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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan and Budget
8 May 2015
The Department of Human Settlements DHS said the basis of the strategic plan was the Outcome 8 delivery agreement which Minister Sisulu and President Jacob Zuma had signed in 2014. The emphasis in the NDP was on a government led strategy to fast track the development of housing and human ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans, with Deputy Minister present
6 May 2015
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education gave a broad overview of the progress that had been made by the Department of Basic Education and the efforts that had been made to align its strategic plans with the National Development Plan.
Reasonable progress had been made with regard to programmes ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development on 2015/16 Plans, with Minister
5 May 2015
The Department briefed the Committee on the Strategic Plan 2015-2020, Annual Performance Plans 2015/16, and the DSD Financial Outlook.
In the Strategic Plan 2015-2020, five key sector priorities over the Medium Term Strategic Period (MTSP) are identified. These guide the strategic objectives and high-level outputs the Department and are as ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Independent Electoral Commission on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
21 Apr 2015
The South African Electoral Commission briefed the Select Committee on Social Services on the strategic plan for the period between 2015 and 2019, with the key focus on the upcoming local government elections in 2016. It highlighted challenges that it was addressing, the main one being that it was being ...
Defence
Defence Review 2014; deliberations & Committee Report on Defence Review 2014 public hearings
19 Mar 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met to consider and deliberate on the South African Defence Review 2014.The three functions of the Committee were specifically to comment, make recommendations and investigate any aspect of the Defence Review.
A Member of the Democratic Alliance had submitted a document outlining an alternative ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Heritage Resources Agency & National Heritage Council: Legislative mandates and roles in identification, conservation and management of cultural resources
18 Mar 2015
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and National Heritage Council (NHC) briefed the Committee on their mandate and key performance areas, as outlined by the respective governing legislation, and the Department of Arts and Culture also gave input to some of the questions asked by Members. The two entities ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Student Financial Aid Scheme and Deputy Minister on NSFAS 2013/14 Annual Report
25 Feb 2015
The National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), in the presence of and with input from the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, presented its Annual Report for the financial year 2013/2014 to the Committee. It reported that it had, for the third consecutive year, received an unqualified audit opinion. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Allocation of housing, waiting lists, title deeds: Department of Human Settlements, Estate Agency Affairs Board briefings, in presence of Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2015
The Estate Agency Affairs Board and the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) , in the presence also of the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, gave a presentation on the work of the agency in response to a number of issues raised at a previous meeting in relation to difficulties with ...
Defence
Public hearings on Defence Review
20 Feb 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence held a public hearing session on the Defence Review, focusing on submissions from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Aerospace Maritime Defence (AMD) and Centre for Study of Democracy, University of Johannesburg. In the opening remarks, the Chairpersons indicated that the Defence ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
AgriSETA & CATHSSETA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
26 Nov 2014
Three of the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) briefed the Committee on their 2013/14 annual reports, focusing on their challenges, successes and goals. However, Members later commented that the reports varied widely in style, format and content, with some of the targets not clear and successes not specified, which ...