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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Student Financial Aid Scheme and Deputy Minister on NSFAS 2013/14 Annual Report
25 Feb 2015
The National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), in the presence of and with input from the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, presented its Annual Report for the financial year 2013/2014 to the Committee. It reported that it had, for the third consecutive year, received an unqualified audit opinion. ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Intervention in Mtubatuba Local Municipality: briefing by Mayor and Member of Executive Council
11 Feb 2015
The Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to receive briefings by Mayor and the Member of Executive Council (MEC) for the Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCGTA) on the intervention at the Mtubatuba Local Municipality in KwaZuluNatal.
The Mayor of Mtubatuba Local Municipality said ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
AgriSETA & CATHSSETA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
26 Nov 2014
Three of the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) briefed the Committee on their 2013/14 annual reports, focusing on their challenges, successes and goals. However, Members later commented that the reports varied widely in style, format and content, with some of the targets not clear and successes not specified, which ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water Affairs on its Annual Report for the 2013/14 financial year briefing
25 Nov 2014
The Department of Water and Sanitation appeared before the Select Committee to present its annual report for the 2013/14 financial year.
The Department had received a qualified audit for 2013/14, just as in the past two financial years. Audit findings had uncovered irregular expenditure, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and non-compliance ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation & Boxing South Africa on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
19 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by Boxing South Africa (BSA) and the Department of Sport and Recreation/Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on their annual reports for the 2013/14 financial year.
Boxing South Africa
BSA originally had a board of seven members. Three members then resigned leaving only four. With the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements 2014/15 Annual Report briefing to NCOP
18 Nov 2014
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Select Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The department received an unqualified audit although it had hoped for a clean audit. DHS was disappointed with the audit results because it received various matters of emphasis such as its pre-determined goals were not SMART ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2013/14 Annual Report
14 Nov 2014
The Department of Education and Higher Training presented to the Committee its 2013/14 annual report. The Director General discussed its strategic goals for the year and the major challenges encountered. One main issue was that the Department received an unqualified audit. The Department partnered with the South African Instituted of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs on its 2013-2014 Annual Report, in presence of Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), in the presence of Deputy Minister, Fatima Chohan, presented its 2013/14 Annual Report to the Committee. It highlighted four of the fourteen government priority outcomes to which it contributed against the background of the Department’s mission to create a secure South Africa where all ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education & Umalusi on their 2013/14 Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister present
5 Nov 2014
Umalusi and the Department of Basic Education, in the presence of Deputy Minister, Enver Surty, presented to the Select Committee on their respective Annual Reports for 2013/14. Umalusi noted its role in quality assurance and its significance for education in South Africa. It was independent, which provided credibility to the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Early Childhood Development programme: Department of Social Development, National Development Agency & SALGA briefing
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the South African Integrated Programme of Action for Early Childhood Development (ECD). ECD had been identified as a key part of the National Development Plan (NDP) in addressing unemployment and inequality, but there were policy gaps in terms of infrastructure ...