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Basic Education
Early Childhood Development implementation: Basic Education, Social Development, Health Departments inputs
31 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committees of three departments -- Basic Education, Social Development and Health --came together in a joint meeting coordinated by the Portfolio Committee for Basic Education to discuss the implementation of Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes. A joint presentation was made which reflected situational analysis of Early Childhood Development ...
Public Service and Administration
Minister on HoD performance agreements/evaluations & retention/time served; Political Administrative Interface; PSC Amendment Bill; Chairperson election
25 Oct 2017
Minister Faith Muthambi said the average time spent by HoDs in their positions was a performance indicator for the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF).
The Acting Director General of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) discussed the statistics for the average time spent by Heads of Department in ...
Public Service and Administration
Free State Oversight Report
18 Oct 2017
The purpose of this meeting was the adoption of the Free State Oversight report and the consideration of the Public Service Amendment Bill.
Corrections and amendments were made to the oversight report and Members suggested additional amendments. Thereafter, the report was adopted with amendments.
The recommendations on the Bill was ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA; DPME & NYDA; Stats SA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and approved three reports:
DPSA and entities Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
DPME & NYDA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
Stats SA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
Members corrected minor grammatical and spelling errors in all the reports. In addition, they removed paragraphs from the recommendations section ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, NSG, CPSI, PSC, DPME, NYDA, Stats SA 2016/17 Annual Report: AGSA input; DPSA progress on Committee recommendations
10 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes and performance of the various entities in the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) had received unqualified findings in ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation on Quarter 4 performance; with Minister
13 Sep 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) briefed the Committee on its fourth quarter 2016/17 and first quarter 2017/18 performance. In the fourth quarter, it had achieved 41 of its 45 targets (91%), but overall performance had slipped to 88% in the first quarter this year. The annual training performance had ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, National Youth Development Agency & Statistics SA on Quarter 4 performance
13 Sep 2017
The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) said the high rate of unemployment among South Africa’s youth was a challenge which committed it to supporting the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) so that it could achieve its objectives. It had made recommendations for youth development to be made a ...
Public Service and Administration
Acting Chairperson election
6 Sep 2017
The Committee elected Ms R Lesoma as Acting Chairperson of the Committee.
Some Members of the Committee brought up issues that were not on the agenda, to the disapproval of other Members. Such issues included the steps to be taken when removing a Chairperson of the Committee, the status of ...
Public Service and Administration
Prohibition on public servants doing business with State; Financial Disclosures; National School of Government funding model; with Minister & Deputy
14 Jun 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) explained its current funding model and asked for the support of the Committee for the revised funding model. The NSG was required to recover all costs associated with training. This included costs associated with developing materials, marketing, logistics, and infrastructure of the school. The ...
Public Service and Administration
Employment Opportunities for Youth: NYDA; National Youth Policy: DPME report
7 Jun 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on the progress and challenges regarding the implementation of the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2020, and the new board of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) gave a broad overview of the strategies it was implementing to enhance youth ...