Dear Valued Stakeholders

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, published the draft SETA Regulations regarding monies received by Sector Education and Training Authorities and related matters (SETA Grant Regulations) in the Government Gazette number 47926 on 27 January 2023, for public comments. Please find attached the draft Regulations or click here to download.

Stakeholders are invited to submit public comments by Friday, 17 February 2023. Any interested persons and organisations are invited to comment on the Regulations in writing and to direct their comments to:

The Director-General, Private Bag X174, Pretoria, 0001, for attention: Mrs N Gumbi and Gumbi.N@dhet.gov.za

Kindly provide the name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the person or organisation submitting the documents.

Kind Regards

CATHSSETA Communications and Branding

CATHSSETA invites all stakeholders, including levy-paying employers, non-levy-paying employers, labour organisations, training providers, SMMEs, NGOs, CBOs and Institutions of higher learning to an information-sharing session. The purpose of the workshops will be to provide stakeholders with relevant information that will assist during the application period for the window that opened on 21 November 2022.

The workshops will be divided into 2 sessions, covering the following:

SESSION 1 – Discretionary Grant overview:

• CATHSSETA overview
• Discretionary Grant application process and guidelines
• The supporting documents related to the funding

SESSION 2 – CATHSSETA Integrated Management system (CIMS) training

• SDF registration demonstration
• Discretionary Grant application submission demonstration

Dates for the workshops are as follows:

Province	City	Dates	The due date for workshop registration
Gauteng	Midrand	10-Jan-23	15 December 2022
Eastern Cape	Mthatha	11-Jan-23	15 December 2022
Mpumalanga	Nelspruit	13-Jan-23	15 December 2022
Eastern Cape	East London	13-Jan-23	15 December 2022
Limpopo	Polokwane	16-Jan-23	06 January 2023
Kwa-Zulu Natal	Durban Richards Bay	16-Jan-23 17-Jan-23	06 January 2023
Northern Cape	Kuruman	18-Jan-23	06 January 2023
Nort West	Rustenburg	20-Jan-22	06 January 2023
Northern Cape	Kimberley	20-Jan-22	06 January 2023
Free State	Bloemfontein	24-Jan-22	13 January 2023
Western Cape	Cape Town George	24-Jan-23 26-Jan-23	13 January 2023

To secure your space virtually or in person, please complete the Delegation Registration Form and email it to the following CATHSSETA email address, dg@cathsseta.org.za. Please note that there is limited space available for physical attendance.

To have access to the DG presentation, please click here to download

To access the CIMS system please click here CIMS

For more information about the DG applications, click here 2023/24 CATHSSETA DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) will be hosting the send-off lunch at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre in Kempton Park at 13h00 today, 07 October 2022 in honour of the two (2) students who will be competing in the World Skills International Competition for 2022. The competitions are taking place in eight (8) countries in Europe, starting from 01 October until the end of November 2022.

The two (2) participants being supported by the CATHSSETA are Ms Chuene Daivy Ramphele from Waterberg Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College, who will be competing in the Cooking category and Mr Yanga Jili from Ekurhuleni West TVET College, who will compete in the Restaurant Services category from 17-26 October 2022 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The 2022 Special Edition (WSC2022SE) will see over 1,100 competitors from 57 countries and regions participate in 61 skills which will be held between October and November 2022. In the past event competitions held every two (2) years, the South African delegation was led by the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Honourable Dr Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande, supported by the Deputy Minister, Honourable Mr Buti Manamela. This year’s competition was initially scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, however, the venue was changed and spread into eight (8) countries and 16 cities in Europe due to the continued spread of Covid-19 infections. Administratively, the Department of Higher Education and Training’s World Skills South Africa (WSZA) Directorate is responsible for the coordination of the World Skills activities throughout the years as this is not an event but a programme that the Minister has institutionalised. In between the international competitions, the WSZA mobilise all stakeholders and encourage them to identify competitors and start

preparing them a year in advance to ensure that they are ready when the actual competitions take place.

Furthermore, South Africa under the auspices of the World Skills South Africa (WSZA) will participate in 29 different skills to which will be hosted in 9 different countries. On 28 September 2022, WSZA hosted an official send-off ceremony where all the competitors and national experts/trainers were in attendance and committed to bringing some medals back home. The CATHSSETA CEO, Mr Marks Thibela, delivered a message of support to the competing team on behalf of all the participating SETAs and encouraged them to go all out and showcase their potential.

CATHSSETA saw it befitting to host its own send-off lunch in honour of the two participants who will compete in the cooking and restaurant services skills categories. This initiative is aimed at showing support to the competitors that the SETA was fully behind them providing them and also boost their confidence levels. Over and above this luncheon, CATHSSETA will also send representatives to Switzerland to support the competitors and their trainers, from the day of the official opening ceremony until the closing. The representatives include the Board Chairperson, CEO, and Executive Manager: Learning Programmes.

Lastly, the CATHSSETA pride itself on having decided to provide financial support for the first time, to the World Skills Competitions, although we never knew at the time that there will be competitors at the international level. We wish the competitors the best of luck and hope they will bring medals.