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Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Re-opening of schools, distance learning and home schooling, school feeding schemes and related matters: MEC & Department briefing
8 May 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 8 May 2020, 14:00
Ms Debbie Schafer, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education, said the WCED was feeling the weight on its shoulders. It is an extremely difficult space to be in. While it is very easy to close schools, the reopening of schools ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 19 of 2018 B-version: COGTA briefing
5 May 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Local Government, 5 May, 10:00
The Standing Committee on Local Government was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, supported by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), on the proposed amendments to the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 2018.
Members were told the changes were ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Protection of the vulnerable during lockdown: SAPS, SASSA, UIF, DSD inputs
30 Apr 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 30 April 2020, 14:00
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Dedicating the meeting to the most vulnerable people of society, the Ad Hoc Standing Committee on COVID-19 hosted a quadruple briefing from South African Police Service (SAPS); Western Cape Department ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Food Security: MECs & SASSA Western Cape briefings
24 Apr 2020
VIDEO: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 24 April 2020, 14:00
The Ad-Hoc Standing Committee on COVID-19 was briefed by the Departments of Agriculture and Social Development, and by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), on their responses to the humanitarian crisis created by the spread of the pandemic throughout ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
COVID-19 Situational Report: briefings by WC Premier & WC MEC of Health
22 Apr 2020
Video: COVID-19 Situational Report: briefings by WC Premier & WC MEC of Health
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
At the video conference meeting a delegation consisting of the Premier of the Western Cape and the MEC for Health in the Western Cape, together with senior ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson and Committee business
17 Apr 2020
Livestream link to meeting: https://www.wcpp.gov.za/node/7844
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Secretary to the WCPP convened the first Ad-Hoc Committee on COVID-19 meeting, which was also the first official meeting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament conducted on a virtual platform. It would hold regular ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 14 Department of Local Government
13 Mar 2020
The Committee met to discuss the Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 14, and was briefed by the Department of Local Government on the decreases to its final allocations over the next three financial years. It explained that the decrease in the 2020/21 financial year was due to the allocation during ...
Infrastructure (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 8 Human Settlements
12 Mar 2020
The Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the provincial budget allocation as proposed in the Appropriation Bill [B3-2020]. Vote 8 of the Bill’s schedule set out an amount of R2.41bn for the Department. The Minister said that additional adjustments to the appropriations had been granted ...
Budget (WCPP)
Provincial Treasury briefings: Western Cape Appropriations Bill; Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriations Bill & 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance
10 Mar 2020
The Budget Committee was briefed by the Provincial Treasury on the Western Cape Appropriations Bill, 2020; the Western Cape Additional Adjustment Appropriations Bill, 2019/20) and the financial and non-financial performance for the third quarter of 2019/20.
Members said it was disappointing that there had been no detailed budget information regarding ...
Infrastructure (WCPP)
National Home Builders Regulatory Council on its financials, inspections and expenditure; Resolutions/actions
12 Feb 2020
The relationship of the Department of Human Settlements to the GAP/Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) market from 2014-2020, the status of the Rent-to-Buy solution and the challenges the department experienced in implementing GAP and FLISP Programmes were discussed. The department clarified that it only counted an opportunity or beneficiary ...