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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training 2017/18 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2018
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training said that the 2017/18 year had been very eventful. The Department had been in recovery mode since the student protests which had been centred on the demand for free higher education, and the broad transformation issues within the sector. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill [B15B-2017]: Final Mandates; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill [16B-2017]: briefing
23 Oct 2018
The National Department of Health briefed the Committee on the National Public Health Institute of SA (NAPHISA) Bill.
The Bill sought to establish the NAPHISA as a legally defined organ of state the aim of which was to provide integrated and coordinated disease and injury surveillance, research, monitoring and evaluation ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Minister of Arts and Culture briefing
10 Oct 2018
The Minister of Arts and Culture, accompanied by senior managers of his Department, met with the Committee to deliver a presentation on his vision for the Department and the activities, programmes and initiatives of its four branches.
He said the first branch was the Department’s administration, and referred to the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Heritage Council; Amafa Heritage KZN: briefings
15 Aug 2018
The Select Committee met with the National Heritage Council (NHC) and Amafa Heritage KwaZulu-Natal on the preservation and oversight of sites that were of historical importance. The purpose of these organisations was to relay knowledge to the youth and the communities, and to serve as links between history and tourism. ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on North West intervention, with Ministers and Deputy Ministers
14 Jun 2018
The Ad Hoc Committee met to receive its first diagnostic summary report from the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the intervention in the North West Provincial Government in terms of Section 100 of the Constitution. The meeting was attended by the Minister in the Presidency, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, the Ministers of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Education and Recreation addressed budgetary issues and the deficits in sport for the 2018/2019 financial year. The Department of Sport and Recreation received R1 billion from the National Treasury and National Lottery for the 2018/2019 financial year budget, and the Department argued that that was insufficient ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
23 May 2018
The Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture briefed the Select Committee on the Vision of the Department of Arts and Culture on the Annual Performance Plan.
She stated that in the 2018/19 financial year the majority of the Department of Arts and Culture’s programmes will be aligned with such important ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The elimination of pit latrines at schools featured as a prominent objective when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its annual performance plan in the National Council of Provinces. It planned to replace schools built with inappropriate materials, such as “mud schools,” through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill B9B-2016: Institute for Security Studies briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) briefed the Select Committee on the Border Management Authority Bill. Its report focused on the definition of border area, the securitisation of border zones, the institutional positioning of the authority and need for effective oversight and accountability, the role of other government departments and ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Financial management at Water Trading Entity & bulk water supply: Department briefing; with Minister & Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in the presence of the new Minister and the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its financial management. The Department had been allocated a budget of R15.6 billion for the 2017/18 financial year. To date, R14.6 billion (93%) had been spent, leaving an ...