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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: proposed amendments
24 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the Select Committee proposed amendments (C-list) of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill that included the definition of corporal punishment, admissions policy, language policy, learner conduct, random searches, suspension and expulsion procedures.
Concerns were raised again by a Member ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: deliberations & adoption
23 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor in her briefing to the Select Committee highlighted the exclusion of private dwellings from the Statistics Act, which posed challenges for data collection and accurate statistics. The Statistics Amendment Bill included an amendment to allow private dwellings to be inspected. However, in its 12 March ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: deliberations
18 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee continued and completed its deliberations from Clauses 16 to 52 on the B version of Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill as passed by the National Assembly.
Despite differing opinions, the majority of provinces accepted each clause unchanged according to their negotiating mandates. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: response to mandates & deliberations
17 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor provided detailed feedback on the concerns raised in the negotiating mandates of the nine provinces on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill which dealt with constitutional adherence, public engagement, procedural concerns, financial implications and clause-by-clause deliberations. She emphasised the importance of thorough public engagement and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Negotiating Mandates; Committee Legacy Report
27 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee convened to receive the provincial negotiating mandates on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022].
The Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Legislatures supported the BELA Bill.
The Eastern Cape Legislature supported the Bill but proposed amendments ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE response to public submissions; with Ministry
20 Mar 2024
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to enable the Department of Basic Education to respond to matters raised during the public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Minister said she hoped this Bill would get passed before the end of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Committee 2nd term programme; Committee Legacy report
15 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually to address several important agenda items, including the consideration of the Committee's second-term program, the adoption of the Committee's Legacy report, and the adoption of Committee minutes.
The Committee Secretariat then presented the Draft Second-term Program, highlighting the recently ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: Stats SA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually for an initial briefing on the Statistics Amendment Bill [B31B-2023], Sec 75.
The Deputy Minister provided an overview of the roles outlined in the Stats Act 6 of 1999. The legislative reforms initiated by Stats SA in 2014 aimed ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public hearings
8 Mar 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
Northcliff school and Tanya Furniss (awaited submissions)
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture held round three of the oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022]. Ten organisations, stakeholders, and one private ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Finalisation of National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill & NYDA A/B
8 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met online to consider the response of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill [B31B-2022]. The Bill comes from the Presidential Summit Declaration against GBV and Femicide of ...