretoria • - University of Limpopo • - University of Cape Town

10. HEI PARTNERSHIPS • In addition the MQA has signed a service level agreement with the University of Pretoria for them to conduct the review of the SSP. Incorporated herein are the WSP/ATR analysis, the skills trend analysis in the sector and the identification of scarce and critical skills. • The University of Johannesburg is also conducting a study on the reasons for poor results for the Government Certificates of Competence and proposing an improved competency model. • Wits CSMI has been utilised for the training of the DMR Inspectorate. • SLAs are signed with various Universities, Universities of Technology and Further Education and Training Colleges to provide bursar support.

11. FET COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS • MQA signed six (6) MOUs have been signed to host MQA in the colleges as indicated in the table below. • In addition to this SLAs are in place with 3 FET Colleges for the training of FET lecturers. • Further SLAs are in place to finalise the training of NCV Level 4 learners to achieve artisan status. • The MQA has accredited the College of Cape Town as a trade test centre for the Goldsmith qualifications. • RURAL DEVELOPMENT • The establishment of partnerships with FET colleges addresses the development of youth in rural communities and townships.

12. FET PARTNERSHIPS ANDREGIONAL EXPANSION Regional offices established:

13. PLANS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH AND EMPLOYED • UNEMPLOYED YOUTH • 90% of MQA projects are targeting youth development e.g. bursars, Artisans, Learnerships, Internships. • EMPLOYED • The MQA has implemented an Artisan Aide/ RPL project targeting the development of current Employees towards the achievement of Artisan and non-Artisan programmes • NEW VENTURE CREATION • MQA’s mineral beneficiation project targets the development of Youth in entrepreneurship skills to enable them to establish sustainable businesses e.g. Jewelry and Diamond processing.

14. NEW INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES • ESTABLISHEMENT OF MONITORING & EVALUATION UNIT • This unit has contributed to the evaluation and tracking of all MQA projects so that value for money is obtained on services rendered to stakeholders. • Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is developed to ensure value for money and impact of MQA programmes. • ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE REVIEW AND CAPACITATION • Review of the organisational structure to ensure quality and capacitation of key departments such as SCM, M&E, Regions and HR. • SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT • Centralisation of SCM processes to ensure efficiencies, prevent fraud and corruption and improve the BBBEE spend.

15. THANK YOU ! Ndiyabonga! Ndiyabulela! Ngiyabonga! Ke a leboga! Ke yaleboga! Ke a leboha! Ndikhou livhuha! Ngiyathokoza! Dankie! Inkomu!