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Health
Committee Report on Cuba study tour
20 Feb 2019
The Committee discussed and amended their Report on the oversight visit to Cuba from 1 October to 5 October 2018. The purpose of the short visit was to see how South Africa could learn from Cuba in terms of their Primary Health Care system.
A substantial amount of time was ...
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill [B42-2018]: DST briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Committee met with the Department for a briefing on the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill.
The new Bill seeks to harmonise the processes for termination of the membership of Boards of entities established by the principal Acts, clarifying the requirements for the disqualification from membership of Boards or ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill: adoption
13 Feb 2019
The amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill (NHLS) by the Select Committee on Social Services were discussed.
Members mainly discussed amendments to Clauses five, six, nine and 15 which were concerned with provincial representation technicalities, dissolution of the Board and the appointment of the Board and Laboratory ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill [B6D-2016]: adoption
13 Feb 2019
The Committee considered and approved the NCOP amendments to the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill. The changes were largely technical in nature and not substantive. The bill was thereafter approved and referred to the House for consideration.
Members were informed that the Committee will be processing ...
Health
Nursing colleges reopening & curriculum
5 Dec 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Department of Health (NDoH) on its state of readiness to implement the new nursing curriculum and training programmes in 2020. Pertinent issues raised included the progress made by the Department in rolling out the new curriculum, and how it intended to address the ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
SA's Fathers report: Sonke Gender Justice briefing
29 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on the Multi-Party Women Caucus met to receive briefs from Sonke Gender Justice on the State of SA’s Fathers Report; the Department of Social Development and the Women Ministry on the new South African Integrated Programme of Action Addressing Violence Against Women and Children and to adopt ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Parmed Report Draft: consideration
26 Nov 2018
Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act, 1996 [No. 8 of 1996] - G 17069
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme considered its draft report on Parmed, but could not adopt it because the NCOP component was not quorating. During the discussion it ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Committee Report on Parmed
14 Nov 2018
The Chairpersons opened the meeting and asked members if they would like to discuss the report on PARMED or if they wanted to dismiss the meeting as quorum was not met. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt the report but due to quorum not being met this could ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Minister on Gender Machinery status report; discussion on cooperatives, with Minister
8 Nov 2018
The Caucus met to be briefed by the Minister of Women on the status report of the National Gender Machinery (NGM) and to have a discussion on cooperatives in SA. Members were briefed by Ms R Bhengu (ANC), Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Parmed Report
7 Nov 2018
Documents Handed Out: Draft Report of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on PARMED; Economic Freedom Fighters Written Submission to Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parmed Act; Economic Freedom Fighters and Others v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (5554/2015) [2015] ZAWCHC 184; [2016] 1 All SA 520 (WCC) (8 December ...