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Department of Health on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister
27 Oct 2015
The Department of Health briefed the Committee on their 2014/2015 Annual Report. The Minister and the Director General of the Department were present. The Committee commended the Department for having received an unqualified audit opinion for the past four years; however a clean audit was encouraged. The Minister said the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits
14 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Chairperson took the Committee through the draft reports and the draft minutes to correct any grammatical and spelling errors. The Committee commenced by going through ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
13 Oct 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented its annual report for the 2014/15 financial year, and highlighted its establishment as a new department in November 2014, which had resulted in the transfer of the sanitation function from the Department of Human Settlements.
The Department said 85% of the total ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Language Practitioners Act & Charter for African Cultural Renaissance: implementation briefing by Department of Arts and Culture
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on the Implementation of the South African Language Practitioners Act 2014, and the Implementation of the African Renaissance Charter. Apologies were received from the Minister and Deputy Minister. The need for a regulatory body for South Africa’s language practitioners had been ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Negotiating Mandates & responses by Department of Health
22 Sep 2015
The Committee considered negotiating mandates on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill from provinces. The Free State Province handed in its negotiating mandate during proceedings. All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. Eight of the nine provinces proposed amendments to the Bill with Mpumalanga Province being the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Department of Health briefing
25 Aug 2015
The National Department of Health (NDoH) briefed the Committee on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill. The Medicines Act 101 of 1965 was amended by the Medicines Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 72 of 2008). However when it came to proclamation it was realised that there were gaps in governance. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Substance Abuse Roundtable Workshop
28 Jul 2015
The round table workshop was organised in an attempt to reflect on the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017, and to hear about its capacity, support and impact of interventions. Although some specific NGOs were making submissions, others were present and contributed to the discussion. There were common ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
KwaZulu-Natal & Northern Cape Health Department challenges
23 Jun 2015
The KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Departments of Health came to brief the Committee on the challenges being faced in the provinces as well as some successes and interventions they had put in place. The Committee mainly wanted to engage the Departments regarding their audit outcomes, patient waiting times and staff ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Council for Higher Education (CHE) on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan
3 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Council of Higher Education (CHE) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The CHE, which was an independent body advising the Minister and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), stated that most of the work done ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on its challenges, structures, procedures & management
27 May 2015
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation received a progress report from the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). The presentation outline looked at the purpose of the report, PanSALB’s Mandate; prescribed functions of PanSALB; and progress since the last meeting with the Select Committee on Education and Recreation.
The ...