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Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Parmed Report Draft: consideration
26 Nov 2018
Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act, 1996 [No. 8 of 1996] - G 17069
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme considered its draft report on Parmed, but could not adopt it because the NCOP component was not quorating. During the discussion it ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology Quarter 2 performance
21 Nov 2018
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on its Second Quarter Performance and Financial Report. The Director-General related numerous successful activities that the Department had engaged in to promote science, technology and innovation, including a number of highly successful conferences and ongoing successes with the SALT telescope and ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Committee Report on Parmed
14 Nov 2018
The Chairpersons opened the meeting and asked members if they would like to discuss the report on PARMED or if they wanted to dismiss the meeting as quorum was not met. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt the report but due to quorum not being met this could ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Parmed Report
7 Nov 2018
Documents Handed Out: Draft Report of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on PARMED; Economic Freedom Fighters Written Submission to Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parmed Act; Economic Freedom Fighters and Others v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (5554/2015) [2015] ZAWCHC 184; [2016] 1 All SA 520 (WCC) (8 December ...
Science and Technology
Climate Change Research in South Africa: DST briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Committee on the state of climate change science and technology in South Africa, and said the climate change science research community in South Africa was productive, internationally well-respected and growing. Over 30 institutions were engaged in climate research in South Africa, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Legal perspective on co-application of Parmed Act and Medical Schemes Act: Council for Medical Schemes briefing
24 Oct 2018
Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act, 1996 [No. 8 of 1996] - G 17069
The Sub Committee was established to review and amend the Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act. As part of this process, the sub committee engaged with various role players and today received ...
Science and Technology
Draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation: DST briefing; BRRR
24 Oct 2018
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DST’s) senior management team discussed the draft White Paper on science, technology and innovation, which was at an advanced stage of amendment and sign-off. The presentation provided feedback on how far the process was with regard to the motivation and context of the draft ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Transport & Public Works and Government Motor Transport 2017/18 audit: Auditor-General & Audit Committee briefing
19 Oct 2018
Members of the Committee showed an overall approval and appreciation for the detailed report.
The issue of CIDB Grade-9 contractors in the construction sector was one of the issues debated as it was identified to be a consistently problem within the Department and also one of the challenges that prevented ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology & NACI 2017/18 Annual Report
17 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology on their Annual Report 2017/18. The Department had received a clean audit. The Committee was updated by the Minister on the new board members in the various entities and expressed confidence in the new appointees. The ...
Science and Technology
South African Council of Natural Scientific Professions, CSIR, HSRC, TIA & ASSaf 2017/18 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the CSIR on their 2017/18 Annual Report. The organisation had received a clean audit. The key achievements were that 45 unemployed youth were trained with the MICT-SETA; 13 employment offers were made to MICT-SETA interns; and 200 000 young people were ...