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Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act: proposed amendments; international best practice and conventions
29 Nov 2017
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa – Chapter Four
Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCTT86/15) [2016]
Presentation - DA vs National Assembly Speaker
Committee Bill process
Terms of Reference
The Committee met to discuss amendments to the Powers, Privileges, and Immunities of Parliament and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SAQA + Quality Council for Trades and Occupations 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2017
The meeting witnessed the presence of the newly appointed Higher Education Minister and her Deputy who expressed their desire to collaborate with the Committee on matters relating to her portfolio. Subsequently, the Quality Council for Trade and Occupations (QCTO) did a presentation which highlighted that it had ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme + Council on Higher Education 2016/17 Annual Report
18 Oct 2017
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Council on Higher Education (CHE) presented annual reports for the 2016/17 financial year.
NSFAS reported that the amount available for student funding had increased by 51%, to R13.8 billion. The largest contribution was from the Department of Higher Education ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Oversight of Presidency; Unanswered Questions by Executive, Mini-Plenaries; Pre-1994 Legislation
18 Oct 2017
The Committee discussed the practical implications of the establishment of a Subcommittee to Monitor Executive Responses to Unanswered Questions. Each quarter this Subcommittee would engage the relevant Ministers on the reasons for the questions being unanswered. The Subcommittee would report its findings to the Rules Committee and any recommendations to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and approved the Budgetary Review and Recommendation for the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Members made final editing changes to the document – these were mainly minor consisting of grammatical and spelling errors.
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education and Training Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training deliberated the Higher Education and Training Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
Members were not happy that the Report was not sent in advance to peruse and the Committee was given an hour to go through the report.
There were some grammatical ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Proposed legislation emanating from National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the contents of the proposed legislation emanating from the national integrated information communication technology (ICT) policy White Paper. The Minister said that the purpose of this legislative programme was to establish the institutional and legal frameworks needed ...
Rules of the National Assembly
System to Monitor Unanswered Questions; Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries
6 Oct 2017
The Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules met to discuss a Decision on Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries and a Decision on a System to Monitor Questions.
The National Assembly Table said the Decision on System to Monitor Questions had been based on rule 136 of the 9th Edition of the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
The DHET presented its Annual Report for 2016/17 as well as the certification backlog. The DHET undertook to deliver on 70 key departmental performance targets and of these the Department managed to achieve 80% (56 targets), a 5% improvement from the 2015/16 financial year and 47% (16 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA, BBI, SAPO, Sentech, .ZADNA 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
The State Information Technology Agency had embarked on a new business model. Two Special Investigation Unit investigations were conducted in areas of Human Resources and procurement and the recommendations which arose were resolutely followed. This resulted in threats on the lives of the executive team. The Agency ...