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Social Development
Children’s Amendment & Second Amendment Bill [B13-2015] & [B14-2015]: public hearings Day 1
2 Sep 2015
The National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW) was in support of the amendment of section 120 of the Children’s Amendment Bill (B13-2015) on the national child protection register. A proposal was made to align the section with the final draft of the Sexual Offences Act. It submitted that the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Oversight Report & Oustanding Matters
1 Sep 2015
The scheduled briefing by Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on its quarterly performance report and expenditure was cancelled as the Department had travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, where the Commonwealth Games 2022 host nation would be announcement.
The Committee therefore deliberated on its oversight draft report to the Eastern ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA) Appeal Board: Interviewing of candidates (day 2)
27 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation met to interviews candidates to fill a vacancy on the Independent Board to hear and decide on Appeals against decisions made in terms of the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA), Act No. 2 of 2010 (SASREA Board).
Sport, Arts and Culture
Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA) Appeal Board: Interviewing of candidates (day 1)
26 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation met to interviews candidates to fill a vacancy on the Independent Board to hear and decide on Appeals against decisions made in terms of the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA), Act No. 2 of 2010 (SASREA Board).
The following candidates ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
School Sport: update by SRSA & Department of Basic Education; Drug testing for school sport legislation
24 Aug 2015
Sports and Recreation South Africa updated the Committee on the implementation of the MOU on schools sport between SRSA and Department of Basic Education (DBE). They enumerated the achievements and the challenges and concluded that a lot of progress has been made. Nonetheless, it is essential to ensure that schools, ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development took a briefing from the Department of Social Development (DSD), covering programmes 1 to 4 of its first quarter 2015 financial and performance report. The Department was asked to return in the following week with an updated presentation and to brief the Committee on ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Basketball SA: development programmes; transformation, governance, annual report, National Basketball League
17 Aug 2015
Basketball South Africa (Basketball SA) briefed the Committee on its development programmes, transformation and governance-related issues, its annual report and financial statements, and the National Basketball League.
The organisation said that its biggest challenge was that it could not grow basketball when the provinces, except for Gauteng, had no dedicated ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Tennis SA transformation and performance; Committee’s Third Term Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by Tennis South Africa (TSA) on the status of its transformation, financial performance, governance and development programmes.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) had just completed a survey, where it had found that more than 444 000 South Africans were playing tennis every week. TSA’s task was ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on 2014/15 4th quarter performance
17 Jun 2015
The Department of Social Development provided an appraisal of their five programmes for the final quarter of 2014/15: Administration, Social Assistance, Social Security and Administration, Welfare Service Policy Development and Implementation, and Social Policy and Integrated Service Delivery. The Social Assistance programme was pinpointed by the DSD as the most ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & SASSA on their 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance, in presence of Minister
3 Jun 2015
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) presented its 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance report. The key priorities were geared to reducing income poverty, improving social delivery, improving internal efficiency and institutionalising social grants payment system within SASSA. A particular objective was to reduce inclusion and exclusion errors and improve the management ...