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Sport, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport & Recreation on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; BRRR
14 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) on Reports of the AG on the Financial Statements and performance Information of vote 20 for 2013/14 (RP 138-2014); of the south African Institute for Drug-Free Sport for 2013/14 (RP 151-2009); and Boxing South Africa (BSA) for 2013/14.
Audit outcomes ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing South Africa on its 2014 Strategic Plan; Sport and Recreation SA on 1st Quarter Performance, planned legislation and progress with Appeal Board appointment process
16 Sep 2014
Boxing SA Briefing
The Committee was briefed by Boxing South Africa (BSA) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan for 2014-15, and developments in Boxing SA.
BSA had administrative and revenue generation challenges which was why it had asked Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) for assistance. Specifically the Boxing ...
Transport
Road Accident Fund on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2014/15
9 Sep 2014
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) briefed the Committee on its strategic and annual performance plan (APP), focusing specifically on its strategy, financial projections, challenges and continued transformation.
The RAF was established in May 1997, under Road Accident Fund Act, 1996, assuming at the time all the rights, obligations, assets and ...
Economic Development
Finance and Fiscal Commission on Department's performance and projections; Office of the Auditor-General on its role and mandate
9 Sep 2014
The Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) said South Africa was still some way from restoring strong and sustainable economic growth rates, as required by the National Development Plan (NDP). The economy needed to grow by 5.4% per annum to achieve NDP targets and to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by ...
Basic Education
Inclusive Education: progress report; DBE on its 1st Quarter 2014 performance
9 Sep 2014
The Department of Basic Education presented the performance indicators and targets for each of its five programmes and reported actual outputs as at the end of the 1st Quarter of 2014/15. Programmes 1, 2 and 4 are the most problematic. The Financial Report indicated that DBE has underspent for the ...
Transport
Securitised national number plates: Uniplate briefing, Cross Border Transport Agency Strategic & Annual Performance Plans 2014/15
26 Aug 2014
Uniplate, a member of the South African Number Plate Association (SANA), briefed the Committee on suggestions by the numberplate industry to improve the security and monitoring of numberplates of vehicles in South Africa. At present, there were over 300 variations of numberplates, which had resulted in law enforcement being unable ...
Basic Education
Teacher Development: Department of Basic Education and SACE briefings
26 Aug 2014
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) appeared before the Portfolio Committee to brief it about the purposes and successes of the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) and implementation of the Continual Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) system.
The DBE informed the Committee that the main purpose of the IQMS was to ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA Football Association briefing on its financial status, broadcasting deal, match fixing and delivery of AFCON and CHAN
19 Aug 2014
The Local Organising Committee briefed the Committee on the hosting of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the 2014 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN). The Local Organising Committee reported that both tournaments were hosted successfully, with the AFCON event described the “the best Orange Africa by the Confederation of ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lottery Board on its allocation to sport
29 Jul 2014
The National Lotteries Board (NLB) said that the selected national lottery operator operated for eight years according to the Lotteries Act and in June 2015, the third licence cycle will commence with a new operator. The six members of the board of the NLB were selected by Parliament and the ...
Basic Education
Committee Report on Basic Education 2014 budget
10 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee met to peruse Draft 1 of the Committee Report on the Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan and budget of the Department of Basic Education and its Statutory Bodies. Members went through the draft Report page by page and raised comments and queries. Most of the amendments ...