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NCOP Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill & Eskom Debt Relief A/B: Committee Reports; Proposed division of revenue and conditional grants allocations to Provinces and Local Government
7 Dec 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations (the Committee) convened virtually to consider the draft committee reports on the 2023 Adjustments Appropriation Bill, 2023 Proposed Division of Revenue and Conditional Grants allocations to Provinces and Local Government, and 2023 Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bill.
The Committee resolved to adopt all three ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
6 Dec 2023
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts, and Culture convened to receive a briefing from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education.
The Department highlighted the significance of the Global Convention for South Africa ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: DWYPD briefing; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples rights on the rights of older persons in Africa; with Ministers
1 Dec 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on a Bill to establish a National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The Bill sought to establish a statutory body to coordinate a multi-sectoral approach to GBV and femicide.
Members ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Final Mandates
28 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met virtually to adopt the final mandates and report on the 2023 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill.
The final mandates from the provinces were all in favour of the Bill, although the response from the Western Cape was still outstanding. The Committee's report on ...
Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee Third Quarter Report 2023; Committee report report on the oversight visit to Rheinmetall Denel Munition and Damen Shipyard
23 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence met to receive the Third Quarterly Report and feedback on outstanding matters from the previous quarter from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee and to consider the draft report of the Joint Standing Committee on an oversight visit to ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NHI Bill: Final Mandates (with Minister)
21 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services, in a virtual meeting, considered the final mandates on the National Health Insurance Bill [B11B-2019].
Eight of the nine provinces mandated their representatives to vote in favour of the Bill. Western Cape did not submit ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NHI Bill: Negotiating Mandates; African Medicines Agency Treaty; with Minister
14 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to receive provincial negotiating mandates on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. Eight provinces voted in favour of the Bill. The Western Cape had been allowed an extension until 17 November 2023 to consolidate all its ...
Defence
Feedback on the Reserve Force Indaba; Reserve Force future plans; with Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2023
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans provided feedback to the Committee on the Reserve Force's Indaba Two, and the future focus for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) reserves.
The Deputy Minister assured the Committee that the Department of Defence’s (DoD's) officials had done a lot of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: consideration of public submissions & Department response; with Minister
9 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services had a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of Health (DoH) on its responses to submissions on the National Health Insurance Bill, arising from the National Council of Provinces (NOCP) process.
The ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE briefing & legal advisor input (with Deputy Minister)
8 Nov 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Select Committee on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The BELA Bill proposes to amend the South African Schools Act and the Employment of Educators Act to ...