SETA, is an acronym for Sector Education and Training Authority. The members of a SETA include employers, trade unions, government departments and bargaining councils where relevant, from each industrial sector.

The Skills Development Act (1998) provides a framework for the development of skills in the workplace. Amongst other things, the Act makes provision for skills development by means of a levy-grant scheme, and the establishment of 27 ( now only 23) sector-specific Sector Education and Training Authorities – or SETA’s – to administer the scheme's funds, and manage the skills development process.

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Hence a SETA is an industry bodies convened in 2000 by the Minister of Labour with the mission to  develop and implement a sector specific skills plan, registering and promoting learnerships and applying to SAQA for accreditation as an Education and Training Quality Assurance Body (ETQA) for qualifications in its sector.