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Social Development
Children's Amendment Bills B13/2015 and B14-2013: Departmental briefing, in presence of Minister
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Social Development (DSD), with the Minister present for part of the time, took the Committee through the proposed amendments that had been suggested by the Committee, following the public hearings, for the Children's Amendment Bill B13-2015 and the Children's Second Amendment Bill B14-2015. The Department explained the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Schools Sports Championship & 3rd Quarter Performance for 2015/16: Department briefing
8 Mar 2016
Areas of successes and challenges of the National Schools Sports Championship were highlighted in the briefing. Sport and Recreation South Africa had learnt many lessons from the inaugural Championship in 2012 up until the present and had grown the Championship to where it was now. All 16 Priority Codes participated ...
Social Development
Department report postponed due to absence of DG; Children's Amendment Private Member Bill; Committee Report on Northern Cape
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Social Development (DSD) was expected to give a presentation on the progress of some of the programmes from April to June 2015, but the Director General had sent an apology, since he was attending an imbizo, and the delegation was led by the Chief Financial Officer. Members ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Reawakening-the-giant initiative: Minister of Sport and Recreation briefing; Update on SASREA Appeal Board appointment process
1 Mar 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) on the ‘Reawakening-the-giant’ initiative, and to be updated on the Safety and Sports and Recreational Events Act (Sasrea) Appeal Board appointment process.
Mr Fikile Mbalula, Minister of Sport and Recreation, said SRSA had been busy processing ...
Social Development
South African Council for Social Service Professions training, accreditation & curriculum; Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit
24 Feb 2016
Committee Report on Northern Cape Oversight Visit [Committee Report available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The South African Council for Social Service Professions spoke to the requirements that it has set up for students who wish to register to study social work as well and adoption work. Site visits ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee on preparations for Rio 2016 & transformation in big 5 sporting federations
23 Feb 2016
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee reported that it had set a performance target of 10 medals for the Olympic Games and 30 for the Paralympic Games. However, it might be a challenge to achieve the 30 paralympic medal target due to the fact that 3 members who ...
Social Development
First Term Committee programme: adoption
17 Feb 2016
The Committee Members went through its “Programme on the Legislation Process” for January to March 2016, and the Committee Secretary clarified that the Committee was still communicating with the Social Work Council in relation to some of the dates. There were some outstanding resolutions still to be taken and the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Outlook for 2016; Committee Report on Oversight Visit
16 Feb 2016
The Committee was supposed to be briefed by the by Minister of Sport and Recreation on the Reawakening-the-giant initiative and the Sasrea Appeal Board appointment process. However, he was not able to attend due to other commitments. Instead, the Committee did some internal work - it considered and approved an ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Act Private Member’s Bill [PMB2 -2015]: Department of Social Development response, Department of Justice comments on alignment with other legislation
28 Oct 2015
The Committee noted that Mr M Waters had submitted a Private Members' Bill (PMB) calling for amendments to the Children's Act, specifically to section 120, in order to bring the Act into alignment with the ruling of the courts in relation to placing of the name of a child sexual ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Facilities Plan; Municipal Infrastructure Grant for sport facilities & component transfer to SRSA: Treasury, COGTA & SRSA engagement
27 Oct 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, National Treasury, and Sport and Recreation SA, on the National Facilities Plan; the utilisation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for building of sport and recreation facilities; Transfer of the P-component to SRSA for implementation, and the ...