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NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: deliberations
23 Apr 2024
Report of the meeting to follow.
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Negotiating Mandates; Committee Legacy Report
27 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee convened to receive the provincial negotiating mandates on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022].
The Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Legislatures supported the BELA Bill.
The Eastern Cape Legislature supported the Bill but proposed amendments ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Committee 2nd term programme; Committee Legacy report
15 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually to address several important agenda items, including the consideration of the Committee's second-term program, the adoption of the Committee's Legacy report, and the adoption of Committee minutes.
The Committee Secretariat then presented the Draft Second-term Program, highlighting the recently ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Cape Forum Submission & Public Participation Report
13 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture was briefed by Cape Forum on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) [B2B-2022]. Due to an omission, the Cape Forum had not been invited to the oral hearings last week.
The Cape ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: Stats SA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually for an initial briefing on the Statistics Amendment Bill [B31B-2023], Sec 75.
The Deputy Minister provided an overview of the roles outlined in the Stats Act 6 of 1999. The legislative reforms initiated by Stats SA in 2014 aimed ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
6 Dec 2023
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts, and Culture convened to receive a briefing from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education.
The Department highlighted the significance of the Global Convention for South Africa ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NHI Bill: Final Mandates (with Minister)
21 Nov 2023
Tracking the NHI Bill through Parliament
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services, in a virtual meeting, considered the final mandates on the National Health Insurance Bill [B11B-2019].
Eight of the nine provinces mandated their representatives to vote in favour of the Bill. Western Cape did not submit ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE briefing & legal advisor input (with Deputy Minister)
8 Nov 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Select Committee on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The BELA Bill proposes to amend the South African Schools Act and the Employment of Educators Act to ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
DBE Briefing: Safety and Security in Schools, DDM & Delivery of ICT Infrastructure and Internet Access; with Deputy Minister
20 Sep 2023
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Basic Education regarding the safety and security in schools and the delivery of information and communications technology infrastructure and internet access.
The Department of Basic Education said that it is working on making schools a safe environment ...