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Social Development
Children's Amendment Bills B13/2015 and B14-2013: Departmental briefing, in presence of Minister
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Social Development (DSD), with the Minister present for part of the time, took the Committee through the proposed amendments that had been suggested by the Committee, following the public hearings, for the Children's Amendment Bill B13-2015 and the Children's Second Amendment Bill B14-2015. The Department explained the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality ‘one woman, one hectare of land’ report
8 Mar 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality presented a report on the ‘One Woman, One Hectare of Land’ initiative to the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency.
The Commissioner gave an overview of the mandate and functions of the Commission, and the legislation governing the Commission, and provided an introduction to ...
Social Development
South African Council for Social Service Professions training, accreditation & curriculum; Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit
24 Feb 2016
Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit [Committee Report available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The South African Council for Social Service Professions spoke to the requirements that it has set up for students who wish to register to study social work as well and adoption work. Site visits ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on 2015/16 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Committee's Content Advisor and Researcher briefly outlined some points that the Committee may wish to discuss from the 3rd quarter 2015 performance reports of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). Members wondered why there was so little evidence of racial diversity or consideration from the issues raised, and why violence ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill [B13-2015]; Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14-2015]: Department response to public hearings
4 Nov 2015
The Director of Legal Services, Department of Social Development (DSD) focused on the various proposals that the DSD had picked up from the submissions at the public hearing on the two Amendment Bills (B13-2015 and B14-2015). These proposals included the need for an expanded definition of ‘sexual offences that would ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
3 Nov 2015
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
[Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency met to discuss a report recording its oversight visit to the Eastern Cape. The Committee had visited the Commission on ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Act Private Member’s Bill [PMB2 -2015]: Department of Social Development response, Department of Justice comments on alignment with other legislation
28 Oct 2015
The Committee noted that Mr M Waters had submitted a Private Members' Bill (PMB) calling for amendments to the Children's Act, specifically to section 120, in order to bring the Act into alignment with the ruling of the courts in relation to placing of the name of a child sexual ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Development (DSD): overviews of Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Department of Social Development (DSD) conducted three briefings dealing with the Gender Chief Directorate, its approach to Gender-based Violence (GBV), and the disability rights coordination mechanism.
The overview of the Gender Chief Directorate dealt with the DSD’s efforts towards gender transformation. Members ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & National Development Agency on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with the Minister; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
Representatives from the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) presented the 2014/15 audit outcomes of the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities. The Department had received a clean audit, while the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) had received unqualified opinions, with findings on ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality on their 2014/15 Annual Reports & FFC input
14 Oct 2015
[note: Commission for Gender Equality 2014/15 Annual Report email info@pmg.org.za]
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the performance of the Department of Women and the Commission on Gender Equality. The FFC explained that the Department was not performing well in many categories, because they were still dealing ...