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Water and Sanitation
Department of Justice and Correctional Services & National Prosecutors Authority: briefing (closed meeting)
2 Sep 2015
PMG was not present at the meeting. It was a closed session.
Water and Sanitation
Prosecution of polluters and vandals of infrastructure: Department of Water & Sanitation & SAPS briefing, with Deputy Minister present
1 Sep 2015
The Committee was briefed on the approach being adopted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to deal with polluters and vandals of the country’s water infrastructure.
The SAPS had investigated 53 cases of vandalism, and 53 suspects had been arrested and ...
Basic Education
Annual National Assessment & 2015 Examination Readiness: DBE briefing; Graaff-Reinet petition on quality education provision: MP Lovemore briefing
1 Sep 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE)presented on their readiness for the Annual National Assessment and for the National Senior Certificate examinations. According to their plans, they were on track with preparations and the schools would all have their question papers delivered on time.
They had taken a lot of action ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee reports
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met to consider and adopt minutes of meetings and Committee reports. At the outset, the Chairperson suggested the Committee needed a systematic process to follow up on outstanding issues arising from engagements with the Department, and was advised that a tracking tool could ...
Basic Education
DBE Provincial & District Monitoring & Support; ELRC De-Listing; SACE progress report
17 Aug 2015
The Chief Executive Officer of the South African Council for Educators (SACE) said that an agreement had been reached between SACE and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to work closely with the office of the Director General (DG) on the strategic plan and annual performance plan of SACE. The ...
Water and Sanitation
Engineer & Scientist vacancy reduction: interventions by Department of Water & Sanitation, Engineering Council of South Africa, Water Research Commission, Energy & Water SETA, Rand Water Academy
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and Rand Water briefed the Committee on their interventions to reduce the vacancy rate of engineers and scientists in the Water Sector. The South African Youth Council was also in attendance.
Apologies were received ...
Basic Education
School Safety / Violence & Bullying in Schools; Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) Implementation: progress report
4 Aug 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said that safety and non-violence were critical requirements for the achievement of educational outcomes. School violence was not unique to South African schools, but was a common phenomenon throughout the world.
Effective strategies to address school violence included:
Basic Education
Rural schooling / multi-grade schools/ farms schools / non-viable schools; Inclusive Education implementation; Special Needs schools: Department briefing
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on the progress it had made in the implementation of the Education White Paper 6 on Inclusive Education. The presentation included progress made in improving access to education for special needs learners, improving quality education and support, ...
Water and Sanitation
Water and Sanitation Portfolio Committee Reports
17 Jun 2015
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt several minutes dating back as far as mid-March to June 2015. All of them were approved with minor amendments.
At the time of matters arising from the minutes, Members voiced concern that not all the areas that had sanitation challenges were captured ...
Basic Education
Curriculum delivery and support in schools: Department of Basic Education status report
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Basic Education outlined the diversity of Annual National Assessment (ANA) and National Senior Certificate (NSC) results from province to province across the nation, which was startling for many; Mpumalanga and Western Cape led the progress chart. Notably, overall improvement could be identified from all provinces. Moreover, the ...