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Education (WCPP)
Equal Education Law Centre on the school admission crisis in the Western Cape; WCED briefing on the Mathematics and Language Strategy
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Equal Education Law Centre briefed the Standing Committee on Education on the status of school admission crisis in the Western Cape province.
The Equal Education Law Centre reported that it had observed an incredible number of learners being unplaced in grades one and eight. ...
Social Development (WCPP)
SASSA Western Cape on application process, qualifying, and assessment criteria for R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant
10 May 2022
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Western Cape Regional Office briefed the Committee on the application process, qualifying and assessment criteria for the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant and progress made by the Western Cape in paying out the grant.
With the lifting of the Disaster ...
Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue Bill: Final Mandate; Committee Quarterly Reports
6 May 2022
The Budget Committee met to adopt its report and final mandate on the Division of Revenue Bill [B6-2022]. The Western Cape did not support the Bill. The minority view expressed was in support of the Bill.
The Committee adopted various quarterly reports and its annual ...
Budget (WCPP)
2022 Division of Revenue Bill: briefing
22 Apr 2022
The Budget Committee was briefed by National Treasury on the Division of Revenue Bill [B 6-2022].
National Treasury presented an overview of the 2022 Division of Revenue Bill, substantive changes made to the Bill’s clauses and provincial and local government allocations, including information on the provincial and local equitable ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
MEC, DOT & ACSA input on Delta Airlines delay, expansion plans for CT International Airport & impact of COVID-19
6 Apr 2022
The Committee convened to receive an update on the impact of the delay from the National Ministry of Transport in signing a bilateral air service agreement with Delta Airlines to fly directly to South Africa and was briefed on the situation by the Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Government GBV Implementation Plan & progress in implementing the GBV Plan; Department’s GBV & Sexual Harassment Policies
5 Apr 2022
Western Cape Government Gender-Based Violence Implementation Plan
The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the Western Cape government's gender-based violence (GBV) policy and the progress with its implementation, and the DSD's GBV and sexual harassment policies.
The Committee was concerned about whether victims were ...
Budget (WCPP)
WC Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill & WC Appropriation Bill: Committee Reports
25 Mar 2022
Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill
The Budget Committee considered and adopted its report on the Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriation Bill for the 2021/22 financial year and the Western Cape Appropriation Bill, 2022.
The Committee further considered the reports on Vote 1 to Vote 14 and ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Community Safety
18 Mar 2022
The Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs and Sport convened in a hybrid meeting with the Western Cape Department of Community Safety (WCDCS) and the Western Cape Liquor Authority to deliberate on Vote 4: Community Safety in the Schedule to the Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2022/23. ...
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 ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
Provincial Treasury 2022/23 budget: discussion & adoption
17 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met to discuss and adopt the budget for Provincial Treasury (Vote 3) in the schedule to the Western Cape Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
Committee Members appreciated the spending performance and consequence management interventions implemented by the department. They wanted to know ...