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NCOP Health and Social Services
IEC state of readiness for 2019 elections; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B33B-2018]: briefing; with Deputy Minister
27 Nov 2018
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the objectives of the Electoral Commission Act, the amendments proposed to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill, and the preparations to the voters’ roll ahead of next year’s provincial and national elections.
A key issue raised was how the IEC would handle ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2017/18 Annual Report; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Ms Thokozile Xasa and the Department informed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on what they were able to achieve and what they were unable to achieve in the 2017/18 financial year. They informed the Committee that they had achieved ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2017/18 Annual Report
7 Nov 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Report of the meeting to follow.
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2017/18 Annual Report; South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) update; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Select Committee met to receive a presentation of the Department of Health’s (DoH’s) annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Overall, the Department’s performance was marginally better, with 73 out of 114 targets (64%) achieved compared to the previous year, in which 56% of targets had ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development & SASSA 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) told the Committee about how it was dealing with the effects of protest action on the organisation, clearing the backlog of applications and moving staff into a new building. Members wanted assurance that two new registered tuberculosis (TB) drugs ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training 2017/18 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2018
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training said that the 2017/18 year had been very eventful. The Department had been in recovery mode since the student protests which had been centred on the demand for free higher education, and the broad transformation issues within the sector. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill [B15B-2017]: Final Mandates; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill [16B-2017]: briefing
23 Oct 2018
The National Department of Health briefed the Committee on the National Public Health Institute of SA (NAPHISA) Bill.
The Bill sought to establish the NAPHISA as a legally defined organ of state the aim of which was to provide integrated and coordinated disease and injury surveillance, research, monitoring and evaluation ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Minister of Arts and Culture briefing
10 Oct 2018
The Minister of Arts and Culture, accompanied by senior managers of his Department, met with the Committee to deliver a presentation on his vision for the Department and the activities, programmes and initiatives of its four branches.
He said the first branch was the Department’s administration, and referred to the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill [B15B-2017]: negotiating mandates
9 Oct 2018
The Select Committee on Social Services met to consider negotiating mandates on the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) Amendment Bill. The Committee received mandates from all the provinces, except Northern Cape. The province has not finalised its negotiating mandate, because the public hearings have been postponed. All provinces voted in ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Revised Addis Convention on Recognition of Higher Education Studies
11 Sep 2018
The Committee reviewed 9 sets of minutes. Led by the Chairperson, the Committee went through them individually, page-by-page. Members were satisfied that the minutes were an accurate reflection of the proceedings and approved them without amendments.
The Committee – through the support of 5 provinces - adopted the Revised Addis ...