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Health
North West Department of Health status report; Committee Reports: Provincial Hospital Services; KZN Oversight; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2018
The North West Department of Health said they had managed to achieve 63% of their performance targets, compared to the 60% achievement in the previous financial year. Challenges which had prevented them from achieving more of their targets were the labour unrest and industrial action that had taken place, the ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018]: deliberations
4 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development held a sitting after the completion of the public hearings phase on the Competition Amendment Bill. The objective of the meeting was to obtain feelers from Committee Members on their personal experiences and what other suggestions they might proffer.
Most Members felt that the ...
Health
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: adoption
30 May 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The Bill was discussed clause-by-clause, and amendments were made, where necessary.
Clauses were amended replace “Minister of Health” was replaced with “Cabinet member responsible for health”. Several changes related to ensuring the composition and integrity ...
Health
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: Portfolio Committee amendments
23 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee addressed amendments to the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The first matter was the request of the Portfolio Committee to incorporate environmental health in the Bill, but the concern was that there would be overlap with the Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC).
Parliamentary ...
Health
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill: briefing; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill
2 May 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to deliberate on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa (NAPHISA) Bill, and to receive the response from the National Department of Health (NDoH) on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill.
Amendments were proposed to a few clauses of ...
Health
Committee DOH Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health were concerned at the inconsistencies between the Committee’s Budget Report and the Department of Health’s (DOH’s) annual performance plan (APP) on the implementation and objectives of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. They cautioned against changing the meaning of the DOH presentation and ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases & Department of Health Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2018
The Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) and the National Department of Health (NDOH) presented their annual performance plans, while the Professional Association of Clinical Associates of South Africa (PACASA) introduced the profession to the Committee.
The main highlights of the presentations related to possible legislation being passed to hold ...
Health
Medical Research Council, Office of Health Standards, Council for Medical Schemes & National Health Laboratory Services Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC),the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) for presentations of their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Medical ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...