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Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue Bill: Final Mandate; Technical Task Team Progress Report on Money Bills Act
29 Apr 2024
The Budget Committee of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the legal unit on the current progress of the technical task team overseeing the Money Bills Amendment Procedure Bill for the Western Cape.
The Committee also considered and adopted the ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Final Mandate
29 Apr 2024
The Western Cape Standing Committee on Education met to adopt its final mandate on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. It received the amendments (C-List) from the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The Chairperson clarified the process, ...
Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue Bill: Negotiating Mandate
22 Apr 2024
Written submission by Mr A van der Westhuizen on the Division of Revenue Bill (awaited document)
The Budget Committee of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament met virtually to consider and adopt the province's negotiating mandate report on the Division of Revenue Bill [B 4-2024] for the National Council of ...
Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue Bill: NT and NCOP Delegate briefing & public hearings
18 Apr 2024
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament's Budget Committee was briefed on the Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB) by the National Treasury (NT) and the province's permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces.
Members were told that the Bill should be seen against the backdrop of a slow-growing economy facing ...
Adhoc Committee on Energy Crisis (WCPP)
Legacy Report for the Ad-hoc Committee on Energy Crisis
17 Apr 2024
The Ad Hoc Committee on Energy Crisis convened for its final session. The Committee considered its legacy report which encompassed the work of the Committee over the year that it has existed.
A Member proposed firming up the report with recommendations to address the ongoing energy crisis in South ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Negotiating Mandate (cont)
15 Apr 2024
The Standing Committee on Education continued its clause-by-clause review of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill in a virtual meeting. After Members had engaged in detailed discussions, proposing amendments and expressing their views on each provision, the majority of the Members -- except for the ANC -- opposed ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Final Negotiating Mandate
12 Apr 2024
The Committee convened in a hybrid meeting to deliberate on the Western Cape's final mandate regarding the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, submitted by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Deliberations encompassed Clauses 1 to 19 of the Bill, addressing a spectrum of amendments and proposals. The Chairperson ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: costing and funding
11 Apr 2024
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill
The Standing Committee on Education convened virtually to receive a briefing from National Treasury regarding the budget and proposed costing for the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B 2B-2024]. The meeting stemmed from previous resolutions concerning funding legislative mandates, with a particular focus ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE briefing
4 Apr 2024
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Standing Committee on Education hosted a two-part public hearing to receive public comments on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill for submission to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Responses were received from a wide range of stakeholders, including parents who homeschool ...
Education (WCPP)
Basic Education Laws (BELA) Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandate
27 Mar 2024
The Committee considered its negotiating mandate on the Basic Education Laws (BELA) Amendment Bill. It mandated the Western Cape’s delegation in the NCOP, the authority to not support the Bill.
The mandate raised serious concern that insufficient time was provided for the legislative process and that the Committee on ...