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Health Portfolio Audit Outcomes & Performance: AGSA & FFC; CMS & CCOD 2020/21 Annual Report
10 Nov 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Health was convened for presentations from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), Office of the Auditor-General (AG), Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) on their annual performance reports and financial information for 2020/21.
The FFC reported ...
Health
Department’s response to SIU Digital Vibes Report; with Minister & Deputy Minister
1 Oct 2021
Minister Joe Phaahla: Response to release of investigation report into Digital Vibes communication contract
SIU Report on Digital Vibes
In a virtual meeting, the Department briefed the Committee on its plan of action for responding to the report of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the Digital Vibes contracts, ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: public hearings day 19, with Deputy Minister
10 Sep 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued with public hearings on the National Health Insurance Bill. Three organisations presented oral submissions.
All the organisations welcomed initiatives to improve access to quality healthcare services and proposed a number of amendments to improve the Bill. ...
Health
Vaccine roll-out programme & acquisition, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2021
In this virtual meeting the Portfolio Committee received an update from the Deputy Minister and Department of Health about the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out programme across the country.
The Department of Health presented the progress of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out programme. The presentation covered vaccine security, vaccination progress and demand ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
NSPGBVF: Report-back from lead departments on implementation of Pillar 1 (Accountability, Coordination and Leadership); Introductory meeting with Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Response Fund
2 Sep 2021
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National Strategic Plan on GBV and Femicide
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met on a virtual platform for a report back from lead departments on the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) as well as a report from the GBVF Response ...
Health
SAHPRA on Covid-19 vaccine licensing, vaccine efficacy rates and latest vaccine research; Report on oversight to KZN & Gauteng to assess recent unrest
1 Sep 2021
In this virtual meeting the Committee received a briefing from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority on the COVID-19 vaccines and adopted the reports of the Committee’s oversight visits to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, that assessed the impact of the unrest on health infrastructure and the ...
Health
Election of Chairperson; NHI: public hearings day 18
31 Aug 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Health elected its Chairperson and continued with the public hearings on the National Health Insurance Bill. Dr K Jacobs (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson. He accepted the nomination and was declared Chairperson of the Committee.
Concerns were raised about ...
Health
Vaccine roll-out programme & acquisition, with Minister & Deputy
24 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting the Portfolio Committee received an update from the Department of Health and the Ministry about the vaccine roll-out programme, vaccine procurement and communications strategy.
The Minister stated that the uptake by the population group aged 18 to 34 years, since the previous Friday 20 August ...
Health
Election of Acting Chairperson; Committee Minutes
18 Aug 2021
The Committee met virtually to nominate and elect an acting Chairperson following the appointment of Dr S Dhlomo (ANC) as Deputy Minister of Health on 05 August.
Two candidates nominated for the position: Mr T Munyai (ANC) and Ms E Wilson (DA). The majority rejected a proposal to conduct the ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT & entities Quarter 3 & 4 2020/21 performance; with Minister
17 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee met in a virtual sitting for a briefing by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and its entities on their 2020/21 fourth quarter performance and expenditure reports. It also discussed its second term resolutions, and considered and adopted its third term draft programme.
The entities which ...