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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: proposed amendments
24 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the Select Committee proposed amendments (C-list) of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill that included the definition of corporal punishment, admissions policy, language policy, learner conduct, random searches, suspension and expulsion procedures.
Concerns were raised again by a Member ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: deliberations & adoption
23 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor in her briefing to the Select Committee highlighted the exclusion of private dwellings from the Statistics Act, which posed challenges for data collection and accurate statistics. The Statistics Amendment Bill included an amendment to allow private dwellings to be inspected. However, in its 12 March ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: deliberations
18 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee continued and completed its deliberations from Clauses 16 to 52 on the B version of Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill as passed by the National Assembly.
Despite differing opinions, the majority of provinces accepted each clause unchanged according to their negotiating mandates. ...
Defence
NCACC 2023 Annual Report; Legacy Report; with Minister
28 Mar 2024
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met virtually to receive a briefing from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its 2023 annual report. It also considered and adopted the Committee's Legacy Report for the Sixth Parliament, and reviewed outstanding minutes.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Negotiating Mandates; Committee Legacy Report
27 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee convened to receive the provincial negotiating mandates on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022].
The Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Legislatures supported the BELA Bill.
The Eastern Cape Legislature supported the Bill but proposed amendments ...
Joint Rules
Petition Framework; Proposed Subcommittee Amendments to Joint Rules; Legacy Report
20 Mar 2024
The Committee considered and endorsed a new Petitions Framework. The objectives of the framework are to provide a common definition for a petition across Parliament, develop a standardised approach to petitions, and ensure that all players understand the processes and their roles.
The Joint Subcommittee on Rules’ proposed amendments ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE response to public submissions; with Ministry
20 Mar 2024
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to enable the Department of Basic Education to respond to matters raised during the public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Minister said she hoped this Bill would get passed before the end of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Committee 2nd term programme; Committee Legacy report
15 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually to address several important agenda items, including the consideration of the Committee's second-term program, the adoption of the Committee's Legacy report, and the adoption of Committee minutes.
The Committee Secretariat then presented the Draft Second-term Program, highlighting the recently ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Cape Forum Submission & Public Participation Report
13 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture was briefed by Cape Forum on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) [B2B-2022]. Due to an omission, the Cape Forum had not been invited to the oral hearings last week.
The Cape ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: Stats SA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually for an initial briefing on the Statistics Amendment Bill [B31B-2023], Sec 75.
The Deputy Minister provided an overview of the roles outlined in the Stats Act 6 of 1999. The legislative reforms initiated by Stats SA in 2014 aimed ...