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National Public Health Institute Bill: finalisation; High Level Panel & Legacy Reports
13 Mar 2019
The Committee held a briefing on the National Public Health Institute Bill. Members requested that the function of the NAPHISA Bill be extended to state that the Bill must support the monitoring of communities that are at risk of being exposed to environmental health hazards. Members also requested that the ...
Transport
Airports Company & ATNS Company Amendment Bills: deliberations & finalisation
12 Mar 2019
The Committee considered and finalised the Airports Company Amendment Bill and the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Amendment Bill.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisers Office presented proposed amendments on the Bills to the Committee. An additional amendment was effected to Clause 4(2) of the Airports Company Amendment Bill to omit ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2012/13 & 2013/14 Annual Reports
6 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) on its 2012/13 and 2013/14 Annual Reports.
The lack of data and inability of the CCOD to produce a complete audited report was due to the mismanagement under the previous Commissioner before Dr. Barry Kistnasamy ...
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 ...
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 ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Cancellation of Study Tour
4 Dec 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency could not adopt its Legacy and Annual Reports because they were incomplete and would be adopted in the new year. The Committee agreed this would be regarded as work in progress.
The Committee further voiced its extreme dissatisfaction and disappointment over the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality Quarter 2 performance: discussion
27 Nov 2018
The Committee met to discuss amongst other issues the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) Quarter 2 performance. The CGE was not present at the meeting and Members felt that it would be better to discuss the report in the presence of the CGE to answer questions that arose.
Before the ...
Health
High Level Panel recommendations: Minister of Health briefing
21 Nov 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Health
High Level Panel Recommendations for Health Sector: Prof Shisana briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by Professor Olive Shisana, Head of the High Level Panel (HLP), on the state of the health sector in South Africa, and the challenges faced with the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.
She said those with the worst access to health care were ...
Health
Committee Report on KwaZulu-Natal oversight
31 Oct 2018
The Committee discussed the report on its oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from August 14 to 17, which listed the health facilities which had been visited, and the successes and challenges encountered at each. The observations and findings covered matters involving human resources, infrastructure, laundry services, high teenage pregnancies in ...