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Basketball SA: development programmes; transformation, governance, annual report, National Basketball League
17 Aug 2015
Basketball South Africa (Basketball SA) briefed the Committee on its development programmes, transformation and governance-related issues, its annual report and financial statements, and the National Basketball League.
The organisation said that its biggest challenge was that it could not grow basketball when the provinces, except for Gauteng, had no dedicated ...
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National Lotteries Commission sport allocation
11 Aug 2015
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) said it regarded the differentiation of grants into small, medium and large grants as a milestone in the Lotteries Amendment Act of 2013, as this would allow small organisations to access funding. Over and above that the Act had also provided for differentiation of processing ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Tennis SA transformation and performance; Committee’s Third Term Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by Tennis South Africa (TSA) on the status of its transformation, financial performance, governance and development programmes.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) had just completed a survey, where it had found that more than 444 000 South Africans were playing tennis every week. TSA’s task was ...
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Swimming SA status report; 2010 FIFA World Cup allegations: discussion
9 Jun 2015
Finance: Swimming South Africa had been very fortunate leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games as it still had a corporate sponsor together with the grants from the National Lotteries Board (NLB). The challenge with swimming was that investment was not short term as it took eight to ten years ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Eminent Persons Group (EPG): Progress made with regard to transformation in sport federations
2 Jun 2015
The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) briefed the Committee on progress made with regard to transformation in sport federations. It said the core problem in SA’s sporting system was that there was no coordination or alignment between the different components of the system. If there was no participation opportunity, or skills ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC on progress of 2022 Durban Commonwealth Game and delivery plans
26 May 2015
The South African Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefed the Committee on the current status and planning for the bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, bid status and the plan to deliver the Games. The entity said that delivery of the games would cost R3.3 billion annually, ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Cricket SA: Transformation, Financial performance, Governance and Development programmes
19 May 2015
The Committee was briefed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on transformation, financial performance, governance and development programmes. CSA reported that according to its understanding, transformation at national level would happen when it focused on developing the talent from the bottom up. Members were told CSA had set transformation targets at ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation & International Study Tour Proposal APP; Committee Report on Sport and Recreation Budget
12 May 2015
The Committee content advisor said that Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) had been able to align its Strategic Plan (SP) for 2015-2020 to the achievement of some of the priorities of the National Development Plan (NDP), where the emphasis on social cohesion had been translated into its programme. Within ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Sports and Recreation SA (SRSA) budget: further discussion
6 May 2015
The Sports and Recreation Committees’ strategic goals from 2015-2020 were to process, pass and monitor implementation of relevant legislation; ensure that the public was central in the processing of legislation and scrutinising of Executive action; undertake an effective process of scrutinising & overseeing executive and entities reporting to relevant departments; ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Sports and Recreation SA (SRSA) budget
5 May 2015
The Committee deliberated on the SRSA Draft Report on Budget Vote 40. It identified the National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP) as a policy document to guide sport development in SA while ensuring alignment with the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). Its observations were:
- On athletes achieving international ...