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Health Care Services for Mentally Ill: Mpumalanga & Northern Cape Departments of Health
7 Jun 2017
The Mpumalanga and Northern Cape Provincial Departments of Health briefed the Portfolio Committee on Health on the state of health care services for mentally ill patients in their provinces.
State of mental health: Mpumalanga
According to the Mpumalanga Department of Health (DOH) mental health was an integral part of health ...
Finance Standing Committee
Sugary Beverages Tax; Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill: public hearings
31 May 2017
National Treasury indicated that revisions in the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Draft Bill were made after extensive consultations. Treasury took all inputs into consideration to come up with the revised Draft Bill.
Design changes based on comments on the sugary beverages tax or health promotion ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Marine Living Resources Fund on their Annual Performance Plan; DPME input, with Minister
4 May 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) explained to the Committee that it required the Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Performance Plan (APP) of each department to be aligned with the priority outcomes in the Medium-term Strategic Framework (MTSF). The potential of Agriculture in creating one million jobs in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Climate Change impact in region; Climate-Smart Agriculture: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organisation Forestry briefed the Committee on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry and Fisheries.
Climate change is already putting stress on food systems and rural livelihoods all around the world.
The Organisation stated that already plus minus 14.3 million South Africans are estimated to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Poultry Industry: briefing by Food and Allied Workers Union
10 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the General Secretary, Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) on the crises ravaging the Poultry sector in the Republic of South Africa. The Union had believed in a job-creating as well as industrial strategy-inspired trade policy approach to trade relations and agreements between South ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its Quarter 3 performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) tabled its third quarter expenditure report.
Since 2014, the main focus of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is to provide food security to ensure the citizens of this country who are vulnerable to hunger and food insecurity have sufficient access ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill: briefing; Poultry Industry: SA Poultry Association briefing
28 Feb 2017
The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) stated that the South African poultry industry was in a crisis and an advanced state of distress. The Association attributed the cause of the distress to imports from the European Union. It said collective actions that were taken so far were inadequate. SAPA told ...
Health
Information sharing meeting with the German Delegation
24 Feb 2017
The Committee met with the delegates from the Budget Committee on Health from Germany. The delegates declared that their intention for coming to South Africa was to learn more about the South African health system and to explore opportunities for co-operation, with a focus on the issues of HIV/AIDS. The ...
Health
Pharmaceuticals management at Departments of Health: Auditor General briefing
22 Feb 2017
A delegation from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) presented their report on the performance audit of the management of pharmaceuticals at the Department of Health. Key findings of the report were separated into different levels of the distribution of pharmaceuticals. These included policies and planning, procurement, distribution to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products, National Forest & National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bills: DAFF briefing, with Deputy Minister in attendance
21 Feb 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Committee on three proposed bills, namely Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10-2016], National Forests Amendments Bill [B11-2016] and National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B22-2016]. The Deputy Minister was present in the meeting.
The Department reported that the Liquor Products Amendment ...