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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
It was agreed by the Select Committee on Social Services that, even though the annual report of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) was not received timeously, due to time constraints it was advisable for the meeting to proceed.
The DWS said that during the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2016/17 Annual Report
25 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
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, ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Fourth Term programme; Committee Oversight Reports: Robben Island, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, KZN; Study Tour Report
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation discussed and approved its fourth term programme.
A delegation from the Thekwini TVET College in KZN was supposed to meet with the Committee during the fourth term in Parliament but it did not have the funds to do so. Due to the magnitude ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Taking Parliament to the People 2016: responses by Eastern Cape Departments of Health & Social Development, with DSD Minister and DoH Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2017
The Provincial Departments of Health and Social Development in the Eastern Cape were summoned by the Select Committee on Social Development to individually give reports on their efforts at addressing the findings of the Committee during its oversight visit in 2016.
The Provincial Department of Health (PDoH), Eastern Cape, said ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Taking Parliament to People in Eastern Cape Province : DBE & Eastern Cape Department of Education briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Select Committee of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Education and Recreation convened a meeting for the Eastern Cape Department of Education to provide an update on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations following site visits to the province in October and November 2016.
The Committee had recommended ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: adoption; Border Management Authority Bill: discussion, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), presented the submissions gathered from the public comments on the Refugees Amendment Bill alongside the Department’s response to the comments. Some of the clarifications given by the Department related to the definition of dependants, to which the Department clarified that the Refugees Act had ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Education Sector Report: AG briefing
28 Jun 2017
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the outcomes of the 2015/16 Education Sector Report. It was reported that around R10 billion is spent every year on infrastructure for basic education. The prominent role of “implementing agents” in partnership with provincial education ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Learner Transport Memorandum of Understanding; ICT in schools, with Deputy Minister of Basic Education
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on progress made thus far with the provision of learner transport. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was in attendance. The key objective of the policy being presented to the Committee was to achieve a proper safe ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: public submissions; SASSA & NDA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee met with Parliamentary and State legal advisers, as well as a delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), to finalise the Refugees Amendment Bill. However, the bill could not be finalised because some submissions had been received late, and the Committee, the legal advisors and the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson said the Committee is hearing from the media that the Department of Water and Sanitation is bankrupt and this needs to be clarified. DWS also needs to inform the Committee on what it is doing to aid the provinces affected by the drought. ...