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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWPD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance & Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters; Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
18 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by its Content Advisor and Parliamentary Researchers on the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2019/20 Quarter 3 Performance report and Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters. Members were told that the key issues were the following: the use of consultants, incomplete investigations of irregular ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Board appointments: advert, programme and questionnaire
3 Dec 2019
The Sub-Committee considered and approved the programme, advert and questionnaire for applications to sit on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board. Advertising will start on 15 December 2019 and applications are open until 24 January 2020. An extra week is permitted for submission of the questionnaire until 31 January. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with Minister (postponed)
19 Nov 2019
The joint meeting involving various concerned Portfolio and Select Committees from the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), met with the interim steering committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to discuss the progress made with the development of a draft national strategic plan on GBVF, as ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance
12 Nov 2019
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), and its Audit Risk Committee, met with the Committee to report on its progress in implementing the recommendations of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) for the 2018/19 financial year. The Audit Risk Committee reported that the Department had not ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
5 Nov 2019
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) told the Committee that the sight of young graduates standing on highways with billboards seeking employment was unacceptable, and that was why they advocated the elimination of work experience for entry level vacancies for graduates.
Presenting their annual report, the NYDA said they had ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
SADC-PF Framework & Model Law on Gender-Based Violence; Committee five-year focus areas document
31 Oct 2019
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus received a briefing on the Model Law that was being developed to focus on gender-based violence (GBV). It had been born out of the information-sharing sessions on GBV by members of the Southern African Development Committee Parliamentary Forum (SADC-FP), which was comprised of Members of Parliaments ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with Parliament researchers and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to discuss the 2018/19 annual report and the Agency’s current performance. The absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director General was noted at beginning of the meeting.
The researchers reported that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee discussed the prevalence of gender-based violence and femicide. The availability of rape kits at police stations and scarcity of doctors to perform assessments were raised as the main concerns. Members asked for a joint meeting to be held with the Portfolio ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit outcomes: Internal Audit & Risk Committee briefing; Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the audit outcomes of the Department for 2018/19 and by the DWYPD on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The ARC was an independent, non-executive committee ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; Commission for Gender Equality 2018/19 Annual Report
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) provided a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Person with Disabilities on the audit outcomes of the Department and its entities.
The Department’s outcome reflected as the poorest and the audit on the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) ...