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Adhoc Committee on Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill (WCPP)
Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill: discussion & input from legal advisor
16 Aug 2023
Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill (the Committee) convened virtually to consider comments by the Standing Committee on the Premier and Constitutional Matters (the Premier’s Committee), and the Legal Advisor to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) on the ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: NCOP delegate & DoH briefing, with Health MEC
4 Aug 2023
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
The Standing Committee on Health and Wellness (the Committee) in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) convened in a hybrid setting for a briefing by the National Department of Health (NDoH) and the NCOP delegate on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill [B ...
Ad-hoc Committee- TB-related matters (WCPP)
Western Cape TB Response Plan
26 Jul 2023
In this virtual meeting, the Ad-Hoc Committee on Tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament met with the Western Cape Minister and Department of Health and Wellness to discuss the impact the Covid pandemic had on TB matters. The Department provided an overview of the Provincial TB Response ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Strategies to address acute malnutrition and high mortality rate of children under 5
21 Jul 2023
The Standing Committee on Health and Wellness (the Committee) in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) convened in a hybrid setting for briefings by the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Department of Social Development (DSD) and the Department of Health and Wellness (DH&W) on strategies to address acute malnutrition and ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Local Government Audit Outcomes: Western Cape
20 Jun 2023
The Standing Committee on Local Government met to receive a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of municipalities in the ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Briefing by Department of Health and Wellness on progress made on infrastructure project at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna
2 Jun 2023
The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness briefed the Standing Committee on its plans to build a new clinic at Hornlee in Knysna. It said the current clinic was too small, overcrowded, and unable to provide a full range of services. Project timelines were affected by the COVID-19 ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Appointment of the Hospital Boards and Clinic Committees; Functioning & structure of District Health Council
26 May 2023
The Western Cape’s Standing Committee on Health and Wellness received a briefing from the Western Cape Department of Health on implementing the Western Cape Hospital Facility Boards and Committees Act.
The briefing resulted from concerns raised by community stakeholders during the public hearings on the Department of Health annual ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Surge of mental health cases and programmes in place to address the mental health challenge in the province
14 Apr 2023
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness on the surge in mental health cases and the programmes in place that addressed mental health care in the province.
The Department reported that although they had already conducted the same presentation ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Beaufort West sec139 intervention & Financial Recovery Plan; Kannaland and Lainsburg sec154 Support Plan
11 Apr 2023
The Western Cape provincial Department of Local Government (DLG) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the progress made with the Section 139 and 154 interventions, and financial recovery and support plans implemented in the municipalities of Beaufort West, Kannaland and Laingsburg.
The Department said the Beaufort West ...
Local Government (WCPP)
WC Adjustments Appropriation Bill (2022/23 financial year) & WC Appropriation Bill: Local Government
16 Mar 2023
Western Cape Additional Adjustments Appropriation Bill 2023
Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2023
The Committee met with the Western Cape Department of Local Government to deliberate on Vote 14: Local Government budget in the Additional Adjustments Appropriation Bill for 2022/23 and on Vote 14: Local Government, Western Cape Appropriation Bill, ...