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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with Parliament researchers and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to discuss the 2018/19 annual report and the Agency’s current performance. The absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director General was noted at beginning of the meeting.
The researchers reported that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee discussed the prevalence of gender-based violence and femicide. The availability of rape kits at police stations and scarcity of doctors to perform assessments were raised as the main concerns. Members asked for a joint meeting to be held with the Portfolio ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector South Africa 2018/19 Annual Report
18 Oct 2019
Annual Reports 2018/2019; Public Protector Investigation Reports; Public Protector Act
The Office of the Public Protector briefed the Portfolio Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report and provided updates on current cases of concern to the Committee.
The Public Protector informed the Committee that her Office had been at ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee Content Advisor to Parliament, took the Committee through the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for consideration of the annual and financial performance of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit outcomes: Internal Audit & Risk Committee briefing; Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the audit outcomes of the Department for 2018/19 and by the DWYPD on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The ARC was an independent, non-executive committee ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; Commission for Gender Equality 2018/19 Annual Report
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) provided a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Person with Disabilities on the audit outcomes of the Department and its entities.
The Department’s outcome reflected as the poorest and the audit on the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women, Youth & Persons With Disabilities quarterly reports; with Minister
17 Sep 2019
Key concerns raised by the committee researcher, who gave a pre-briefing analysis, included: What had been produced as outputs and progress on key targets; what was the outcome of attending meetings and developing reports; were the outstanding audit findings resolved by year-end; how many were still outstanding; how many consultants ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its quarterly reports July 2018-June 2019
10 Sep 2019
The Content Advisor presented an analysis of the Commission for Gender Equality quarterly reports from October 2018 to June 2019 as matched against the CGE Annual Performance Plan (APP), before the Commission was invited to present an overview of the progress that CGE had made over the three quarters.
Members ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan
3 Sep 2019
The Committee expressed its deep concern about the escalating violence against women and children in the country. The case of a raped and murdered student had shocked the country. Members of the Committee demanded a ‘business as un-usual’ approach, and radical intervention. The fight against gender-based violence (GBV) should be ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency Annual Performance Plan 2019/20, with Deputy Minister
27 Aug 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Committee’s Parliamentary staff presented an analysis and critique of the 2019/20 annual performance plan (APP) of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).
The main criticism was that the APP did not match the five-year strategic plan. The Committee discussed ...