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Social Development
Committee 2015/16 performance report & 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan
24 Aug 2016
Documents handed out:
2016/2017 Portfolio Committee on Social Development Annual Performance Plan
PC Social Development Five Year Strategic Plan (2014-2019)
Review of PC on Social Development activities for 2015/16 financial year and way forward [awaited]
The Committee’s Content Advisor presented the five-year strategic plan of the Committee, and commented that ...
Social Development
Children's Amendment Bill & Children's Second Amendment Bill: adoption; Committee Report on Eastern Cape Oversight
20 Apr 2016
Eastern Cape Oversight Report [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
As requested by the Committee, the Department of Social Development provided advice on whether the amendment to section 186(1) in the Children's Second Amendment Bill should remain in the Bill. The recommendation of the ...
Social Development
Appointment of NDA Board Process; National Development Agency on its 2016 Strategic Plan; Second Term Committee Programme
13 Apr 2016
The Department of Social Development introduced the new board of the National Development Agency. The board was appointed according to s 5 of the NDA Act. Ms Nelisiwe Vilakazi, Acting CEO of the National Development Agency, presented the business case, strategic plan and annual performance plan. The CEO presented the ...
Social Development
Children‘s Amendment Bill (B13-2015) and Children’s Second Amendment Bill (B14-2015): adoption postponed
17 Mar 2016
The Committee had held substantial discussions on the two Children's Amendment Bills on the previous day and the Chairperson, with the support of Committee Members, suggested that the final formalisation and adoption of the Bills be postponed. The Committee had encountered some practical issues and wanted a chance to get ...
Social Development
Department report postponed due to absence of DG; Children's Amendment Private Member Bill; Committee Report on Northern Cape
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Social Development (DSD) was expected to give a presentation on the progress of some of the programmes from April to June 2015, but the Director General had sent an apology, since he was attending an imbizo, and the delegation was led by the Chief Financial Officer. Members ...
Social Development
First Term Committee programme: adoption
17 Feb 2016
The Committee Members went through its “Programme on the Legislation Process” for January to March 2016, and the Committee Secretary clarified that the Committee was still communicating with the Social Work Council in relation to some of the dates. There were some outstanding resolutions still to be taken and the ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill [B13-2015]; Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14-2015]: Department response to public hearings
4 Nov 2015
The Director of Legal Services, Department of Social Development (DSD) focused on the various proposals that the DSD had picked up from the submissions at the public hearing on the two Amendment Bills (B13-2015 and B14-2015). These proposals included the need for an expanded definition of ‘sexual offences that would ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: Chapter 4 proposed amendments, with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2015
The Committee continued deliberations on the official list of committee proposed amendments to the Bill (A-list) accompanied by the B version which incorporated all the proposed amendments into the Bill. Chapter 4 on Intention to Expropriate and Expropriation of Property was completed.
A DA member suggested that the Department should ...
Social Development
South African Social Security Agency on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister present
15 Oct 2015
[Note: South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report [358MB] email info@pmg.org.za]
Representatives from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) presented the 2014/15 Annual Report of the Agency. The Agency had received an unqualified opinion, with findings on predetermined objectives and compliance.
The Minister was present for the SASSA's presentation ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & National Development Agency on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with the Minister; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
Representatives from the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) presented the 2014/15 audit outcomes of the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities. The Department had received a clean audit, while the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) had received unqualified opinions, with findings on ...