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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs & SANBI on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Fourth Term Programme, 2015
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2014/15 audit outcomes of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and its entities. It said the departments had done well but needed to improve on their information technology (IT) services, though there were some misstatements in the annual ...
Social Development
Children’s Second Amendment Bill [B14-2015]: public hearings
23 Sep 2015
Various bodies and entities gave public submissions on the Children's Second Amendment Bill (the Bill) which proposes quite extensive changes to the Children's Act (the Act)
The Children’s Institute said Constitutional Court had declared sections 151 and 152 of the Children’s Act unconstitutional and thus proposed amendments should rephrase sections ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Climate Change: public hearings day 2
23 Sep 2015
The Committee met in a very packed venue for the second and last day of public hearings for members of the public and organisations to respond to South Africa (SA)'s position on climate change that government would be taking to the 21st Congress of the Parties (COP21) in December 2015 in ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Climate Change: public hearings day 1
22 Sep 2015
After a summary presentation by the lead negotiator of South Africa's delegation to the upcoming 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, the Committee heard a large number of submissions, from a diverse array of interested parties, on the draft of South Africa's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment & Second Amendment Bill [B13-2015] & [B14-2015]: public hearings Day 1
2 Sep 2015
The National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW) was in support of the amendment of section 120 of the Children’s Amendment Bill (B13-2015) on the national child protection register. A proposal was made to align the section with the final draft of the Sexual Offences Act. It submitted that the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance & South African Weather Services 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
1 Sep 2015
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and two of its entities, SANParks and the SA National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to discuss performance for the first quarter of the current 2015/16 financial year. Minister Molewa attended the meeting.
The Department specifically briefed the Committee on challenges in ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development took a briefing from the Department of Social Development (DSD), covering programmes 1 to 4 of its first quarter 2015 financial and performance report. The Department was asked to return in the following week with an updated presentation and to brief the Committee on ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality 2015 Oversight Report; South African National Botanical Institute, iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority 2014/15 performance; Kirstenbosch Committee Oversight Report
17 Aug 2015
The Committee, in the presence of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, met with two entities, namely, the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park to be briefed on their performance for all four quarters in the previous financial year. The meeting would prepare the Committee to ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill [PBM 2-2015]: briefing by MP Walters
12 Aug 2015
Hon Walters Bill seeks to amend the Children’s Act to provide for a person, other than a child in terms of the Sexual Offenses Act 1957 (Act number 23 of 1957) or the Criminal Law (Sexual Offenses and Related Matters Amendment Act 2007 be deemed to be found unsuitable to ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development on 2014/15 4th quarter performance
17 Jun 2015
The Department of Social Development provided an appraisal of their five programmes for the final quarter of 2014/15: Administration, Social Assistance, Social Security and Administration, Welfare Service Policy Development and Implementation, and Social Policy and Integrated Service Delivery. The Social Assistance programme was pinpointed by the DSD as the most ...