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1994/12/13
MIN BENGU: APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR EDUCATION
Today, at a meeting of the Council of Education Minister, it was my pleasure to announce that the Cabinet has approved an additional R718 million for school education in the 1995/96 financial year. Of the additional funds, an amount of R518 million will be allocated to the provincial education departments on a pro rata basis to assist with the introduction of free and compulsory education. The Council of Education Ministers has also accepted a recommendation of the Ministry of Education and ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1994/03021315591001003.htm Size: 9KB Source: GNU; BENGU SME Speaker: MIN BENGU Collection: gov
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2005/06/13
F Bengu urges NW government departments to work together on EPWP
North West government departments have been urged to work together with Public Works on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) to accelerate the rolling out of the programme. National Portfolio Committee on Public Works Chairperson, Fezile Bengu said, this would assist in closing the gaps the department was facing while implementing the EPWP project. The Portfolio Committee visited the Modimola Pilot Project and the Mmabatho Convention Centre Paving and Landscaping Project but intimated ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2005/05061316451002.htm Size: 8KB Source: North West Provincial Government Collection: gov
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1999/02/25
BENGU: IRREGULARITIES IN MPUMALANGA EXAMINATIONS
On Tuesday, the 22nd of February 1999, I received a preliminary report from the South African Certification Council (SAFCERT) on the conduct of the 1998 Senior Certificate examinations in the Mpumalanga provincial Department of Education. At the outset, I wish to state that the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and SAFCERT in dealing as quickly as possible with this matter belies suggestions that the Ministry is attempting to muzzle SAFCERT or that it is at loggerheads with the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99227_0g774899_10207.htm Size: 10KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/01/28
BENGU PROUD OF FOUR - YEAR RECORD
The Department of Education was proud of its four - year record in Government, said the Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, in Cape Town yesterday. Just as much as vast sums of money were used to equip our people with inferior education, huge sums are also needed to undo the damage that apartheid education inflicted upon this nation," Professor Bengu added. "A cursory glance of objective South African historical records indicate that despite successive governments of oppression ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99216_67599_10138.htm Size: 9KB Source: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/02/11
BENGU: PARLIAMENTARY MEDIA BRIEFING, FEB 99
Distribution of learner support materials commenced after schools opened on 19 January 1999. Gauteng Over 80% of the learner support materials have been delivered to schools in the province. Kwa-Zulu Natal Distribution of learner support materials commenced during opening of schools on 19 January 1999. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99215_educat99_10139.htm Size: 22KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/03/05
The Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, yesterday strongly warned that government might not only enforce existing legislation, but also reinforce that legislation by closing whatever loopholes there are to counteract school governing bodies frustrating school integration in the country. Professor Bengu, who was speaking at the South African Human Rights Commission workshop on Racism in Schools in Randburg on March 4 (Thursday), said school integration was non-negotiable. In terms... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990511152p1015.htm Size: 7KB Source: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/03/10
BENGU: OAU EDUCATION MINISTER'S CONFERENCE
The main aim of the ministers' conference will be the examination, discussion and adoption of the Draft Programme of Action of the OAU Decade of Education (1997-2006) and its implementation. The ADEA ministerial meeting is part of a new initiative in support of education in Africa. The initiative was launched last October with the organisation of an "Experts' Meeting on Capacity-Building in Communication for Education in Africa, held in Cotonou, Benin. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990511152p1009.htm Size: 8KB Source: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/02/23
BENGU: SADC PROTOCOL ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The objectives of the SADC Protocol on Education and Training are therefore neither new nor surprising, and this Parliament should support them wholeheartedly. There are very good reasons why we should join our SADC neighbours in acceding to this education and training agreement. South African delegations were closely involved in the development of the SADC Protocol on Education and Training, and the final negotiation of its terms. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990511152p1007.htm Size: 12KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/04/29
BENGU: IRREGULARITIES IN MPUMALANGA MATRIC EXAMS
On Thursday, 25th of February 1999 I issued a statement on alleged irregularities during the 1998 Senior Certificate Examinations in Mpumalanga Province. (5) authorise the national Department of Education to assume overall responsibility for the monitoring of the 1999 supplementary examinations. Today I am pleased to receive the report from Judge Bertelsmann on his own findings and recommendations, as well as on his oversight over the investigations by SAFCERT and the police. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990430141p1002.htm Size: 13KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/03/08
Although Vote 10 does not finance provincial education expenditure, it again includes provision for a Policy reserve Fund to improve the delivery of education services, through co-operative action among the national and provincial education departments. Madam Speaker, the leadership and the administrative competence of provincial education departments are pre-requisites for improved performance by education departments and institutions alike. The Departments of Education and Finance are ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990428404p1001.htm Size: 21KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1999/01/28
BENGU: EDUCATION PROUD OF ITS FOUR YEARS
