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Social Development
Appointment of NDA Board Process; National Development Agency on its 2016 Strategic Plan; Second Term Committee Programme
13 Apr 2016
The Department of Social Development introduced the new board of the National Development Agency. The board was appointed according to s 5 of the NDA Act. Ms Nelisiwe Vilakazi, Acting CEO of the National Development Agency, presented the business case, strategic plan and annual performance plan. The CEO presented the ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts & Culture Internal Audit Committee, PACOFS, Ditsong on their 2016 Annual Performance Plan and five year Strategic Plan
12 Apr 2016
Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PASCOFS) Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
The Portfolio Committee firstly heard a briefing from the Internal Audit (IA) Committee of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC or the Department) on the current audit and management practices of the DAC. The synopsis by IA ...
Social Development
Ministerial Task Team on illegal deductions from SASSA bank accounts; Department & SASSA 2016 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
6 Apr 2016
The Committee met to consider the findings of the Ministerial Task Team on the illegal deductions from the bank accounts of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), and to be briefed by SASSA and the Department of Social Development on their strategic and annual performance plans.
Although the Department ...
Social Development
Department report postponed due to absence of DG; Children's Amendment Private Member Bill; Committee Report on Northern Cape
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Social Development (DSD) was expected to give a presentation on the progress of some of the programmes from April to June 2015, but the Director General had sent an apology, since he was attending an imbizo, and the delegation was led by the Chief Financial Officer. Members ...
Arts and Culture
State of Archives & Challenges in South Africa: National Archivist briefing; Strategic Overview & Future plans
1 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed on the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa. The National Archivist highlighted the important role which the organisation filled in records management, which included the arrangement, description and retrieval of records; the provision of training; cooperation with various stakeholders and the provision of technical ...
Social Development
South African Council for Social Service Professions training, accreditation & curriculum; Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit
24 Feb 2016
Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit [Committee Report available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The South African Council for Social Service Professions spoke to the requirements that it has set up for students who wish to register to study social work as well and adoption work. Site visits ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on 2015/16 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Deparment of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on its Third Quarter Performance Report for 2015/16. Members were informed that the presentation was only a summary of the actual Third Quarter Report. The DAC would provide the Committee with more specific performance information at a later stage. The DAC ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
South African Post Office (SAPO) 2014/15 annual report, with Minister and Auditor-General
23 Feb 2016
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) stated that the SAPO financial statements, as well as its compliance with key legislation, showed regression. AGSA's concern for the past two years was whether SAPO was a going concern. AGSA was not comfortable with the going concern assumption because no evidence had been ...
Social Development
First Term Committee programme: adoption
17 Feb 2016
The Committee Members went through its “Programme on the Legislation Process” for January to March 2016, and the Committee Secretary clarified that the Committee was still communicating with the Social Work Council in relation to some of the dates. There were some outstanding resolutions still to be taken and the ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on dissolution of PanSALB Board and way forward; Department of Arts and Culture on Community Art Centres & Windybrow Theatre
16 Feb 2016
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on the current status, legal challenges and way forward for the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). It was noted that the dissolution of the Pan South African Language Board resulted from numerous and long standing periods of crisis on ...