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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation on their 2014/15 annual report
25 Nov 2015
The Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) took the Committee through its Annual Report 2014/15. It was pleased to note that it had again achieved a clean audit in respect of performance and financial information, had attained 21 of its 23 targets, had 99.63% spending, by spending R966.8 million of ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals Report: adoption of final report
18 Nov 2015
The Ad hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence against Foreign Nationals met to attempt to finalise its report, and to adopt minutes of previous meetings. The Committee deliberated extensively on the draft Report but could not finalise the matter, or adopt the minutes, because it did not quorate at the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on its 2014/15 Annual Report
11 Nov 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) presented its annual report for the year 2014/15. It had received an unqualified audit by the Auditor-General and had spent 97.9% of its budget.
The potential of the arts sector to contribute to the nation’s economy was emphasised. The Department had a number ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its 2014/2015 Annual Report; DHS assistance offered to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
10 Nov 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality with respect to delivery and performance. The briefing was an update on the various interventions being carried out by the Department. The meeting was attended by the DHS and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2014/15 annual report
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report to the Select Committee. The Department managed to achieve 72% of its overall targets. A lack of capacity and funding were cited as the main challenges for its under-performance. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges had ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development on its 2014/15 Annual Report
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Social Development (DSD) presented its Annual Report to the Committee. This past financial year was relatively good for the Department, even though there were a few challenges in the form of financial constraints along the way. The Department also received its third consecutive clean audit from the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its 2014/15 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) aims to provide:
- School Infrastructure Development
- Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
- Data and information challenges
- Expansion of Early Childhood Development (ECD)
- National Senior Certificate Results (NSC)
- Annual National Assessment (ANA)
- Improve the number of young teachers ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister
27 Oct 2015
The Department of Health briefed the Committee on their 2014/2015 Annual Report. The Minister and the Director General of the Department were present. The Committee commended the Department for having received an unqualified audit opinion for the past four years; however a clean audit was encouraged. The Minister said the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: final mandates; Border Management Strategy: Department of Home Affairs briefing
20 Oct 2015
The main purpose of the meeting was to receive a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its border management strategy and the vision to establish a Border Management Agency to assume control of ports of entry and borderline functions. This was preceded, however, by the adoption by ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
13 Oct 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented its annual report for the 2014/15 financial year, and highlighted its establishment as a new department in November 2014, which had resulted in the transfer of the sanitation function from the Department of Human Settlements.
The Department said 85% of the total ...