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NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
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 Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
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 Public Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report
7 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Report on the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition
The meeting was convened for the consideration and adoption of the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report. The petition had been submitted by Ms N Fuzane on behalf of her daughter, Tamara, and had raised complaints against Groote Schuur Hospital and Khayelitsha ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Public Administration
DPSA on their Annual Performance Plan
30 May 2017
The Committee’s initial agenda included presentations from both the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), but the COGTA delegation was unable to attend as it had other commitments to attend to.
The DPSA presented their Annual Performance Plan (APP) ...
NCOP Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its Annual Performance Plan
23 May 2017
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Select Committee on Social Services on its Strategic plan and 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP
The budgets for Gauteng, Free State and the Eastern Cape were only approved last week. This was because of the issues which had surfaced in these provinces. ...
NCOP Security and Justice
SAPS on its 2017 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
A delegation from the South African Police Service (SAPS) presented SAPS’s annual performance plan and strategic management cycle for 2017/2018 to the Select Committee on Security and Justice, covering a number of aspects which related to the implementation of the ‘Back-to-Basics’ policing approach. This approach aimed to focus on every ...
Joint Rules
Public Participation Model; Joint Sitting rulings; Review of Joint Rules progress report; Speaker's conduct 22 November 2016
23 Nov 2016
The Committee met to engage on the proposed Public Participation Model, joint sitting rulings, to receive a progress report on the review of the Joint Rules of Parliament, and to discuss the conduct of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
The draft Public Participation Model was circulated but Members complained ...
NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
Department of Arts and Culture on its 2015/16 Annual Report
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) reported that during the 2015/2016 financial year, it had embarked on a number of consultative workshops on the White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage in the different provinces. During this time, a summit meeting had been held, during which ...
NCOP Social Services
Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14B-2015]: negotiating mandates & Department response
22 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Negotiating mandates [Documents available on 28 November 2016]
Each province submitted its negotiating positions regarding the Children’s Second Amendment Bill. All of the provinces supported the Bill in light of the proposed amendments, except for the Western Cape, which supported the Bill on condition that its proposed ...
NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
Department of Sport and Recreation on its Annual Report 2015/16
9 Nov 2016
The Department of Sports and Recreation briefed the Committee on its 2015-2016 Annual Report. Members were pleased that the Department had achieved an unqualified audit opinion with no emphasis of matter; it had also satisfied 79% of its targets. The Committee was disappointed and concerned about the ...