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Defence
Revised SANDF HR Strategy; SANDF deployment; with Minister and Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Joint Standing Committee was joined by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to consider the Committee’s proposal for a new human resources (HR) strategy to ensure a permanent exit mechanism for soldiers, and a rejuvenation of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Agreement between RSA and France on Cinematographic and Audio-visual Co-production; UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2023
The Committee convened a virtual meeting for briefings by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture on the Agreement between South Africa and France on cinematographic and audio-visual co-production and the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The Department said the Agreement aimed to create opportunities ...
Defence
Feedback on engagements with the DFSC and the way forward; with Ministry
19 Oct 2023
The Committee received feedback from the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans in a virtual meeting to discuss the future of the Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) following the recognition of the South African National Defence Union (SANDU), after the labour union had reached the required threshold. Minister Thandi ...
NCOP Appropriations
FFC 2024/24 DoR Annual Submission
11 Oct 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC). The presentation consisted of six chapters covering the escalating global inflation, the impact of the performance of state-owned entities (SOEs) and the proposed basic income grant (BIG) on ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
2023 Examinations Readiness: DBE briefing
11 Oct 2023
The Select Committee convened on a virtual platform where the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the committee on the intensive learner support programme implemented across all provinces and the state of readiness for the 2023 National Senior Certificate exams. The Class of 2023 had suffered many disruptions because ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...
Defence
NCACC Q1 & 2 2023 Performance; SANDF Deployment (with Deputy Minister)
7 Sep 2023
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (the JSCD) convened virtually for a briefing by the Directorate for Conventional Arms Control (DCAC) on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC) first and second quarter reports for 2023.
The Committee was informed that the Information Technology (IT) system of the NCACC, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Fundraising A/B: Negotiating Mandates & DSD response (with Minister); South Korea Study Tour Report
5 Sep 2023
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met to consider the negotiating mandates from the provincial legislatures on the Fundraising Amendment Bill.
All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. However, many of them proposed amendments to improve the bill. This included the amendment ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Department briefing (with Minister); DWYPD Budget Vote Report
20 Jun 2023
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services was briefed by the Department of Health on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.
The introductory remarks of the Minister noted that since the passing of the NHI Bill, by the National ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Committee Programme
15 Jun 2023
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met on the virtual platform to receive a briefing on the Caucus’s third term programme.
The Caucus was mindful of the short time period for the third term, and Members requested that some key matters be discussed in order to prepare for the incoming seventh ...