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Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public comment extension
28 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to engage about the written submissions on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2-2022] and consider the extension of the deadline for written submissions, as well as the way forward with processing, summarising and collating written submission. The Committee had received ...
Basic Education
Western Cape oversight progress report; DBE Q4 Report 2021/22; with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarterly report performance. The Committee was also briefed by ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clause 5 to 6 deliberations, with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee continued with clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill, with a specific focus on clauses 5 and 6. Members of the Committee expressed their party’s position on the various sub-clauses.
The African National Congress generally supported the two clauses ...
Basic Education
DBE on Thrive by Five Survey Report & ECD Census Report; with Minister
7 Jun 2022
Thrive by Five Survey (preschool child development)
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) recently took over the responsibility for Early Childhood Development (ECD) from the Department of Social Development (DSD). The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by two organisations on their research findings on ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clause 2 to 4 deliberations
1 Jun 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee commenced the clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill.
The Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) indicated their opposition to the Bill upfront and the varying reasons for ...
Basic Education
Implementation of Committee recommendations following oversight visits to the Northern Cape and Free State; with Deputy Minister
31 May 2022
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer and Training Hub: DSI & stakeholder briefing
27 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation in conjunction with the Portfolio Committee on Health in the National Assembly (NA) convened in a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), and representatives of Afrigen, Biovac and the South African Medical Research ...
Basic Education
Implementation of Portfolio Committee Recommendations following oversight visits to NW & FS: NWPED briefing; with Deputy Minister
24 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education convened in a virtual meeting to receive an updated status report by the ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Motion of desirability
18 May 2022
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Health considered the motion of desirability on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill [B19 - 2019]. The Bill was tabled in Parliament and referred to the Committee on 8 August 2019. The National Health Insurance ...
Basic Education
Mathematics, Science and Technology Strategies and Interventions (teacher training and development, teacher demand/needs, learner uptake, improved subject performance): DBE briefing with Deputy Minister
17 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the mathematics (hereafter referred to as maths), science and technology strategies and interventions on teacher training and development, teacher demands/needs, learner uptake, and improved subject performance.
The Committee heard ...