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Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Labour Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee deliberated on the latest proposed amendments to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The first was the formula used for maternity benefits and the second related to beneficiaries.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that the Committee must have public participation with regards to the clause dealing with the extension ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Integrated Urban Development Framework: COGTA deputy minister briefing to Social Services cluster
11 Oct 2017
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Social Services Cluster of Portfolio Committees on the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF), accompanied by the Deputy Ministers of Economic Development and Transport.
The briefing touched on the following aspects: urbanisation and immigration in South Africa; legacy of ...
Health
Department of Health + Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health concluded its Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) process with presentations by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) and the National Department of Health (NDOH) on their annual performance for the past financial year.
The inability of the CCOD to provide ...
Health
Minister on Public Health Facilities Ministerial Task Team report; Health Department Quarter 1 performance
14 Sep 2017
The meeting involved the presentation of the National Department of Health’s (NDoH’s) performance report for the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, using the benchmarks of its strategic and action plan and focusing on the achievements and the challenges that the Department had experienced during this period.
The major ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Committee Draft Bill on Funding of Political Parties: briefing & call for comment
14 Sep 2017
The Committee met to check that the Committee Draft Bill on the Funding of Political Parties had captured all the proposals agreed to and to ensure that the Bill was ready for gazetting and for public comment. Minor amendments were made and the Committee made a note to address the ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...
Health
Health impacts of coal plants
8 Sep 2017
Various stakeholders from different communities came before the Committee to register their concerns as it related to health, agriculture, sanitation, water and environmental issues confronting community members in local areas where mines were built. The presenters indicated that in terms of the range of impacts linked to air pollution, most ...
Health
SAHRC Report on KZN Oncology Services: Minister of Health & KZN Department of Health response
6 Sep 2017
The Minister of Health and the Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department were invited to report back and clarify the issues raised in the presentation by the South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC) on the inadequate care provided to cancer patients in the province. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Health Promotion Levy (Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill): discussion
5 Sep 2017
National Treasury, together with the Beverage Association of South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, South African Sugar Association and the Healthy Living Alliance, gave an update on ongoing engagements between government and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) on the Health Promotion Levy (HPL).
National ...
Health
KZN State of Health Services: SAHRC briefing
23 Aug 2017
The SA Human Rights Commission presented its “KZN Oncology” Report to the Committee following a complaint from Dr Imraan Keeka, Democratic Alliance Member of the KZN Provincial Legislature. The complaint was based on lack of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN province. Following investigation, the Commission established ...