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Sport, Arts and Culture
German Sports Committee delegation on youth development & areas of cooperation
23 Oct 2014
The Committee on Sport and Recreation met with the delegation of the Committee for Sports of the German Bundestag to discuss sports and youth development projects and areas of cooperation. After a brief introduction, both committees promptly decided to get straight into discussion due to the limited time available, and ...
Social Development
Social Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
Ms Yolisa Nogenga, the Committee Content Adviser, took the Committee through the Report page by page. She touched on the mandate of the Committee and provided a description of the core functions of the Department of Social Development, the SA Social ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sports and Recreation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2014
Members were told that the budget for the SA Institute for Drug-free Sport (SAIDS) was contracting, and yet the challenges were increasing. The budget had been R1 billion, and now stood at R970 million. It was suggested that SAIDS could introduce fines to those found guilty after the testing, as ...
Social Development
Minister on Department of Social Development & SASSA 2013/14 Annual Reports; AGSA on their audit outcomes
15 Oct 2014
Auditor-General South Africa spoke about the 2013/14 audit outcomes of the Department and its entities, SASSA and the National Development Agency (NDA). The audit was unqualified but there were matters of concern relating to SASSA and NDA.
The Minister was present and answered some of the questions raised during the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport & Recreation on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; BRRR
14 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) on Reports of the AG on the Financial Statements and performance Information of vote 20 for 2013/14 (RP 138-2014); of the south African Institute for Drug-Free Sport for 2013/14 (RP 151-2009); and Boxing South Africa (BSA) for 2013/14.
Audit outcomes ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on White Paper on Families; Adoption of outstanding minutes
17 Sep 2014
The Department made a presentation to the fifth Parliament Committee on the White Paper on Families as introduced to the fourth Parliament. Though they processes with the Paper were exhausted and it was adopted, there were inputs from the Committee to which the Deputy Minister of Social Development assured the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing South Africa on its 2014 Strategic Plan; Sport and Recreation SA on 1st Quarter Performance, planned legislation and progress with Appeal Board appointment process
16 Sep 2014
Boxing SA Briefing
The Committee was briefed by Boxing South Africa (BSA) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan for 2014-15, and developments in Boxing SA.
BSA had administrative and revenue generation challenges which was why it had asked Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) for assistance. Specifically the Boxing ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & SASSA: 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Social Development presented the targets and achievements of its five programmes for the first quarter of 2014/15. Implementation of the evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has begun. It met its target for distribution on six out of seven grants. A board for social security ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC on its Strategic Plan & Commonwealth Games preparations and performance
9 Sep 2014
The Committee was to be briefed by Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on developments and challenges across all the sporting federations.
However, SASCOC only presented a report on its preparation and performance at the 2014 Commonwealth games as well as its strategy for 2013-2016.
Members asked SASCOC to return ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
DPME on use of Monitoring and Evaluation information for oversight; Match-fixing discussion
26 Aug 2014
Planning in government had been transferred by the President from National Treasury to the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The inputs were budgets, human resources, infrastructure and activities. The output was service delivery. Operation Phakisa aimed at resolving recurring weaknesses in government service delivery programmes.
The DPME briefed ...