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Social Development
East Rand chronic underfunding of Child Welfare organisations: Social Development Department response to petition
1 Nov 2017
The Department of Social Development and the Gauteng Provincial Department of Social Development presented its response to the Committee to a petition submitted by Mr M Waters (DA) on the underfunding of child welfare services, on behalf of the East Rand. The Department acknowledged the fact that social services were ...
Arts and Culture
PanSALB: Asmal Report recommendations - OISD briefing; Arts and Culture BRRR
24 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to first consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR), dated 18 October 2017. Having gone through the Draft report page by page, the Committee emphasised recommendations made in the previous financial year were important to ...
Social Development
SASSA Progress Report: briefing postponed; Social Development BRRR
18 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development met to first adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. The Report was adopted by the Committee with no further amendments.
The Committee was then due to receive a progress report by the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the Department of Social Development ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) was commended by the Committee on receiving an unqualified opinion from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), based on its audit of the Department’s 2016/17 annual performance report. At the same time, it attracted criticism for the under-expenditure of ...
Arts and Culture
Meeting with the Iranian Delegation
12 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Iranian Delegation to discuss issues of mutual interest and handover an invitation to the Committee.
The Iranian delegation highlighted that there were striking similarities between South Africa and Iran, with South Africa having Nelson Mandela fighting against the oppressed state and this was similar to ...
Social Development
Social Development Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
11 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
Members met to review its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the performance of the Department of Social Development and its entities. The main issues that emerged were the failure of the observations to fully appreciate the impact of the delays that ...
Arts and Culture
PANSALB, Robben Island Museum, Free State Performing Arts Centre 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS), the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the Robben Island Museum, who presented their annual performance reports.
PACOFS said it had presented a total of 56 performances, of which 21 ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development + NDA 2016/17 Annual Reports, with Auditor-General input
4 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa opened with a briefing on the Department of Social Development and its entities. South African Social Assistance Agency (SASSA) received a qualified opinion with findings. This qualification was due to the incompleteness of irregular expenditure, as systems and controls did not ...
Arts and Culture
DAC, National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation, SAHRA 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities to discuss 2016/17 Annual Reports – entities present included the National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation and South African Heritage Resources Agency. The AGSA presented ...
Arts and Culture
DAC Quarter 1 performance; SA Roadies; Enyokeni Cultural Precinct & Winnie Mandela House; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Arts and Culture Quarter 1 performance overview indicated an achievement of 27 out of the Department’s 32 targets (84%). Programme specific performance was Institutional Governance (91%), Administration (86%), Arts Culture, Promotion and Development (75%), and Heritage Promotion and Preservation (80%). It reported on each of the targets ...