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Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: Department Response; Process of establishing the National Small Business Council: update
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Committee on its perspective on the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill.
Red tape continues to be a challenge in South Africa even in business registration. It takes 43 days in SA to register a business, even though the country has moved from ...
Basic Education
Matric results 2016, National Strategy for Learner Achievement, 3-stream curriculum: Department Basic Education briefing, Deputy Minister present
14 Feb 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on the recently released 2016 matric results, the National Strategy for Learner Achievement (NSLA), and the Three-Stream Model which is geared towards the provision of learners with alternative pathways for professional development of skills. ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: briefing
8 Feb 2017
Prior to a briefing on the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill by the MP who had intoduced it, the Committee was briefed on the process to be followed in the tabling of a Private Member’s Bill, as well as the steps that the Committee would take moving forward with the ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on 2nd quarter 2016 performance of Department, Sefa and Seda; KZN Cooperatives implementation plans; iCat briefing on cooperative road models
7 Dec 2016
The Department of Small Business Development presented its Q2 performance report to the Committee and it was highlighted that with regards to overall Q2 performance, Programme 1: Administration and Executive Support functions achieved 64.3% or 9 of its 14 planned quarterly targets, and spent 37.2% of its budget by 30 ...
Basic Education
“Jobs for Cash” Report: responses by stakeholders
30 Nov 2016
The stakeholders in the Basic Education sector gave their responses to the “Selling of Posts” Ministerial Task Team (MTT) Report and to its methodology and the recommendations contained in it. There was a general consensus that the Report was flawed because of the processes which were followed to conduct the ...
Health
Nursing Strategy: Chief Nursing Officer progress report; Nigerian delegation meeting
30 Nov 2016
The first part of the meeting was an interaction between a delegation of the Nigerian Parliament led by Senator Olarenwaju Tejuosho, Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Health. It was explained that the Nigerian Assembly is divided into a Senate (the upper house) and House of Representatives, and the ...
Basic Education
School Readiness for 2017
29 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education presented their school readiness monitoring report for 2017. The presentation focused on Admissions and Registrations; School Management Planning; Teacher Provisioning; Learning and Teaching Resources; and Basic Infrastructure. DBE reported that over the past five years it has made significant progress in streamlining admissions, with the ...
Basic Education
Kha Ri Gude Literacy Programme & “Jobs-for-Cash” Report: Department of Basic Education briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the progress and state of readiness of the Kha Ri Gude (KRG) programme. The 2015 achievements of the programme included the registration of 348 228 learners, with 298 000 Learner Assessment Portfolios (LAPs) verified and moderated. To date, just over ...
Health
Public health facilities inspections: Public Service Commission briefing
9 Nov 2016
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the outcome of its inspection to selected health facilities. The aim of the PSC inspection is to assess the quality of services to the public, the state of facilities and the conditions at service sites. The main objective of the inspection ...
Small Business Development
Committee Minutes
26 Oct 2016
The Committee met to consider and adopt all outstanding minutes. Members made minor changes to all 12 documents before adopting them.