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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
23 May 2018
The Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture briefed the Select Committee on the Vision of the Department of Arts and Culture on the Annual Performance Plan.
She stated that in the 2018/19 financial year the majority of the Department of Arts and Culture’s programmes will be aligned with such important ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy Minister
22 May 2018
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) met with the Select Committee of Social Services to present its last annual performance plan for the Fifth Parliament, and its Budget Vote 5.
The Minister of Home Affairs reported on the challenges the DHA had faced and what its achievements and strengths were. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 May 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on their Annual Performance Plan, Budget Vote 36. Both the Minister and Deputy-Minister were present at the meeting and answered the questions raised by Members. The issues raised focused mainly on the problem of water losses, water shortages and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The elimination of pit latrines at schools featured as a prominent objective when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its annual performance plan in the National Council of Provinces. It planned to replace schools built with inappropriate materials, such as “mud schools,” through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Minister of Health's overview of Health & future plans
15 May 2018
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, provided a detailed overview which clearly defined the four critical challenges of Human Resources, Financial Management, Procurement and Maintenance of Infrastructure and Equipment. If you master the human resources, financial management, procurement and infrastructure, the health system will operate well. It does not ...
Defence
Committee Business: Letters from the President; Second Term Committee Programme
3 May 2018
The Committee considered the letters from the President dated 26 March and April 2018. The Committee adopted the letters; however, the DA objected due to the delay in the receipt of the letters because Members were not granted sufficient time to follow up on the issues outlined on the letters. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Umalusi & SA Council of Educators (SACE) 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
The South African Council of Educators (SACE) and Umalusi briefed the Select Committee on their annual performance plans for 2018/19, and highlighted the roles, key functions and mandates they fulfilled in the basic education system.
SACE stressed the importance of professionalism among teachers, and the programmes it had developed to ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016]: deliberations
24 Apr 2018
The Chairperson said that the absence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Deputy Minister and the Director General, was making it difficult for the Committee to finalise the Border Management Authority Bill. Nevertheless, she allowed the Department’s legal advisor to give a presentation on the consolidated public comments received ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill B9B-2016: Institute for Security Studies briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) briefed the Select Committee on the Border Management Authority Bill. Its report focused on the definition of border area, the securitisation of border zones, the institutional positioning of the authority and need for effective oversight and accountability, the role of other government departments and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Registration at Universities and TVET Colleges; Revised Addis Convention on Recognition of Studies; NSFAS on Student Funding for 2018
28 Mar 2018
The Select Committee met to receive briefings from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on the status of registrations at universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. It was also updated on the revised Addis Convention report ...