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NCOP Health and Social Services
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: adoption
21 Dec 2018
Committee Media Release
The Committee met in Gauteng. PMG was therefore not able to attend the meeting.
NCOP Health and Social Services
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B33B-2018]: briefing
4 Dec 2018
The Committee had on the 27 November 2018 received a very detailed informal briefing on the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The present briefing would cover exactly the same content but the intention of the present meeting was to formalise the briefing by the IEC. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2017/18 Annual Report
28 Nov 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education on its Annual Report for 2017/18. Members were concerned that neither the Minister nor the Deputy Minister was in attendance. The Minister of Education was called out of the National Assembly plenary meeting so that she formally ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
IEC state of readiness for 2019 elections; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B33B-2018]: briefing; with Deputy Minister
27 Nov 2018
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the objectives of the Electoral Commission Act, the amendments proposed to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill, and the preparations to the voters’ roll ahead of next year’s provincial and national elections.
A key issue raised was how the IEC would handle ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Report on Review of Section 25 of Constitution: adoption
15 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Will section 25 of the Constitution be amended?
The Chairperson noted the observations and recommendations made by Members on behalf of their political parties the day before. There were points of divergence and convergence which the Committee can highlight in its observations. The Committee must have a final recommendation ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Review of Section 25 of Constitution: Summary of Party Recommendations
14 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Joint Constitutional Review Committee to Consider Report on Land Hearings, 14 November 2018
Draft Observations of Members/Parties on Possible Review of Section 25 of Constitution: Report available once published Tabled Committee Reports
The Committee was presented a summary document of the party submissions made by Members the previous day. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2017/18 Annual Report; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Ms Thokozile Xasa and the Department informed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on what they were able to achieve and what they were unable to achieve in the 2017/18 financial year. They informed the Committee that they had achieved ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Health; Human Settlements; Water and Sanitation; Home Affairs 2017/18 Annual Reports; with DWS Minister
13 Nov 2018
The Committee took advantage of an opportunity to raise further questions with officials from the National Department of Health. They asked how the Department would assist provinces which were struggling, specifically Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. They were worried about the ability of the country’s health facilities to attend ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2017/18 Annual Report
7 Nov 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Report of the meeting to follow.
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2017/18 Annual Report; South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) update; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Select Committee met to receive a presentation of the Department of Health’s (DoH’s) annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Overall, the Department’s performance was marginally better, with 73 out of 114 targets (64%) achieved compared to the previous year, in which 56% of targets had ...