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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its 2014/2015 Annual Report; DHS assistance offered to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
10 Nov 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality with respect to delivery and performance. The briefing was an update on the various interventions being carried out by the Department. The meeting was attended by the DHS and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2014/15 annual report
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report to the Select Committee. The Department managed to achieve 72% of its overall targets. A lack of capacity and funding were cited as the main challenges for its under-performance. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges had ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development on its 2014/15 Annual Report
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Social Development (DSD) presented its Annual Report to the Committee. This past financial year was relatively good for the Department, even though there were a few challenges in the form of financial constraints along the way. The Department also received its third consecutive clean audit from the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its 2014/15 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) aims to provide:
- School Infrastructure Development
- Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
- Data and information challenges
- Expansion of Early Childhood Development (ECD)
- National Senior Certificate Results (NSC)
- Annual National Assessment (ANA)
- Improve the number of young teachers ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: final mandates; Border Management Strategy: Department of Home Affairs briefing
20 Oct 2015
The main purpose of the meeting was to receive a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its border management strategy and the vision to establish a Border Management Agency to assume control of ports of entry and borderline functions. This was preceded, however, by the adoption by ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits
14 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Chairperson took the Committee through the draft reports and the draft minutes to correct any grammatical and spelling errors. The Committee commenced by going through ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
13 Oct 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented its annual report for the 2014/15 financial year, and highlighted its establishment as a new department in November 2014, which had resulted in the transfer of the sanitation function from the Department of Human Settlements.
The Department said 85% of the total ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Language Practitioners Act & Charter for African Cultural Renaissance: implementation briefing by Department of Arts and Culture
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on the Implementation of the South African Language Practitioners Act 2014, and the Implementation of the African Renaissance Charter. Apologies were received from the Minister and Deputy Minister. The need for a regulatory body for South Africa’s language practitioners had been ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Committee Report on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals: consideration postponed due to lack of quorum
22 Sep 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee on Probing Violence against Foreign Nationals could not adopt its Draft Report on violence against foreigners because there was no quorum. For the Committee to adopt the report, it needed 6 members from both the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces. In the Committee there ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Negotiating Mandates & responses by Department of Health
22 Sep 2015
The Committee considered negotiating mandates on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill from provinces. The Free State Province handed in its negotiating mandate during proceedings. All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. Eight of the nine provinces proposed amendments to the Bill with Mpumalanga Province being the ...