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Basic Education
Inclusive Education; Limpopo Education Department COVID-19 update; with DeputyMinister
17 Nov 2020
The Deputy Minister spoke about the leak of the Matric Mathematics Paper 2, stating that the matter is under investigation and will be reported on when this is concluded.
In a joint virtual meeting, the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education were given an update on the COVID-19 response in ...
Defence
National Military Veterans Database: DMV briefing
12 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence
06 Feb 2020 |
Database, Skills Audit & Military Veterans Act Amendments progress: DMV briefing |
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on its efforts to complete the cleaning of the military veterans’ database within the previously ...
Basic Education
DBE 2019/20 Annual Report & 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
10 Nov 2020
In a joint virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education briefed the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education on its progress of November 2020 examination readiness, 2019/20 Annual Report and the 2020/21 first quarterly report.
The Department reported on the resilience of learners writing November 2020 examinations under such difficult ...
Defence
South African Defence Industry challenges; Defence Sector Charter & Fund
5 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence 05 Nov 2020
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) was briefed by the South African Defence Industry (SADI) on the challenges facing the industry and South Africa's defence capabilities. The Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) compared the South African Defence Industries ...
Basic Education
2019/20 DBE Audit Outcomes & Expenditure Patterns in respect of ASIDI, Conditional Grants & Equity in Education: FFC briefing
3 Nov 2020
A joint meeting of the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education were briefed, on a virtual platform, by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on expenditure patterns of conditional grants and equity in education. The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the joint committees on audit outcomes of the Department ...
Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee on 2020 Quarter 2 Report
29 Oct 2020
During the meeting to consider its Quarter 2 performance report, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its encryption-like information, responses and statistical mistakes in the documents issued to the Committee. The Chairperson remarked that generally NCACC had encrypted the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Theatre industry on impact of Covid-19 pandemic on theatre sector
20 Oct 2020
Video: Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture (NA) 20 Oct 2020
The Select Committee was briefed by the theatre industry in a virtual meeting on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the performing arts sector.
Representatives from various disciplines in the sector – producers, actors, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: final Mandates
14 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Health and Social Services met to discuss the final provincial mandates on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill. All the provinces, through their permanent delegates, agreed to support the Bill. The Bill, having completed the six-week circle, at the scheduled plenary of the ...
Basic Education
KZN & EC Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
13 Oct 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & SC on Education & Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture
The joint Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed, in a virtual meeting, by the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Departments of Basic Education on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in their provinces. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandates
7 Oct 2020
Video: Select Committee on Health and Social Services (NCOP) 7 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Health and Social Services (the Committee) met to discuss the provincial negotiating mandates on the Social Services Amendment Bill (the Bill).
The Committee received all 9 mandates, all of which ...