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Health
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: Portfolio Committee amendments
23 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee addressed amendments to the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The first matter was the request of the Portfolio Committee to incorporate environmental health in the Bill, but the concern was that there would be overlap with the Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC).
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Small Business Development
Chad Construction; 3C Projects; Vedanta Mining- Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd; Inyanda Chambers of Business; Screamer Telecoms-Molapo Technology, Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA)
28 Jun 2017
The Committee received briefings from various constituencies around their problems in how they are operating their small businesses against big companies.
Molapo Technology was liquidated late last year and merged with Screamer Electronic Services; Molapo Technology owned 62% of the shares. Molapo Technology had been operational for fifteen years ...
Basic Education
Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL); History as a Compulsory Subject; Jobs for Cash, Protests; with Minister
27 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the implementation of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) and the introduction of History as a compulsory subject.
The DBE Director-General said that 27% of public schools nationally are implementing the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) in Grades ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 4 performance
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and its agencies, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) and the Small Business Finance Agency (Sefa), came before the Committee to present their fourth quarter performance reports. The DSBD focused its presentation on the performance indicators and targets achieved in the fourth quarter, ...
Basic Education
Committee Reports
20 Jun 2017
Apologies were received from the Minister, Ms Angie Motshekga.
The Committee adopted outstanding minutes of meetings as well as Reports prepared after oversight visits. All minutes and Reports were adopted, some with minor amendments. There was discussion on the absence of the Minister in the meeting; and also, discussion on ...
Small Business Development
400 cooperatives supported since inception: DSBD progress report & intervention plan
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented a report on the assessment of the Cooperatives Incentives Scheme (CIS), which had adopted an approach premised on the training of cooperatives and market access. The CIS supported 400 cooperatives to the tune of R124.7 million. The Department described the processes involved ...
Small Business Development
Minister of Small Business Development on Department Written Responses required by Committee
7 Jun 2017
The Minister of the Department of Small Business Development appeared before the Committee to respond to criticisms of poor performance by her Department.
The Minister expressed her apologies for her non-attendance at meetings of the Committee in the past, and said that she never intended to disrespect the Members as ...
Finance Standing Committee
Sugary Beverages Tax & Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill: public hearings
6 Jun 2017
The Committee held its fourth day of public hearings on the Sugary Beverages Tax.
Before the submissions were heard, National Treasury stated that extensive consultations were conducted by it and evidence to that effect could be furnished. Changes had been made to the Rates Bill after these extensive consultations. Design ...
Finance Standing Committee
Sugary Beverages Tax; Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill: public hearings
31 May 2017
National Treasury indicated that revisions in the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Draft Bill were made after extensive consultations. Treasury took all inputs into consideration to come up with the revised Draft Bill.
Design changes based on comments on the sugary beverages tax or health promotion ...
Small Business Development
400 cooperatives supported since inception: DSBD progress report & intervention plan
24 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development expressed its disappointment and strong rejection of a progress report on the development status of 400 cooperatives funded by the Department since its inception and the intervention plan to address challenges identified. The report noted the 88% failure rate of cooperatives, and since ...