Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Report on Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget
23 May 2017
The Committee revised and edited its Draft Report on Women in the Presidency on Annual Performance Plan (Budget Vote 13) of the Department of Women in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) for financial year 2017/18, dated 23 May 2017.
An area of concern was regarding oversight ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Quarter 3 performance
28 Feb 2017
Key issues across provinces related to the rights of cohabitees with regard to deceased estates; delays with maintenance cases; and the use of child grants to buy liquor. Programmes were dedicated to the 16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse. A strategic objective was to ensure the creation ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Basic Education on education and gender
21 Feb 2017
The Department of basic Education presented its report on its strategies towards improving the quality of education for all South African children, especially for the girl learners. Females (girls and women) are highly prioritised in the Department.
Activities of the Department are structured into five programmes; Administration, Curriculum policy, support ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan for 2016/17; First Term Programme
31 Jan 2017
The Committee considered and adopted all outstanding minutes from 2016.
The Committee also also discussed and approved its first term programme. There was consensus in holding departments and such officials more accountable in 2017. It was agreed that this should be done through more active and vigorous engagement with various ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on Quarter 2 performance
29 Nov 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality presented its 2nd quarter 2016 report. The Committee was briefed on the work during the second quarter, linking this back to targets and comparing the output with first quarter results. The CGE programmes included gender transformation hearings and a gender barometer, and social social protection activities, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 2nd Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister; National Dialogues on Violence against Women and Children
15 Nov 2016
The Department of Women presented its 2nd Quarter Performance Report and the plan for the National Dialogues on Violence against Women and Children.
The presentation on the 2nd Quarter Report dealt with the achieved and non-achieved targets for the current financial year per programme. The non-achieved targets were as a ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Maiden bursary investigative report at Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
25 Oct 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented a report to the joint committees on its investigation into a government-funded bursary administered by the uThekela District Municipality (UDM) that was restricted to girls who were virgins, and who had to undergo virginity testing. The CGE ruled that the conditions imposed in ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) achieved 89% of its strategic objectives in the past financial year, reflecting a year-on-year improvement since 2014. The clean audit report reflects responsible financial management, however decreasing revenue and the solvency ratio show that there is clear room for improvement. The CGE noted that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department & Commission on Gender Equality audits, with Minister in attendance
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to receive the 2015/16 annual report of the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP), as well as briefings from the Auditor General’s office, Parliamentary researchers and a Parliamentary content advisor.
The advisor and researchers all echoed that the DWP was performing poorly, as the Department ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (DoW) briefed the Committee on quarter four of the 2015/16 financial year and quarter one of the 2016/17 financial year.
Members expressed disappointment with regard to the under- and over-spending of the Department. They drew attention to the number of targets that had ...