Public Service and Administration
Frontline Service Delivery & Citizen-Based Monitoring; National School of Government New Curricula
8 Mar 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) presented a report on its newly designed curricula that aimed to advance careers, creating a capable and professional public service. It aimed to train and empower unemployed graduates and public servants for excellent service in the public sector, in line with the aims of ...
Public Service and Administration
Government employees pensions payout: PSC, GEPF & PIC inputs; Gender & Disability equity in public service: DPSA report
1 Mar 2017
The Department of Public Service and Administration briefed the Committee on the monitoring report on gender equity and people with disabilities in the public service.
The Department enlightened the Committee that every Department has to arrange a meeting for women senior managers during the last week of August to discuss ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Final Report: deliberations and adoption
24 Feb 2017
The Committee considered the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report and ensured that all the amendments were correctly captured in the revised report. The Committee formally adopted the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) reserved their rights until the Report was presented to ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry interim report: consideration of responses
22 Feb 2017
The Committee continued considering the SABC response to its Interim Report and making amendments to it. The SABC response clarified that the Vision View contract was approved 31 July 2015 but was confirmed on 18 September 2015 and that in addition to the Board’s round robin decision, further ratification was ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
21 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider its responses to the Interim Report on the Inquiry into the fitness of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board to hold office.
The Committee had afforded all parties affected in the Interim Report the opportunity to respond to the report’s content. At this meeting, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
14 Feb 2017
The Committee met to discuss the responses to the Committee’s Interim Report from the affected parties. The Committee had received written submissions from four people: SABC8, Mr Phil Molefe, Mr Dumile Mateza and Mr Sipho Masinga. The deadline for comments (submissions) into the Committee's draft report is Thursday, 16 February ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure Act review: joint workshop
8 Feb 2017
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) presented at the joint workshop to the Finance and Appropriations Standing and Select Committees. It noted that the National Assembly had passed a resolution in May 2016 that the Finance Standing Committee should review the Money Bills Act with a view to introduce ...
Finance Standing Committee
Insurance Bill [B1-2016]: public hearings
7 Feb 2017
Public hearings were held by the Committee on the Insurance Bill. Stakeholders were invited to give comment on the Bill and six different parties presented oral submissions. The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) believed that the Bill had to be processed urgently as it contributed to financial stability and governance ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill: Treasury response to submissions
1 Feb 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor recapped the important points that came up during the public hearing about the President is reservations on the constitutionality of section 45B(1C) warrantless searches in the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill he had referred back to Parliament. The senior counsel legal opinions set out general principles ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: public hearings
31 Jan 2017
The Department of Health told a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Health and Standing Committee Finance that 38 million people die due to non-communicable diseases. 28 million deaths occur in low and middle income countries. 16 million people die before the age of 70. Cardiovascular diseases are the ...