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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Education Sector Report: AG briefing
28 Jun 2017
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the outcomes of the 2015/16 Education Sector Report. It was reported that around R10 billion is spent every year on infrastructure for basic education. The prominent role of “implementing agents” in partnership with provincial education ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Learner Transport Memorandum of Understanding; ICT in schools, with Deputy Minister of Basic Education
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on progress made thus far with the provision of learner transport. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was in attendance. The key objective of the policy being presented to the Committee was to achieve a proper safe ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: public submissions; SASSA & NDA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee met with Parliamentary and State legal advisers, as well as a delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), to finalise the Refugees Amendment Bill. However, the bill could not be finalised because some submissions had been received late, and the Committee, the legal advisors and the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson said the Committee is hearing from the media that the Department of Water and Sanitation is bankrupt and this needs to be clarified. DWS also needs to inform the Committee on what it is doing to aid the provinces affected by the drought. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture & Pan South African Language Board on their Annual Performance Plans, with Minister
7 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation was briefed by both the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets.
After the Minister of Arts and Culture had introduced the DAC’s presentation by highlighting the National ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan; Mbombela Home Affairs temporary closure
6 Jun 2017
The Department addressed the recent closure of the Mbombela Home Affairs office for three days due to a sheriff attaching furniture and computers worth R150 000 at the Mbombela office. The Department got the goods back and is now taking steps to fix the communication errors with the Office of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on its Annual Performance Plan: meeting postponed
24 May 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting and expressed her disappointment at the absence of the Minister or Deputy Minister as there was a need for the political leadership to be present for the Annual Performance Plan (APP) presentation. She said she could understand if they were absent for other meetings, but ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its Annual Performance Plan
23 May 2017
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Select Committee on Social Services on its Strategic plan and 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP
The budgets for Gauteng, Free State and the Eastern Cape were only approved last week. This was because of the issues which had surfaced in these provinces. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
10 May 2017
[Kindly note that there is no audio for this meeting and PMG missed the opening remarks by the Deputy Minister]
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Budget 2017/18 to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation, and said it had prioritised higher levels ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA Court Judgment implementation; DSD Annual Performance Plan, with Minister present
10 May 2017
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) responded to an invitation from the Committee to report on progress since the court ruling that both SASSA and Cash Payment Services (CPS) were under a constitutional obligation to make sure that payment of benefits took place as required on 1 April. The ...