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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Draft SADC Parliamentary Forum Report on protection against child marriages: Committee Deliberations in preparation for caucus on 25 March
24 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Research Office presented a draft Report on the protection of children against child marriages in South Africa, which had been compiled for tabling to the SADC-Parliamentary Forum (PF) Plenary Assembly. The Plenary was trying to understand the implications of child marriages in the SADC region, to address such ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA Rugby Union on progress made in transformation
24 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the SA Rugby Union (SARU) on its progress in transformation; getting women involved in rugby; participation of disabled persons; its alignment with the new provincial demarcations in terms of the National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP); regulation of utilising foreign players in the domestic league; ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sasrea appeal board recommendation process: deliberations
18 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation met to consider Committee minutes, matters arising from the minutes, and to deliberate on the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (Sesrea) appeal board recommendation process.
The discussion on the minutes of 10 March 2015 dealt not only with omissions and the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Minister on provinces’ sport funding & accountability, football match-fixing, Treasury funding negotiations; SRSA 3rd Quarter 2014/15 performance & 2015/16 Strategic Plan, Facility Audit report
17 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the SRSA on its third quarter report for the 2014/15 financial year.
The Committee asked how the scientific tests were conducted and how the outcomes affected athletes adversely after testing.
How many rural sports development programmes had been rolled out in the 2014/15 financial year, ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA National Boxing Organisation (SANABO) programmes, governance & 2013/14 annual report
10 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the South African National Boxing Organisation (SANABO) on development programmes, governance, annual report and financial statements.
SANABO told the Committee that the previous EXCO had been in office for more than the four years which the new constitution of SANABO required. In 2012 SANABO had ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Abducted Nigerian Girls (#bring back the girls campaign): ministerial briefing; SADC Gender Protocol: Commission on Gender Equality briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation updated the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus on the government’s role in securing the safe return of the 230 girls kidnapped last year by Boko Haram. She stressed the complexity of the issue and noted that after some girls had managed to escape and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Lovelife & Sports Trust on their programmes and annual reports
3 Mar 2015
The Committee received a briefing from the LoveLife on its strategy review and its agreement with Sports and Recreation South Africa. It outlined its programmes, its research challenges and financials.
The Sports Trust. spoke about governance, its financial status, its partnerships, infrastructure development
and sports codes development
Sport, Arts and Culture
Status of Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) review process: briefing by SALGA
24 Feb 2015
The Committee was briefed by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the status of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) review process. The presentation covered the efficiency of SALGA’s oversight mechanism and its role in monitoring the utilisation of the 15% Municipal Infrastructure Grant allocation intended for sport and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
PC Sports and Recreation: Matters arising from previous meetings
17 Feb 2015
The Committee met to consider minutes and matters arising from the same minutes. The discussion at one point centred on the Minister of Sports and Recreation absence from meetings when Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) was accounting before the committee. The Chairperson reminded the Committee that the decision to ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Deliberations on Sasrea Appeal Board interviews; Committee 2014 Oversight visit report; Proposed international study tour
3 Feb 2015
The Committee was to deliberate on the Sasrea Appeal Board interviews. However, it transpired that the confidential questionnaire template that Members were to further populate with more questions had been electronically circulated to them and their complementary staff. The Committee agreed therefore that the population of the actual and final ...