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NCOP Health and Social Services
Finalisation of National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill & NYDA A/B
8 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met online to consider the response of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill [B31B-2022]. The Bill comes from the Presidential Summit Declaration against GBV and Femicide of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public hearings
7 Mar 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture held round two of the oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022]. Twelve organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public hearings
6 Mar 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Select Committee on Education & Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture convened virtually to host public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. Oral submissions were made by AfriForum, the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA), Suid-Afrikaanse ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Postponed: GBVF Bill: DWYPD response to submissions & deliberations; with Minister
5 Mar 2024
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Committee convened virtually to be presented with the responses of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to public comments on the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Bill [B31-2022]. The Minister was in attendance. However due ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport Amendment Bill: DSAC briefing (with Deputy Minister)
28 Feb 2024
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) briefed the Select Committee on the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport (SAIDS) Amendment Bill. Although it had not yet been passed by the National Assembly, it was important to fast track this Bill. The reason was that the World ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill: DWYPD briefing
6 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) explained that the proposal to amend the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Act was mainly to address the challenges involved in the execution of its broad legislated mandate, and to intensify youth development service provision. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: WCPP extension request
6 Feb 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture convened a virtual meeting to consider a request by the Western Cape for an extension for processing the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill).
The Select Committee on ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
6 Dec 2023
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts, and Culture convened to receive a briefing from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education.
The Department highlighted the significance of the Global Convention for South Africa ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: DWYPD briefing; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples rights on the rights of older persons in Africa; with Ministers
1 Dec 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on a Bill to establish a National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The Bill sought to establish a statutory body to coordinate a multi-sectoral approach to GBV and femicide.
Members ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NHI Bill: Final Mandates (with Minister)
21 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services, in a virtual meeting, considered the final mandates on the National Health Insurance Bill [B11B-2019].
Eight of the nine provinces mandated their representatives to vote in favour of the Bill. Western Cape did not submit ...