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Public Service and Administration
Citizen-Based Monitoring & Front Line Service Delivery Monitoring results: DPME report on implementation & Annual Development Indicators
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) gave a short summary of its three programmes to the Committee. All the monitoring results findings were presented to the Cabinet annually and to the responsible national departments. A Citizen Based Monitoring (CBM) framework had been approved by the Cabinet in 2013. ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
NWGA on availability of animal vaccines in country, capacity building of local sheep shearers & development programme for small-scale wool farmers
24 Feb 2015
The National Wool Growers Association (NWGA) said wool sheep farming was a lucrative opportunity for rural development in Eastern Cape. Wool was the biggest commodity in South Africa, as it had a turnover of about R50 billion at the consumer level and a 60:40 ratio between formal and informal production ...
Small Business Development
Solar Geysers Rollout Programme: Opportunities for SMMEs and Cooperatives
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met to hear about the progress made by the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) and Department of Energy (DOE) towards the signing of the transversal agreements aimed at the opening of market space for small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. After summarising the main points made ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
17 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted three sets of minutes and two oversight reports. The briefing by the Department on its second and third term expenditure and performance for the 2014/15 financial year could not take place because it had indicated to the Committee it was not ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA on Batho Pele Gateway call centre; PSC on National Anti-Corruption Hotline; DPME on Presidential Hotline
19 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the performance of the Batho Pele Gateway (BPGW) call centre since its launch in 2013. The BPGW was a response to the President’s State of Nation Address of 2013, which committed the DPSA to lead the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Preparation for oversight visit to KZN: briefing by Support Staff
18 Nov 2014
The Committee met to be briefed by staff on the impending oversight visit to two districts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from 24 to 28 November. Members were provided with details of the logistics for the trip and the itinerary for the four days, and were also informed about the media communications ...
Small Business Development
Small enterprises and cooperatives: risk analysis and proposed cooperatives model: Centre for Risk Analysis and Ms N Bhengu briefings
12 Nov 2014
The Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) briefed the Committee on small business development and the risks over the next ten years. CRA explained the stages of economic growth in South Africa from the 1920s to date, using different economic indicators. The first analysis covered electricity supply which revealed that installed ...
Public Service and Administration
2013 Moderated Assessments on the Quality of Management Practices Emanating from Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT): Departmental briefings
5 Nov 2014
The Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD), Human Settlement (DHS), Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) performance. The DJCD reported that it achieved a score of 2.8 in 2013 which was above national average and that there ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department, AgriBEE Charter Council & Forestry Charter Council on their action plans and implementation of Transformation Charters; Land Bank on AgriBEE Fund & Mafisa and Retail Emerging Markets Programme
4 Nov 2014
The AgriBEE Charter Council briefed the Committee on its strategic plan and budget for three years 2015/16 to 2017/18. The Council was established as an advisory body to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Its main purpose was to advise the Minister and the sector on all issues relating ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered the second draft of its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), noting that section 77(3) of the Constitution stipulates that an Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money bills before Parliament. The Report spoke to the mandate and methodology of the Committee, as ...