Board Committees

A number of Board Committees are operational. Membership and duties of these committees are mandated by the Board via written terms of reference.

The committees are as follows:

Mr C Ramoo, Chairman
Mr Swana, Member

Finance & Remuneration Committee

Duties of the Committee include inter alia:

  • Ensuring that financial policies and procedures are developed for ECATU and to ensure that the policies and procedures are complied with.
  • Developing policies, plans and strategies for fundraising and informing the Board concerning fundraising processes and plans to meet the organisation funding needs.
  • Determining and proposing to the Board the framework or broad policy for the remuneration of employees of ECATU with particular regard to management.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee is responsible for oversight of internal control, financial reporting and compliance with legal and regulatory prescripts of financial nature.

Duties of the committee include inter alia:

  • To evaluate and ensure that ECATU's management has implemented effective and efficient systems of control, risk management and governance.
  • To ensure that there are effective systems in place to provide reasonable assurance that assets are adequately safeguarded and are in existence.
  • To supervise ECATU's risk management functions and ensure that management have adequate means of identifying and mitigating risk.
  • To seek assurance that management has set an appropriate 'control culture' and has communicated the importance of systems of control and risk management, so that all employees have an understanding of their roles and responsibilities relative to risk management.
  • To assist the Board of Directors in the monitoring of the ethical conduct of management and staff; and encourage the imposition of discipline and control, thus reducing the opportunity for inefficiency, resource wastage, fraud, etc.
  • To ensure that ECATU prepares financial statements in compliance with all applicable legislative requirements.
Mr K Ngaso, Chairman
Mr M Nkasawe, Member

Support Services Committee

This committee assists the Board in ensuring that ECATU complies with its “Best Practice” policies in developing and implementing corporate strategies. The committee has also been mandated with the responsibility of overseeing the transformational initiatives of the organisation.

This includes inter alia:

  • Improving communication;
  • Implementing Employment Equity;
  • Implementing the organisation's values.

Research and Innovations Committee

Prof P N Luswazi, Chairperson
Ms Z Magida, Member

This committee assists the board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by:

  • providing guidance and advice on the research and development agenda in context of the Province,
  • ensuring key innovations and research processes are conducted effectively
  • innovation and research processes are benchmarked against international best practices
  • research outputs remain relevant to the role and objectives of ECATU
  • ensure that ECATU is linked to the National System of Innovations (NSI)
  • monitor effective utilization of research results.

Duties of this committee include interalia;

  • Determining the R & D agenda and ensure a balanced portfolio of projects addressing emerging issues of national and/or provincial level
  • Review and approve all R & D policies and strategies
  • Evaluate the progress of research projects and programmes
  • Satisfy itself that adequate arrangements are in place to promote the strategic objectives of ECATU