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Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36B-2015]: DHET briefing
17 Aug 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Committee on the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36B-2015]. The Bill provided for a policy framework on the determination of transformation goals for the public higher education system and oversight mechanisms. It also provided for a new institutional type and for ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Immigration Amendment Bill [B5-16]: finalisation; Community Schemes Ombud Service & Sectional Titles Schemes Management Regulations
16 Aug 2016
The Select Committee on Social Services was briefed on the Immigration Amendment Bill and the Regulations for the Community Schemes Ombud Service and the Sectional Titles Scheme Management.
The Parliamentary legal adviser said that the Committee had been briefed on the Immigration Amendment Bill in May, and it had then ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Immigration Amendment Bill [B5-2016]: briefing
24 May 2016
The Parliamentary Legal services briefed the Committee on the Immigration Amendment Bill [B5-2016].
Background of the Bill: Interpretation challenges in respect of section 30(1)(h) of the Immigration Act, 13 of 2002 (“the principal Act”). The current wording of section 30(1)(h):
“30(1) The following foreigners may be declared undesirable by the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
17 May 2016
Documents handed out:
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016 Strategic Plan
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016 Annual Performance Plan [Document not available email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on its strategic and annual performance plans for 2016. A detailed presentation was delivered that covered ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on 2016 Plans, Housing Subsidy Scheme, Community Schemes Ombud Service regulations & Housing Development Agency plans, in presence of Deputy Minister
10 May 2016
The meeting had an extremely full agenda and very little time to go through each agenda item because of the budget votes and other meetings occurring prior to this one, which meant that the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) was not able to answer all questions, and would send through ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Deputy Minister of Basic Education on Department's 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
13 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education gave an overview of the size and shape of the sector, highlighting the successes achieved in the sector. For example, Grade R participation in 2002 was at 40% access, but now is almost universal. Statistics South Africa in their Household Survey indicated that 92% ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Department of Health on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan & Budget
12 Apr 2016
The National Department of Health (NDOH) presented its 2016 Annual Performance Plan and budget to the Committee. The Committee was a little concerned at the timing as it was essentially considering the new targets without having been able to see the performance on the old ones. The Department set out ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance plan
5 Apr 2016
The Department of Home affairs (DHA) presented the annual performance plan to the Select Committee on Social Services in what was a compressed and time-constrained meeting. The main highlight of the presentation was that all the targets in the DHA’s annual performance plan for 2016/2017 were fully funded. The Department ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Burden of Health & Disease in South Africa: Medical Research Council briefing
15 Mar 2016
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) gave the Portfolio Committee on Health a presentation on its mandate, objectives and goals, highlighting the areas of health that the Council was engaged in researching, and the ways in which it aimed to do so in collaboration with universities and government departments ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Grade 12 Results: briefing by Umalusi & Department of Basic Education; with Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2016
Umalusi briefed the Committee on the quality assurance of the 2015 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. A number of question papers required more than three external moderations, high levels of non-compliance were found in technical aspects, text selection and marking guidelines at the first moderation. The audit of marker selection ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report; Draft anti-Trafficking regulations: Department of Social Development briefing
16 Feb 2016
[Note: South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report [358MB] email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Select Committee on the draft Regulations and directives framed in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act no 7 of 2013. The presentation was a formality as ...