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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Interim Report on National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill, with Minister
23 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities met on the virtual platform to consider and adopt the Committee Interim Report on the National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill [B13-2022].
The Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities was present at the meeting.
Due to the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; with Deputy Minister
21 Nov 2023
This was a short meeting for the Committee to formally adopt the Committee proposed amendments (A-List). At the next meeting, it will consider and adopt the B-version. The Committee will apply to the National Assembly for permission to add an amendment to a section in the prinicpal Act that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Amendment Bill: deliberations
7 Nov 2023
Deliberations on the National Youth Development Amendment Bill included the following points:
- Committee members noted that the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) had asked that career guidance should rather be the responsibility of the Department of Higher Education but the Committee wanted this included.
- The Committee agreed ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Amendment Bill: DWYPD response to public submissions continued; with Deputy Minister
3 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee held a virtual meeting to continue its discussions on the responses of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to oral and written submissions received on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Amendment Bill.
The Committee considered what the correct classification of the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Amendment Bill: DWYPD response to public submissions; with Minister
31 Oct 2023
The Portfolio Committee had an in-person meeting to receive a briefing on the responses of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to the public submissions on the National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill [B13-2022].
The Chairperson highlighted key resolutions that the Committee had made at its ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency A/B: public hearings
24 Oct 2023
The Portfolio Committee met in person to conduct public hearings on the National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill [B13-2022]. The bulk of the day’s meeting was focused on discussions between the Members, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board, and the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Remuneration of CGE Commissioners; DWYPD BRRR
20 Oct 2023
2023 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
The Committee met to consider and adopt two reports. The Committee first considered and adopted its report on the Draft Notice on the Determination of Remuneration of Independent Constitutional Institutions.
The Committee then deliberated on its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2022/23 Annual Report
17 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities met to consider the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) 2022/2023 Annual Report. The NYDA indicated that 100% of performance and a clean audit outcome had been achieved against the approved Annual Performance Plan (APP) ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: finalisation; with Deputy Minister
29 Sep 2023
The Committee met virtually to consider and adopt the Bill. The drafting of additional proposed amendments to clauses 6 and 7 was presented. In clause 6, the number of members of the board of the Council changed from not 'more than 13' to 'not more than 15' as well ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: clause by clause deliberations
27 Sep 2023
The Committee was presented with the A-List and B-Bill of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill. Going clause by clause, it adopted all of the clauses along with their amendments. The Department was given ‘homework’ to conduct research on Clause 14 Committees of Board to establish if ...