Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) which covered the Department of Health and its entities. Members raised a number of grammatical amendments and changes to be effected to editing of the Report. There was discussion on sources of information in ...
Health
Department of Health + Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health concluded its Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) process with presentations by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) and the National Department of Health (NDOH) on their annual performance for the past financial year.
The inability of the CCOD to provide ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...
Health
SAHRC Report on KZN Oncology Services: Minister of Health & KZN Department of Health response
6 Sep 2017
The Minister of Health and the Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department were invited to report back and clarify the issues raised in the presentation by the South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC) on the inadequate care provided to cancer patients in the province. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Health Promotion Levy (Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill): discussion
5 Sep 2017
National Treasury, together with the Beverage Association of South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, South African Sugar Association and the Healthy Living Alliance, gave an update on ongoing engagements between government and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) on the Health Promotion Levy (HPL).
National ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill [B15-2017]: public hearings
15 Aug 2017
NEHAWU submission to be resubmitted
As a National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) stakeholder, the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) made a submission on the NHLS Amendment Bill [B15-2017] as a part of the public hearings on the Bill. NEHAWU appreciated the sensitivity of the Department of Health ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill: Department of Health briefing
20 Jun 2017
The meeting was held to enable the Department of Health (DoH) to brief the Committee on the amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill, but the Committee took advantage of the opportunity ask the Department to provide feedback on the forensic pathology officers issue, and the investigation ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Department of Public Works Budget
9 May 2017
Relevant documents:
Committee Report on 2017/18 Budget and Annual Performance Plans of Department of Public Works
[available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
From the outset of the meeting the Committee spent a considerable time in discussion on whether to proceed with consideration of the Draft Committee Budget Vote Report. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: President's referral to Parliament; Public Works & PMTE on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy present
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) presented their Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans (APP) before the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. For the first time, the APPs for the Department and entity were presented separately. The plans covered the period 2017/18 – ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE on their Quarter 2 performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Deputy Minister of Public Works, the Director-General and officials from the Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the July-September 2016 performance of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). The report focused on the turnaround phases, DPW and PMTE performance information, ...