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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Certificate Vocational (NCV) & National Accredited Technical Diploma implementation: Department of Higher Education & Training briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the implementation and administration of the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and National Accredited Technical Diploma (NATED).
The DHET highlighted the main features of the programmes, such as the purpose, design, subjects offered, the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Substance Abuse Roundtable Workshop
28 Jul 2015
The round table workshop was organised in an attempt to reflect on the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017, and to hear about its capacity, support and impact of interventions. Although some specific NGOs were making submissions, others were present and contributed to the discussion. There were common ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Committee Programme: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee adopted the programme on probing violence against foreigners. Because of the serious issues involved, Members were asked to give priority to this Committee, even at the expense of constituency work and oversight visits. The House Chairman would be asked to extend the deadline for the submission of the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
KwaZulu-Natal & Northern Cape Health Department challenges
23 Jun 2015
The KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Departments of Health came to brief the Committee on the challenges being faced in the provinces as well as some successes and interventions they had put in place. The Committee mainly wanted to engage the Departments regarding their audit outcomes, patient waiting times and staff ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Council for Educators (SACE) & National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
17 Jun 2015
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) presented the strategic plan for 2015/16 financial year. SACE received R10 per educator for monthly levies and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a grant of R9 million, giving approximate revenue of R60 million per year to SACE. It had around 200 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Boxing South Africa on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan and Budget
10 Jun 2015
Boxing South Africa (BSA) briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan for 2015 to 2019 and the 2015 Annual Performance Plan (APP). The strategic goals focused on ensuring that there was an effective, efficient and sustainable organisation; on the development and transformation of boxing and creation of a synergy between ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Revitalization of Distressed Mining Towns Programme: Department of Human Settlements briefing
9 Jun 2015
The DHS briefed the Committee on the revitalisation of distressed mining towns programme. The point was made that mining towns were characterised by wide scale informal settlements. Miners did not qualify for government’s mining subsidy programmes. Most miners earned in excess of R3500 which was above the earnings ceiling to ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Council for Higher Education (CHE) on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan
3 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Council of Higher Education (CHE) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The CHE, which was an independent body advising the Minister and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), stated that most of the work done ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on its challenges, structures, procedures & management
27 May 2015
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation received a progress report from the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). The presentation outline looked at the purpose of the report, PanSALB’s Mandate; prescribed functions of PanSALB; and progress since the last meeting with the Select Committee on Education and Recreation.
The ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National and Provincial Department of Health briefings: Challenges in Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, in presence of Minister of Health
26 May 2015
The Eastern Cape, Free State and Limpopo Provincial Departments of Health were asked to present the key challenges faced by them within their provinces, as well as the ways that the departments were improving in terms of their audit outcomes. Their presentation was, however, introduced by an address from the ...