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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Social Development (DSD) reported that 144 000 people had received social assistance grants during the past financial year, which was only 3 000 short of its target. There had been a significant improvement in the achievement of planned targets in 2016/17, as 81% had been achieved ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Fourth Term programme; Committee Oversight Reports: Robben Island, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, KZN; Study Tour Report
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation discussed and approved its fourth term programme.
A delegation from the Thekwini TVET College in KZN was supposed to meet with the Committee during the fourth term in Parliament but it did not have the funds to do so. Due to the magnitude ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Taking Parliament to the People 2016: responses by Eastern Cape Departments of Health & Social Development, with DSD Minister and DoH Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2017
The Provincial Departments of Health and Social Development in the Eastern Cape were summoned by the Select Committee on Social Development to individually give reports on their efforts at addressing the findings of the Committee during its oversight visit in 2016.
The Provincial Department of Health (PDoH), Eastern Cape, said ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Education Sector Report: AG briefing
28 Jun 2017
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the outcomes of the 2015/16 Education Sector Report. It was reported that around R10 billion is spent every year on infrastructure for basic education. The prominent role of “implementing agents” in partnership with provincial education ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Learner Transport Memorandum of Understanding; ICT in schools, with Deputy Minister of Basic Education
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on progress made thus far with the provision of learner transport. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was in attendance. The key objective of the policy being presented to the Committee was to achieve a proper safe ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: public submissions; SASSA & NDA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee met with Parliamentary and State legal advisers, as well as a delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), to finalise the Refugees Amendment Bill. However, the bill could not be finalised because some submissions had been received late, and the Committee, the legal advisors and the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture & Pan South African Language Board on their Annual Performance Plans, with Minister
7 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation was briefed by both the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets.
After the Minister of Arts and Culture had introduced the DAC’s presentation by highlighting the National ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Registration at Universities and TVET Colleges: DHET briefing, with Minister in attendance
22 Feb 2017
Towards the end of the year 2016, violent demonstrations rocked the higher education sector. These violent demonstrations were unprecedented and threatened to affect the 2016 academic year. Several issues arose as a result of these protests. Some students had to register late and others did not have access to funds ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its 2015/16 Annual Report, in presence of Minister & Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2016
The Department of Basic Education, in the presence of the Minister, Ms Angie Motshegka, and the Deputy Minister, Mr Enver Surty, presented the Annual Report to the Committee. Achievements and areas of difficulty were explained in great detail. Some of the achievements included a mentoring programme supporting ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training 2015/16 Annual Report: Auditor-General briefing
12 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training and the Select Education on Education and Recreation convened for a joint briefing on the audit outcomes by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA).
AGSA noted an improvement for the overall audit outcomes of this portfolio with a noticeable increase in clean audits ...