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Public Service and Administration
National Youth Development Agency & Centre for Public Service Innovation on their 1st quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Aug 2015
The Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) presented their first quarter performance report, indicating that 68% of targets had been achieved and 17% of their total annual budget allocation had been spent. Some of the targets had been only partially achieved due to a delay in acquiring funding for pilot ...
Small Business Development
Committee minutes: adoption
18 Aug 2015
The Committee went over the backlog of minutes that needed to be adopted from the last three months of Committee meetings. This backlog was due to the large number of lengthy presentations to the Committee in this time. The Committee also discussed its approach to editing and adopting minutes in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 4th Quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 Performance
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) highlighted that it had recorded the highest growth rate of 72% in the export of wood.
Some key highlights were that the Department has finalised the Integrated Development Finance Framework with the Land Bank and the Department of Rural Development and Land ...
Public Service and Administration
50% of women & 2% of people with disabilities employment by departments: DPSA monitoring report
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Public Services and Administration (DPSA) reported that the 2015 targets for the representation of women and persons with disabilities in the public sector had not been met. The targets were 50% and 2% respectively. The reasons for the lack of representation were not clear, but the DPSA ...
Small Business Development
Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development Oversight Report
24 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development considered and adopted the minutes of meetings held on 14, 15 and 22 April 2015.
The Committee unanimously adopted the minutes with amendments. The Committee noted an objection raised on reference to the Freedom Charter in the minutes of 14 April.
The following ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Deputy Minister on Forestry progress and challenges; Forestry Sector Charter Council update
23 Jun 2015
In his introductory remarks, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated that transformation in the forest sector is zero. There are those who are willing to push for transformation in this sector and those who are resisting it. He said his Department would through all available means push ...
Small Business Development
SMMEs challenges with non-financial support services, with Kings of Midlands as a case study
17 Jun 2015
The King of Midlands cooperative of taxi owners in Pietermaritzburg includes community development initiatives and a business model that aims to include a petrol station, tyre fitment centre, spares shop and cooperative bank. They had bought 26 taxis for their members on their own by putting their savings together and ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its 3rd & 4th Quarter Performance Reports
27 May 2015
The Committee was briefed by the recently established Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) on its third and fourth quarter performance. It said its programmes were still structured according to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) strategic objectives, and its report was therefore aligned to them. In future, the ...
Public Service and Administration
Overview on financial misconduct & disciplinary cases in public sector, Relationship with stakeholders & challenges facing provincial offices: Public Service Commission briefings
27 May 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the status quo regarding its effectiveness, capacity and relationship with various stakeholders, and the challenges hindering its efficiency in all of the provinces. There was also a briefing by the PSC on financial misconduct and non-compliance with Treasury regulations and disciplinary ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development budget
19 May 2015
The Committee considered its report on budget vote 31, Department of Small Business Development. After noting grammatical, spelling and wording issues through the report, Members discussed certain observations and recommendations for further clarity, added some additional observations and recommendations as well as removing some.
The report was adopted with amendments. ...