Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Technology Innovation Agency & National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2018/19 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Technology Information Agency (TIA) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on their annual reports for the 2018/19 financial year.
For the TIA, this was a return visit, as it had been instructed at its previous meeting with the Committee ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
loveLife; Netball SA World Cup journey & 2023 World Cup in SA
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by LoveLife on their projects as well their role in promoting sport and recreation, and healthy lifestyle and its 2018 financial report. The loveLife programme focuses on four impact areas:
• The development of holistic athletes
• Provision of safe spaces for young people to engage ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Repeat Fees of Actors; Revised White Paper; Whistleblowing & Committee Oversight
5 Nov 2019
In response to the briefing by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) on repeat fees payable to actors, Members pointed out that the presentation had confused the concepts of royalties payable to artists and repeat fees payable to actors. What needed to be achieved was legislation that addressed the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Situational analysis and profile of governance and management at universities: Department briefing; BRRRs
29 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented the Committee with a report on the situational analysis and profile of governance and management at universities. The presentation was based on previous engagements between the Department and the Committee that took place in ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Mzansi Golden Economy missing R100 million; Moral Regeneration Movement
29 Oct 2019
The Committee were briefed by the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM), for the first time since 2015, and the Department of Arts and Culture on the alleged missing R100 million in MGE funds. A presentation by the Department on the repeat fees for actors was postponed due to time constraints.
The ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sports, Arts and Culture Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs) of the Department of Sports and Recreation (SRSA) and the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC). Although the two departments had been merged, they would continue to function as separate ...
Basic Education
Equal Education Law Centre State of Education Report; Section 27 Limpopo Sanitation Report; BRRR
22 Oct 2019
Section 27 – Limpopo Sanitation Report
Equal Education Law Centre on Report of State of Education​
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
Meeting Summary
The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) presented an overview on its Report on the State of Education 2014-2019. The presentation provided: a brief background on ...
Basic Education
ELRC Collective Agreements & Grade 9 General Education Certificate: DBE; BRRR; with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Minister, Ms Angie Motshekga and Deputy Minister, Dr Regina Mhaule were present and emphasised throughout the meeting that schooling for children was compulsory until grade 9, but that the schooling process ended at grade 12. Both the Minister and Deputy Minister highlighted ...
Basic Education
Examination Readiness 2019: Department briefing
10 Oct 2019
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to present the report on the state of readiness for the 2019 NSC examinations and provided the number of learners to indicate the size and shape of the basic education sector. The analysis of the assessments disclosed improved learning outcomes. ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
CRLR: response to outstanding questions; ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB, ITB & CPA 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee met to receive the 2018/19 annual reports of six of the entities in the portfolio of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. They were the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), the Communal Property Association (CPA), Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), the National Agricultural Marketing ...