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National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clauses 57 to 59 deliberations
9 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill on Clauses 57 to 59, all of which the majority party, the ANC, agreed to along with a proposal to make a minor change to clause ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
8 Nov 2022
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: clauses 51 to 56 deliberations
2 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and worked through Clauses 51 to 56 most of which the majority party agreed to. Members of the opposition parties either rejected the clauses or put ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Updated status, Basic Education BRRR
1 Nov 2022
The Committee received a progress update from the administrative team responsible for collecting comments from the public on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Committee's content advisor reported that they had so far received 18 000 submissions, but due to a shortage of manpower had processed only ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Clause 48 to 51 deliberations
26 Oct 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. During the session, Members deliberated through Clauses 48 to 51, to which the majority party, the ANC, agreed to in totality. However, the DA, EFF, and ...
Basic Education
2022 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
Reporting to the Committee on the readiness for the 2022 Matric exams, the Department of Basic Education said that the Class of 2022 is the largest cohort to date. It is the class that has been most severely negatively affected by learning deficiencies ...
Health
Health BRRR
19 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Health met on the virtual platform to consider and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Health and entities.
During the deliberation, Members raised a number of concerns and made a few suggestions. The Committee believed that ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education, Umalusi & SACE Annual Report 2021/22; with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2022
Health
Department of Health Annual Report 2021/22; with Minister
14 Oct 2022
The Committee convened a virtual meeting to consider the Department of Health’s 2021/22 Annual Report. The Department received a qualified audit opinion, achieved 62% of targets and incurred irregular expenditure amounting to R61.4 million during this period.
The Minister said the Department went through a difficult period as ...
Health
OHSC, SAMRC, Office of the Health Ombuds & Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases Annual Report 2021/22
12 Oct 2022
Office of Health Standards Compliance
Office of the Health Ombud Annual Report presentation (awaited document)
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings from the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), the Office of the Health Ombud (OHO), the South ...