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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Deputy Minister of Basic Education on Department's 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
13 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education gave an overview of the size and shape of the sector, highlighting the successes achieved in the sector. For example, Grade R participation in 2002 was at 40% access, but now is almost universal. Statistics South Africa in their Household Survey indicated that 92% ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance plan
5 Apr 2016
The Department of Home affairs (DHA) presented the annual performance plan to the Select Committee on Social Services in what was a compressed and time-constrained meeting. The main highlight of the presentation was that all the targets in the DHA’s annual performance plan for 2016/2017 were fully funded. The Department ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Burden of Health & Disease in South Africa: Medical Research Council briefing
15 Mar 2016
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) gave the Portfolio Committee on Health a presentation on its mandate, objectives and goals, highlighting the areas of health that the Council was engaged in researching, and the ways in which it aimed to do so in collaboration with universities and government departments ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Matric 2015 results in Limpopo and strategies to improve 2016 results
24 Feb 2016
The Chairperson raising some points she wanted the MEC of Education for Limpopo to respond to in the presentation since the Committee is worried about the decline in the Matric marks. Were more teachers employed since the Limpopo student population had increased drastically and were teachers adequately trained to teach ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Grade 12 Results: briefing by Umalusi & Department of Basic Education; with Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2016
Umalusi briefed the Committee on the quality assurance of the 2015 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. A number of question papers required more than three external moderations, high levels of non-compliance were found in technical aspects, text selection and marking guidelines at the first moderation. The audit of marker selection ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report; Draft anti-Trafficking regulations: Department of Social Development briefing
16 Feb 2016
[Note: South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report [358MB] email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Select Committee on the draft Regulations and directives framed in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act no 7 of 2013. The presentation was a formality as ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill [B22B-15]: discussion dates consideration
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to decide on a date for discussions on the Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill. Possible dates were 11 December 2015, or 23 January 2016. It was decided that the Chairperson would meet with the office bearers first to decide on a date and then confer with Members.
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 ...