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Hospitals: Northern Cape, Limpopo, Free State, KZN Departments of Health
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with Northern Cape (NC), Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Departments of Health (DoH) to receive presentations on the status of their hospitals, after having received a briefing from the Accountant General on their budget allocations. The meeting also sought answers to questions based ...
Health
Hospitals: Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
12 Jun 2018
The report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) featured prominently in the meeting, with the Committee wanting to find out what the various provincial departments were doing in response to the OHSC findings. The provincial Departments of Health of Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng pointed out that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women 2017/18 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
12 Jun 2018
The Department of Women (DoW) presented its quarter three and four performance for the 2017/18 financial year. The comprehensive presentation covered the strategic focus of the Department, organisational and budget programme structure, newly created posts and rationale for creating these posts. A comparison of the performance for quarter two and ...
Health
Hospitals: Western Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
6 Jun 2018
The Western Cape and Gauteng provincial Departments of Health briefed the Committee on hospital services in their provinces.
The Western Cape’s long term vision was not to focus on illness, but rather on wellness. It had recognised that health was a function of more than one department and had been ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 9 Institutions amalgamation: OISD progress report; with the Minister
5 Jun 2018
Members and representatives of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) met with officials from the Office of the Institute Supporting Democracy (OISD) on the progress report dealing with the amalgamation of Chapter 9 Institutions, with special reference to the CGE.
The OISD said that two task teams had been formed ...
Health
Health facilities inspection findings: Office of Health Standards Compliance 2016/17 report
5 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss the annual inspection report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), which described some of the challenges faced by health establishments (HEs) in the provinces, municipalities and districts across the country.
The presentation focused on the aims of the annual inspection report, the ...
Health
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: adoption
30 May 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The Bill was discussed clause-by-clause, and amendments were made, where necessary.
Clauses were amended replace “Minister of Health” was replaced with “Cabinet member responsible for health”. Several changes related to ensuring the composition and integrity ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee observed that the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP) had tabled its annual performance plan (APP) late, which would result in a finding against the Department, as confirmed by the Auditor General, and it wanted an explanation for this. The DWP had also not implemented some of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
CGE & Department of Women Annual Performance Plan: AGSA analysis & CGE briefing
24 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General South Africa briefed the Portfolio Committee on its review of the 2018/19 draft Annual Performance Plan of the Department of the Department of Women in the Presidency. The Auditor-General had not undertaken a review of the Annual Performance Plan of the Commission for Gender Equality. The purpose of ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases & Department of Health Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2018
The Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) and the National Department of Health (NDOH) presented their annual performance plans, while the Professional Association of Clinical Associates of South Africa (PACASA) introduced the profession to the Committee.
The main highlights of the presentations related to possible legislation being passed to hold ...