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Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Clause 34 to 36 deliberations, with Deputy Minister
31 Aug 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee continued with clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill, from Clause 34 to 36. Committee members expressed their party’s position.
The African National Congress (ANC) supported Clause 34: National Health Information System, which provides that the Fund must contribute ...
Basic Education
Updated Status Report on ECD Function Shift; Report on DEBE Quarter 4 Performance
30 Aug 2022
Report of the meeting to follow.
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clause 7 to 22 deliberations
23 Aug 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee continued with clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill, from Clause 7 to Clause 22. Committee members expressed their party position on the clauses.
The African National Congress (ANC) generally supported the NHI Bill ...
Basic Education
Western Cape oversight progress report; DBE Q4 Report 2021/22; with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarterly report performance. The Committee was also briefed by ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clause 5 to 6 deliberations, with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee continued with clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill, with a specific focus on clauses 5 and 6. Members of the Committee expressed their party’s position on the various sub-clauses.
The African National Congress generally supported the two clauses ...
Basic Education
DBE on Thrive by Five Survey Report & ECD Census Report; with Minister
7 Jun 2022
Thrive by Five Survey (preschool child development)
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) recently took over the responsibility for Early Childhood Development (ECD) from the Department of Social Development (DSD). The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by two organisations on their research findings on ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
The Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan, resources for STI and coordination of the public STI budget
3 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation had a joint meeting with several other parliamentary committees to receive a briefing from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) White Paper and the Department’s 10-year, or decadal, plan. ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Eastern Cape oversight visit focus areas with provincial stakeholders
2 Jun 2022
National Strategic Plan on GBV and Femicide
In this virtual meeting, the Multi-Party Women Caucus (MWPC) met with officials from the Department of Social Development, the South African Local Government Association, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and lawmakers from the Eastern Cape Legislature to consider its gender-based violence ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clause 2 to 4 deliberations
1 Jun 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this hybrid meeting, the Committee commenced the clause-by-clause deliberations on the Bill.
The Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) indicated their opposition to the Bill upfront and the varying reasons for ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Motion of desirability
18 May 2022
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Health considered the motion of desirability on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill [B19 - 2019]. The Bill was tabled in Parliament and referred to the Committee on 8 August 2019. The National Health Insurance ...