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Basic Education
Committee Report on Basic Education Budget
2 May 2018
PMG did not attend the meeting, Minutes from Parliament bellow.
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education
Date : 2 May 2018
Time : 09:30
Venue : Committee Room V226, 2nd Floor, Old Assembly Wing, Parliament
Agenda : Consideration and Adoption of Committee Report on Budget Vote ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation report on outstanding issues; Umgeni & Sedibeng Water Boards 2016/17 Annual Report
25 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met to receive presentations from the Umgeni and Sedibeng water boards on their 2016/17 annual reports, and a briefing from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on outstanding issues. However, the water boards did not present their reports because they did not ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Bill; Ingonyama Permission-to-Occupy change to Long-Term Leases & Annual Performance Plan; CPA Bill; Nqancule CPA; DRDLR APP: AGSA review
18 Apr 2018
The Committee received briefings from Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), Parliamentary Legal Services, the Eastern Cape and North West Province, Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) in a comprehensive meeting which lasted 11 hours.
Highlights of the meeting was the briefing of ...
Water and Sanitation
War on Leaks Programme & Proposals for bulk water tariffs for 2018/19: Department briefing, with Minister & Deputy Minister
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed the Committee on the status of bulk water tariffs processes for 2018/19. The Department informed the Committee that in September and October 2017, the Department had conducted pre-tariff consultation sessions with the Water Boards, after which the Water Boards had consulted with municipalities, ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input
27 Mar 2018
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to be briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) and National Treasury on challenges facing the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The AGSA briefed the Committees on irregular payments and ...
Water and Sanitation
Construction Unit: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing
20 Mar 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the second and third quarterly performance reports of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for 2017/18, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present.
Major highlights included conducting and evaluating the matriculation exams, where there had been a student pass rate of 75.1%. There had ...
Basic Education
ICT Roll-Out in Schools; School Governing Board (SGB) Elections; with Minister and Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the current preparations for school governing body elections, which would take place from March 2018. The complexity of the election process was highlighted, especially with regard to uniformity across the provinces. Although the overall percentage of readiness was good, it ...
Basic Education
Schools 2018 Re-opening: status report: National Senior Certificate Exam 2017 outcomes and evaluation
13 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to present on school readiness monitoring for the 2018 academic year and the outcomes of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination. The presentation focused on learner admissions and registration, undocumented learners, teacher provisioning, Learning and Teaching Support Materials (LTSM ), ...
Basic Education
2017 Examinations standardisation: Umalusi briefing
7 Feb 2018
UMALUSI said it was satisfied that it had diligently executed on its quality assurance mandate of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. UMALUSI noted that standardisation was an international practice to mitigate the effect of factors other than the learners’ knowledge and aptitude on the learners’ performance. UMALUSI then spoke ...