The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology has welcomed the appointment of the three new Deputy Directors-General as this will ensure stability at senior management level in the department of Higher Education, Science and Technology.
The committee has noted that the positions of the three directors-general have been vacant for a long time and their filling will indeed see the achievement of the commitments and the vision of the department. The committee also thanked the incumbents who acted in those positions for the sterling work they did.
The department appeared before the committee virtually today to present its revised strategic plan for 2020-2024 and its annual performance plan for the 2021/22 financial year. The committee has noted that due to the constrained fiscus and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country’s economy, the department had to make difficult choices in order to ensure that the commitment made by the government for t