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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Education and Recreation addressed budgetary issues and the deficits in sport for the 2018/2019 financial year. The Department of Sport and Recreation received R1 billion from the National Treasury and National Lottery for the 2018/2019 financial year budget, and the Department argued that that was insufficient ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
23 May 2018
The Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture briefed the Select Committee on the Vision of the Department of Arts and Culture on the Annual Performance Plan.
She stated that in the 2018/19 financial year the majority of the Department of Arts and Culture’s programmes will be aligned with such important ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The elimination of pit latrines at schools featured as a prominent objective when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its annual performance plan in the National Council of Provinces. It planned to replace schools built with inappropriate materials, such as “mud schools,” through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Minister of Health's overview of Health & future plans
15 May 2018
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, provided a detailed overview which clearly defined the four critical challenges of Human Resources, Financial Management, Procurement and Maintenance of Infrastructure and Equipment. If you master the human resources, financial management, procurement and infrastructure, the health system will operate well. It does not ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016]: deliberations
24 Apr 2018
The Chairperson said that the absence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Deputy Minister and the Director General, was making it difficult for the Committee to finalise the Border Management Authority Bill. Nevertheless, she allowed the Department’s legal advisor to give a presentation on the consolidated public comments received ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill B9B-2016: Institute for Security Studies briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) briefed the Select Committee on the Border Management Authority Bill. Its report focused on the definition of border area, the securitisation of border zones, the institutional positioning of the authority and need for effective oversight and accountability, the role of other government departments and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Winnie Mandela Brandfort House museum: Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipalit, Masilonyana Local Municipality
21 Feb 2018
The Select Committee on Recreation and Education met with the Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipality and the Masilonyana Local Municipality to obtain an update on the long outstanding project to convert Winnie Madikizela Mandela’s Brandfort house into a museum.
The Committee was unhappy with the lack of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury, SARS & SANDF concerns
20 Feb 2018
The Committee heard Treasury’s concern that the Border Management Authority Bill in its current form left discretion to the Minister of Home Affairs only and fragmented the revenue value chain involving 30% of the country’s revenue amounting to R300 billion. It applied not only to money collected at border posts ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury and SAPS briefing; with Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
13 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Finance (National Treasury); the Department of Defence and by the SA Police Services on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] s75.
The South African Police Services said its main concern on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] was clause 4(2) which, if ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA, Central Drug Authority, National Development Agency 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
21 Nov 2017
The Select Committee (SC) on Social Services met with delegates from three entities of the Department of Social Development (DSD). The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA), the Central Drug Authority and National Development Agency (NDA) were invited to present their annual reports for the 2016/17 ...