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No. 37261

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY 2014

NOP Priority Area

NeSPA 2013 Action

Improving infrastructure

e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for
the infrastructure planners and operational staff.

Transition to low-carbon
economy

e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for

An inclusive and integrated
rural economy

e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for

Reversing the spatial effect of
apartheid

sustainability development.

rural communities and small-scale farmers.

e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) the
townships' population for Digital Inclusion.

Improving the quality of
education, training and
innovation

Giving

Quality health care for all

Providing e-health skills.

Social protection

e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness)
citizens and government officials for using ICT in social
protection services
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness)
citizens and the safety and security related
government officials regarding effective use of ICT for
building safer communities.
Providing e-government and e-governance skills.

Building safer communities

Reforming the public services
by professionalising them
Fighting corruption

educators and learners various e-skills
(including building e-social astuteness) at all levels of
education Early Childhood Development (ECD),
primary, secondary, tertiary).

Providing e-Government and e-participation skills for
greater transparency.

Transforming society and
uniting the country

Providing
e-Skills
(including
building
astuteness) for digital and social inclusion.

e-social

11.3 Institutions involved in skills development
The following are institutions involved in skills development:
SETA (Sector Edcuation and Training Authority):
Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training
Authority (MICT Seta);
National Association of Broadcasting of South Africa (NAB); and
the e-Skills Institute.

11.4 Employment and skills gap
Approximately 180 000 people are employed in the sector, of which roughly 15 000 are
software developers. There are nearly 8 000 companies in the ICT sector, most of them
employing fewer than 50 people.

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