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NCOP Health and Social Services
Early Childhood Development programme: Department of Social Development, National Development Agency & SALGA briefing
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the South African Integrated Programme of Action for Early Childhood Development (ECD). ECD had been identified as a key part of the National Development Plan (NDP) in addressing unemployment and inequality, but there were policy gaps in terms of infrastructure ...
Finance Standing Committee
Revised Fiscal Framework: public hearings
28 Oct 2014
A joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Finance heard briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), and the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) on the revised fiscal framework.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presentation gave an overview of the Medium Term ...
NCOP Finance
Development Bank of Southern Africa Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
21 Oct 2014
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Amendment Bill (B 2 of 2014).The presentation focused on the background and post-restructuring period of DBSA, the main objects of the Amendment Bill, the process of introducing the Bill in Parliament and the clause-by-clause discussion of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture & Pan SALB on their 2013/2014 Annual Reports, in presence of Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2014
The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) presented the 2013/14 annual report. It was firstly noted that a new board had been appointed in June 2014 and this board was proceeding to identify the problems and irregularities incurred by the previous board and management. It would be necessary to have ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) development: briefing by Department of Small Business Development with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development spoke about the Small Enterprise Finance Agency, Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda); Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA); National Empowerment Fund’s Rural Community and Development Fund; Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Risk Capital Facility; the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Incentive Schemes such as the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
SC on Petitions and Executive Undertakings: Orientation; Third Term Committee Programme
17 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary Research Unit took the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings through papers that familiarised the Members with the content, work and key concepts pertaining to the Committee. The papers intend to serve as a point of reference for the work the Fourth Committee had done, highlight the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Report of Eminent Persons Group on transformation in sport: Department of Sport and Recreation briefing
17 Sep 2014
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation were briefed by the Department of Sport and Recreation on the report of the Eminent Persons Group on transformation in sport.
The report explained it was generally accepted that processes to change the face of sport over the past 20 years had been ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
District Health Systems: Department of Health briefing; South African Social Security Agency 2014 Strategic Plan
16 Sep 2014
The Department of Health (DOH) delivered a presentation on the overview of the district health system, highlighting its achievements and challenges and illustrating how the Committee would be of assistance.
Committee Members asked about the status of other subsidiary hospitals which were not district hospitals in terms of infrastructure and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Student Financial Aid Scheme on the new student-centred model
27 Aug 2014
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) briefed the Committee on the new student-centred model of funding, as well as the readiness of the institutions towards a full rollover.
The shortcomings of the old institution-centred model were highlighted, such as difficulties in recovering loans due to the absence of a ...
NCOP Appropriations
2015/16 Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
26 Aug 2014
The Financial and Fiscal Commission briefed the Committee on the 2015/16 division of revenue. The presentation centred on macro-economic perspectives and fiscal frameworks, public debt challenges, social programmes and the need for reform, the equitable resourcing of schools, the adequacy and efficiency of primary health care financing, the impact of ...