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NCOP Security and Justice
DIRCO on: ratification of bilateral, multilateral & city twinning agreements, with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
Video: Select Committee on Security and Justice (NCOP) 14 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee convened to receive a briefing from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on international agreements and twinning agreements. The presentation focused on processes that need to be followed when ratifying bilateral ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: final Mandates
14 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Health and Social Services met to discuss the final provincial mandates on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill. All the provinces, through their permanent delegates, agreed to support the Bill. The Bill, having completed the six-week circle, at the scheduled plenary of the ...
Basic Education
KZN & EC Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
13 Oct 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & SC on Education & Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture
The joint Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed, in a virtual meeting, by the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Departments of Basic Education on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in their provinces. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandates
7 Oct 2020
Video: Select Committee on Health and Social Services (NCOP) 7 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Health and Social Services (the Committee) met to discuss the provincial negotiating mandates on the Social Services Amendment Bill (the Bill).
The Committee received all 9 mandates, all of which ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
DHET 2020/21 Revised APP; with Deputy Minister
6 Oct 2020
The Department of Higher Education and Training briefed the Select Committee on its revised 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial performance plan is no longer appropriate for the 2020/21 year.
Although the Department remains optimistic, the state of disaster compelled a review ...
Social Development
(Subcommittee) CDA Vacancy: Shortlisting of candidates
18 Sep 2020
Video: Sub-Com on the Fill of Vacs on the CDAB: PC on SD and SC on Health and SS, (NCOP) 18 Sep 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services met virtually to conclude on the shortlisting of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Revised Budget & APP, with Deputy Minister; COVID-19 Relief Fund Update
16 Sep 2020
Video: SC on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture, (National Council of Provinces) 16 Sep 2020
The Deputy Minister provided insight into the newly formed Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, which consisted of the previously separate departments of sports and recreation, and arts and culture. The meeting took ...
Social Development
(Subcommittee) CDA Vacancy: Shortlisting of candidates
11 Sep 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development and Select Committee on Health and Social Services met virtually to shortlist candidates to fill vacancies on the Central Drug Authority Board. The Committee received about 46 applications and Members were given an opportunity, after perusing the abridged curriculum vitaes, ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 intervention Renosterberg Municipality: Northern Cape briefing
2 Sep 2020
The Select Committee was briefed by the Northern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA) on a notice of intervention in the Renosterberg Local Municipality (RLM) in terms of section 139 (1) (c) of the Constitution. In a virtual meeting, COGHSTA outlined the reasons for ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Challenges and Mitigation of COVID-19 impact on Schools; with Minister
2 Sep 2020
Video: Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture (NCOP) 2 Sep 2020
The Select Committee received a status report by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the reopening of schools and the amended 2020 calendar. The presentation focused on the COVID-19 impact on the schooling system ...