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Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation BRRR; Committee Report on SRSA Quarter 1 & 4 performance
16 Oct 2018
Committee Report available once published 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the Department of Sports and Recreation. The report centred on enhancing the Committee’s oversight role over the Department to ensure it delivers on ...
Social Development
South African Social Security Agency 2017/18 Annual Report
11 Oct 2018
The purpose of the meeting was to receive the findings on the 2017/18 annual report of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), and for the Agency to provide a progress report on the integration between the South African Post Office (SAPO) and SASSA, to ensure the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The report by the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Department of Social Development (DSD) found that generally there had been a regression in the status of internal controls in the portfolio, although there had been a slight improvement in leadership controls. However, there had been ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation SA; Boxing SA; SA Institute for Drug Free Sport 2017/18 Annual Reports, with Auditor General input & and Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2018
The office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes for the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) and its entities, Boxing South Africa (BSA) and the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) for the 2017/18 financial year.
SRSA had ...
Social Development
Food Distribution Centres & Community Nutrition Development Centres
5 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development on its Household food and Nutrition Security Programme. However the Committee saw fit to first deal with a story that involved SASSA that was recently in the news. This matter was adopted as an item in the agenda for the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC: progress report
4 Sep 2018
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation on their financial statements as well as amendments as requested by the Committee. The South African National Boxing Organisation (SANABO) was also supposed to do a briefing to the Committee but SANABO sent ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development Quarter 1 Performance, with Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Social Development briefed the Committee on its performance and expenditure for the first quarter. The Department had done quite well in the quarter; it had managed to spend 24.41% of the projected budget.
In terms of overall performance, it was reported that 69% of the targets were ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
South African Rugby Union briefing
28 Aug 2018
The Committee met to be briefed by the South African Rugby Union on its governance, finances and related matters.
It heard that SA Rugby Union had been on the brink of collapse in 2016 because of failing to meet its transformation targets. ABSA had withdrawn its sponsorship for the Currie ...
Social Development
Non Profit Organisations capacitation & compliance with NPO Act: NDA & DSD briefing
22 Aug 2018
The Committee was addressed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the National Development Agency (NDA) with regard to the capacitation of non-profit organisations (NPOs), as well as compliance with the NPO Act.
The DSD’s presentation shed light on the NPO database, the mandate in terms of the NPO ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission & Netball SA briefings
21 Aug 2018
The Committee met to be briefed by the National Lotteries Commission on its funding for sport and Netball South Africa (NetballSA) on its financial statements, governance and programmes.
The National Lotteries Commission reported that there had been a surge in emerging talent across sports federation for example; the number of ...