Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Re-opening of schools, distance learning and home schooling, school feeding schemes and related matters: MEC & Department briefing
8 May 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 8 May 2020, 14:00
Ms Debbie Schafer, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education, said the WCED was feeling the weight on its shoulders. It is an extremely difficult space to be in. While it is very easy to close schools, the reopening of schools ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Policing, Security & Police Brutality: SAPS, IPID, DCS & SANDF
6 May 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 6 May, 14:00
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Schedule of Services to be phased in as per COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Strategy
President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa's response to Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
The Western Cape Department of Correctional Services (DCS) ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Protection of the vulnerable during lockdown: SAPS, SASSA, UIF, DSD inputs
30 Apr 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19, 30 April 2020, 14:00
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Dedicating the meeting to the most vulnerable people of society, the Ad Hoc Standing Committee on COVID-19 hosted a quadruple briefing from South African Police Service (SAPS); Western Cape Department ...
Education (WCPP)
Committee Report on Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 5
18 Mar 2020
The Committee met to finalise its Report on the Western Cape Appropriation Bill (B1 -2020) Vote 5: Education. The ANC and Al Jama-Ah expressed its minority view and did not support the Vote.
Committee minutes dated 30 October 2019, 27 November 2019 and 4 February 2020 were adopted.
It was ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Committee Report on Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 4
18 Mar 2020
The Committee met in order to finalise the draft Committee Report on the Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2020 – Vote 4: Community Safety. This Report was adopted without any amendments, with the ANC expressing a minority vote.
The Committee also considered the minutes of its meetings held in November 2019, ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Committee Report on Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 13
17 Mar 2020
The Committee met to finalise its Report on the Western Cape Appropriation Bill (B1 -2020) Vote 13: Cultural Affairs and Sport.
The Committee also adopted its oversight reports and outstanding minutes.
Education (WCPP)
Western Cape Education Budget 2020/21
13 Mar 2020
The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education noted that the budget had not improved. The R500 million budget cut despite the large growth in the number of learners being schooled in the Western Cape left the Department under significant pressure to balance all the varying needs that required more money. ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Vote 4 Department of Community Safety
12 Mar 2020
The Committee met to discuss Budget Vote 4 of the Department of Community Safety. The Committee heard that the Department had received a budget increase of 123.78%. This translated into from R259 million in 2019-20, to R804 million in 2020-2021. The Department expressed their dedication to improving the safety of ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2020 – Vote 13 Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport
11 Mar 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport on their Annual Planning Programme 2020/2021 and their Strategic Plan 2020/2021 – 2024/2025. Members heard that the budget increased by R91 million which was made up of the following: an increase of remedial funding through arts; capacitation of ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Discussion on the 2018/2019 SAPS Annual Report for the Western Cape: Detective Service; Actions/Recommendations
5 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape on its performance under its third programme area: Detective Services. This presentation was a continuation of its previous engagement with the Committee which was a discussion of its annual report for the 2018/2019 period.
The ...