Labour legisla tion Nedlac Section 77 S tanding C ommitt ee F ollo wing the Miner als C ouncil s r epr esenta tions a t BUS A r egar ding pr oposals t o engage on the tight ening of the Nedlac Section 77 Pr ot oc ol the social partners fnally agr eed on a pr oc es s t o r e vie w the Pr ot oc ol in la t e 20 19 T he frs t engagement on the Pr ot oc ol is scheduled f or 19 Mar ch 20 20 T r aining La y of Scheme T he Miner als C ouncil c ontinued t o pla y a pr ominent r ole in the engagements on the Nedlac T r aining La y of Scheme T he Scheme w as r enamed the T empor ary Emplo y er Emplo y ee R elief Scheme TERS in 20 19 T he Pr esidential Jobs Summit Joint T echnical C ommitt ee t ook a decision tha t the TERS r es tructuring pr oc es s needed t o be e xpedit ed t o ensur e tha t a mechanism t o pr e v ent job los ses w ould be agr eed upon C onsequently it w as agr eed tha t the TERS T ask T eam should be r ec ons titut ed and loca t ed within the Jobs Summit pr oc es s It w as also agr eed tha t this ne w task t eam should include the C ommunity C ons tituenc y During engagements on the TERS a t Nedlac the mining indus try r eques t ed a c omplet e r edesign of the scheme in or der t o addr es s k e y is sues such as the defnition of dis tr es s and the r equir ement f or r eabsorption It w as not ed tha t not much had changed other than the r enaming of the scheme and the tr ansf er of adminis tr a tiv e and pr oc es sing r esponsibilities fr om the UIF t o the C CMA Skills de v elopment legisla tion Na tional Skills De v elopment Plan 20 30 NSDP A ft er e xt ensiv e c onsulta tion and r obus t engagement thr ough r oadsho w s public c omment and Nedlac engagements the NSDP w as pr omulga t ed b y the then Higher E duca tion and T r aining Minis t er Naledi P andor in Mar ch 20 19 T her e w er e no major ar eas of c onc ern tha t busines s had with the fnal v ersion of the NSDP T his ne w dispensa tion will bring about changes with r egar ds t o the leadership and go v ernanc e of skills de v elopment Sect or E duca tion T r aining A uthorities SET As will r emain an authorita tiv e v oic e of the labour mark et and e xperts in their r espectiv e sect ors T he NSDP seeks t o ensur e tha t South A frica has adequa t e appr opria t e and high quality skills tha t c ontribut e t o w ar ds ec onomic gr o wth emplo yment cr ea tion and social de v elopment C onfict betw een the Mine Health and Saf ety A ct MHS A and the Skills De v elopment A ct SD A T he Mining Qualifca tions A uthority MQA w as originally es tablished under the MHS A in 1996 and as fr om 2000 w as r ec ognised as a SET A under the Skills De v elopment A ct T hese tw o piec es of legisla tion es tablishing and go v erning the MQA ar e cr ea ting serious challenges f or the entity in t erms of the period of lic ensing and its o v er all go v ernanc e T he Miner als C ouncil as the c on v ener of emplo y ers a t the MQA has been pla ying a piv otal r ole in engaging with the r ele v ant s tak eholders t o ensur e tha t the tw o piec es of legisla tion ar e aligned t o each other in the bes t int er es t of the MQA and the mining indus try T his alignment will entail changes in both these A cts and it is en visaged the w ork t o get this right will c ontinue in 20 20 Na tional Qualifca tions Fr ame w ork Amendment Bill A ft er the initial publica tion of the A ct f or public c omment and further engagement in Dec ember 20 16 it w as as sent ed t o b y the Pr esident in 20 19 T he A ct pr edominantly f ocuses on cr ea ting an enabling mechanism and en vir onment f or the South A frican Qualifca tions A uthority S A QA and the thr ee Quality C ouncils t o ha v e legisla tiv e c ompet enc e t o addr es s challenges r egar ding fr audulent misr epr esent ed or partqualifca tions T o this end a pr o vision w as made f or the r ef err al of all qualifca tions or partqualifca tions pr esent ed f or s tudy emplo yment or appointment t o the S A QA f or v erifca tion or e v alua tion Furthermor e a pr o vision w as also made f or the r ef err al of fr audulent or partqualifca tions t o the r ele v ant pr of es sional body A pr o vision w as also made f or of enc es in r espect of fr audulent or part qualifca tions T he Miner als C ouncil and br oader busines s had e xpr es sed a c onc ern tha t the S A QA authentica tion v erifca tion and e v alua tion of all qualifca tions bef or e appointment in or ganisa tions c ould pose a challenge due t o the limit ed r esour c es of the S A QA Unf ortuna t ely this input did not r esult in an y ma t erial change in the amendment but the maximum period f or the S A QA t o carry out the abo v e is no w limit ed t o 30 da y s P age 7 5 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19