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Skills Strategies, Policies & Reports

Growth for Jobs Strategy

skills pipeline

G4J Strategy Alignment

G4J has identified seven priority focus areas (PFAs) for its first horizon of which PFA 7 guides the work of the Provincial Skilsl Partnership Sub-programme.

Where PSP fits in?

To achieve the vision, goal and objectives of increased employability and improved skills pipeline, the Provincial Skills Partnership model will support the initiatives outlined in the strategy.

The Partnership Model

Our partnership model will support the initiatives outlined in the strategy to achieve the goal and ensure that:

  • Youth and the unemployed can make informed choices about their careers and future and are enabled to pursue their career pathways.
  • Citizens have easier access to economic opportunities and pathways nearer to the places that they live.
  • To have a strong pipeline of suitably qualified people who are employment-ready, able to access available jobs and be absorbed rapidly and sustainably into employment.
  • Western Cape school leavers/graduates have a reputation for technical expertise coupled with innovation/creativity/problem-solving and collaboration skills and are highly sought after by employers.
A profile of education enrolment, attainment and progression in South Africa

A profile of education enrolment, attainment and progression in South Africa

This is a StatsSA Report that is based on respective data collected from Census 2022. 

NSDS III

National Skills Development Strategy III

The third National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) follows the integration of higher and further education and skills development into a single Department of Higher Education and Training.

Identification of Skills Needed for the Hydrogen Economy

Identification of Skills Needed for the Hydrogen Economy

The report qualitatively outlines the current skills demand-supply dynamics in the South African labour market concerning the hydrogen economy. A detailed analysis of the skills required for the green hydrogen economy was undertaken.

Highest Level of educational attainment in SA

Highest level of educational attainment in SA

This Fact Sheet draws the attention of policymakers and other stakeholders to the progress made by South Africans in terms of their highest levels of educational attainment (HLEA).

WEF Future of jobs insights report May 2023

WEF Future of Jobs Report May 2023

This fourth edition of the Future of Jobs Report therefore broadens its scope beyond technological change to also consider and address the labour-market impact of a multitude of concurrent trends, including the green and energy transitions, macroeconomic factors, and geo-economicand supply-chain shifts.

Skills Supply and Demand in SA

Skills Supply and Demand in SA

This report provides a holistic understanding of the current supply of and demand for skills in South Africa. The report provides a second attempt to analyse how demand for and supply of skills interact to inform future skills policy to support an inclusive economic growth path.

Funding and Expenditure Trends Post School Fact Sheet

Funding and Expenditure Trends in Post-School Education & Training

The purpose of this report is to provide a high-level overview and analysis of funding and expenditure trends in the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) system.

Post-School Education and Training Monitor Report_March 2019

Post-School Education and Training Monitor Report_March 2019

The report provides an analysis of the trajectory of the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) system and tracks progress made against the goals as stated in the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training.