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Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2010/11 & 2011/12 Annual Report
28 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health was presented with the 2010/11 and 2011/12 Annual Reports of the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Disease. The Chairperson of the Committee informed Members that the Annual Reports were long overdue, and the Commission had long been promising that it was working on the reports. The ...
Health
Listeriosis outbreak: Minister of Health briefing; Day Zero readiness: Western Cape Department of Health
21 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Minister of Health on the Department of Health’s strategies in addressing the listeriosis outbreak, whilst the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health briefed the Committee on its readiness for Day Zero.
The Minister said South Africa has been dealing with listeriosis for the past ...
Water and Sanitation
Western and Eastern Cape drought crisis
7 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation held a lively meeting on the current drought in the country to discuss the current status and challenges. The Committee was joined by Members from several Portfolio Committees who had been invited to attend the presentations.
The intention of the meeting was for ...
Health
Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital: progress report; National Public Health Institute of SA Bill: response to submissions
6 Feb 2018
The Northern Cape Departments of Health and Public Works presented a progress report to the Portfolio Committee on Health on the Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital. The briefing was in response to a call from the Committee to explain the prolonged and delayed project. In addition, the Committee also received a ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Draft Bill: consideration by the Constitutional and Legal Services Office
24 Jan 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor: Constitutional and Legal Services Office, presented the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill, and told the Committee that its work was guided by the two key findings of the Constitutional Court judgment:
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act: proposed amendments; international best practice and conventions
29 Nov 2017
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa – Chapter Four
Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCTT86/15) [2016]
Presentation - DA vs National Assembly Speaker
Committee Bill process
Terms of Reference
The Committee met to discuss amendments to the Powers, Privileges, and Immunities of Parliament and ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: rejection; Department of Health Quarter 2 performance
22 Nov 2017
The Medical Innovation Bill, initially tabled by the late Dr Mario Oriani-Ambrosini as a Private Member’s Bill to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes and for beneficial commercial and industrial uses, was considered and rejected by the Committee. This was because the introduction of the Medical Innovation Bill ...
Health
Cannabis Guidelines: Medicines Control Council briefing; Medical Innovation Bill: adoption
15 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to hear a briefing by the Medicines Control Council (MCC) on the cannabis guidelines, as well as to consider and vote on the Medical Innovation Bill.
The MCC’s report compared the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act with the proposals included in ...
Basic Education
Learner Pregnancies: Basic Education, Social Development, Health Departments briefing
14 Nov 2017
The Committee heard that there are varying statistics on learner pregnancies because departments source their information from different places. The General Household Survey is used by Stats South Africa. The Department of Health only collects data from the deliveries of young girls under the age of 18 in health facilities. ...
Health
Violence, peace, injury and HIV prevention: research by SA Medical Research Council
8 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health hosted delegates of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) for a briefing on violence, peace, injury and effort made on combating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic.
The MRC explained that HIV remained the highest cause of death in South Africa but there was ...