Solutions · SETAs & Skills Development

The skills-development core, connected end to end.

SkillsCortex began as an operating system for skills development and SETA management. School education extends the platform — it does not replace this core. Every rand, learner, assessment and placement stays on one golden thread.

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Built for

SETAsSkills development fundersProgramme managersQuality assurance teams

The challenge today

  • Funding allocated in one system, evidenced in another, paid in a third
  • Learner attendance and assessment evidence assembled manually for claims
  • Limited line of sight from grant to employment outcome
Functional scope

The work behind the solution

Proposed product scope. Confirm delivered functionality, configuration and integration readiness during discovery.

Functional scope

  • Tenant onboarding, organisation structures, departments, governance, committees, delegations
  • sector skills plans, scarce/critical skills, annual performance plans
  • employer registry, WSP/ATR, levy-related records
  • mandatory grants (application, eligibility, approval, calculation, payments, appeals)
  • discretionary grants (funding calls, applications, scoring, adjudication, awards, contracts, milestones, claims, disbursement)
  • qualification catalogues
  • provider accreditation records, scope, assessor/moderator registration, quality visits, corrective actions
  • workplace approvals
  • learner and programme oversight
  • budgets, risk, audit evidence and regulatory/executive reporting

Connected operations

  • South African rules configurable, not falsely represented as officially certified
The golden thread

From allocation to a verified outcome

Illustrative Data

01 / 12 · SETA discretionary grant

Funding call

Accountable owner
Grants officer
Evidence & records
Published criteria, budget and conflict declarations
Rule & approval gate
Committee approves the funding window
Reporting KPI
Award turnaround, milestone evidence and reconciled claims
Next action
Provider application
Permission boundary
Assigned programme and records only; cross-party sharing requires explicit authorisation.

Review exceptions before progressing

Website demonstration of intended workflows. No real records, approvals, credentials or payments are processed.

Intelligence with human authority

Deterministic policy checks establish eligibility and approvals. Analytics highlights trends, capacity and anomalies. AI can summarise documents and recommend action against authorised evidence; an accountable person retains consequential decision authority.

Integration boundaries

Proposed governed exchange with identity, messaging, accounting and sector reporting systems. OneCortex, PayMesh and HustleHub relationships are described as intended integrations, not verified connections. Confirm scope, authorisation and readiness during discovery.

Reporting measures

KPI definitions, not claimed performance results.

  • Programme pipeline and milestone turnaround
  • Evidence completeness and outstanding approvals
  • Verified completion, placement and outcome reporting
Questions

Before you choose a solution

The scope below describes connected records and governed workflows. Delivery scope, configuration and operational readiness must be confirmed during discovery rather than assumed from website examples.

Connected workflows

How the work flows

01

SETA tenant onboarding & administration

Each SETA configured as its own tenant with its own rules, programmes, users and data boundaries.

02

Funding programme design & allocation

Design funding windows, allocate to implementers and providers, and monitor milestones and accountability.

03

Evidence to payment

Attendance, assessment and moderation evidence linked to milestones, with payment integration (e.g. PayMesh, where confirmed).

04

Qualifications & credentials

Qualifications, skills and competencies mapped to programmes and verified outcomes.

Illustrative Data
The golden thread

One Learner. One Programme. One Golden Thread.

Twelve connected stages — each with its own stakeholders, money, decisions and evidence.

01

Funding

Programme funding is approved and allocated.

Financial
R180.0m approved
Evidence
Funding agreement FA-2026-011

SkillsCortex connects every step, decision, document, stakeholder, payment and piece of evidence.

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Illustrative Data
Financial traceability

Follow the Rand

Programme expenditure should be explainable down to a single learner — and back up to a single funding agreement.

Programme funding

R180,000,000

  1. Funding Agreement
  2. Programme Budget
  3. Allocation
  4. Provider Contract
  5. Cohort
  6. Learner
  7. Training Delivery
  8. Attendance Evidence
  9. Claim
  10. Payment
  11. Completion
  12. Workplace Placement
  13. Employment Outcome

Worked example

R18,500 invested in Learner L-004728

  • Attendance94%
  • AssessmentCompetent
  • ModerationConfirmed
  • Workplace experienceCompleted
  • OutcomeEmployed

SkillsCortex connects programme expenditure to measurable human outcomes.

Illustrative Data
Programme scenario

Explore an illustrative programme

Fictional example: R180m funding · 30,000 applicants · 10,000 learners · 4 provinces. No live records, integrations or payments are processed.

Stage 01 of 12

Fund

Stakeholders

Funder, implementing entity, finance

Actions

Funding agreement signed, budget structured, allocations created per province

Money

R180.0m approved · R0 spent

Evidence

Funding agreement FA-2026-011, board approval

Risks

Allocation model untested against provincial demand

Decisions

Approve allocation split across 4 provinces

Outcome

Programme funded and ready to mobilise

Capabilities

Capabilities behind this solution

Analytics & Intelligence

Explainable insights that lead to governed action.

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Skills Development & SETA Management

Tenants, programmes, providers, practitioners and evidence.

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Funding & Programme Management

Design, allocate, monitor and account for funding.

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Workplace Learning & Employability

Placements, logbooks, competencies and employment pathways.

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Practical scenarios

See the value in real situations

Each scenario follows challenge → participants → connected workflow → intelligence → value. Names and values are fictional.

Funded skills programme

Challenge
A funder allocates a programme to an implementer and providers.
Participants
FunderImplementerProvidersFacilitatorsAssessorsModerators

Connected workflow

  1. Allocation & milestones
  2. Venues & facilitators scheduled
  3. Learners enrolled
  4. Attendance & assessment evidence
  5. Moderation
  6. Milestone payment

Intelligence & action

Milestone risk and evidence gaps flagged before claims.

Value

Traceable delivery and funding outcomes.

Discuss setas & skills development with us

Tell us about your schools, district or programme. We’ll show how SkillsCortex could connect your workflows — and agree what a scoped pilot would prove.

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