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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women in the Presidency & Commission for Gender Equality Budget
6 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency met to consider and adopt the Committee report on the strategic plan and annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Women in the Presidency and the Commission on Gender Equality. The Committee had observed that the Department had identified access to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women in Presidency & Commission on Gender Equality Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee Content Advisor took the Committee through the draft report and asked Committee members to add recommendations and amendments.
Committee members questioned the scope and ability of the Department of Women in the Presidency to address access to basic services. It was recommended that the Department put pressure on ...
Basic Education
Committee Report on Department of Basic Education Budget Vote 14
29 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education considered Budget Vote 14 (Basic Education) together with the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Strategic Plan of the Department of Basic Education and its statutory bodies. The purpose of the meeting was to deliberate of the draft Portfolio Committee report in light of the ...
Basic Education
School Governing Body 2015 Elections outcomes/challenges; South African Council of Educators 2015 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
28 Apr 2015
Some of the key aspects touched upon by the South African Council of Educators (SACE) were:
They are moving towards the electronic registration of educators. Current revenue is R55.4 million and the highest source of income is from subscriptions which will increase by 10% annually over the next five years. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality reports on CSW 57th Session; IBSA Conference; 365 Days of Action to End Violence; National Council on Gender Based Violence; Gender Focal Points; Courts; National Gender Summit; 2014 elections
21 Apr 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality briefed the Committee the status of gender mainstreaming throughout different departments in government and information relevant to monitoring the effectiveness of certain programmes which strive for gender equality. The Committee was also briefed on a number of documents including: Women and Political Parties in South ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
3rd Quarterly Report of Commission for Gender Equality: briefing
14 Apr 2015
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) briefed the Committee on the third quarterly report for both financial and organisational matters.
The Chief Executive Officer provided a presentation which outlined the core accomplishments of CGE over the past four months. The accomplishments highlighted included transformational meetings with universities, the creation of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Draft SADC Parliamentary Forum Report on protection against child marriages: Committee Deliberations in preparation for caucus on 25 March
24 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Research Office presented a draft Report on the protection of children against child marriages in South Africa, which had been compiled for tabling to the SADC-Parliamentary Forum (PF) Plenary Assembly. The Plenary was trying to understand the implications of child marriages in the SADC region, to address such ...
Basic Education
Education Labour Relations Council & Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) on their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
24 Mar 2015
The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) briefed the Committee on its strategic plan, focussing on the fiscal years 2015/16 to 2019/2020, and explained that its strategic objectives were centred on two components -- dispute management and collective bargaining services. It was a bargaining council established in terms of the Labour ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 & response to State of Nation Address; Oversight reports to Department & CGE
17 Mar 2015
The Department of Women (DoW) in the Presidency presented its strategic plan for 2015 to 2020 and Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16 to the Committee. It described itself as a new department in the sense that its mandate was changed by Presidential Proclamation in November 2014, with functions originally handled ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education action plans to address audit & Management Performance Assessment Tool findings
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) took the Committee through the action plan to address the audit findings of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2013/14 financial year. The Department discussed the major findings and areas of emphasis on each finding, and also included the progress and action ...