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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Heritage Asset accounting challenges; Arts and Culture White Paper impact; Winnie Mandela Brandfort Museum; Nyokeni Precinct
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) reported that the 2016/17 budget was R22.4 billion and R21.4 billion was actually spent, i.e. 95.82%. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion. The Auditor General did not identify any material findings on the performance information for Programme 2 Curriculum policy, Support and Monitoring, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs 2016/17 Annual Report
14 Nov 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting by commenting on the absence of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, when important issues such as the Department’s annual report and the suspension of its Director General (DG) were due to be discussed by the Select Committee. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Sports and Recreation briefed the Committee on its 2016-2017 Annual Report.
Members were pleased that the Department had achieved an unqualified audit opinion for four years in a row and it had also satisfied 82% of its targets. The Committee was happy that ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Social Development (DSD) reported that 144 000 people had received social assistance grants during the past financial year, which was only 3 000 short of its target. There had been a significant improvement in the achievement of planned targets in 2016/17, as 81% had been achieved ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education 2016/17 Annual Report; Response to NCOP 2016 Eastern Cape Higher Education Site Report, with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2017
The Select Committee met with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) for a briefing on the Department’s 2016/17 annual performance report, and to be briefed on the responses to the resolutions and recommendations of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) 2016 Eastern Cape Higher Education ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
It was agreed by the Select Committee on Social Services that, even though the annual report of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) was not received timeously, due to time constraints it was advisable for the meeting to proceed.
The DWS said that during the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2016/17 Annual Report
25 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) reported that the 2016/17 budget was R22.4 billion and R21.4 billion was actually spent, i.e. 95.82%. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion. The Auditor General did not identify any material findings on the performance information for Programme 2 Curriculum policy, ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Fourth Term programme; Committee Oversight Reports: Robben Island, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, KZN; Study Tour Report
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation discussed and approved its fourth term programme.
A delegation from the Thekwini TVET College in KZN was supposed to meet with the Committee during the fourth term in Parliament but it did not have the funds to do so. Due to the magnitude ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Taking Parliament to the People 2016: responses by Eastern Cape Departments of Health & Social Development, with DSD Minister and DoH Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2017
The Provincial Departments of Health and Social Development in the Eastern Cape were summoned by the Select Committee on Social Development to individually give reports on their efforts at addressing the findings of the Committee during its oversight visit in 2016.
The Provincial Department of Health (PDoH), Eastern Cape, said ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Taking Parliament to People in Eastern Cape Province : DBE & Eastern Cape Department of Education briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Select Committee of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Education and Recreation convened a meeting for the Eastern Cape Department of Education to provide an update on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations following site visits to the province in October and November 2016.
The Committee had recommended ...