NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA on Auditor-General’s findings on COVID-19 stimulus relief fund package; with Minister
31 Aug 2021
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) told the Committee, in a virtual meeting, that it had received R24 billion in the Department of Social Development's first social relief grant allocation, and for this round it had been allocated R26 billion. However, it was concerned about the lack of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Postponed: Provincial Education Departments on Impact of Covid-19 and Lockdown on schooling
25 Aug 2021
The Select Committee convened on a virtual platform for a briefing from the Provincial Education Departments on the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on schooling. Some PEDs were not only affected by Covid-19, but also uprisings in July. The Western Cape also had disturbances caused by violence in relation to ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
DWYPD Annual Performance Plan 2021/22; with Minister
24 Aug 2021
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) said it had been a challenging year for the nation, particularly the poor and the vulnerable. The scourge of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) is on the increase despite numerous measures by DWYPD to contain this. The COVID-19 pandemic ...
NCOP Appropriations
Expenditure of HIV & AIDS (Life Skills Education) Grant & Learners with Profound Intellectual Disabilities Grant; with Deputy Minister
18 Aug 2021
The virtual oversight meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education, members of the Department of Basic Education, MECs, the Financial and Fiscal Commission, the Parliamentary Budget Office and the National Treasury. The purpose of the session was to provide the Committee with details of the provincial education ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Vaccination roll-out update; with Deputy Minister
17 Aug 2021
Video
Tabled Committee Reports
In this virtual meeting, the new Deputy Minister provided an update about the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations and the opening of additional vaccination sites in the provinces. He noted the concern about the limited uptake amongst the over 35 year population and that more females had ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NYDA Board Vacancies: Committee Report
15 Jul 2021
Report of the meeting to follow.
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Board Vacancies: Committee Report
15 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Meeting of the Portfolio Committee On Women, Youth And Persons with Disabilities
The Committee, in a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, adopted its report on the filling of vacancies on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board.
Outstanding minutes were ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
(Subcommittee) NYDA Board Vacancies: Committee Report
8 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Select Committee on Social Services and Health convened jointly to consider and adopt the Committee Report on the NYDA Board recommendations. It came up ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
(Subcommittee) NYDA Board interviews: Day 4
25 Jun 2021
Video: Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Part 2 Part 3
Candidate CVs: https://tinyurl.com/pd5wzf25
The Sub-Committee, formed from the National Assembly and NCOP Committees dealing with youth, interviewed nine candidates on the final day of interviews. The ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
(Subcommittee) NYDA Board Vacancies: Interviews day 3
24 Jun 2021
Video: Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Part 2
Candidate CVs: https://tinyurl.com/pd5wzf25
In a hybrid session, the Sub-Committee of the Portfolio on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Select Committee on Health and Social services interviewed candidates to fill ...