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Sport, Arts and Culture
Athletics South Africa; Auditor General input on Department
15 Aug 2018
The agenda of the meeting was a briefing by the Auditor General South Africa on capacity building session in preparation for the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report; a briefing by Athletics South Africa on their annual financial reports, governance and related matters; and consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes.
The ...
Social Development
Constitutional Court judgment: SASSA progress report
15 Aug 2018
Members received a progress report from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order. It highlighted the progress that had been made between April and August with regard to card swapping, payment challenges, risks, the phasing out of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), as ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation Jan-Jun 2018 quarterly performance; with Deputy Minister
14 Aug 2018
The Department of Sports and Recreation presented on the Fourth Quarter Performance Report for 2017/18 and First Quarter Performance Report for 2018/19.
The Department stated that the fourth quarter performance report had been given a clean bill of health. The Department had trained a number of people but there were ...
Social Development
Grant Payments; Rape & Kidnapping of Children: SAHRC, CGE, DSD & MECs interventions
4 Jul 2018
The Portfolio Committee called the meeting during the parliamentary recess because Social Development was responsible for protecting the vulnerable and Parliament had to do something about the ongoing rape and murder of girls and other forms of gender-based violence. There had been consistent reporting in the media of the rape ...
Social Development
SASSA progress report; Department of Social Development 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
6 Jun 2018
Members were briefed by the Department of Social Development on its performance report for Quarter 4 and SASSA. Neither the Minister, Deputy Minister nor the Director General were present for this briefing which was the last before a the two month extended recess where this oversight committee returns only on ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development Quarter 3 performance
30 May 2018
The Chairperson informed Members that the Committee would not be dealing with the referral on the Children’s Amendment Bill because the Bill had been withdrawn. There had been no opposing submissions, but Parliament would not be accepting new Bills.
The meeting commenced with a discussion on the South Africa Social ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport & Recreation Annual Performance Plan: AGSA input; Committee Report: SRSA Budget; with Deputy Minister present
16 May 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa’s Business Executive, Mr Lourens van Vuuren, briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Review of the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for Programmes 2 and 5 of the Department of Sport and Recreation, and Programmes 2 and 3 of Boxing SA. The Committee was advised that ...
Social Development
Meeting with Indonesian Parliament delegation
16 May 2018
The Committee met with a parliamentary delegation from Indonesia.
The Chairperson explained that the South African government was a unitary state divided into many spheres of government; how South Africa was divided into nine provinces; how the government structure consisted of the Cabinet as headed by the President, and the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on SRSA budget & Quarter 2 performance
9 May 2018
The Committee met to deliberate on the 2018/19 Budget Vote Report. Before the deliberations the Chairperson first informed the Committee about the email she had received from Mr Mhlongo of the Democratic Alliance, who was complaining about the changes in the Committee programme,
On the report, Members of the Committee ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Moses Mabhida Stadium violence: PSL & SAPS briefing; National Lottery sport allocation; with Minister & Police Deputy Minister
8 May 2018
The joint Parliament Portfolio Committees on Sport and Recreation and Police were briefed by Premier Soccer League (PSL) and the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) on the incidence of hooliganism by Kaizer Chiefs’ supporters after their team lost a football match at Moses Mabhida stadium on 21 April.
The PSL ...