Dr Patrick Maesela

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Patrick Maesela

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality CGE board interviews: deliberation and recommendation of candidates for appointment
    14 Mar 2019

    The Chairperson commended the Members for their hard work and dedication during their term as the Ad Hoc Committee over the previous five years. She also appreciated the sacrifice of their time in conducting the interviews for the filling of vacancies for the Commission of Gender Equality (CGE) till late ...

  • Health National Public Health Institute Bill: finalisation; High Level Panel & Legacy Reports
    13 Mar 2019

    The Committee held a briefing on the National Public Health Institute Bill. Members requested that the function of the NAPHISA Bill be extended to state that the Bill must support the monitoring of communities that are at risk of being exposed to environmental health hazards. Members also requested that the ...

  • Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality CGE Interviews: day 1
    13 Mar 2019

    The Committee interviewed the candidates for the filling of vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality.

    The Committee had shortlisted a total of 24 candidates to be interviewed over two consecutive days, 12 candidates on each day; this was the second day of the two.

    The candidates were mostly tested ...

  • Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality Interviews; Committee Progress Report on CGE filling of vacancies
    12 Mar 2019

    The Committee conducted interviews of candidates for Commissioners on the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE).

    The Committee had shortlisted 24 candidates on 23 February 2019. Committee Members tested candidates on issues relating to governance, regulation, legislation, policies, ethics, challenges, amalgamation of Chapter 9 Institutions, suggestions for improvement, reduction of violence ...

  • Health Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2012/13 & 2013/14 Annual Reports
    6 Mar 2019

    The Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) on its 2012/13 and 2013/14 Annual Reports.

    The lack of data and inability of the CCOD to produce a complete audited report was due to the mismanagement under the previous Commissioner before Dr. Barry Kistnasamy ...

  • Health Committee Minutes
    27 Feb 2019

    The Portfolio Committee on Health considered and adopted 15 sets of minutes dating as far back as May 2018. Most were approved with no changes and a few with minor ones.

    Members commented that it has been a long time since the meetings and that was making it difficult for ...

  • Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality Shortlisting of candidates
    26 Feb 2019

    The Committee met with the intention to shortlist suitable candidates for the Commission on Gender Equality as the Committee had been unable to fulfil the task the previous week due to process delays.

    The previous week, the Committee had mandated the Chairperson and other Members to report the concerns of ...

  • Health Committee Report on Cuba study tour
    20 Feb 2019

    The Committee discussed and amended their Report on the oversight visit to Cuba from 1 October to 5 October 2018. The purpose of the short visit was to see how South Africa could learn from Cuba in terms of their Primary Health Care system.

    A substantial amount of time was ...

  • Health National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill: adoption
    13 Feb 2019

    The amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill (NHLS) by the Select Committee on Social Services were discussed.

    Members mainly discussed amendments to Clauses five, six, nine and 15 which were concerned with provincial representation technicalities, dissolution of the Board and the appointment of the Board and Laboratory ...

  • Transport Airports Company Amendment Bill & ATNS Company Amendment Bill: deliberations
    5 Feb 2019

    The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on the Airports Company Amendment Bill and Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Amendment Bill.

    The Department reported that the purpose of the Airports Company Amendment Bill is to amend the principal Act thereby aligning the principal Act with the Companies Act, 2008 ...