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Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The report by the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Department of Social Development (DSD) found that generally there had been a regression in the status of internal controls in the portfolio, although there had been a slight improvement in leadership controls. However, there had been ...
Arts and Culture
DAC, National Film & Video Foundation, National Library, Msunduzi Museum 2017/18 Annual Reports & AGSA input; DAC Q1 performance
9 Oct 2018
The Committee met with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities to discuss the annual reports for 2017/18. The entities present included the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), the National Library of South Africa (NLSA) and the ...
Social Development
Food Distribution Centres & Community Nutrition Development Centres
5 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development on its Household food and Nutrition Security Programme. However the Committee saw fit to first deal with a story that involved SASSA that was recently in the news. This matter was adopted as an item in the agenda for the ...
Arts and Culture
DAC Quarter 1 performance; CEO/CFO responsibilities & contracts; National Arts Council investigation report
4 Sep 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on the appointment of chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) of state-owned entities (SOEs). It also interrogated the National Arts Council on the reappointed of its CEO for a further five-year contract, despite the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development Quarter 1 Performance, with Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Social Development briefed the Committee on its performance and expenditure for the first quarter. The Department had done quite well in the quarter; it had managed to spend 24.41% of the projected budget.
In terms of overall performance, it was reported that 69% of the targets were ...
Social Development
Non Profit Organisations capacitation & compliance with NPO Act: NDA & DSD briefing
22 Aug 2018
The Committee was addressed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the National Development Agency (NDA) with regard to the capacitation of non-profit organisations (NPOs), as well as compliance with the NPO Act.
The DSD’s presentation shed light on the NPO database, the mandate in terms of the NPO ...
Arts and Culture
Robben Island Museum restoration; Robben Island & Nelson Mandela Museum organograms
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on the Robben Island Museum infrastructure plan, and acknowledged that the infrastructure and facilities were dilapidated and in a state of disrepair due to the lack of maintenance and slow progress of the capital works programme. The process that had ...
Social Development
Constitutional Court judgment: SASSA progress report
15 Aug 2018
Members received a progress report from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order. It highlighted the progress that had been made between April and August with regard to card swapping, payment challenges, risks, the phasing out of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), as ...
Social Development
Grant Payments; Rape & Kidnapping of Children: SAHRC, CGE, DSD & MECs interventions
4 Jul 2018
The Portfolio Committee called the meeting during the parliamentary recess because Social Development was responsible for protecting the vulnerable and Parliament had to do something about the ongoing rape and murder of girls and other forms of gender-based violence. There had been consistent reporting in the media of the rape ...
Social Development
SASSA progress report; Department of Social Development 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
6 Jun 2018
Members were briefed by the Department of Social Development on its performance report for Quarter 4 and SASSA. Neither the Minister, Deputy Minister nor the Director General were present for this briefing which was the last before a the two month extended recess where this oversight committee returns only on ...