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NCOP Social Services
Children`s Amendment Bill: Final Mandates & Committee Report, with Minister
15 Nov 2022
The Select Committee convened on the virtual platform to consider the final mandates of the Children’s Amendment Bill Sec 76 [B18B-2020]. Minister Lindiwe Zulu was in attendance.
With the exception of Gauteng, eight provinces voted in support of the bill.
The accompanying Committee report was also ...
NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
DHET 2021/22 Annual Report; with Minister
9 Nov 2022
In its final meeting for 2022, the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture met on a virtual platform with the Minister to discuss the 2021/22 Annual Report for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).
In his opening remarks, the ...
NCOP Social Services
Children`s Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandates
1 Nov 2022
The Select Committee convened a virtual meeting with the Department of Social Development and Members of Provincial Legislatures to consider provincial negotiating mandates on the Children’s Amendment Bill. The amendment emanated from a High Court judgment that required the legislature to amend the Children’s Act to include more substantive ...
NCOP Social Services
Children’s Amendment Bill: briefing with Minister
13 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Minister and Department of Social Development (DSD) gave a briefing on the Children’s Amendment Bill with needs to be passed by Parliament before 27 November 2022.
During the discussion, Members pointed out that the big elephant in the room was the inadequate number of ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery
SAHRC monitoring of government’s flood relief efforts
12 Sep 2022
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On a virtual platform, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRD) briefed the Committee on the state's involvement in response to the flood crisis in the Eastern Cape, North West, the Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), and the way forward. Because the floods ...
NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
ECD shift; Teacher Assistants, Matric Exam readiness, with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a status report on the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative achievements and way forward; the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function shift as well as learner readiness and the examination system and examined the readiness of both the learners and schools for the upcoming exams. ...
NCOP Social Services
Social Relief of Distress Grant progress report by Minister
23 Aug 2022
The Minister of Social Development, along with the Department of Social Development (DSD), gave a progress report on the third Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant that started from 1 April 2002 ending 31 March 2023. The briefing outlined the implementation timeline by the South African Social Security ...
NCOP Social Services
NYDA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
16 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met for the first time with the newly-appointed National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board. It was briefed in a virtual meeting on the Agency's 2022/23 annual performance plan (APP) and five-year strategic plan.
The Chairperson expressed the Committee's excitement at finally ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery
Oversight visit on status of flood disaster relief and recovery plans: engagements with DSD, DoT, DSBD, DPE; with Ministers and Deputy Ministers
11 Aug 2022
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Video (Part 2)
In a hybrid virtual/actual meeting, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery received presentations detailing the recovery efforts made by the Departments of Social Development, Transport, Small Business Development and Public Enterprises within the Eastern Cape, the North West province ...
NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries
Update on infrastructure projects & plans to deal with infrastructure challenges: DBE briefing with Minister
10 Aug 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the progress it was making with the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) and Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) projects.
The DBE stated that every Friday, it meets to review progress on the refurbishment ...