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Covid-19 Update and Vaccine Plan: Eastern & Western Cape
13 Jan 2021
Video: PC Health
The Portfolio Committee on Health met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Health MECs and Heads of Departments of Health in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape on the progress that the provinces were making in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic and in ...
Health
Minister on Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout strategy & status of healthcare services in provinces
7 Jan 2021
Video: Minister on Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout strategy & status of healthcare services in provinces
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened an online video conference to be briefed by the Minister and Department of Health about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy as well as other healthcare issues related to the ...
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
2 Dec 2020
Tabled Committee Reports
Video: PC Health, 2 December
The Portfolio Committee on Health held a virtual meeting to consider and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) in its final meeting of the year before Parliament rises.
It considered an additional recommendation that was not included in the report. ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Integration of criminal justice information systems; functioning of sexual offences courts and TCCs; investigation and prosecution of GBV cases; status of DNA case backlogs; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2020
Video: Multiparty Women’s Caucus
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus (MPWC) met in a virtual session for briefings by several stakeholders on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), with input being provided by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) and ...
Health
Minister of Health on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
25 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Health and Portfolio Committee on Women... 25 November 2020
Investigative Report of the Commission for Gender Equality on Forced Sterilisation of Women living with HIV and Aids
Question NW2655 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
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Basic Education
2021 School Readiness; 2nd Chance Matric Programme, Basic Education Employment Initiative; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2020
Video: JM : PC on Basic Education and SC on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture
The Portfolio Committee and Select Committee on Education held a joint virtual meeting for a briefing by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on school readiness monitoring for 2021, Second Chance Matric Programme ...
Health
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Health and Select Committee on Health and Social Services
The National Department of Health presented its 2019/20 Annual Report to a joint virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services, and reported that ...
Basic Education
Inclusive Education; Limpopo Education Department COVID-19 update; with DeputyMinister
17 Nov 2020
The Deputy Minister spoke about the leak of the Matric Mathematics Paper 2, stating that the matter is under investigation and will be reported on when this is concluded.
In a joint virtual meeting, the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education were given an update on the COVID-19 response in ...
Basic Education
Umalusi & SACE 2019/20 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2020
The Committee was pleased by the first clean audit opinion (with no material findings) of the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training - Umalusi - and by the work that they had been doing. The Committee also commended the hard word work ...
Health
National and Provincial Departments of Health and Entities Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
11 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2019/20 audit outcomes of the health portfolio. The audit outcomes were outstanding for the CCOD and SAHPRA. The outcomes of the other departments in the portfolio were as follows: