Agriculture

Question by: 
Hon Pat Marran
Answered by: 
Hon Ivan Meyer
Question Number: 
4
Question Body: 

With reference to his Department’s Workforce Plan 2016–2021, as stated on page 186 of the Annual Report, that aimed among others to ensure the appointment of a sufficient number of qualified, young black professionals and engineers:

How many qualified, young black professionals and engineers have been appointed in his Department in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019?

Answer Body: 

The table below lists the young black professionals and engineers appointed in this Department, of which forty-eight percent as indicated, are females.

Row Labels

African

Coloured 

Indian 

Grand Total

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

2016/17

1

 

1

1

 

 

3

2017/18

1

1

2

2

 

1

7

2018/19

7

8

 

 

 

 

15

2019/20 (till 30 Sep 2019)

2

1

1

 

 

 

4

Grand Total

11

10

4

3

0

1

29

 Pre-Young Professional Persons (Pre-YPP) and Young Professional Persons (YPP) Programmes

The Pre-Young Professional Persons (Pre-YPP) and the Young Professional Persons Programmes are departmental affirmative action developmental programmes specifically for young people from the designated groups as defined in terms of the Employment Equity Act (Act no 55 of 1998). 

The programme specifically empowers previously disadvantaged individuals from the following designated groups:  Black, Coloured, Indian, females (White females included) and people with disabilities, who have been accepted by a recognised higher education institution for an Honours qualification (Pre-YPP), and Masters or Doctorate qualification (YPP), through the gaining of experience and mentorship, towards obtaining their qualification in the scarce and critical skills of the Department and the sector.

Candidate Engineering Technician Programme

This four-year developmental programme is aimed at assisting students who have completed their engineering qualifications, in gaining experience in order to meet the full requirements for professional registration as engineering technicians and technologists, with  the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).

Students are placed with registered engineers either internally (within the department) or externally, for the duration of the programme.  It is the role of the registered engineers to ensure that candidates get the required exposure for professional registration.

The table below lists black youth appointed onto this Department’s professional youth development programmes (Pre-Young Professional Persons (Pre-YPP), Young Professional Persons (YPP) and Candidate Engineering Technicians), of which thirty one percent as indicated, are females. 

 

Gender

2016 Total

2017 Total

2018 Total

2019 Total

Total

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

 

Female

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

 

Pre-Young Professional Persons (Pre-YPP) Programme

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

1

 

 

3

 

1

 

 

1

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

7

Young Professional Persons (YPP) Programme

1

1

 

 

1

 

3

1

2

 

 

 

 

3

2

3

 

1

 

 

6

1

4

 

2

2

 

9

21

Engineering Technician Candidate

2

5

 

1

2

 

10

2

4

 

1

2

 

9

1

3

 

2

1

 

7

3

1

 

1

1

 

6

32

External Development Initiatives: Placement

 

4

6

 

1

3

0

14

5

6

0

2

2

0

15

3

7

0

3

2

0

15

4

6

0

3

3

0

16

60

 The table below lists the fields of studies of candidates on the youth development programmes.

Youth Programmes

Qualifications

2016 Total

2017 Total

2018 Total

 

2019 Total

 

Total

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

Male

 

Female

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

A

C

I

A

C

I

 

Pre-Young Professional Persons Programme

BTech: Agriculture (Viticulture & Oenology)

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

BTech: Civil Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Hons: Agricultural Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

BSc: Biodiversity & Conservation Biology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

BTech: Food Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

Young Professional Persons (YPP) Programme

BSc: Civil Engineering

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

2

MAdmin: Economics

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

MTech: Food Science

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

MSc: Civil Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

MSc. Genetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

MSc. Sustainable Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

2

MTech: Agriculture (Viticulture & Oenology)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

MSc. Plant Pathology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

2

DTech: Food Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

MSc. Agricultural Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

MSc. Food Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

2

2

MSc. Biodiversity & Conservation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

1

Candidate  Engineering Technician / Engineer Programme

National Diploma: Civil Engineering

1

5

 

1

2

 

9

2

4

 

1

2

 

9

1

3

 

2

1

 

7

2

1

 

1

1

 

5

31

MSc. Civil Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Date: 
Friday, October 25, 2019
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