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Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Shortlisting of candidates; Correspondence
19 Feb 2019
Documents: Letter from the former Chairperson for the Commission on Gender Equality, Ms Lulama Nare; List of candidates who had submitted their fingerprints [awaited]
The Committee met with the intention to shortlist suitable candidates for the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) but were unable to fulfil the task as the ...
Water and Sanitation
Bucket Eradication & War on Leaks: DWS & Rand Water inputs; with the Minister
13 Feb 2019
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Rand Water presented a status update on the ‘War on Leaks’ programme and the Department also provided a staus report on the Bucket Eradication programme (BEP).
According to the Department the objective of the project was to train and develop 15 000 unemployed ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Deliberation on criteria for short-listing candidates
23 Jan 2019
The Committee met to discuss the criteria that the Committee would use to shortlist the 88 candidates who had applied for the eight positions as Commissioners on the Gender Equality Commission. The Presidency had also asked the Committee to recommend a candidate to chair the Commission.
The meeting with ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Commission for Gender Equality filling of vacancies update
22 Jan 2019
CVs
Summary:
The Ad Hoc Committee met while Parliament was in recess to commence the process of identifying suitable candidates for the filling of vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality as the entire process had to be completed before the fifth Parliament rose. Some of the Committee Members had ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Cancellation of Study Tour
4 Dec 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency could not adopt its Legacy and Annual Reports because they were incomplete and would be adopted in the new year. The Committee agreed this would be regarded as work in progress.
The Committee further voiced its extreme dissatisfaction and disappointment over the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality Quarter 2 performance: discussion
27 Nov 2018
The Committee met to discuss amongst other issues the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) Quarter 2 performance. The CGE was not present at the meeting and Members felt that it would be better to discuss the report in the presence of the CGE to answer questions that arose.
Before the ...
Water and Sanitation
Municipal water debt: Department; COGTA; Treasury; SALGA update with Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provided details of the municipal debt to water boards, and said an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) had been established to devise a plan to resolve the outstanding debt in more structured way. The Committee was told that the municipalities owed a total of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women Quarter 2 performance; with Minister
13 Nov 2018
The Department of Women in the Presidency in its Quarter 2 performance achieved 20 (69%) of its 29 targets, while nine (31%) were not achieved. There was an improvement by 9% for targets achieved from Quarter 1. The Department spent 44.9% of the adjusted annual budget by end of Quarter ...
Water and Sanitation
Sanitation backlogs in schools: DBE briefing; Sanitation Technologies and Innovations: Water Research Commission briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Department of Basic Education presented the implementation plan to address sanitation backlogs at schools to the joint Portfolio Committees. It highlighted that of the country’s 23 334 active schools, 3 898 still had pit latrines as the only form of sanitation. The provinces with the highest number of pit ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Irregularities in CGE Commissioners Term of Office; Advert Approval
31 Oct 2018
The Committee agreed on the programme to be adopted for the selection to fill the vacancies at the Commission for Gender Equality. Members were told that the qualifications for candidates to be nominated included no age, or any other, discrimination. The Chairperson also expressed her wish that a person with ...