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Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics Amendment Bill: proposed amendments & Committee Report
8 Dec 2023
After deliberating on the amendments to the Statistics Amendment Bill [B31-2023], the Portfolio Committee on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation adopted both the A-List and the Committee Report on the Bill, while noting the Economic Freedom Fighters’ reservations and the Democratic Alliance’s objections to the clause 9 amendment to allow ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics Amendment Bill: SARB, Information Regulator submission & response, deliberations
5 Dec 2023
SARB proposed three amendments to the Statistics Amendment Bill: include a reference to the Financial Sector Regulation (FSR) Act in Clause 1A, in section 17(2) to include “authorised officials of the South African Reserve Bank.” These amendments ensured alignment between the FSR Act and the Bill and for SARB ...
Home Affairs
Programme to process Electoral Matters A/B; Committee Report on the establishment of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel; Committee Legacy Report
4 Dec 2023
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered its draft legislative programme to process the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee was informed that the Bill had already been presented in Cabinet, so the next step is for the Minister to introduce the Bill in Parliament. Once the Bill is ...
Home Affairs
Minister on Electoral Reform Consultation Panel; Border Management Authority Plans for Festive Season
1 Dec 2023
In a virtual meeting the Minister of Home Affairs requested that the Committee and the National Assembly, as contemplated in section 23(9)(b) of the Electoral Amendment Act No 1 of 2023, approve the names of identified nominees to be appointed as members of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel. In ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics Amendment Bill: Statistics South Africa briefing; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2023
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the Statistics Amendment Bill in a virtual meeting. The Committee was told that following the publication of the Statistics Amendment Bill in October 2023, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) had been the only entity that had responded to the request for comments, ...
Higher Education
2024 Academic Year: NSFAS & stakeholder preparations; with Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2023
The meeting held on a virtual platform provided an opportunity for the Portfolio Committee to hear from various stakeholders involved in higher education on their state of readiness for the 2024 academic year. The stakeholders present were Universities South Africa (USAf), the South African Public Colleges Organisation (SAPCO), the ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
National Development Plan 10-year review: DPME & NPC briefing; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to be briefed by the National Planning Commission (NPC) on the lessons it had learnt over the past ten years that could be implemented to assist in achieving the National Development Plan's (NDP's) goals by 2030.
The NPC said that in its ...
Higher Education
National Plan for Post-School Education and Training; Progress On Migration of Nursing & Agricultural Colleges; CGE Activity report on the Maputo Protocol 2023; with Deputy Minister
22 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation met with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) for a presentation on the National Plan for the Post-School Education and Training (NPPSET) system. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), together with the Department of ...
Home Affairs
IEC Q1 & 2 2023/24 Performance; Voter Registration Progress Report; Committee Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
21 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee held a virtual meeting with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for a report back on the voter registration weekend, and for a briefing on the Commission's performance and expenditure report for the first two quarters of the 2023/24 financial ...
Higher Education
HSRC briefing on SA National Survey on Health, Life Experiences, and Family Relations
17 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee was presented with a comprehensive update by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on the progress of the South African survey on health, life experiences, and family relations, commonly known as the national Gender-Based Violence (GBV) study.
The HSRC provided detailed insights ...