The Department of Education was proud of its four - year record in government said the Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, in Cape Town yesterday. Just as much as vast sums of money were used to equip our people with inferior education, huge sums are also needed to undo the damage that apartheid education inflicted upon this nation," Professor Bengu added. "A cursory glance of objective South African historical records indicate that despite successive governments of oppression ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990415435p1007.htm Size: 9KB Source: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/05/11
BENGU: BUDGET VOTE SPEECH ON EDUCATION
The Department of Education and Training administered education for Africans "white "RSA. Presiding over all was a white Broederbond bastion known as the Department of National Education, which dreamed up policies and divided up the money. We promised to establish a National Qualifications Framework, a new schools curriculum framework, develop new policies for further Education and Training, Adult Basic Education and Training, Early Childhood Development, Special Needs Education, Teacher ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/9905141232p1003.htm Size: 26KB Source: MINSTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/10/11
BENGU: BINATIONAL FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
The inaugural meeting follows the signing of an agreement authorising the establishment of a Binational Fulbright Commission by the Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki, and the Vice President of the U S, Al Gore, in February 1997. A board of the Fulbright Commission, consisting of six South Africans and six US citizens, will meet several times each year to set policies and guidelines for Commission activities. A day-long meeting of the newly elected Fulbright Commission Board will take place at the... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98b30_5299811452.htm Size: 8KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/10/11
BENGU: BINATIONAL FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
The inaugural meeting follows the signing of an agreement authorising the establishment of a Binational Fulbright Commission by the Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki, and the Vice President of the U S, Al Gore, in February 1997. A board of the Fulbright Commission, consisting of six South Africans and six US citizens, will meet several times each year to set policies and guidelines for Commission activities. A day-long meeting of the newly elected Fulbright Commission Board will take place at the... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98b26_5299811430.htm Size: 8KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/10/01
"Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Vision and Action" will be the theme of the conference, intended to map out fundamental principles of far-reaching reform of higher education world wide. Decisions to be taken at the forum are expected to constitute a landmark for the renewal of education, comparable to previous major conferences on various aspects of education. Included in the South African delegation will be Ms Nasima Badsha (Deputy Director-General: Higher Education), ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98a30_4929811295.htm Size: 8KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Collection: gov
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1998/08/20
BENGU: SA NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO
I will take this opportunity to briefly discuss the importance of the South African National Commission for UNESCO to South Africa. The relevance and importance of UNESCO to South Africa becomes immediately apparent when Article 1 of the UNESCO constitution is juxtaposed with Article 7, the Bill of Rights, from the South African constitution. South Africa thus has a similar philosophy to UNESCO and as such, membership to UNESCO will assist South Africa to uphold its vision and also allow ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98916_5109811014.htm Size: 15KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/07/24
BENGU: FREE TEXT BOOKS, SOWETO
Director of ceremonies, I am not talking about people in terms of their presence, their existence. We have consistently said government cannot hope to transform the material conditions of this country's people without the material support of business. We are here speaking about the triangle of the teacher, the learner and the learning material we call a book. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98916_3709810988.htm Size: 14KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/07/17
If I were to try and capture in one sentence all our commitments on education, I would say we promised to transform education into a democratic system that would allow all our people access to quality Life-long Education and Training. The Higher Education Act, 1997, has likewise unified the higher education system, and our Further Education and Training Bill will do the same for FET. Firstly, through the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (NEPA), we established the Council of Education ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98908_3739810993.htm Size: 33KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/05/11
BENGU: REPLY TO BUDGET VOTE DEBATE
Moreover, because of the democratisation of the education system under this Government, every parent of a child attending a public school is an enfranchised citizen of the Republic of Education, with voting rights on how schools should be governed. As for our language policy in higher education, in a previous debate I informed this House that the Council on Higher Education, once established, will have the task of advising me on language policy in Higher Education. The true star of education ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98908_2599810889.htm Size: 14KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov
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0.7967
1998/07/17
If I were to try and capture in one sentence all our commitments on education, I would say we promised to transform education into a democratic system that would allow all our people access to quality Life-long Education and Training. The Higher Education Act, 1997, has likewise unified the higher education system, and our Further Education and Training Bill will do the same for FET. Firstly, through the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (NEPA), we established the Council of Education ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98907_3739810992.htm Size: 33KB Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Speaker: BENGU Collection: gov