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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Matric results; School Sport and challenges: DBE & Department of Sport and Recreation
15 Mar 2017
The meeting began with a consideration of outstanding reports and minutes by members of the Committee, after which the Director General (DG) of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave his opening remarks before handing over to DBE’s Head of educational enrichment services to make the first presentation by the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: FASFacts briefing; Deaths of mentally ill patients: Gauteng Health MEC progress report
14 Mar 2017
FASFacts, an non-profit orgnanisation dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome based in the Western Cape, explained its goals and strategies. In South Africa at least three million people have fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and approximately six million have partial FAS and other FAS disorders. Members asked questions about funding, collaboration with ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Pilot projects on community courts & legislation to regulate paralegals: progress report
7 Mar 2017
Prior to the main agenda items, Members debated whether to accept an invitation from the Magistrates Commission for the Committee to visit the Commission in Pretoria. There was discussion whether this invitation was due to recent media reports about possible tension between the Committee and the Commission or if it ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister
21 Feb 2017
The Minister of Home Affairs focused on the need to reposition the Department, especially in respect of security and the contribution the Department could make to the economy of the country. The Department faced enormous constraints, especially in respect of funding, mainly because it is viewed as ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2015 public submissions: deliberations
17 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider several outstanding constitutional review submissions from 2015.
The submissions were divided into 3 categories.
In category 1, the submissions were to amend Chapter 2 of the Bill of Rights: s7 (2), s10, s11, s25 (3) (c), review chapter 9 institutions to include the South African ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
"Jobs for Cash" Report briefing with Deputy Minister of Education
30 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education presented the latest Jobs for Cash report to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation. The Director General explained who sat on the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) which was responsible for interviewing people and finalising the report. Initially 81 cases were brought forward for investigation ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Children’s Amendment & Second Amendment Bills: Final Mandates; Human Settlements 2015/16 Annual Report
29 Nov 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) told the Committee that during the year under review, it had achieved 54 of its 74 annual targets, in the course of which it had provided an additional 232 583 adequate housing units, and 170 288 households had been upgraded. Development ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Parliamentary Legal Advisors on 2015 public submissions
25 Nov 2016
The Committee Content Advisor firstly briefed the Committee on the submissions that had been sent to the Committee in the 2015 and 2016 years. She noted that she had broadly divided them into three categories, which were not cast in stone but might help Members to categorise. For those that ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14B-2015]: negotiating mandates & Department response
22 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Negotiating mandates [Documents available on 28 November 2016]
Each province submitted its negotiating positions regarding the Children’s Second Amendment Bill. All of the provinces supported the Bill in light of the proposed amendments, except for the Western Cape, which supported the Bill on condition that its proposed ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation on its Annual Report 2015/16
9 Nov 2016
The Department of Sports and Recreation briefed the Committee on its 2015-2016 Annual Report. Members were pleased that the Department had achieved an unqualified audit opinion with no emphasis of matter; it had also satisfied 79% of its targets. The Committee was disappointed and concerned about the ...