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Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Budget & Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP) to the Committee. The presentation spoke to allocations for the financial year, reduction in funding, additional indicators and prioritisation of issues. The presentation also covered areas for improvement and response to findings by the Auditor-General of SA ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff: follow-up meeting
28 Mar 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ye4XmL6Bu4
The Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts; the Portfolio Committee on Public Administration and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a second briefing on the Steinhoff matter. Steinhoff legal representatives from Werkmans Attorneys; PricewaterhouseCoopers; the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC); the Johannesburg ...
Basic Education
South African Council for Educators & UMALUSI 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; Readiness to administer Sign Language Examinations 2018
27 Mar 2018
Members received a presentation from the South African Council for Educators (SACE) on its 2017/18 strategic and Annual Performance Plans and budget as well as a presentation from Umalusi on its Annual Performance Plan. Umalusi also made a presentation on the state of readiness to quality assure South African Sign ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the second and third quarterly performance reports of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for 2017/18, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present.
Major highlights included conducting and evaluating the matriculation exams, where there had been a student pass rate of 75.1%. There had ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2016/17; DPME Local Government Monitoring and Support of Management
14 Mar 2018
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation’s analysis of the Management Performance Assessment Tool 2016 results highlights the progress and challenges experienced. The trends analysis shows that there is a steady improvement on areas such as strategic management, governance and accountability, financial management as well as human resources management. The ...
Public Service and Administration
Disciplinary cases in Public Service; DPSA & Public Service Commission; Free State Progress Report, with Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Department of Public Service and Administration discipline trends in the public service has revealed that it takes too long to finalise disciplinary cases, which is contrary to the enabling prescripts. According to the latest PERSAL report ending 31 December 2017 the average number of days it takes departments to ...
Basic Education
School infrastructure: update on ASIDI, with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) was initially supposed to brief the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2nd and 3rd quarterly reports; and to provide an update on the Accelerated School’s Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI), especially in light of the negative reports. The update on ASIDI took longer ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation + Public Service Commission Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2018
The Public Service Commission presented on its third quarter performance.
93% of its planned targets were achieved in quarter three. A vacancy rate of 8.6% was maintained, 83% of the grievances finalised, 73% of public administration cases finalised and 100% of the National Anti-Corruption Hotline cases were referred. The remaining ...
Basic Education
ICT Roll-Out in Schools; School Governing Board (SGB) Elections; with Minister and Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the current preparations for school governing body elections, which would take place from March 2018. The complexity of the election process was highlighted, especially with regard to uniformity across the provinces. Although the overall percentage of readiness was good, it ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, Statistics SA, National Youth Development Agency Quarter 3 performance
21 Feb 2018
The Department of Planning Monitoring & Evaluation briefed the Committee on its performance and financial information for the third quarter of 2017/18 financial year.
The Department finalised the placement of 99% of its permanent staff. On legislative reform, the Department has already drafted the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Bill and ...