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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Winnie Mandela Brandfort House museum: Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipalit, Masilonyana Local Municipality
21 Feb 2018
The Select Committee on Recreation and Education met with the Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipality and the Masilonyana Local Municipality to obtain an update on the long outstanding project to convert Winnie Madikizela Mandela’s Brandfort house into a museum.
The Committee was unhappy with the lack of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury, SARS & SANDF concerns
20 Feb 2018
The Committee heard Treasury’s concern that the Border Management Authority Bill in its current form left discretion to the Minister of Home Affairs only and fragmented the revenue value chain involving 30% of the country’s revenue amounting to R300 billion. It applied not only to money collected at border posts ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury and SAPS briefing; with Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
13 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Finance (National Treasury); the Department of Defence and by the SA Police Services on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] s75.
The South African Police Services said its main concern on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] was clause 4(2) which, if ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
NSFAS on 2018 state of readiness; DBE Quintile System; with Minister
29 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on its state of readiness for the 2018 academic year, and heard from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) how schools were ranked into quintiles based on socio-economic factors prevailing in the surrounding areas.
NSFAS reported that a ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements 2016/17 Annual Report
28 Nov 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on its annual report, focusing on its projects and financial performance.
The backlog in the issuing of title deeds, which included those from both before and after 1994, was considered a serious problem. The Department had ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
22 Nov 2017
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, provided the Committee with a broad overview of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) 2016/17 Annual Report. The Minister reported that the Enyokeni Cultural Precinct project was carried out without following proper guidelines. As such, the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA, Central Drug Authority, National Development Agency 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
21 Nov 2017
The Select Committee (SC) on Social Services met with delegates from three entities of the Department of Social Development (DSD). The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA), the Central Drug Authority and National Development Agency (NDA) were invited to present their annual reports for the 2016/17 ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on progress, action plan + challenges submitted to Minister
17 Nov 2017
The Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on the progress it had made, its action plans, challenges it had encountered, and provided an update on the recommendations tabled to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
It reported that it had rolled out its ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Heritage Asset accounting challenges; Arts and Culture White Paper impact; Winnie Mandela Brandfort Museum; Nyokeni Precinct
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) reported that the 2016/17 budget was R22.4 billion and R21.4 billion was actually spent, i.e. 95.82%. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion. The Auditor General did not identify any material findings on the performance information for Programme 2 Curriculum policy, Support and Monitoring, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs 2016/17 Annual Report
14 Nov 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting by commenting on the absence of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, when important issues such as the Department’s annual report and the suspension of its Director General (DG) were due to be discussed by the Select Committee. ...