A way forward, and very positive, but it's also a time to show support, and to continue to show support until the reactionaries have been seen off..
VC On 9 May 2011 20:48, <[email protected]> wrote: > Now a way forward > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 10 May 2011 06:58:17 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Setas endorse Nzimande’s new vi sion > > > [image: Business Day] > > > *Setas endorse Nzimande’s ‘new vision’ * > > > *Sue Blaine, Business Day, Johannesburg, 10 May 2011* > > HIGHER Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and SA’s 21 sectoral > education and training authorities (Setas) yesterday agreed at a meeting in > Johannesburg to pursue the minister’s controversial plans to transform the > Setas. > > "The forum fully endorses the minister’s new vision. We reiterate that we > will co-operate with the minister and continue to engage him on all > transformation matters, including the proposed changes to the Seta > landscape," the parties said. > > The meeting came against the background of a damaging tussle between Mr > Nzimande and Services Seta CEO Ivor Blumenthal and the Seta council under > which Mr Blumenthal operates, which resulted in Mr Nzimande losing two court > battles last week. > > Mr Nzimande is appealing both judgments, made by two separate Johannesburg > Labour Court judges. > > Several Seta CEOs contacted by Business Day refused to comment on the > record, but all said the meeting went off well. Mr Nzimande indicated at the > meeting that work on reforming the Seta system would continue , one CEO > said. > > Changes that Mr Nzimande made to several pieces of legislation, out for > public comment, were highlighted at the meeting, another CEO said. > > This includes changes to how Seta boards were appointed, one of the points > of contention between Mr Blumenthal and Mr Nzimande. > > Mr Nzimande rejected the notion that only one Seta was performing > optimally. He said whereas Services Seta was one of the few that had a high > income from the skills development levy, the quality of its training > programmes left much to be desired. This was in contrast to those Setas with > smaller revenue that had managed to perform excellently, he said. > > Reforming skills training is in Mr Nzimande’s performance agreement, signed > in 2009 with President Jacob Zuma. It commits him to produce 10000 artisans > a year by 2015 from about 8000. > > [email protected] > > *From: http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/Content.aspx?id=142221* > * > > > * > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- Blog at: http://domza.blogspot.com/ Communist University web site at: http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ Subscribe for free e-mail updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University/ Library of documents (CU "CD") at: http://cu.domza.net/ [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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