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Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: committee report
29 May 2018
The Committee met briefly to approve the report on the processes followed in amending the Powers and Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act.
Members of the Committee pointed out instances where, for purposes of absolute accuracy, it would be preferable for the report to use the exact ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department Quarter 3 & 4 performance; iKamva National e-Skills Bill: briefing
29 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) briefed the Committee on its performance during the last two quarters of the 2017/18 financial year. It had achieved 76% of its targets in the third quarter, and 74% in the fourth, with the main reason for non-achievement being inter-dependencies.
Overall, the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education & Training Quarter 4 performance; Certificate backlog: SITA & Umalusi progress report
23 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training met to receive reports from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on its 2017/18 fourth quarter performance. It was also briefed by the DHET, the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and the Umalusi quality council on the status of students’ ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect progress; USAASA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) updated Members on the progress made on SA Connect, and confirmed that it was working together with state-owned entities, Broadband Infraco (BBI) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to rollout SA Connect. The Committee was informed of the scope of Phase ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill: briefing with Minister
15 May 2018
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services said the IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill sought to integrate the Department’s three e-skills development-related components -- the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa), the e-Skills Institute (e-Si) and the Institute for Space and Software Applications (ISSA). The Bill was ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: consideration
9 May 2018
The Committee met to consider the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. At the previous meeting, Members had debated the clauses of the Bill but had been unable to adopt the clauses as the meeting had not been quorate.
The Chairperson informed the Members that ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Committee Reports
9 May 2018
The Committee adopted reports and minutes of meetings held.
The Committee was concerned with the issue of Gender Based Violence and asked if there was anything the Committee could do about this because this issue required serious attention. The Chairperson said the students should be invited to the meeting as ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budget: Committee Report, with Deputy Minister
8 May 2018
The Committee decided not to adopt its budget vote report after discussion during the meeting revealed that there were discrepancies and confusion in respect of some of the figures, and these needed to be corrected. It also told the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa Universal Service and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Community Education and Training (CET) latest developments: Department briefing
2 May 2018
The Department of Higher Education and Training updated the Committee on progress and challenges within the Community Education and Training sector. Areas highlighted were the budget and expenditure of the branch, infrastructure at centres, monitoring and oversight at centres, progress made towards sustainable governance structures and improving the capacity of ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: public submission
2 May 2018
Despite a late start and a lack of quorum, the Chairperson resolved the meeting continue in order to discuss the public submission on the draft Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor, noted several technical amendments which still had to be ...