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Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust Board & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; Committee Oversight Reports
2 Sep 2015
The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (the Commission) presented its expenditure trends and financial and performance report for the 1st quarter of the 2015/16 financial year. The performance was fully described by noting the achievements and the targets. In the first quarter, there was a target to settle 92 ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform response to South African Human Rights Commission recommendations, with Deputy Minister in attendance
27 May 2015
The Deputy Minister tendered apologies on behalf of the Minister and the Director General for their absence due to other ministerial commitments.
The Commission on Restitution of Land Reform (Commission) briefed the Committee on responses to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) findings on systematic challenges affecting land restitution ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Services Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2015
24 Mar 2015
The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) briefed the Committee on its Strategic and Annual Plans for 2015/16. It was created in 2001 from a merger and is the diagnostic pathology service for the public sector in South Africa, dealing with more than 80% of the country’s population through 274 laboratories ...
Health
Department of Health on its 2nd and 3rd quarterly reports; DPME on Health Department performance outcomes
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Health (DoH) briefed the Committee on its performance in Quarters 2 and 3, followed by an evaluation report presented by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), explaining how it categorised performance, and that it was done to assess how the sector as a whole was ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust Board 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Performance Report
11 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) on its third quarter 2014/15 performance and financial report. Apologies were received from the Minister and Deputy Minister. At the outset, Members expressed their dismay that the ITB was reporting from a document that contained different figures to the one ...
Health
Traditional and Natural Health Alliance submission on Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill: Department & legal advisors response
4 Mar 2015
The Department of Health and Parliamentary Legal Advisors presented their responses to a further submission, heard in the previous week, from the Traditional and Natural Health Alliance (TNHA). The Department of Health (DoH) clarified the definition of traditional medicine, and how the regulation of the products, practice and profession of ...
Health
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]: deliberations
18 Feb 2015
The Committee firstly discussed a request from the Traditional and Natural Health Alliance (TNHA) to make another presentation on the Medicines and Controlled Substances Amendment Bill, since it had been apparent from the last presentation that this body had not understood the nature of the public hearings and had been ...
Health
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill: Response by Department of Health to submissions made during public hearings
19 Nov 2014
The Committee met to hear the comments of the Department of Health (DoH) on the public hearings on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill that took place recently.
The Amendment Bill addressed which types of medicines, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and medical devices were regulated, and where these products ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Joint Committee's Annual Report; Consideration of a complaint by Hon HB Holomisa (complaint handled in closed session)
12 Nov 2014
The Committee meeting started late, as insufficient Members were present to achieve a quorum. A DA Member noted her dissatisfaction with the time wasted, and suggested that in future, should insufficient numbers be present within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, the meeting should be adjourned. However, an ANC Member ...