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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: final mandates; Border Management Strategy: Department of Home Affairs briefing
20 Oct 2015
The main purpose of the meeting was to receive a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its border management strategy and the vision to establish a Border Management Agency to assume control of ports of entry and borderline functions. This was preceded, however, by the adoption by ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits
14 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Chairperson took the Committee through the draft reports and the draft minutes to correct any grammatical and spelling errors. The Committee commenced by going through ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
13 Oct 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented its annual report for the 2014/15 financial year, and highlighted its establishment as a new department in November 2014, which had resulted in the transfer of the sanitation function from the Department of Human Settlements.
The Department said 85% of the total ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Negotiating Mandates & responses by Department of Health
22 Sep 2015
The Committee considered negotiating mandates on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill from provinces. The Free State Province handed in its negotiating mandate during proceedings. All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. Eight of the nine provinces proposed amendments to the Bill with Mpumalanga Province being the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Department of Health briefing
25 Aug 2015
The National Department of Health (NDoH) briefed the Committee on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill. The Medicines Act 101 of 1965 was amended by the Medicines Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 72 of 2008). However when it came to proclamation it was realised that there were gaps in governance. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Certificate Vocational (NCV) & National Accredited Technical Diploma implementation: Department of Higher Education & Training briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the implementation and administration of the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and National Accredited Technical Diploma (NATED).
The DHET highlighted the main features of the programmes, such as the purpose, design, subjects offered, the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Substance Abuse Roundtable Workshop
28 Jul 2015
The round table workshop was organised in an attempt to reflect on the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017, and to hear about its capacity, support and impact of interventions. Although some specific NGOs were making submissions, others were present and contributed to the discussion. There were common ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Council for Educators (SACE) & National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
17 Jun 2015
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) presented the strategic plan for 2015/16 financial year. SACE received R10 per educator for monthly levies and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a grant of R9 million, giving approximate revenue of R60 million per year to SACE. It had around 200 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Boxing South Africa on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan and Budget
10 Jun 2015
Boxing South Africa (BSA) briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan for 2015 to 2019 and the 2015 Annual Performance Plan (APP). The strategic goals focused on ensuring that there was an effective, efficient and sustainable organisation; on the development and transformation of boxing and creation of a synergy between ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Revitalization of Distressed Mining Towns Programme: Department of Human Settlements briefing
9 Jun 2015
The DHS briefed the Committee on the revitalisation of distressed mining towns programme. The point was made that mining towns were characterised by wide scale informal settlements. Miners did not qualify for government’s mining subsidy programmes. Most miners earned in excess of R3500 which was above the earnings ceiling to ...