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Public Service and Administration
DPSA, PSC, NSG, CPSI 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input & Deputy Minister present
10 Oct 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) reported that the National School of Government Training Trading Account (NSG TTA) and NSG Vote has a regression on the usefulness of performance indicators and targets. On financial health, there are no material uncertainty in any of the entities to ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education, Umalusi, SACE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi), and the South African Council of Educators (SACE) on their annual reports.
The Deputy Minister for Education highlighted some items that ...
Basic Education
Examination Readiness 2018: Department and Umalusi briefing
9 Oct 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi briefed the Committee on their state of readiness for the 2018 examinations. The DBE’s presentation was in two parts. The first part dealt with learner readiness for the 2018 examinations. A lot of focus has been put into getting learners ready for ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, Public Service Commission, Centre for Public Innovation Service, National School of Government 2018 quarterly performance; with Minister
12 Sep 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC), the National School of Government (NSG), the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) and the Department of Public Service and Administration presented their quarterly performance reports to the Portfolio Committee.
The PSC said it had achieved 93.8% of its fourth quarter targets, bringing the full ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff matters: Mr Markus Jooste
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Steinhoff former CEO grilled in Parliament
The Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration met with the former Steinhoff CEO Mr Markus Jooste, on Steinhoff matters.
Mr Markus Jooste, ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, NYDA & Statistics SA on quarterly performance
5 Sep 2018
The Committee received briefings from the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) on their 2017/18 fourth quarter and 2018/19 first quarter performances.
The NYDA reported that it had spent R455.1 million out of an annual budget of ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 1 performance
4 Sep 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) present the First Quarterly Report on its performance in meeting its strategic objectives for 2018/19. It highlighted its performance outputs against the planned targets in the Annual Performance Plan and its Quarter 1 expenditure for 2018/19.
• The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill task ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff matter: Ben le Grange
29 Aug 2018
Former Steinhoff CFO to testify before Parliament
The Standing Committees on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration had a 10-hour oversight meeting on Steinhoff matters on Wednesday. The meeting included the Steinhoff ...
Basic Education
Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC); 2017 National Senior Certificate Consolidated Results, with Minister
28 Aug 2018
The Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign is geared to mobilising stakeholders to play a role and take responsibility for the attainment of quality learning and teaching. The QLTC has been repositioned to respond to the dictates of the Education Action Plan to 2019: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2030. Some ...
Public Service and Administration
National Development Plan; National Planning Commission: DPME update; Disability/Gender: PSC update; with Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
The National Planning Commission (NPC) said the National Development Plan (NDP) goals for 2030 were to eradicate absolute poverty from the 39% of people living below the poverty line to zero, to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% by creating 11 million more jobs, and to significantly reduce inequality through ...