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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SA Connect project connecting district municipalities and government institutions (schools, hospitals, clinics, police stations); Deputy Minister present
24 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on the progress of the rollout of Phase 2 of the SA Connect project.
The Deputy Minister said SA Connect was a flagship programme representing government’s broadband ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: DMRE briefing; with Minister
21 Nov 2023
In its final meeting for 2022, the Select Committee met on a virtual platform with the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to discuss the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill.
In his opening remarks, the Minister briefly commented on the intention of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) legislation ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) 2022/23 Annual Report; with Minister
15 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) on the entity's performance for the 2023/23 financial year.
ZADNA had managed to achieve 88% of its annual targets, and had obtained an unqualified audit outcome. It ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards Bill; National Veld and Forest Amendment Bill: final mandates
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received approval for the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill from eight of the nine provinces and the Committee Report on the Bill was adopted. The North West provincial legislature abstained from voting on the Bill.
For the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
KZN Report-back on Taking People to Parliament 2022 Report; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2023
The Committee met virtually to hear an update from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on the executive undertakings arising from the public hearings and site tour held in the Ugu District in KZN during the 14–18 November 2022 National Council of Provinces' Taking Parliament To ...
NCOP Finance
SASRIA Annual Report; Municipal FISCAL Powers and Functions Amendment Bill: Committee Report
10 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met to be briefed by SASRIA on its annual report. SASRIA experienced unprecedented losses and claims due to the July 2021 unrest. There was a total of 17589 claims (R30,7 billion worth of claims) which exceeds the yearly claims of approximately 3 700 ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
How spectrum availability will reduce cost to communicate; with ICASA & Deputy Minister
27 Sep 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Deputy Minister said that ICASA ensured that all the spectrum that had been auctioned in March 2022 has been paid for and that the national fiscus benefited from the R14.4 billion proceeds. On lowering the cost to communicate by addressing competition in the sector, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards A/B & National Veld and Forest Fire A/B: Negotiating Mandates (with Deputy Minister)
26 Sep 2023
Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the provinces’ negotiating mandates on the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill [B15B – 2021], as well as the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B24B – 2021]
Most of ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material: DMRE briefing
5 Sep 2023
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy briefed the Committee on the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), tabled in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution.
Members wanted to know if ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Status of Women's Health in South Africa: engagement with DoH, DWYPD & StatsSA
31 Aug 2023
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
Meeting virtually on the last day of Women's Month, the Multiparty Women’s Caucus received three briefings. Those briefings were made by the Department of Health (DoH), Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), and the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the Status ...