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Basic Education
Equal Education Law Centre State of Education Report; Section 27 Limpopo Sanitation Report; BRRR
22 Oct 2019
Section 27 – Limpopo Sanitation Report
Equal Education Law Centre on Report of State of Education​
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
Meeting Summary
The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) presented an overview on its Report on the State of Education 2014-2019. The presentation provided: a brief background on ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CHE, SAQA & QCTO 2018/19 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) on their 2018/19 Annual Reports. The CHE reported that the organisation achieved 75.9% of its overall targets during the year under ...
Basic Education
ELRC Collective Agreements & Grade 9 General Education Certificate: DBE; BRRR; with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Minister, Ms Angie Motshekga and Deputy Minister, Dr Regina Mhaule were present and emphasised throughout the meeting that schooling for children was compulsory until grade 9, but that the schooling process ended at grade 12. Both the Minister and Deputy Minister highlighted ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit outcomes: Internal Audit & Risk Committee briefing; Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the audit outcomes of the Department for 2018/19 and by the DWYPD on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The ARC was an independent, non-executive committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CSIR, NRF, HSRC & TIA 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee received briefings from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Human Sciences Research Council (CSIR), Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and National Research Foundation (NRF) on their 2018/19 Annual Reports.
The CSIR informed Members that it experienced challenges in attracting and retaining high-end skills. ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual Report, with AGSA & FFC input
8 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education received presentations from four key stakeholders namely the: Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC); Office of the Auditor General of South Africa AGSA); Department of Basic Education’s Internal Audit Committee and the Department of Basic Education on the latter’s audit outcomes and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; Commission for Gender Equality 2018/19 Annual Report
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) provided a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Person with Disabilities on the audit outcomes of the Department and its entities.
The Department’s outcome reflected as the poorest and the audit on the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women, Youth & Persons With Disabilities quarterly reports; with Minister
17 Sep 2019
Key concerns raised by the committee researcher, who gave a pre-briefing analysis, included: What had been produced as outputs and progress on key targets; what was the outcome of attending meetings and developing reports; were the outstanding audit findings resolved by year-end; how many were still outstanding; how many consultants ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Square Kilometre Array Telescope & MeerKAT projects: briefing
11 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training, Science Technology on the Square Kilometre Array Telescope & MeerKAT projects, Radio astronomy projects as well as on governance of the project. The Committee was pleased to hear that the SKA projects was said to yield great economic ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its quarterly reports July 2018-June 2019
10 Sep 2019
The Content Advisor presented an analysis of the Commission for Gender Equality quarterly reports from October 2018 to June 2019 as matched against the CGE Annual Performance Plan (APP), before the Commission was invited to present an overview of the progress that CGE had made over the three quarters.
Members ...