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Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson
8 Jun 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee: WCPP Seats convened in a virtual meeting to elect its new Chairperson. It elected Mr A Van Der Westhuizen (DA) as its Chairperson.
The Committee was established to consider whether the number of seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament was suitable for the increasing ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Department of Community Safety & CoCT on Law Enforcement Advancement Plan
31 May 2022
The Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs, and Sport convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Department of Community Safety (DoCS) and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) on the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP).
The Committee heard that the LEAP was implemented as ...
Education (WCPP)
Equal Education Law Centre on the school admission crisis in the Western Cape; WCED briefing on the Mathematics and Language Strategy
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Equal Education Law Centre briefed the Standing Committee on Education on the status of school admission crisis in the Western Cape province.
The Equal Education Law Centre reported that it had observed an incredible number of learners being unplaced in grades one and eight. ...
Social Development (WCPP)
SASSA Western Cape on application process, qualifying, and assessment criteria for R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant
10 May 2022
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Western Cape Regional Office briefed the Committee on the application process, qualifying and assessment criteria for the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant and progress made by the Western Cape in paying out the grant.
With the lifting of the Disaster ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee
6 May 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on COVID19 finalised its work by considering and adopting its final report documenting the work of the tenure of the Committee.
The Committee recommended that each Standing Committee deals with matters pertaining to COVID-19 in their respective portfolios. The Committee also recommended that the Standing Committee on Health, ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Government GBV Implementation Plan & progress in implementing the GBV Plan; Department’s GBV & Sexual Harassment Policies
5 Apr 2022
Western Cape Government Gender-Based Violence Implementation Plan
The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the Western Cape government's gender-based violence (GBV) policy and the progress with its implementation, and the DSD's GBV and sexual harassment policies.
The Committee was concerned about whether victims were ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Social Development
17 Mar 2022
The Committee met with the Department of Social Development to deliberate and adopt Vote 7: Social Development in the schedule to the Western Cape Appropriation Bill for the 2021/22 financial year.
The Committee wanted to know what partnerships the Department had formed in the private sector to ...
Education (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Education
17 Mar 2022
The Committee convened to be briefed by the Western Cape Education Department, led by the Provincial Minister, on the 2022 Western Cape Appropriation Bill.
The Minister indicated that the Department will be provided with over R2.2 billion to help with its initiatives. There was planning being done ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Health
15 Mar 2022
The Western Cape Standing Committee on Health convened a physical meeting in the provincial legislature to have a question and answer session with the provincial Department of Health (DOH) on its tabled budget for the 2022/23 financial year, which amounted to approximately R29 billion. The Department ...
Budget (WCPP)
2022 Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Provincial Treasury briefing
14 Mar 2022
The Western Cape 2022 provincial budget continued to respond to the constrained economic and socio-economic environment, but ensuring an impact for citizens would require a strengthening of collective oversight over its implementation. The Provincial Treasury reported this when it was briefing the Budget Committee of the provincial legislature in ...