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Arts and Culture
Social Cohesion activities & Moral Regeneration Movement on their activities and plans
24 Mar 2015
The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) briefed the Committee on the progress of each of its programmes. The Chief Operating Officer provided background information on the Movement and spoke about its goals and future plans for restructuring. He highlighted some of the most pressing social issues that South Africa faces as ...
Social Development
State of Nation Address impact on Department of Social Development; Committee Report on CDA Annual Report 2012/13
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the social development Issues emanating from the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA). It was also privately briefed on the revised draft report on the 2012/13 annual report of the Central Drug Authority (CDA).
The DSD considered issues raised ...
Arts and Culture
White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage review; state of legacy projects & infrastructure maintenance: briefing by Department of Arts and Culture
17 Mar 2015
The Committee expressed its condolences and observed a moment of silence on the passing of Minister Collins Chabane.
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the state of the legacy projects and infrastructure maintenance. Despite having succeeded in completing a number of projects and in ...
Social Development
National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017: Central Drug Authority on its implementation & impact assessment of previous plan
11 Mar 2015
The Central Drug Authority presented the 2013-2017 National Drug Master Plan (NDMP) to the Committee with the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Bogopane Zulu in attendance.
The CDA’s mission was to implement holistic and cost effective strategies to reduce the supply and consumption of drugs and the harm associated ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Policy on Extension & Advisory Services; Department of Agriculture briefing, in presence of Minister; Fisheries International Agreements: Committee Content Advisor briefing
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), with the Minister present, briefed the Committee on the development of the National Extension and Advisory Services Policy (the policy) which was intended to guide the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors in the provision of extension and advisory services, to provide a ...
Arts and Culture
Music programmes and royalty payments: SA Music Rights Organisation briefing
10 Mar 2015
The South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), briefed the Committee on the mission and vision of the organisation, and stressed that although it was not an entity of the Department of Arts and Culture, which was frequently misunderstood, it worked closely with several stakeholders in the sector. It was initially ...
Social Development
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) & National Development Agency 2nd quarter 2014/15 performance
4 Mar 2015
The Members of the Committee raised questions and provided input to the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in response to the agency’s earlier presentation on its quarterly financial and performance reports. This was followed by a presentation by the National Development Agency (NDA) on targets, programmes and achievements for ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Languages Board current situation
3 Mar 2015
The Chairperson, in her introductory remarks, gave an overview of the relationship that the new Committee had established with the new Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), highlighting that both were new, and that several issues had needed to be addressed from scratch. The Committee had been on an oversight ...
Social Development
National Development Agency and SA Social Security Agency 2nd quarter 2013/14 performance report presentation, in presence of Minister
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Social Development(DSD), in the presence of the Minister, presented the targets and achievements for the programmes of the National Development Agency (NDA), followed by a presentation by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on achievements for the same period. Prior to the presentations, the Minister gave ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2nd and 3rd Quarterly Expenditure Report
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Portfolio Committee on 2nd and 3rd quarter performance reports for the 2014/2015 financial year. Overall the Department was under spending and not able to meet some of its expenditure targets for budget line items. In particular, the Department was unable to achieve ...