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Social Development
Department of Social Development on White Paper on Families; Adoption of outstanding minutes
17 Sep 2014
The Department made a presentation to the fifth Parliament Committee on the White Paper on Families as introduced to the fourth Parliament. Though they processes with the Paper were exhausted and it was adopted, there were inputs from the Committee to which the Deputy Minister of Social Development assured the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
South African National Parks & iSimangaliso Wetland Park on their mandate, objectives and challenges as well as envisaged Legislation, with Minister
16 Sep 2014
The Committee, with the Minister of Environmental Affairs in attendance, was briefed by the South African National Parks (SANParks) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park on the mandate, objectives and challenges relating to these entities. The objective of the meeting was for Members to get a better understanding on what it ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & SASSA: 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Social Development presented the targets and achievements of its five programmes for the first quarter of 2014/15. Implementation of the evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has begun. It met its target for distribution on six out of seven grants. A board for social security ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching and Climate Change: briefing by Minister of Environmental Affairs
19 Aug 2014
The Minister of Environmental Affairs gave a briefing on rhino poaching and on climate change in relation to the 2012 Doha Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Committee was also expecting a briefing on the crafting of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Bill: consideration of NCOP amendments, with the Minister; Committee Programme
29 Jul 2014
The Committee met to discuss its programme for the upcoming terms of Parliament, the minutes of proceedings at the previous meeting, the issue of rhino poaching and the amendments to the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Amendment Bill.
The meeting started with a discussion around an issue that had been brought ...
Social Development
Budget process and sector analysis: Committee Section briefings; Department of Social Development, SASSA & NDA on their 2014 Strategic Plans, with Deputy Minister present
2 Jul 2014
The Committee Section briefed the Committee on the budget vote process, and gave an analysis of the social development sector, and the documents presented by the Department of Social Development (DSD or the Department) on its strategic plans and budget. Some significant points were highlighted from the documentation on which ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs, SA Weather Service; SA National Biodiversity Institute; iSimangaliso Wetland Park; SA National Parks on their 2014 Strategic Plans
1 Jul 2014
A large delegation from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), together with the Department’s entities, namely, the South African Weather Service (SAWS), the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), SANParks and the iSimangiliso Wetlands Park (ISWP), met with the Committee to discuss the Department’s Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
The Committee met for the first time to elect its Chairperson. In a process led by the Committee Secretary, Mr J Mthembu (ANC) was elected unopposed as the Chairperson of the Committee.