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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Education and Recreation addressed budgetary issues and the deficits in sport for the 2018/2019 financial year. The Department of Sport and Recreation received R1 billion from the National Treasury and National Lottery for the 2018/2019 financial year budget, and the Department argued that that was insufficient ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Registration at Universities and TVET Colleges; Revised Addis Convention on Recognition of Studies; NSFAS on Student Funding for 2018
28 Mar 2018
The Select Committee met to receive briefings from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on the status of registrations at universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. It was also updated on the revised Addis Convention report ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Winnie Mandela Brandfort House museum: Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipalit, Masilonyana Local Municipality
21 Feb 2018
The Select Committee on Recreation and Education met with the Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipality and the Masilonyana Local Municipality to obtain an update on the long outstanding project to convert Winnie Madikizela Mandela’s Brandfort house into a museum.
The Committee was unhappy with the lack of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury, SARS & SANDF concerns
20 Feb 2018
The Committee heard Treasury’s concern that the Border Management Authority Bill in its current form left discretion to the Minister of Home Affairs only and fragmented the revenue value chain involving 30% of the country’s revenue amounting to R300 billion. It applied not only to money collected at border posts ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA, Central Drug Authority, National Development Agency 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
21 Nov 2017
The Select Committee (SC) on Social Services met with delegates from three entities of the Department of Social Development (DSD). The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA), the Central Drug Authority and National Development Agency (NDA) were invited to present their annual reports for the 2016/17 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Fourth Term programme; Committee Oversight Reports: Robben Island, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, KZN; Study Tour Report
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation discussed and approved its fourth term programme.
A delegation from the Thekwini TVET College in KZN was supposed to meet with the Committee during the fourth term in Parliament but it did not have the funds to do so. Due to the magnitude ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Taking Parliament to People in Eastern Cape Province : DBE & Eastern Cape Department of Education briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Select Committee of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Education and Recreation convened a meeting for the Eastern Cape Department of Education to provide an update on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations following site visits to the province in October and November 2016.
The Committee had recommended ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: adoption; Border Management Authority Bill: discussion, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), presented the submissions gathered from the public comments on the Refugees Amendment Bill alongside the Department’s response to the comments. Some of the clarifications given by the Department related to the definition of dependants, to which the Department clarified that the Refugees Act had ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Learner Transport Memorandum of Understanding; ICT in schools, with Deputy Minister of Basic Education
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on progress made thus far with the provision of learner transport. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was in attendance. The key objective of the policy being presented to the Committee was to achieve a proper safe ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: public submissions; SASSA & NDA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee met with Parliamentary and State legal advisers, as well as a delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), to finalise the Refugees Amendment Bill. However, the bill could not be finalised because some submissions had been received late, and the Committee, the legal advisors and the ...