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NCOP Economic and Business Development
Infrastructure Development Bill [B49B-2013]: Negotiating Mandates
17 Mar 2014
The Select Committee met to consider the negotiating mandates from the provinces on the Infrastructure Development Bill. However, most of the proceedings were spent arguing over the method for addressing the mandates from each province. In the end, all the provinces – with the exception of the Western Cape – ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill [B 36B-2013]: Departmental briefing
11 Mar 2014
The Committee had to appoint an Acting Chairperson and a stalemate was reached, because there were two nominations each from opposing parties, the ANC and the DA. The DA eventually relented and seconded the proposed candidate.
The purpose of the Science and Technology on the Science and Technology Laws Amendment ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2012/13 Annual Report Briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
4 Mar 2014
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its 2012/13 Annual Report. It had made significant progress in the year under review, all board positions were filled and the committees were fully functional. The Transformation Programme was initiated for a ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
International Conventions on Cultural Heritage: briefing by Department of Arts and Culture; Schools health and safety programmes: briefing by Department of Basic Education
25 Feb 2014
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on the 2001 Unesco Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict, and the 1995 Unidroit Convention on stolen ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Rollout of National Solar Water Heater Programme: briefing by Department of Energy
24 Feb 2014
The Department of Energy (DoE) met with the Select Committee on Economic Development to brief the Committee on the National Solar Water Heater Programme. The installation of solar water heaters (SWHs) was announced in 2009 and over the current medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) had remained government’s short-term target. In ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
2013 National Senior Certificate: briefing by Department of Basic Education; Report on the Quality Assurance of 2013 National Senior Certificate: Umalusi briefing
18 Feb 2014
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the 2013 national senior certificate (NSC) results, and Umalusi reported on its quality assurance of the NSC.
DBE said that the majority of school subjects had already been moderated and were compliant with the 18-month cycle. It had constituted two ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Legal Metrology Bill: Negotiating Mandates
18 Feb 2014
The Committee voted on the Legal Metrology Bill. The only concerns on the Bill related to the lack of inspectors, the impact of the lack of inspectors on implementation and monitoring, the need for standardisation markings and noncompliant products. These concerns were then responded to by the team of legal ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
White Paper on South African Policy and Revised White Paper on South Africa's Participation in International Peace Missions: Departmental briefing
11 Feb 2014
The briefing from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation covered the objective of the White Paper on South Africa’s Participation in International Peace Missions, what guided South Africa’s participation and the framework that was utilised. It covered the values enshrined and the mandate for participation. The mandates included the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Special Economic Zones Bill [B3B-2013]: Negotiating Mandates
4 Feb 2014
The Committee considered final negotiating mandates from all nine provinces. The provinces were unanimous in their support for the Bill. The Free State Province however had a typing error in its final negotiating mandate and the Committee agreed for it to be corrected prior to its submission to the House. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on African Union Charter for African Renaissance and its 2012/13 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister in attendance
28 Jan 2014
The Select Committee was briefed on the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance to obtain approval for the ratification of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance in terms of the Section 231 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Africa and to obtain inputs on the associated draft strategy to ...