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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE briefing & legal advisor input (with Deputy Minister)
8 Nov 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Select Committee on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The BELA Bill proposes to amend the South African Schools Act and the Employment of Educators Act to ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Consideration of Public Submissions
7 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Health (DOH) on the public submissions on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. The Department noted that there were 15 submissions that it would respond to on the day.
Members ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
DBE Audit Outcomes; DBE 2022/23 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee received a briefing on the audit outcomes, annual performance report, and financial statements of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for the 2022/23 financial year.
The Department responded to questions on consequence management and irregular expenditure. It explained what measures were ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Department response to public submissions (with Ministry)
31 Oct 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Health and Social Services heard the National Department of Health’s responses to the written submissions on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.
Most of the issues that were raised were similar to what had been presented ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Agreement between RSA and France on Cinematographic and Audio-visual Co-production; UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2023
The Committee convened a virtual meeting for briefings by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture on the Agreement between South Africa and France on cinematographic and audio-visual co-production and the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The Department said the Agreement aimed to create opportunities ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
2023 Examinations Readiness: DBE briefing
11 Oct 2023
The Select Committee convened on a virtual platform where the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the committee on the intensive learner support programme implemented across all provinces and the state of readiness for the 2023 National Senior Certificate exams. The Class of 2023 had suffered many disruptions because ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Fundraising Amendment Bill: Final Mandates
22 Sep 2023
The Committee had a brief virtual meeting to consider the final provincial mandates on the Fundraising Amendment Bill [B29B - 2020].
All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. The Committee also adopted the accompanying report on the Bill.
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
DBE Briefing: Safety and Security in Schools, DDM & Delivery of ICT Infrastructure and Internet Access; with Deputy Minister
20 Sep 2023
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Basic Education regarding the safety and security in schools and the delivery of information and communications technology infrastructure and internet access.
The Department of Basic Education said that it is working on making schools a safe environment ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Fundraising A/B: Negotiating Mandates & DSD response (with Minister); South Korea Study Tour Report
5 Sep 2023
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met to consider the negotiating mandates from the provincial legislatures on the Fundraising Amendment Bill.
All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. However, many of them proposed amendments to improve the bill. This included the amendment ...