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NCOP Health and Social Services
Children’s Amendment Bill: briefing with Minister
13 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Minister and Department of Social Development (DSD) gave a briefing on the Children’s Amendment Bill with needs to be passed by Parliament before 27 November 2022.
During the discussion, Members pointed out that the big elephant in the room was the inadequate number of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
ECD shift; Teacher Assistants, Matric Exam readiness, with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a status report on the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative achievements and way forward; the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function shift as well as learner readiness and the examination system and examined the readiness of both the learners and schools for the upcoming exams. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Child Support Grant Top Up for orphans in the care of relatives: update with Minister
30 Aug 2022
The Minister, SASSA and the Department provided the background to, rationale for and overview of the Child Support Grant Top Up introduced in June 2022 and for which over 7 000 applications had already been received. Also covered was the legislative framework, target group, documents to accompany applications, implementation ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Presidential Employment Stimulus; African languages; Music / Art / Flags in schools; Community Libraries, with Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture highlighted that the work of the Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture (DSAC) is based on scientific research. The work of the research arm – South African Cultural Observatory – is prominent and is being used as a model by the United ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NYDA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
16 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met for the first time with the newly-appointed National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board. It was briefed in a virtual meeting on the Agency's 2022/23 annual performance plan (APP) and five-year strategic plan.
The Chairperson expressed the Committee's excitement at finally ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Update on infrastructure projects & plans to deal with infrastructure challenges: DBE briefing with Minister
10 Aug 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the progress it was making with the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) and Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) projects.
The DBE stated that every Friday, it meets to review progress on the refurbishment ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Third Term Committee Programme
21 Jun 2022
The Committee met to consider and adopt its programme for the third term and minutes of a previous meeting.
NCOP Health and Social Services
Stats SA on Census & plans for current financial year
14 Jun 2022
Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) briefed the Committee on the entity’s plans for the 2022/23 financial year and an update on the 2022 census report.
The Committee raised concerns over the low response rate in the Western Cape. It sought clarification on the Department's plan to deal with the issue ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Department of Health briefing; with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
The Department of Health briefed the Select Committee on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. It said the Bill sought to establish and maintain a NHI Fund in South Africa to provide sustainable and affordable universal access to quality health services. A chapter-by-chapter ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Budget Vote reports: Basic Education; Higher Education and Training; Social Development & Health
31 May 2022
The Select Committees on Health and Social Services and Education and Technolgy, Sports, Arts and Culture met virtually to adopt Committee reports on the 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans and budgets for the Department of Basic Education, Department of Higher Education, Department of Health and Department of Social ...