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COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget
28 May 2020
Health
COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing
27 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Schedule of Services to be phased in as per COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Strategy
President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa's response to Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
The Portfolio Committee on Health met jointly with the Select Committee on Health and Social ...
Health
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing
10 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened an online audio conference (via Microsoft Teams) to be briefed by the Minister and his team on the progress the Department and South Africa as a whole were making in the global pandemic of ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Pilot Evaluation; Coronavirus response; with Minister & Deputy Minister
4 Mar 2020
Watch: Minister’s briefing on coronavirus
NHI: Tracking the Billthrough Parliament
The Minister spoke about the Coronavirus and noted that the common influenza caused more deaths than the Coronavirus. Currently 81 countries are exposed to the virus. Preparations are currently in place to return 151 South Africans who are in ...
Health
DoH, NHLS & SAHPRA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
The Committee was convened for presentations from the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS), the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the national Department of Health (NDoH) on their annual performance reports and financial information for 2018/19.
The NHLS said that overall it had achieved ...
Health
Engagement with the Elders on Universal Health Coverage, with Minister
3 Sep 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services were jointly addressed by two of the Elders -- a group of former leaders that had been started by former President Nelson Mandela. Ms Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, and Mr Ricardo Lagos, ...
Health
NHI Bill: briefing with Minister, Deputy Minister & legal opinion; Council for Medical Schemes Mandate & Annual Performance Plan
29 Aug 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
National Health Insurance Bill: Legal Opinion (confidential document)
Ideal Clinic South Africa
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
The Minister, Deputy Minister, official from the Department of Health as well as the consultants appointed to advise the Ministry and Presidency on ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
9 Jul 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Committee met to consider the annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Health (DoH). The Department said it had aligned its targets with the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Life ...
Health
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
4 Jul 2019
Media Statement: Health Committee Hears That NHI Bill ‘is a Must’
The meeting was convened to discuss the National Department of Health’s (NDOH) annual performance plan and budget with the Minister of Health and senior officials of the Department.
The Minister said that activities in the Department were guided ...
NCOP Finance
Izinduna unfunded budget, with COGTA Minister
12 Feb 2019
The KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC briefed the Committee about the Izinduna budget in the presence of COGTA Minister. The initial audit confirmed that KZN has 3 100 Izinduna. The issue at stake is that following the President’s proclamation in 2014, Headmen were to be remunerated on a salary of R80 875 backdated to ...