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Medicines & Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]: public hearings day 1
29 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee met to conduct public hearings on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill. During the meeting, the Committee received briefings from seven institutions.
Roche Diagnostic (RD) is a world leader in the management of diabetes which imported and exported IVDs and specialised in marketing, sales, installation and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust on its 2013/14 Annual Report
28 Oct 2014
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) remains in a precarious financial position. This emerged when it was presenting its annual report for the year under review to the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. It reported that there had been supplementary funding of R200 million from the National Treasury for the financial ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources Budget Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2014
Committee Members, through the Chairperson, deliberated on the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report citing the need for some amendments. The Committee made some recommendations to the draft BRRR. These recommendations included the need for the Department of Mines to come up with informative reports the motivation being to ensure transparency ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2014
The Chairperson led Members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works through a page-by-page review of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The only major issues related to the suggestion to substitute “eliminate corruption” for “address corruption,” and the timeframe for the presentation of financial reports. Members reached agreement ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Diamond Trader & South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
22 Oct 2014
The South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) and the State Diamond Trader (SDT) briefed the Committee on their 2013/14 Annual Reports. The SADPMR reported that it had received an unqualified audit, but with matters of emphasis that related to restatement of figures from previous financial years. It outlined ...
Health
Analysis of Department of Health's budget, spending patterns & recommendations: Financial & Fiscal Commission briefing
21 Oct 2014
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the Department of Health’s (DoH) budget and spending patterns after explaining their function and mandate. Targets for 2013/14 were outlined according to the National Development Plan (NDP) and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Health sector outputs from 2009 were ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
AGSA on audit outcomes for Department of Mineral Resources for 2013/2014 financial year
15 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on three presentations on the audit outcomes for 2013/2014 of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). The presentations were made by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA), the Committee Researcher, and a presentation from the Department of Mineral Resources on the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate’s annual report. ...
Health
Department of Health on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General South Africa on their findings on the National Department of Health (NDOH), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). The presentation spoke of poor financial management, poor performance reporting and weak areas, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Auditor-General of South Africa on audit outcomes of Department of Public Works
14 Oct 2014
The Office of the Auditor General (AGSA) and the Department of Public Works provided an overview of the audit outcomes and other findings in respect of the Department for the 2013/14 financial year.
AGSA reported that the Department had received an unqualified audit for the period under review. In the ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: briefing by Mr N Singh MP; Department of Health 1st Quarter Performance
17 Sep 2014
Mr Narend Singh, M.P., made a presentation to the Committee on the Medical Innovation Bill. He said that cancer was a growing concern in the world and was predicted to affect one in three people in the near future. He expressed concern over how billions of dollars were being spent ...