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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services on its 2015 Annual Report; ITSO agreement Article XII ratification
25 Nov 2015
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) presented its Annual Report for 2014/15. This Department had taken over, from the Department of Communications, the state-owned entities Broadband Infraco and State Information Technology Agency. Highlights of the year included the development of a National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper. The ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Science and Technology on its 2014/15 Annual Report
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Select Committee on it 2014/2015 Annual Report. Of the 65 targets set for the 2014/15 financial year, the Department had achieved a total of 55 (85%), with 9% partially achieved and only 6% not achieved. The Committee expressed its appreciation that the ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Government Communication and Information System on its 2014/2015 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The GCIS aimed to provide communication support to Government’s cross-cutting communications campaigns, including national days, in a number of ways, which included ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the State of the Nation Address, the ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Newly appointed Board of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): Department of Science and Technology briefing
21 Oct 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprise on the procedure and process that had been followed for the newly-appointed board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which had come into effect at the beginning of 2015.
The curriculum ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Cooperatives & Post-Settlement Farmer Support (land reform projects such as RECAP) sustainability & economic impact: Department of Agriculture briefing
20 Oct 2015
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on its Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) impact evaluation. CASP had made progress in achieving some of its objectives but not enough had been made in promoting commercialisation, market access, employment ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
BAN Amendment to Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal: Department of Environmental Affairs
13 Oct 2015
Documents handed out:
BAN Amendment to Basel Convention on Control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal
Minutes date 28 July 2015
Minutes dated 4 August 2015
Minutes dated 22 September 2015
Oversight visit report to the North West in the Madibeng Area: Platinum Mining
The purpose of ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) on its role & mandate and on intellectual property as a tool for economic growth
23 Sep 2015
The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) explained that it is a entity within the Department of Science and Technology. Its aim is to protect intellectual property and intellectual property rights that are created with public funds. NIPMO operations and its goals moving into the future as well as the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Framework Agreement to assess socio-economic conditions of mineworkers: Department of Mineral Resources progress report
22 Sep 2015
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources received a briefing from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the progress made in the implantation of the Mining Framework to assess the socio-economic conditions of mine workers.
In July 2013 the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry was developed. ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...