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Engagement with European Parliament’s Special Committee for Covid-19
22 Feb 2023
Basic Education
Impact of SONA on Basic Education Sector; BELA Bill: Update on processing of submissions & public hearings preparation, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2023
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President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education briefed the Committee of Basic Education on the analysis, implications and impact of the President's SONA 2023. The Department reported that the SONA 2023 placed particular emphasis ...
Basic Education
2023 School-Readiness: DBE briefing
7 Feb 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented the 2023 state-of-school readiness.
It told the Committee it had continued to conduct school readiness monitoring (SRM) to provide support to schools. The objective of the SRM was to identify any challenges that may impact effective teaching and ...
Basic Education
2022 NSC Examination: DBE & Umalusi briefing, with Minister
24 Jan 2023
The Committee met with officials from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi to receive a report on the results of the Class of 2022 in the November 2022 examinations. Members congratulated the Department on the 81.3% pass rate, representing a 3% increase from the previous year. This ...
Health
Eastern Cape Oversight visit Report
2 Dec 2022
The Committee met to consider its Eastern Cape Oversight visit Report.
Members were satisfied that the report was a true reflection of what happened during the oversight visit
Members were disturbed by what they saw and described the visit as an eye-opener about the dire state ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Health Department response to concerns, with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the National Department of Health (NDOH) responded to the concerns that the Portfolio Committee members and the public had raised on the NHI Bill.
Members of the opposition parties rejected the Bill in unison stating that it would be ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
22 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education continued with round three of oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA). Eight organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters from the Governing ...
Health
NHI Bill: Health Minister's response to comments
17 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Minister of Health gave a response to concerns raised during the NHI Bill public hearings and by Committee members in deliberations.
Committee members expressed differing views about the Minister's response. ANC Members welcomed the presentation as the NHI ...
Health
Repeal / Amendment of Acts Affected by NHI Bill; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
On a virtual platform, the National Department of Health (NDoH) presented the repeals and amendments that were made to 11 pieces of legislation affected by the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. These Acts included Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, Occupational ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
15 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education held round two of oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA). Eight organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters from the Pestalozzi Trust, ...