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Social Development
Minister on Department of Social Development & SASSA 2013/14 Annual Reports; AGSA on their audit outcomes
15 Oct 2014
Auditor-General South Africa spoke about the 2013/14 audit outcomes of the Department and its entities, SASSA and the National Development Agency (NDA). The audit was unqualified but there were matters of concern relating to SASSA and NDA.
The Minister was present and answered some of the questions raised during the ...
Arts and Culture
Audit Outcomes of Department of Arts & Culture: AGSA briefing; Department of Arts & Culture on its 2013/14 Annual Report
14 Oct 2014
A synopsis for the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) on the expenditure and the performance of the Department after 6 months of the financial year was presented to the Committee. The report indicated that the Department transferred almost 80% of its budget to entities and had an obligation to ...
Arts and Culture
Auditor-General South Africa on its role and mandate: workshop
23 Sep 2014
Auditor-General South Africa provided a briefing on its role and mandate, saying its mandate is limited to auditing and advising and does not cover enforcing consequences and accountability. The Auditor-General simply alerts the departments about where they are in danger of under-performing and makes recommendations. Accounting officers and executive authorities ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on White Paper on Families; Adoption of outstanding minutes
17 Sep 2014
The Department made a presentation to the fifth Parliament Committee on the White Paper on Families as introduced to the fourth Parliament. Though they processes with the Paper were exhausted and it was adopted, there were inputs from the Committee to which the Deputy Minister of Social Development assured the ...
Arts and Culture
Afrikaans Taal Museum on its programme performance
16 Sep 2014
A representative of the Afrikaans Taal Museum (ATM) briefed the Committee of the purpose and role of the museum in addition to an overview of staff and visitor statistics, its budget, various programmes and challenges it faced. Its mission statements and values were outlined before detailing the budget for the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & SASSA: 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Social Development presented the targets and achievements of its five programmes for the first quarter of 2014/15. Implementation of the evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has begun. It met its target for distribution on six out of seven grants. A board for social security ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board Oversight Visit: Reflections & Recommendations
9 Sep 2014
The Committee reflected on its oversight visit to the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). The Committee had met with staff to hear and address their numerous complaints about the entity. Members decribed the engagement as a painful experience as there was tension between the lower staff and the management. ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board & Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities on their roles, mandates and issues requiring immediate attention
26 Aug 2014
The Joint meeting focused on two presentations from two Schedule one institutions of the Constitution established to advance democracy in South Africa. These were the Pan South African Language Board and the Commission for the Promotion & Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities.
The Committees firstly ...
Social Development
Budget process and sector analysis: Committee Section briefings; Department of Social Development, SASSA & NDA on their 2014 Strategic Plans, with Deputy Minister present
2 Jul 2014
The Committee Section briefed the Committee on the budget vote process, and gave an analysis of the social development sector, and the documents presented by the Department of Social Development (DSD or the Department) on its strategic plans and budget. Some significant points were highlighted from the documentation on which ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2014 Strategic Plan: Analysis by Committee Staff & briefing by Department, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Secretary briefed the Portfolio Committee on the processing of budget votes. The executive authority of a department had to table strategic or annual performance plans, and this had to be announced in the publication Announcements, Tabling and Committee Reports (ATC). The National Assembly Speaker referred plans to committees ...
Social Development
Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
The Committee met for the first time to elect its chairperson and adopt its programme. Ms R Capa (ANC) was nominated without objection as the Chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee adopted the Committee Programme. The Chairperson noted that both committee members and staff were all women.
Arts and Culture
Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture met briefly to elect a Chairperson. Ms X Tom (ANC) was elected unopposed. In her opening remarks, the Chairperson emphasised that the Members needed to work as a team, respect each other and appreciate political differences.