Small Business Development
Small Business Development BRRR; DSBD remedial plans & 400 cooperatives status report, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and adopted the Small Business Development Budgetary Review Recommendations Report.
Members agreed to add the following in the report:
Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
During the budgetary review presentation, the Content Advisor pointed out that the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) had under-spent by R23 million, despite previous complaints relating to the lack of funds available. The report referred to the failure of the Department to establish the Co-operatives Development Agency and the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women 2016/17 Annual Report: Committee Staff briefing
10 Oct 2017
Committee Members met for the first hour, after which the Department of Women was meant to attend for a discussion on their Annual Report. Because the Department was running late, the meeting was adjourned early, leaving time only for a presentation on the analysis and assessment of the Report by ...
Public Service and Administration
e-Governance; Integrated Financial Management System replacing PERSAL; aging IT government systems: Treasury & SITA
31 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the progress in implementing e-governance; by National Treasury on the status of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS); and by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on the ageing Information ...
Public Service and Administration
Thusong Centres repositioning & funding; Public Service accommodation by DPW; with Deputy Minister
24 May 2017
DPSA presented the recommendations of an inter-departmental study commissioned by Cabinet on the repositioning and funding model for Thusong Service Centres (TSC). The repositioning proposals for optimum provisioning were: 178 Thusong Service Centres, 165 Thusong Service Clusters and 67 proposed locations. Of the proposed 67 locations, only 25 cases are ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget
23 May 2017
The Committee revised and edited its Draft Report on Women in the Presidency on Annual Performance Plan (Budget Vote 13) of the Department of Women in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) for financial year 2017/18, dated 23 May 2017.
An area of concern was regarding oversight ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on Oversight; Department Budget; Policy on Incapacity Leave and Ill-Health Retirement Workshop
10 May 2017
The Committee discussed incidences of Members receiving threats after oversight visits and requested the Chairperson petition the Speaker for protection and legal services to cater for such incidences. This was during consideration of a draft Committee oversight report. Members decided it was important to have a joint sitting with the ...
Public Service and Administration
National School of Government, Public Service Commission, Centre for Public Service Innovation, DPSA Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The National School of Government contributed to Outcome 12 (an efficient, effective and development-oriented public service) through three projects which were: developing and rolling out an executive coaching programme; developing and implementing identified in-service development programmes; and training of unemployed youths. NSG would place greater emphasis on the rollout of ...
Public Service and Administration
30-day payment to service providers by DPW & DPME, with Deputy Ministers present ; Service Delivery Challenges: Centre for Public Service Innovation briefing
15 Mar 2017
Two presentations were made to the Portfolio Committee on the 30 day payment of service providers. The Chairperson dismissed any reports by Departments whose Executive leadership was not present at the meeting – this included the Departments of Home Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Rural Development and Land Reform. She, ...
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 ...