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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
13 Oct 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented its annual report for the 2014/15 financial year, and highlighted its establishment as a new department in November 2014, which had resulted in the transfer of the sanitation function from the Department of Human Settlements.
The Department said 85% of the total ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Processing of Legacy Submissions
4 Sep 2015
The Joint Committee met to deliberate on the way forward with legacy public submissions for Constitutional Amendments from 2013. The issue of the Sesotho sa Leboa language also arose, but discussion of the matter was postponed. The Committee Researcher summarised each of the 13 proposed amendments. Amendments were presented within ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Makana Local Municipality Section 139 intervention; Committee Oversight Reports on Ventersdorp & Tswaing Local Municipalities; Disaster Management Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
1 Sep 2015
The provincial representatives read out their negotiating mandates in respect to the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. This Bill received support subject to the consideration and consolidation of some recommendations by KZN, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Gauteng. The Provinces of Free-State, Limpopo, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape voted in favour of ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Violence against migrants: COSATU; FEDUSA & Imizamo Yethu Representatives briefing
25 Aug 2015
The Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Hout Bay community organisation, iMizamo Yethu, briefed the Committee on issues relating to the recent violence against foreign nationals.
COSATU stressed that the issue of migration had a historical context, particularly colonialism and apartheid, and the artificial borders that ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Department of Health briefing
25 Aug 2015
The National Department of Health (NDoH) briefed the Committee on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill. The Medicines Act 101 of 1965 was amended by the Medicines Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 72 of 2008). However when it came to proclamation it was realised that there were gaps in governance. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Certificate Vocational (NCV) & National Accredited Technical Diploma implementation: Department of Higher Education & Training briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the implementation and administration of the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and National Accredited Technical Diploma (NATED).
The DHET highlighted the main features of the programmes, such as the purpose, design, subjects offered, the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Substance Abuse Roundtable Workshop
28 Jul 2015
The round table workshop was organised in an attempt to reflect on the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017, and to hear about its capacity, support and impact of interventions. Although some specific NGOs were making submissions, others were present and contributed to the discussion. There were common ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Committee Programme: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee adopted the programme on probing violence against foreigners. Because of the serious issues involved, Members were asked to give priority to this Committee, even at the expense of constituency work and oversight visits. The House Chairman would be asked to extend the deadline for the submission of the ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Election of Chairperson
4 Jun 2015
The Committee met briefly to conclude the election of the co-chairpersons for the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals. Those elected were Ms N Bhengu (ANC) and Mr T Motalshuping (ANC; North West) No further recommendations or proposals were discussed.
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Council for Higher Education (CHE) on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan
3 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Council of Higher Education (CHE) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The CHE, which was an independent body advising the Minister and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), stated that most of the work done ...