Skills Shortages in South Africa: A Literature Review

Daniels, Reza Che

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“…Skills shortages were not unimportant, as was shown in a series of firm surveys (Daniels, 2007). In 2006, the Department of Home Affairs published a list of 50,000 opportunities for skilled immigrants, including 5,000 construction or civil engineers, the same number of industrial engineers, and 3,000 tool designers (Daniels, 2007: 43-4).…”

Section: The Enduring Employment Crisis and Government Strategy 2007-12mentioning

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Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

Seekings¹,

Nattrass²

2015

Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

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Section: The Enduring Employment Crisis and Government Strategy 2007-12mentioning

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Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

Seekings¹,

Nattrass²

2015

Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

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“…Unemployment and underemployment imitate the contours of apartheid's unequal configuration with the highest percentages being African, female and rural. Within this context, the remit is for colleges to address the mismatch in the South African labour market between high levels of unemployment (particularly youth unemployment) existing at the same time as critical skill shortages at the intermediate to higher skill levels (Bhorat, 2008;Daniels, 2007).…”

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Reimagining the purpose of VET – Expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students

Powell

2012

International Journal of Educational Development

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This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education and training (VET) in poverty alleviation. The capabilities approach provides an approach for conceptualising and evaluating VET which differs in orientation from dominant productivist conceptions. It does so by shifting the focus from economic development to human development. By placing the well-being of VET students at the centre of our concern it shifts the lens from income generation and with it employability to a lens on capability expansion which includes but is not limited to the capability to work. The paper is based on interviews with 20 South African Further Education and Training (FET) college students. The central argument is that VET has an important role to play in poverty alleviation, but only if located in a multi-dimensional view of poverty which understands poverty as capability deprivation across multiple human functionings. In this broader notion of poverty, the role that VET plays includes training for employability, but also includes the expansion of other important capabilities such as, and in the voice of a FET student interviewed in this study, 'the ability to dream', or in the language of the capabilities approach, the capability to aspire.

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“…Workplace Skills Plans of companies should integrate a new section dedicated to productivity. Valuable data could then be collected to attain a more comprehensive picture (see Daniels 2007). Supply of e-skills is constrained by a number of factors such as the low level of mathematics which limits enrolment for ICT related degree courses, the global recession in ICT which has given learners the impression that there is no demand for ICT graduates and the lack of ICT resources in both secondary and tertiary institutions.…”

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The e-skills landscape in South Africa

Merkofer¹,

Murphy

2009

Z Politikberat

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This article provides an overview of the key findings of a recent Accenture Research study on the e-skills shortage in South Africa. Within the context of e-skills demand, the article reveals the challenge of accurate assessment in the face of inconsistent demand data and presents the need for a standardised definition of e-skills demand. It also highlights key factors constraining the supply of e-skills in South Africa and the critical role of education in this regard. To further inform and support the e-skills development context in South Africa, the article offers insights into the necessity and value of collaboration between government, industry and educators. This was identified in interviews with players from the information and communication technology (ICT) industry and tertiary education sector as well as from a benchmarking study on the ICT policies and key learnings of six countries.Zusammenfassung: Dieser Artikel gibt eine Übersicht der wichtigsten Ergebnisse einer Accenture-Research-Studie zur Knappheit von sogenannten "e-Skills" (IT-Qualifikationen) in Südafrika. Dabei werden die Schwierigkeit einer genauen Bewertung angesichts inkonsistenter Datenlage zur Nachfrage thematisiert und die Notwendigkeit für eine standardisierte Definition der Nachfrage von IT-Qualifikationen unterstrichen. Schlüsselfaktoren, die das Angebot von IT-Qualifikationen in Südafrika beschränken, werden angesprochen, insbesondere die entscheidende Rolle der richtigen Bildung. Der Artikel gibt auch Einblick über die Notwendigkeit und den Nutzen einer engen Zusammenarbeit von Regierung, Industrie und Bildungsinstitutionen zur Unterstützung Z Politikberat (2009) 2:685-695

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Skills Shortages in South Africa: A Literature Review

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa

Reimagining the purpose of VET – Expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students

The e-skills landscape in South Africa

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