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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Small-Scale Fisheries Policy; DAFF Quarter 3 performance; Land Bank Board candidates: with Deputy Minister
5 Jun 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries admitted it has misused R60m for what it was not intended for.
The R60m in question was money given to the Department from National Treasury for the monitoring and evaluation of Comprehensible Agricultural Support Programme projects. The Department revealed, recently, to the Portfolio ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Technical Support Team briefing; Committee Programme
24 May 2018
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme met recently to discuss and adopt the Draft Strategic Plan and Draft Committee Programme documents for the implementation of the terms of reference regarding the review process of the Parmed Act of 1975.
Members agreed they need to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Comprehensive Producer Support draft policy: DAFF briefing; DAFF Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries did not entertain the presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the Draft Policy on Comprehensive Producer Support.
The Committee raised a number of concerns. It voiced disappointment with the policy document because the Department did not consult the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Annual Performance Plan: Content Adviser and Researcher input
2 May 2018
The Committee Researcher reported that the expenditure report indicates under Vote 13 that the Department for Women has spent R150.2 million of its available budget of R206.2 million. The expenditure represents 98.3% of the R152.8million projected expenditure for this period. Strategic objectives include the promotion of strategic leadership, gender knowledge, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Election of Chairpersons; Committee Mandate; Medical Aid Scheme Act: Content Advisor/Reseacher input
2 May 2018
The Committee Secretary said the Ad Hoc Committee had been jointly established by the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Province (NCOP) to inquire into the Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme (Parmed) Act 28 of 1975. Because the meeting had started an hour late, it was decided ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on 3rd Quarter Performance
13 Mar 2018
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) started to brief the Committee on its performance and the challenges during the third quarter, but were brought to a halt when Members complained that the contents were very broad and it would be more relevant to discuss legislation that would help to improve ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
South African Law Reform Commission Report: Adult Prostitution: response by stakeholders
5 Mar 2018
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus arranged a summit during which 30 stakeholders and interested parties provided responses to the Adult Prostitution Report produced by the South African Law Reform Commission on behalf of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Written submissions had been submitted in 2017.
The Chairperson indicated that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Employment Equity Hearing on gender transformation in the workplace: Commission for Gender Equality briefing
27 Feb 2018
The Commission on Gender Equality made presentations on the Employment Equity Report for 2015/2016, and the 2015 research report assessing gender mainstreaming in the public service.
The first report was based upon the employment equity hearings conducted by the Commission. The intention of the study was to assess the impact ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Basic Education irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure; infrastructure; scholar transport: hearing; with Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to review the irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, infrastructure issues and scholar transport involving the Department of Basic Education (DBE), with the objective of ensuring that officials of the Department followed due process in all of its projects, and that they were held ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Implementation Plan for International Conference on Women and Changing World of Work
14 Feb 2018
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus received a briefing by the Content Adviser on the draft MPWC Implementation Plan that followed the International Women’s Conference (IWC) on “Women in the Changing World of Work” held in August 2017. The draft action plan was designed to serve as guidance for the actions of ...