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Medical Research Council & Council for Medical Schemes 2017/18 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2018
The South African Medical Research Council presented its Annual Report for the 2017/18 financial year. The Council confirmed that its work was guided by the burden of diseases and presented to Members data on the leading causes of death in South Africa as at 2012. The Council ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement Bill & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill: NCOP amendments; Fetsa Tlala & planting season readiness: DAFF, with Deputy Minister
11 Sep 2018
The Committee considered and approved the amendments by the NCOP to the Plant Improvement Bill and Plant Breeders Rights Bill.
On the Plant improvement Bill, the amendment was grammatical under Clause 9. On the types of business that may be conducted, it initially read propagating material for cultivation and sale. ...
Health
National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs: SANAC briefing
5 Sep 2018
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Health on the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STI for 2017-2022. There has been a lot of successes in the fight against the HIV, TB and STI epidemics such as the number of HIV-related and TB-related ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting season readiness 2018/19: GrainSA, ARC, Provincial Agriculture Departments; with Deputy Minister
4 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries met to receive feedback on the provincial departments’ readiness for the upcoming season with regard to planting and cropping. Grain SA and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) were also invited to present and give advice.
Grain SA gave an overview of its ...
Health
Department of Health Quarter 1 performance
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Health (DOH) presented the first quarter report on its performance and expenditure in implementing its six programmes, and indicated that there had been a general trend of under-spending.
The e-health strategy had been revised, including the introduction of a new tradition where consultations would occur. The ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting season readiness 2018/19: Provincial Departments of Agriculture; with Minister
28 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries welcomed officials from the Department of Rural, Environment and Agriculture Development (READ), the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), all of which briefed the Committee on the state of readiness ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Quarter 4 performance, with Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarter performance report for 2017/18. It covered the achievements and non-achievements of the six programmes, highlighting transformation in the sector, the implementation of the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC’s) plan, and progress in dealing with the ...
Health
Hospitals: Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
12 Jun 2018
The report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) featured prominently in the meeting, with the Committee wanting to find out what the various provincial departments were doing in response to the OHSC findings. The provincial Departments of Health of Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng pointed out that ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries response to BRRR recommendations, with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), with the Deputy Minister, to be briefed on the response of the Department to the Committee’s Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) and other outstanding matters. In terms of the presentation on the BRRR, the Department informed the ...
Health
Hospitals: Western Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
6 Jun 2018
The Western Cape and Gauteng provincial Departments of Health briefed the Committee on hospital services in their provinces.
The Western Cape’s long term vision was not to focus on illness, but rather on wellness. It had recognised that health was a function of more than one department and had been ...