Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
3 Nov 2015
The Committee continued with the deliberation on the official list of proposed amendments to the Bill (A-list) accompanied by the B version of the Bill incorporating all the proposed amendments into the Bill. A UDM MP wanted to know how it was possible to make reference to sections 12 and ...
Social Development
Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14-2015]: public hearings
23 Sep 2015
Various bodies and entities gave public submissions on the Children's Second Amendment Bill (the Bill) which proposes quite extensive changes to the Children's Act (the Act)
The Children’s Institute said Constitutional Court had declared sections 151 and 152 of the Children’s Act unconstitutional and thus proposed amendments should rephrase sections ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment & Second Amendment Bill [B13-2015] & [B14-2015]: public hearings Day 1
2 Sep 2015
The National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW) was in support of the amendment of section 120 of the Children’s Amendment Bill (B13-2015) on the national child protection register. A proposal was made to align the section with the final draft of the Sexual Offences Act. It submitted that the ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill [PBM 2-2015]: briefing by MP Walters
12 Aug 2015
Hon Walters Bill seeks to amend the Children’s Act to provide for a person, other than a child in terms of the Sexual Offenses Act 1957 (Act number 23 of 1957) or the Criminal Law (Sexual Offenses and Related Matters Amendment Act 2007 be deemed to be found unsuitable to ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on 2014/15 4th quarter performance
17 Jun 2015
The Department of Social Development provided an appraisal of their five programmes for the final quarter of 2014/15: Administration, Social Assistance, Social Security and Administration, Welfare Service Policy Development and Implementation, and Social Policy and Integrated Service Delivery. The Social Assistance programme was pinpointed by the DSD as the most ...
Small Business Development
Retail Industry on Access to Market & Value Chain for SMMEs & Cooperatives (Massmart and Tiger Brand); Integrated approach on implementation of National School Nutrition Programme as a set-aside for SMMEs & Cooperatives
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development invited the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education to a briefing by the retail industry on access to the market and ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on its 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance, with Minister in attendance
20 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development was briefed by the Department of Social Development on its 3rd quarter performance report covering the period October – December 2014. The report also contained an expenditure analysis for the 3rd quarter. The purpose of the presentation was to provide Members of the Committee ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development revised Programme 1: Administration
29 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development received a presentation from the Department of Social Development on Programme 1 of the Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16. Members had already interacted with the presentation before; it was Programme 1 which the Committee asked the Department to redo. Members had therefore already asked ...
Social Development
State of Nation Address impact on Department of Social Development; Committee Report on CDA Annual Report 2012/13
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the social development Issues emanating from the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA). It was also privately briefed on the revised draft report on the 2012/13 annual report of the Central Drug Authority (CDA).
The DSD considered issues raised ...
Social Development
National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017: Central Drug Authority on its implementation & impact assessment of previous plan
11 Mar 2015
The Central Drug Authority presented the 2013-2017 National Drug Master Plan (NDMP) to the Committee with the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Bogopane Zulu in attendance.
The CDA’s mission was to implement holistic and cost effective strategies to reduce the supply and consumption of drugs and the harm associated ...