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Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission sport allocation
11 Aug 2015
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) said it regarded the differentiation of grants into small, medium and large grants as a milestone in the Lotteries Amendment Act of 2013, as this would allow small organisations to access funding. Over and above that the Act had also provided for differentiation of processing ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Tennis SA transformation and performance; Committee’s Third Term Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by Tennis South Africa (TSA) on the status of its transformation, financial performance, governance and development programmes.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) had just completed a survey, where it had found that more than 444 000 South Africans were playing tennis every week. TSA’s task was ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Swimming SA status report; 2010 FIFA World Cup allegations: discussion
9 Jun 2015
Finance: Swimming South Africa had been very fortunate leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games as it still had a corporate sponsor together with the grants from the National Lotteries Board (NLB). The challenge with swimming was that investment was not short term as it took eight to ten years ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Eminent Persons Group (EPG): Progress made with regard to transformation in sport federations
2 Jun 2015
The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) briefed the Committee on progress made with regard to transformation in sport federations. It said the core problem in SA’s sporting system was that there was no coordination or alignment between the different components of the system. If there was no participation opportunity, or skills ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC on progress of 2022 Durban Commonwealth Game and delivery plans
26 May 2015
The South African Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefed the Committee on the current status and planning for the bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, bid status and the plan to deliver the Games. The entity said that delivery of the games would cost R3.3 billion annually, ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Cricket SA: Transformation, Financial performance, Governance and Development programmes
19 May 2015
The Committee was briefed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on transformation, financial performance, governance and development programmes. CSA reported that according to its understanding, transformation at national level would happen when it focused on developing the talent from the bottom up. Members were told CSA had set transformation targets at ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation & International Study Tour Proposal APP; Committee Report on Sport and Recreation Budget
12 May 2015
The Committee content advisor said that Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) had been able to align its Strategic Plan (SP) for 2015-2020 to the achievement of some of the priorities of the National Development Plan (NDP), where the emphasis on social cohesion had been translated into its programme. Within ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing South Africa & South African Institute for Drug-free Sport on their 2015/16 Annual Performance and Strategic Plans
28 Apr 2015
The Committee had a pre-briefing discussion with Boxing South Africa (BSA) on matters arising from ongoing work between BSA and the Committee. It noted that BSA had indicated earlier that its stay at SRSA offices would be temporary and it asked how long BSA would continue working from there. The ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation SA on its Annual Performance & Strategic Plans; Bid for Commonwealth Games 2022
21 Apr 2015
The Department, Sport and Recreation SA (SRSA) first briefed the Committee on matters arising from the Committee’s work, ranging from Athletics South Africa, Cricket South Africa, Swimming South Africa and Basketball South Africa.
The Committee asked whether it was not about time that a South African standardised set of criteria ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Increasing access to health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons: by Department of Health; Protection against violence for LGBTI persons: by Department of Justice
25 Mar 2015
The presentations by the Departments of Health (DOH) and Justice (DOJ) was to provide the Caucus with an overview of services and provisions made for the LGBTI community. The DOH briefed the Caucus on the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and HIV prevention policy for people of the LGBTI ...