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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 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Postponed: Department of Science and Innovation 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
25 May 2022
The Committee was meant to meet with the Department of Science and Innovation on its revised 2020-2025 Strategic Plan and 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan however the meeting could not take place as no Executive Authority was present. Members were dissatisfied that EAs scheduled other meetings when the Select Committee was ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA & NDA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
3 May 2022
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) presented their 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans and referenced its turnaround strategy and new model for funding which it would present in the next two months to the Committee.
Committee members expressed concern ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
26 Apr 2022
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Select Committee in a virtual meeting on its 2022/23 annual performance plan (APP) and budget. The Department guided the Committee through its five programmes and responded extensively to all the questions raised by the Members.
The Minister emphasised that ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
DWYPD briefing on African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa
22 Mar 2022
The Select Committee was briefed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) in a virtual meeting on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student unrest in tertiary sector; 2022 student admissions; NSFAS support to students; CGE Report on Gender Transformation Investigation in TVET colleges, with Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, Portfolio Committee in Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Multiparty Women’s Caucus met in a virtual meeting to discuss the student unrest in the tertiary sector, 2022 student admissions ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
DSD & SASSA: Progress reports on implementation of social relief programmes & interventions to address effects of GP & KZN “unrest” on social development facilities
15 Mar 2022
The Select Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) on the interventions to address the effects of the civil unrest that took place in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) last July on social development facilities and the implementation of social relief programmes.
Some of the key highlights ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Covid-19 research: DSI update
9 Mar 2022
The Select Committee convened virtually for a Covid-19 Research update by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). The presentation covered: African Traditional Medicine; DSI funded research via the SAMRC; Diagnostics; Clinical research; Surveillance; Waste water; mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub; CSIR activities and HSRC activities.
Members asked the Department ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
South African Social Security Agency & National Development Agency Annual Report 2020/21; with Minister
8 Mar 2022
The Select Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) on their annual reports for 2020/21. Both of the agencies had received unqualified audit opinions.
SASSA and the NDA gave detailed presentations indicating ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
DBE on implications of SONA, with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Select Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a brief from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the analysis, implications, and impact of the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 on the education sector. It also ...