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Sport, Arts and Culture
SASCOC: progress report
4 Sep 2018
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation on their financial statements as well as amendments as requested by the Committee. The South African National Boxing Organisation (SANABO) was also supposed to do a briefing to the Committee but SANABO sent ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on public complaints and cases referred to it for actioning
22 Aug 2018
The Committee received an update on the complaints which it had forwarded to the office of the Director General of the Department of Labour, and heard that of the 54 complaints, 36 had been resolved, 12 had been referred to other departments for resolution, and six were still in the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission & Netball SA briefings
21 Aug 2018
The Committee met to be briefed by the National Lotteries Commission on its funding for sport and Netball South Africa (NetballSA) on its financial statements, governance and programmes.
The National Lotteries Commission reported that there had been a surge in emerging talent across sports federation for example; the number of ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage Bill; Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; Labour Relations Amendment Bill: Labour budget: Committee Report
9 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met for deliberations on the A-Lists of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill, the Basic Conditions of Employment (BCEA) Bill, and the Labour Relations Bill. Highlights of the discussions were as follows:
Labour Relations Bill (LRA)
Clause 8
“(8) The Minister, [in] after consultation with ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Moses Mabhida Stadium violence: PSL & SAPS briefing; National Lottery sport allocation; with Minister & Police Deputy Minister
8 May 2018
The joint Parliament Portfolio Committees on Sport and Recreation and Police were briefed by Premier Soccer League (PSL) and the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) on the incidence of hooliganism by Kaizer Chiefs’ supporters after their team lost a football match at Moses Mabhida stadium on 21 April.
The PSL ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Relations Amendment Bill: deliberations; Auditor-General briefing on Labour portfolio
20 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour continued with deliberations on Labour Bills. The Auditor-General South Africa also presented a preliminary report on the audit areas of the Department and its entities.
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) provided the Committee with insights on the audit areas of the Department and entities in ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: deliberations
19 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met for further deliberations on the Department’s responses to comments on the Labour Bills. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill as well as the Basic Conditions of Employment (BCEA) Bill were discussed. Highlights of the discussions were as follows:
On the NMW Bill, The Retail ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: Department of Labour response to submissions & way forward
18 Apr 2018
The Committee met to process and discuss the National Minimum Wage Bill responses submitted by the Department of Labour (DoL) in response to comments from affected stakeholders.
The Committee agreed with the Department of Labour on most of its responses to employer organisations which had submitted comments on particular ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: SAFTU, BUSA, NEASA, AgriSA submissions
17 Apr 2018
The National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) was fundamentally opposed to extending bargaining council collective agreements and making them binding on non-parties. The cost of labour as a percentage of turnover for big business could be 5% or lower. For a small business it could be as high as ...
Arts and Culture
PanSALB, PACOFS, National Arts Council Annual Performance Plan; Department APP: Auditor General input
17 Apr 2018
The Office of the Auditor-General South Africa said its briefing to the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan 2018/19 of the Department of Arts and Culture was intended to add value to the Committee’s oversight function. The presentation showed the link between the National Development Plan, the Medium Term Strategic ...