Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Audit Outcomes & performance: AGSA, DPME & FFC briefings; Committee Report on Ncera Farms
14 Oct 2014
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities for the 2013/14 financial year. This was intended to provide Members with the necessary information and guidance to enable the Portfolio Committee to effectively ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport & Recreation on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; BRRR
14 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) on Reports of the AG on the Financial Statements and performance Information of vote 20 for 2013/14 (RP 138-2014); of the south African Institute for Drug-Free Sport for 2013/14 (RP 151-2009); and Boxing South Africa (BSA) for 2013/14.
Audit outcomes ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Legislative Mandate of DAFF: Committee Staff briefing; Progress report on Performing Animal Protection Amendment Bill: Department briefing; Feedback on Land Tenure Summit
16 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary legal adviser briefed the Committee on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) judgment on the Performing Animals Protection Act. The Act gave power to magistrates to issue licenses to people that used animals for performing and security purposes. The NSPCA had taken the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Government and telecommunication companies on broadband connectivity for schools
12 Sep 2014
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Basic Education met to discuss the issue of Broadband connectivity in schools using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and the role which it could play in the educational and socio-economic development of society. The purpose of delivering Broadband ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Ncera Farms de-registration: briefing
9 Sep 2014
The Committee was briefed by its content advisor about the deregistration of Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd in preparation for the Committee's oversight visit. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) was the sole shareholder of the Ncera Farms. It was developed in 2005 to provide extension services, contract ploughing, ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC on its Strategic Plan & Commonwealth Games preparations and performance
9 Sep 2014
The Committee was to be briefed by Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on developments and challenges across all the sporting federations.
However, SASCOC only presented a report on its preparation and performance at the 2014 Commonwealth games as well as its strategy for 2013-2016.
Members asked SASCOC to return ...
Basic Education
Inclusive Education: progress report; DBE on its 1st Quarter 2014 performance
9 Sep 2014
The Department of Basic Education presented the performance indicators and targets for each of its five programmes and reported actual outputs as at the end of the 1st Quarter of 2014/15. Programmes 1, 2 and 4 are the most problematic. The Financial Report indicated that DBE has underspent for the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food security and Fetsa Tlala initiative: Committee section introduction, Department & NAMC briefings, Departmental entities' collaboration, in presence of Minister
1 Sep 2014
An official from the Committee Section gave a preliminary outline, to the Committee, on the food security issues, in preparation for the later presentation by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). The South African government had an obligation to ensure food security for all citizens, an agriculture was ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
DPME on use of Monitoring and Evaluation information for oversight; Match-fixing discussion
26 Aug 2014
Planning in government had been transferred by the President from National Treasury to the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The inputs were budgets, human resources, infrastructure and activities. The output was service delivery. Operation Phakisa aimed at resolving recurring weaknesses in government service delivery programmes.
The DPME briefed ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA Football Association briefing on its financial status, broadcasting deal, match fixing and delivery of AFCON and CHAN
19 Aug 2014
The Local Organising Committee briefed the Committee on the hosting of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the 2014 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN). The Local Organising Committee reported that both tournaments were hosted successfully, with the AFCON event described the “the best Orange Africa by the Confederation of ...