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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water Affairs on its Annual Report for the 2013/14 financial year briefing
25 Nov 2014
The Department of Water and Sanitation appeared before the Select Committee to present its annual report for the 2013/14 financial year.
The Department had received a qualified audit for 2013/14, just as in the past two financial years. Audit findings had uncovered irregular expenditure, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and non-compliance ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation & Boxing South Africa on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
19 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by Boxing South Africa (BSA) and the Department of Sport and Recreation/Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on their annual reports for the 2013/14 financial year.
Boxing South Africa
BSA originally had a board of seven members. Three members then resigned leaving only four. With the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2013/14 Annual Report
14 Nov 2014
The Department of Education and Higher Training presented to the Committee its 2013/14 annual report. The Director General discussed its strategic goals for the year and the major challenges encountered. One main issue was that the Department received an unqualified audit. The Department partnered with the South African Instituted of ...
Defence
SANDF Decline, Transformation, Integration, Equity and Morale: Department of Defence Overview
13 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence gave a presentation on the decline of the capabilities of the defence force, including issues of transformation, integration, equity and morale. During the course of the presentation, the Department made reference to both the 1998 and the 2014 Defence Reviews. The Chief of Military Policy, Strategy ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development on its 2013/14 Annual Report to the NCOP
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Social Development presented its 2013/14 Annual Report which looked at key priorities, strategic goals and their performance and expenditure in meeting strategic goals and achieving its clean audit.
69% of the targets were achieved and 31% were not; the percentage of achieved targets has continually improved since ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs on its 2013-2014 Annual Report, in presence of Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), in the presence of Deputy Minister, Fatima Chohan, presented its 2013/14 Annual Report to the Committee. It highlighted four of the fourteen government priority outcomes to which it contributed against the background of the Department’s mission to create a secure South Africa where all ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education & Umalusi on their 2013/14 Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister present
5 Nov 2014
Umalusi and the Department of Basic Education, in the presence of Deputy Minister, Enver Surty, presented to the Select Committee on their respective Annual Reports for 2013/14. Umalusi noted its role in quality assurance and its significance for education in South Africa. It was independent, which provided credibility to the ...
Defence
JC Defence: Third Term Committee Programme
30 Oct 2014
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met for the Consideration of Draft Third Term Committee Programme.
Members deliberated on the programme and agreed it should be revised and presented on 6 November 2014.
The Committee also agreed that it will start the process of the Defence Review on 6 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Early Childhood Development: Progress report from Department of Basic Education
29 Oct 2014
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave its progress report on Early Childhood Development (ECD) from the educational standpoint, supplementing earlier presentations given to the Committee by other departments, notably the Department of Social Development (DSD) which had responsibility for ECD in children aged 0 to 4 years, whilst DBE ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Early Childhood Development programme: Department of Social Development, National Development Agency & SALGA briefing
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Committee on the South African Integrated Programme of Action for Early Childhood Development (ECD). ECD had been identified as a key part of the National Development Plan (NDP) in addressing unemployment and inequality, but there were policy gaps in terms of infrastructure ...