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Social Development
DSD, NDA & SASSA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans, incl AGSA input; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Apr 2022
The Portfolio Committee met with officials from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Department of Social Development and its entities -- the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) -- on a virtual platform. The purpose of the meeting was ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: clause-by-clause deliberations
1 Apr 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee began clause-by-clause deliberations on the Children’s Amendment Bill. Although the Committee had received extensive and broad public feedback on the Bill, it intended to focus on making the amendments that were necessary for compliance with the court order which ...
Social Development
Dr Rosenberg presentation on Baby Savers; Children’s Amendment Bill: Motion of desirability
30 Mar 2022
Portfolio Committee on Social Development met on a virtual meeting platform to receive a presentation from an expert researcher on Baby Savers, Dr Whitney Rosenberg, and to consider and adopt the Motion of Desirability on the Children's Amendment Bill. Present in the meeting were the Committee’s legal advisors, who ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: DSD response to submissions from stakeholders continued
25 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Social Development on its response to the public submissions received on the Children’s Amendment Bill. This was a continuation of the Department’s briefing that had begun earlier that week, on Wednesday.
The Committee decided to exclude ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: DSD response to submissions from stakeholders; with Minister
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Social Development on its response to the public submissions received on the Children’s Amendment Bill.
Proposals around the identification of married and unmarried fathers were discussed in relation to a number of inputs received. Many of ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: Department of Social Development response to submissions by stakeholders; with Minister
16 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee, the Department of Social Development (DSD) gave a briefing on the responses received in all the oral and written submissions from stakeholders during public consultations on the Children’s Amendment Bill.
Members asked several questions on the rights of fathers and 50-50 ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation Petition; Government implementation of National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence & Femicide; with Minister and Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2022
National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence & Femicide
The Portfolio Committee received a presentation in a virtual meeting on the "Post Office to Parliament" petition by the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation (UMF), which urged that the Committee and the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services urgently intervene to ...
Basic Education
Status Report on ECD Migration: DBE & DSD briefing; with DSD Minister & DBE Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Social Development (DSD), briefed the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on the updated Status Report on the Migration of Early Childhood Development (ECD) to DBE. The Minister of Social ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: SALGA response to issues raised during public hearings
4 Mar 2022
Parliament: Key Themes Emerging from provincial hearings
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by SALGA on the issues raised during the public hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill.
SALGA’s presentation raised four issues. Firstly, there was a lack of support by municipalities to the Early ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: DHA & DoJ & CD input on issues raised during public hearings, with Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
2 Mar 2022
Parliament: Key Themes Emerging from provincial hearings
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was addressed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the issues raised during public hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill. They were then addressed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) about the ...