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Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources; Mine Health & Safety Council 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
9 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) noted that DMR and its entities had all received unqualified audits. Mintek and MHSC were the only two entities that had received clean audits while all the others had unqualified audits with findings. Mintek had consistently received clean audits over the last four ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Capture allegations: process; Department of Mineral Resources Quarter 1 performance
12 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on its first quarter performance report for the 2018/2019 financial year, and deliberated on the progress made on its inquiry into allegations of corruption in the DMR.
The DMR said its overall expenditure up to 30 June 2018 had ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources Quarter 4 performance; Oversight Reports
5 Sep 2018
The Department of Mineral Resources briefed the Committee on their 4th Quarterly report.
The overall expenditure up to 31 March 2018 (4th quarter) amounted to R1.779 billion or 99.8% of the total allocated budget of R1.779 billion for the 2017/18 financial year resulting in an underspending of R2.8 million or ...
Health
Department of Health Quarter 1 performance
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Health (DOH) presented the first quarter report on its performance and expenditure in implementing its six programmes, and indicated that there had been a general trend of under-spending.
The e-health strategy had been revised, including the introduction of a new tradition where consultations would occur. The ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Minister of Mineral Resources on current state of department
22 Aug 2018
The Minister started off by saying he hears of developments since taking over, “Unfortunately leadership is a continuous process. When I took office I took office voetstoots with all its problems and glory”. There is nothing he disowns and he accepts that everything in DMR is his responsibility now.
Seven ...
Health
Hospitals: Northern Cape, Limpopo, Free State, KZN Departments of Health
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with Northern Cape (NC), Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Departments of Health (DoH) to receive presentations on the status of their hospitals, after having received a briefing from the Accountant General on their budget allocations. The meeting also sought answers to questions based ...
Health
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B34-2017]: Bill rejected
9 May 2018
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill, tabled by Ms C Dudley (ACDP) as a Private Member’s Bill, was considered and rejected by the Committee. The Committee was unanimous in the view that the Bill was fatally flawed, not practical and would place huge financial burden on the Department ...
Health
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill: briefing; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill
2 May 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to deliberate on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa (NAPHISA) Bill, and to receive the response from the National Department of Health (NDoH) on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill.
Amendments were proposed to a few clauses of ...
Health
SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) Annual Performance Plan; Health Department APP: analysis
17 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on its analyses of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget of the Department of Health; as well as its performance outcomes. In addition, the South African ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...