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Human resources & community health workers: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West; Infrastructure projects; Financial management; Ideal Clinic Initiative
16 Aug 2016
Documents awaited: Gauteng Department of Health presentation
The Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and North West provincial Departments of Health presented on the respective audit findings and interventions, the ideal clinic initiative, and the community health workers’ human resources challenges within their provinces.
They outlined the steps which they had undertaken to address the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: DA proposed amendments; Committee Report consideration and adoption
17 May 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met for the consideration and adoption of the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Democratic Alliance submitted and presented proposed amendments to the 2016 Appropriation Bill.
The Committee discussed the proposed amendments presented by the DA but they were concerned about the time that had lapsed for ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2016: hearing with Minister of Small Business Development
13 May 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on how it was planning to spend its allocated budget, in the presence of its Minister, Ms Lindiwe Zulu. The Minister highlighted that the Department had now appointed a permanent Director-General, which was a step in the right direction to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: hearing with the Department of Public Works
12 May 2016
Recruiting the right professionals to do the work remained a major challenge for the Department of Public Works. The Department echoed this when it briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2016 Appropriation Bill, describing its highlights, programme objectives and budget, strategies for effective procurement within the entire public ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: hearing with Department of Human Settlements
10 May 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) gave inputs to the Committee on the 2016 Appropriations Bill. The briefing covered the revised strategic plan targets for 2015-2020; a summary of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities and APP targets per programme, the budget allocation and comment on the focus areas as ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: briefing by National Treasury
6 May 2016
National Treasury appeared to be unsure from where the budget for the acquisition of the VIP presidential jet would be coming. This was the view of the Committee when it engaged National Treasury on the 2016 Appropriation Bill. Treasury said that the VIP jet was not budgeted for in the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Deputy Minister of Basic Education on his Department 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
4 May 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE)presented the 3rd quarter expenditure report of the DBE. Overall, spending was at 79% of allocations, which is slightly above what is to be expected at 3rd quarter. However, she noted that key contributing activities had taken place early in the financial year to inflate ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Minister of Health on his Department 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
3 May 2016
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said maintenance of infrastructure was very important. He suggested the current ratio of 25% spent on maintenance and 25% on refurbishment should be further changed to 30% for maintenance and 20% for refurbishment to cover the maintenance backlogs. It had been a battle dealing with ...
Health
Council for Medical Schemes & National Health Laboratory Services on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance plan
20 Apr 2016
The alignment of the goals of the Council for Medical Scheme (CMS) with those of the Department of Health and the National Development Plan (NDP) was outlined. This included the CMS initiating a process to revise the prescribed minimum benefits (PMB) package to include more primary health benefits and the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME on department progress with National Development Plan alignment & MTSF implementation
19 Apr 2016
Of 43 national departments, 30 were found to be aligned to the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). Of the 30, 11 were fully aligned and 19 partially aligned. A summary of progress toward MTSF 2014-2019 targets per outcome was presented in graph form. There was an overview of progress related ...