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Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson
8 Jun 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee: WCPP Seats convened in a virtual meeting to elect its new Chairperson. It elected Mr A Van Der Westhuizen (DA) as its Chairperson.
The Committee was established to consider whether the number of seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament was suitable for the increasing ...
Premier & Constitutional Matters (WCPP)
Department of Premier on status of Cyber Security and Broadband
3 Jun 2022
The Standing Committee on the Premier and Constitutional Matters of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament convened virtually to be apprised of the status of cyber security and broadband rollout in the province.
The Committee heard that the scope of the Western Cape government’s network included both corporate and administration ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Department of Community Safety & CoCT on Law Enforcement Advancement Plan
31 May 2022
The Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs, and Sport convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Department of Community Safety (DoCS) and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) on the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP).
The Committee heard that the LEAP was implemented as ...
Education (WCPP)
Equal Education Law Centre on the school admission crisis in the Western Cape; WCED briefing on the Mathematics and Language Strategy
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Equal Education Law Centre briefed the Standing Committee on Education on the status of school admission crisis in the Western Cape province.
The Equal Education Law Centre reported that it had observed an incredible number of learners being unplaced in grades one and eight. ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Induction Programme for new Councillors; Monitoring of Local Government by Provincial Standing Committees
10 May 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s senior legal adviser on the legislature’s and Committee's roles in exercising oversight over the Department of Local Government. Discussions also focused also on the right of the legislature and the Committee to obtain information from municipalities which were needed ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee
6 May 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on COVID19 finalised its work by considering and adopting its final report documenting the work of the tenure of the Committee.
The Committee recommended that each Standing Committee deals with matters pertaining to COVID-19 in their respective portfolios. The Committee also recommended that the Standing Committee on Health, ...
Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue Bill: Final Mandate; Committee Quarterly Reports
6 May 2022
The Budget Committee met to adopt its report and final mandate on the Division of Revenue Bill [B6-2022]. The Western Cape did not support the Bill. The minority view expressed was in support of the Bill.
The Committee adopted various quarterly reports and its annual ...
Budget (WCPP)
2022 Division of Revenue Bill: briefing
22 Apr 2022
The Budget Committee was briefed by National Treasury on the Division of Revenue Bill [B 6-2022].
National Treasury presented an overview of the 2022 Division of Revenue Bill, substantive changes made to the Bill’s clauses and provincial and local government allocations, including information on the provincial and local equitable ...
Budget (WCPP)
WC Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill & WC Appropriation Bill: Committee Reports
25 Mar 2022
Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill
The Budget Committee considered and adopted its report on the Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill for the 2021/22 financial year and the Western Cape Appropriation Bill, 2022.
The Committee further considered the reports on Vote 1 to Vote 14 and ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Community Safety
18 Mar 2022
The Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs and Sport convened in a hybrid meeting with the Western Cape Department of Community Safety (WCDCS) and the Western Cape Liquor Authority to deliberate on Vote 4: Community Safety in the Schedule to the Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2022/23. ...