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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Measures taken to deal with harmful online content pertaining to children, women and other vulnerable groups
6 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed by the Film and Publication Board (FPB) on the challenges and/or measures it had taken to deal with harmful online content pertaining to children, women and other vulnerable groups.
Members were taken through the newly assigned legislative mandate of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public hearings
6 Mar 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
Action SA BELA Bill Presentation (awaited document)
The Select Committee on Education & Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture convened virtually to host public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. Oral submissions were made by AfriForum, the Independent ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Postponed: GBVF Bill: DWYPD response to submissions & deliberations; with Minister
5 Mar 2024
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Committee convened virtually to be presented with the responses of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to public comments on the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Bill [B31-2022]. The Minister was in attendance. However due ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill: DWYPD briefing
6 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) explained that the proposal to amend the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Act was mainly to address the challenges involved in the execution of its broad legislated mandate, and to intensify youth development service provision. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: WCPP extension request
6 Feb 2024
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture convened a virtual meeting to consider a request by the Western Cape for an extension for processing the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill).
The Select Committee on ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
6 Dec 2023
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts, and Culture convened to receive a briefing from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education.
The Department highlighted the significance of the Global Convention for South Africa ...
Joint Rules
Review of the Joint Rules on Draft Chapters 1 and 2
1 Dec 2023
The Joint Rules Committee
The Joint Rules Committee (JRC) referred the Joint Rules of Parliament (6th edition) to the Joint Subcommittee on Review of the Joint Rules (the Joint Subcommittee) on 9 July 2019 to review the Joint Rules. The purpose of the review was to update the Joint ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: DWYPD briefing; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples rights on the rights of older persons in Africa; with Ministers
1 Dec 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on a Bill to establish a National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The Bill sought to establish a statutory body to coordinate a multi-sectoral approach to GBV and femicide.
Members ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Alexkor update on the community’s leadership stability and the profitability of the entity’s business activities; with Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2023
The Committee received a briefing from the Alexkor diamond mine in a virtual meeting on the leadership stability at the Communal Property Association (CPA), the profitability of the West Coast entity’s business activities, and the status of the planned financial compensation to members of the Richtersveld Community in accordance ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NHI Bill: Final Mandates (with Minister)
21 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services, in a virtual meeting, considered the final mandates on the National Health Insurance Bill [B11B-2019].
Eight of the nine provinces mandated their representatives to vote in favour of the Bill. Western Cape did not submit ...