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National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA)

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NEMISA develops e-skills capacity in South Africa by creating a partnership framework that guides e-skills initiatives. It is part of the solution to ensure that South Africans have the necessary e-skills (digital skills). NEMISA addresses e-skills interventions through teaching and learning, research, innovation, monitoring and evaluation, and aggregation.NEMISA’s original mandate was to train previously disadvantaged individuals, particularly women, to equip them with necessary skills to play a significant role in the constantly changing broadcasting environment.

NEMISA is positioned to become iKamva Digital Skills Institute and its mandate has been extended to promote and guide the development, training, learning, research and innovation of digital skills.

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National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH)

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The National Health Laboratory Service’s (NHLS) Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), is recognised internationally for excellence in research, services and training to support occupational health services not only in South Africa but also in Southern Africa through its extensive outreach activities and collaborations.

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National Union of Furniture & Allied Workers South Africa, Sick Benefit Society (NUFAWSA)

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The National Union of Furniture & Allied Workers SA (Nufawsa) Sick Benefit Society is a managed Sick benefit fund, for all Nufawsa employees associated with the Nufawsa Union and was established during 1926 focusing on the lower income earners in the Allied and Furniture Industry and regulated by the Labour Relations Act. Nufawsa believes that the establishment of an anti-racist / non-racial, non exploitative and democratic society depends on the unity of the working class directed at the eradication of oppression, exploitation and discrimination as well as the promotion, development and maintenance of an authentic working class leadership.

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National Religious Association for Social Development (NRSAD)

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NRSAD represents the concerns and interests of different faith welfare networks, which include Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic and Jewish traditions. It has established itself in a relatively short period as an important national role-player that strives to fulfil the following functions:


  • consultations with government departments and ministries;

  • joint lobby processes for changes on programme level; and

  • implementation of a new development partnership with the government.

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National Community Based Paralegal Association (NCBPA)

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The National Community Based Paralegal Association (NCBPA) represents paralegals and advice offices from all nine provinces in South Africa. Although its purpose is to serve as a voice and advocate for the paralegal sector, it has often been used as a funding conduit by international donors. There is a critical need for the NCBPA to clarify its role as an advocate for the paralegal sector.Funding will support a year-long organizational development and strategic planning process including sharing and analyzing new policies through workshops; training provincial NCBPA management committees in management, administration, finance, community development and service delivery; developing a three-year program plan; and exploring mechanisms for an appropriate funding conduit for the paralegal sector.The NCBPA was established in 1996 as a national network of paralegals. Its mission is to develop and coordinate the work of affiliate legal advice offices across the country to improve understanding and access to rights.

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National Foundry Technology Network (NFTN)

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The National Foundry Technology Network aims to support and facilitate growth and transformation in the foundry (metal-casting) industry through focused interventions that are designed to support improved foundry competitiveness, the industrialisation of new technologies and products and the development of critical skills for the sector. The NFTN is a programme of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) hosted by the CSIR.

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National Pathology Group (NPG)

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This group is the official representative for pathology for the South African Medical Association.

The objectives of the group are to:

  • Promote the practice and professional interests of both clinical and anatomical pathology.
  • Promote the use of pathology as a diagnostic tool to both the medical profession and the lay public.
  • Establish professional relationships amongst pathologists and with medical aid schemes, public and private institutions, government authorities, the life insurance industry and university medical schools.
  • Promote the establishment and maintenance of acceptable standards in respect of pathology education and practice in South Africa.
  • Assist in the promotion of good health practices within the population.
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National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)

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NTEU is a non-profit trade union registered by the Registrar (Labour Relations) on 25th February 2010 serving the needs of the academic and general staff workers in universities and related institutions in the tertiary sector. NTEU is an affiliate of FEDUSAand is an amalgamation of the National Tertiary Education Staff Union and the National Union of Tertiary Employees of South Africa

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National Laboratory Association South Africa (NLASA)

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The National Laboratory Association will look after the interests of the large number of laboratories in South Africa. This includes measuring, testing, calibration, verification and other bodies, as well as laboratories which operate in well-defined areas of R&D in the natural and applied sciences.

The objectives of the new National Laboratory Association is to become a truly representative association for accredited and non-accredited member laboratories.

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