Mrs Beverley Lynnette Abrahams

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Beverley Lynnette Abrahams

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Social Development PC Social Development: First Term Committee Programme; Oversight Visit Report to Limpopo
    18 Feb 2015

    The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt its first term programme, outstanding minutes and oversight visit report to Limpopo. It was noted that there were projects that the Committee had promised to visit in the previous but were unable to.  There was a commitment that the authorities would be ...

  • Sport, Arts and Culture PC Sports and Recreation: Matters arising from previous meetings
    17 Feb 2015

    The Committee met to consider minutes and matters arising from the same minutes. The discussion at one point centred on the Minister of Sports and Recreation absence from meetings when Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) was accounting before the committee. The Chairperson reminded the Committee that the decision to ...

  • Sport, Arts and Culture Deliberations on Sasrea Appeal Board interviews; Committee 2014 Oversight visit report; Proposed international study tour
    3 Feb 2015

    The Committee was to deliberate on the Sasrea Appeal Board interviews. However, it transpired that the confidential questionnaire template that Members were to further populate with more questions had been electronically circulated to them and their complementary staff. The Committee agreed therefore that the population of the actual and final ...

  • Social Development Central Drug Authority on its 2013/14 Annual Report
    19 Nov 2014

    The Central Drug Authority (CDA) presented its Annual Report and business plan for the year 2014/2015 to the Committee, concentrating on the main slides only, at the request of the Committee, so as to leave more time for discussion. The CDA was established in terms of the Prevention of and ...

  • Social Development Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa: South African Human Rights Commission briefing
    12 Nov 2014

    The South African Human Rights Commission briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on its report titled “Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa”.  The new democratic government recorded certain gains in the reduction of poverty in the country; however there was disturbing evidence of considerable and ...

  • Sport, Arts and Culture Transformation in Sport: Departmental briefing
    11 Nov 2014

    The Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) said that among the transversal issues affecting the whole National Sports and Recreation Plan (NSRP) was the issue of transformation in sport. Following the plan, the Transformation Charter, as well as its scorecard, had then been infused into the plan and adopted as ...

  • Social Development LoveLife on its purpose and performance
    5 Nov 2014

    LoveLife briefed the Committee on its purpose and rationale. The presentation outlined the entity’s history, staff structure; various campaigns and programmes they were undertaking to prevent HIV and AIDs in young people. Problems leading to high risk, aims and objectives and statistics were given alongside a general overview of loveLife’s ...

  • Sport, Arts and Culture Preparation and performance at Commonwealth Games, Developments in Athletics SA, Update on SAFA & Annual Report: SASCOC briefing
    4 Nov 2014

    The Committee was briefed by SASCOC on the South African team’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games, developments at Athletics SA, and progress with regard to the SA Football Association and its annual report.

    As preparation for the Commonwealth Games, SASCOC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each federation so ...

  • Social Development Central Drug Authority on its 2012/13 Annual Report
    29 Oct 2014

    The Central Drug Authority (CDA) acknowledged the delay in presenting the 2013/14 Annual Report, as well as the 2013-2017 National Drug Master Plan (NDMP). Substance abuse trends in South Africa showed the highest prevalence among users of cannabis, amphetamines (because of “Tik”) and heroin (because of “Nyaope”). The targets for the ...

  • Basic Education Progress on drug and alcohol prevention programmes in schools
    28 Oct 2014

    The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) briefed the joint committees on the progress of drug and alcohol prevention programmes, physical education and the roll-out of sports programmes in schools.

    The drug and alcohol prevention programme involved a detailed strategy, with the main ...