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Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development on Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission
10 Oct 2017
The Minister of Economic Development reported on the work by the Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission (PICC). He pointed out that PICC is the executive’s tool for monitoring the implementation and impact of infrastructural development on the economy. It is a planning and coordinating body. It is neither a funding structure; ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency + CGE 2016/17 Annual Reports, with AGSA, Researcher and Content Adviser input
4 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the budget review and recommendations process, which focused on ensuring that strategically, accountability was achieved and service was delivered accordingly. It highlighted that based on the financial statements of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), the AG had issued ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Oversight Report was adopted with amendments that included comments made by the members of the Portfolio Committee of Women in the Presidency, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
International Women’s Conference: parliamentary staff briefing
24 Aug 2017
The South African Parliament is to host a 2-day International Women’s Conference.
The theme of the conference is: “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030”. The aim of the conference, amongst other things, is to create a platform for the discussion of progress made on the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on Quarter 1 performance
22 Aug 2017
Despondency about whether the situation with unachieved targets would ever change was expressed when the Department of Women in the Presidency (DOW) presented the report on its first quarterly performance. The Department had spent 22.3% of their budget -- R45.9 million of the appropriated R206.1 million - but out of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Quarter 4 performance
13 Jun 2017
The Commission for Gender Equality presented its report for the 4th quarter, on progress made by the institution in terms of its planned activities in order to reach its strategic objectives. Thus far, the institution has done well, most programmes and their reports have been finalised, and those not yet ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women on Quarter 4 performance
30 May 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Committee Researcher and Content Adviser before meeting with the Department of Women. They highlighted concerns about the Department performance report especially that DoW met 48.7% of its goals for 2016/17 but they spent 99% of their allocated budget.
In the presentation, the Department ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget
23 May 2017
The Committee revised and edited its Draft Report on Women in the Presidency on Annual Performance Plan (Budget Vote 13) of the Department of Women in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) for financial year 2017/18, dated 23 May 2017.
An area of concern was regarding oversight ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Annual Performance Plan
16 May 2017
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) gave presentations on their annual performance plan (APP) and budget for 2017/18 to the Women in the Presidency Portfolio Committee. The CGE noted that it would be completing its five-year strategic plan, which was first implemented in the 2013/14 financial year, in 2017/2018, and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
9 May 2017
The Department of Women in the Presidency, which would be referred to as the Department henceforth, made a number of presentations. The first presentation was on the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT), which was about measuring the performance of the Department on particular practices. The purpose of these measurements was ...