The National Skills Fund (NSF) is a schedule 3A public entity within the purview of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the Director-General of Higher Education and Training, the executive and accounting authorities of the fund, respectively. The NSF funds skills programmes identified by the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030 as national priorities, and/or are related to the achievement of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act 97 of 1998) (SDA), and/or considered to be an activity undertaken by the Minister to achieve a standard of good practice in terms of skills development. In essence, this mandate directs the NSF’s funding towards: 1) Education and training; 2) Post-school education and training (PSET) system support and capacity building; 3) Skills infrastructure development; and 4) Skills development research, innovation and advocacy.