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Sport, Arts and Culture
Petition from Orlando East residents; Gender Transformation in South African Football: Commission for Gender Equality hearing report; Committee Oversight Visit Reports
8 Sep 2015
Mr T W Mhlongo briefed the Committee on a Petition from residents of Orlando East, submitted in terms of Rule 312.
The petition highlighted that:
Employment and Labour
Labour Legislation passed in Fourth Parliament: National Minimum Wage: workshop
2 Sep 2015
•The workshop on labour law changes made during the Fourth Parliament brought the Committee up-to-speed on what had been achieved:
• The Labour Relations Amendment Act of 2014 amended provisions dealing with collective rights, picketing rules, Essential Services Committee, minimum services, appointment of an administrator, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Oversight Report & Oustanding Matters
1 Sep 2015
The scheduled briefing by Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on its quarterly performance report and expenditure was cancelled as the Department had travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, where the Commonwealth Games 2022 host nation would be announcement.
The Committee therefore deliberated on its oversight draft report to the Eastern ...
Employment and Labour
Mitchells Plan & Nyanga Labour Centres: Department of Labour response to Committee recommendations
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour had been requested to make a response to the findings of the Committee on various labour centres, but rather than confining itself to a report only on the Mitchells Plain and Nyanga Labour Centres, the Department described the problems overall, what had been done to address ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Basketball SA: development programmes; transformation, governance, annual report, National Basketball League
17 Aug 2015
Basketball South Africa (Basketball SA) briefed the Committee on its development programmes, transformation and governance-related issues, its annual report and financial statements, and the National Basketball League.
The organisation said that its biggest challenge was that it could not grow basketball when the provinces, except for Gauteng, had no dedicated ...
Employment and Labour
UIF Labour Activation Programme: Department of Labour briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Committee on the Labour Activation Programme of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), introduced by government to mitigate the impact of unemployment and poverty. The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) had identified the opportunity to participate in the labour market programme as supported by Section ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission sport allocation
11 Aug 2015
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) said it regarded the differentiation of grants into small, medium and large grants as a milestone in the Lotteries Amendment Act of 2013, as this would allow small organisations to access funding. Over and above that the Act had also provided for differentiation of processing ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Sports and Recreation SA (SRSA) budget: further discussion
6 May 2015
The Sports and Recreation Committees’ strategic goals from 2015-2020 were to process, pass and monitor implementation of relevant legislation; ensure that the public was central in the processing of legislation and scrutinising of Executive action; undertake an effective process of scrutinising & overseeing executive and entities reporting to relevant departments; ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Sports and Recreation SA (SRSA) budget
5 May 2015
The Committee deliberated on the SRSA Draft Report on Budget Vote 40. It identified the National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP) as a policy document to guide sport development in SA while ensuring alignment with the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). Its observations were:
- On athletes achieving international ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund turnaround action: overview by Labour Director-General; NEDLAC response to Committee questions
15 Apr 2015
The Director-General of the Department of Labour said that after his appointment in December 2014, he had noted a number of challenges facing the Compensation Fund and these were being addressed. The Fund had received a number of disclaimers from the Auditor General over the years because of issues related ...