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Social Development
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) & National Development Agency 2nd quarter 2014/15 performance
4 Mar 2015
The Members of the Committee raised questions and provided input to the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in response to the agency’s earlier presentation on its quarterly financial and performance reports. This was followed by a presentation by the National Development Agency (NDA) on targets, programmes and achievements for ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching: progress report; 3rd Term Progress Report on achievements of 2014/15 Strategic Plans; Planned legislation/ regulations/ treaties for 2015/16 , with Minister & Deputy
3 Mar 2015
The Committee, in the presence of the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and senior officials of the Department was briefed on the state of wildlife crime in SA. The comprehensive presentation looked at the role of the Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs), green scorpions and the ...
Social Development
National Development Agency and SA Social Security Agency 2nd quarter 2013/14 performance report presentation, in presence of Minister
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Social Development(DSD), in the presence of the Minister, presented the targets and achievements for the programmes of the National Development Agency (NDA), followed by a presentation by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on achievements for the same period. Prior to the presentations, the Minister gave ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Progress report on air pollution hotspots; Committee Programme; Meeting with delegation from Norway
24 Feb 2015
The Committee met for the first time this year to discuss a number of in-house matters including the adoption of an outstanding set of minutes, the draft Committee programme for the first term and a draft oversight report to the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces on air quality hotspots conducted last ...
Social Development
PC Social Development: First Term Committee Programme; Oversight Visit Report to Limpopo
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt its first term programme, outstanding minutes and oversight visit report to Limpopo. It was noted that there were projects that the Committee had promised to visit in the previous but were unable to. There was a commitment that the authorities would be ...
Social Development
Central Drug Authority on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The Central Drug Authority (CDA) presented its Annual Report and business plan for the year 2014/2015 to the Committee, concentrating on the main slides only, at the request of the Committee, so as to leave more time for discussion. The CDA was established in terms of the Prevention of and ...
Social Development
Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa: South African Human Rights Commission briefing
12 Nov 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on its report titled “Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa”. The new democratic government recorded certain gains in the reduction of poverty in the country; however there was disturbing evidence of considerable and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
PC Environmental Affairs: Adoption of Minutes
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Environmental Affairs was supposed to brief the Committee. However, this engagement was postponed because the Minister, her Deputy and the Director-General were unavailable to attend. Instead, the Committee considered and adopted the minutes of two previous meetings. Some discussion was held on whether the Committee’s catering was ...
Social Development
LoveLife on its purpose and performance
5 Nov 2014
LoveLife briefed the Committee on its purpose and rationale. The presentation outlined the entity’s history, staff structure; various campaigns and programmes they were undertaking to prevent HIV and AIDs in young people. Problems leading to high risk, aims and objectives and statistics were given alongside a general overview of loveLife’s ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Progress on climate change mitigation negotiations, Implementation of the Green Economy, Determination of unlicensed landfills & incentives to boost waste recycle: Departmental briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to be briefed on the progress of climate change negotiations with the upcoming twentieth Congress of the Parties (COP) in Lima, Peru as well as waste management in SA currently.
The waste briefing afforded Members information on the roles and ...