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Sport, Arts and Culture
Cricket South Africa on its strategic plan, governance, transformation and development
28 Mar 2017
Cricket South Africa briefed the Committee on its strategic plan, governance, transformation and development.
The organisation was currently reaping the rewards of having re-engineered its business by way of changing its operating and funding models. This process began in 2013 and continued into 2015. Some interesting statistics were that the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Rowing SA – briefing on strategic plan, governance, transformation & development
14 Mar 2017
With the arrival of a London Olympics Gold medallist, the meeting took on a different trajectory as Rowing South Africa could clearly confirm the success of their effort in developing lives and internationally representing the country. The President of Rowing South Africa took the Committee through the presentation highlighting the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Chess South Africa; University Sport SA (USSA)
28 Feb 2017
Chess South Africa said its strategic objectives were to promote the game of chess, develop excellent participation levels, introduce chess to the masses – including taking the game to the rural areas -- as well as developing and training adults to facilitate chess professionally. The plan to facilitate chess professionally ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing SA progress report; SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport on Post-Olympics doping results
21 Feb 2017
The Committee was briefed by the South African Institute of Drug-Free Sports (SAIDS) on their anti-doping strategy leading up to the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. SAIDS strategy began a year before the games and was focused on testing and anti-doping education of athletes and coaches. It was emphasised that SAIDS ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Provincial Rugby Unions on challenges, governance and transformation in provincial unions
29 Nov 2016
Six provincial rugby unions were scheduled to report to the Committee on the governance and transformation in their respective unions, their successes and their challenges. However, Griffons Rugby Union and Border Rugby Union failed to appear before the Committee and made no apologies to either the Committee or to SA ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
MIG use for sport and recreation infrastructure: inputs by Treasury, COGTA, SALGA and SRSA
23 Nov 2016
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), National Treasury (NT), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on their utilisation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for sport and recreation infrastructure and related ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission: Sport and Recreation allocations in 2015/16 and 2016/17
8 Nov 2016
The meeting to consider the National Lotteries Commission’s (NLC’s) sport and recreation allocations got off to an inauspicious start when the Chairperson announced that the NLC Chairperson, along with the board members, had excused themselves as they were attending a conference in Singapore. The situation was compounded when the person ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
loveLife; SA Transplant Sport Association briefings
1 Nov 2016
The South African Transplant Sports Association (SATSA) told the Committee that the organisation aimed to encourage people who had received an organ transplant to participate in sporting activities as a way of getting their lives back, and showing their appreciation to society for helping them get their lives back.
Members ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
The Committee met to adopt the Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Department of Sport and Recreation, Boxing South Africa, and South African Institute for Drug-free Sport. Members were generally happy with the report. A concern was that the report was not specific on the recommendations the Committee had ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Content Adviser briefed the Committee on the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports of the Department of Sport and Recreation.
The Committee Content Advisor explained that the BRRR has been informed by the 2016 State of the Nation address, which strongly highlighted ...