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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Community Safety & Western Cape Liquor Authority Annual Report 2021/22, with Minister
28 Oct 2022
Department of Community Safety
The Public Accounts Committee convened in a hybrid setting for deliberations on the 2021/22 Annual Report of the Department of Community Safety and the Western Cape Liquor Authority (WCLA).
A Committee Member found the location of the WCLA within the Department of ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board Vacancies: Provincial Treasury on shortlisting process; Outcomes of the Probity Report
26 Oct 2022
The Committee met in a hybrid sitting for a briefing by the Western Cape Provincial Treasury on the process leading to the shortlisting of candidates to fill the vacancies on the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board. It also considered the outcomes of the probity report, which was held ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021/2022
18 Oct 2022
Department of Social Development
The Committee engaged with the Western Cape Department of Social Development on its 2021/22 Annual Report. Members complimented the Department for achieving a clean audit. A wide-ranging discussion took place, covering the following topics: child poverty and hunger, and child-headed households; procurement of specialised vehicles ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Briefing by the the National Department of Social Development on the Children’s Amendment Bill
21 Sep 2022
Children's Amendment Bill (B18-2020)
The Committee was briefed by a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces and the national Department of Social Development (DSD) on the Children’s Amendment Bill. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the Amendment Bill to the provincial parliament for its processes to ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Funding of Old Age Homes in the province; Plans to deal with loan sharks that are keeping SASSA beneficiary cards & update on Social Relief Grant
6 Sep 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) on the funding of old age homes in the province and by the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) on how it dealt with loan sharks preying on social grant beneficiaries. The Committee was also briefed on ...
Social Development (WCPP)
DSD on monitoring, evaluation and budget allocation of NGOs and service centres in the province
23 Aug 2022
The Provincial Department of Social Development briefed the Committee on the procedures involved in monitoring and assisting 1 142 non-profit organisations which were funded by the department.
The Department, within its available budgetary resources, funded the provision of statutory social welfare services and approved priority social welfare and community ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Western Cape 2020/21 Local Government Audit Outcomes: Department of Local Government, SALGA & Provincial Treasury briefing
10 Aug 2022
Audit Outcomes – Interactive Breakdown
The Western Cape Department of Local Government and Provinicial Treasury had adopted strategies to provide "hands-on and targeted support" to municipalities to improve and enhance their functioning and service delivery. This was communicated to the Committee in a virtual ...
Local Government (WCPP)
2020/21 Local Government Audit Outcomes (focus on WC & underperforming municipalities): AGSA briefing
26 Jul 2022
Audit Outcomes – Interactive Breakdown
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) Western Cape reported that the audit outcomes of the province's municipalities' financial and performance reports had shown good progress, and there were pockets of improvements in the environment. It briefed the Committee on ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Social Development
17 Mar 2022
The Committee met with the Department of Social Development to deliberate and adopt Vote 7: Social Development in the schedule to the Western Cape Appropriation Bill for the 2021/22 financial year.
The Committee wanted to know what partnerships the Department had formed in the private sector to ...
Education (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Education
17 Mar 2022
The Committee convened to be briefed by the Western Cape Education Department, led by the Provincial Minister, on the 2022 Western Cape Appropriation Bill.
The Minister indicated that the Department will be provided with over R2.2 billion to help with its initiatives. There was planning being done ...