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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance
12 Nov 2019
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), and its Audit Risk Committee, met with the Committee to report on its progress in implementing the recommendations of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) for the 2018/19 financial year. The Audit Risk Committee reported that the Department had not ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
5 Nov 2019
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) told the Committee that the sight of young graduates standing on highways with billboards seeking employment was unacceptable, and that was why they advocated the elimination of work experience for entry level vacancies for graduates.
Presenting their annual report, the NYDA said they had ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with Parliament researchers and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to discuss the 2018/19 annual report and the Agency’s current performance. The absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director General was noted at beginning of the meeting.
The researchers reported that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee discussed the prevalence of gender-based violence and femicide. The availability of rape kits at police stations and scarcity of doctors to perform assessments were raised as the main concerns. Members asked for a joint meeting to be held with the Portfolio ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources & Energy Budgetary Review Recommendation Reports; Committee Programme
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRR) on Vote 29 and Vote 26, for the Department of Mineral Resources and Department of Energy. Both Reports were adopted with minor amendments. The DA reserved its right to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee Content Advisor to Parliament, took the Committee through the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for consideration of the annual and financial performance of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit outcomes: Internal Audit & Risk Committee briefing; Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the audit outcomes of the Department for 2018/19 and by the DWYPD on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The ARC was an independent, non-executive committee ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; Commission for Gender Equality 2018/19 Annual Report
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) provided a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Person with Disabilities on the audit outcomes of the Department and its entities.
The Department’s outcome reflected as the poorest and the audit on the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Outcomes of 2019 Women’s Parliament; Caucus mandate and its possible redefinition
19 Sep 2019
The Caucus was first briefed on the outcomes of the 29 August 2019 Women’s Parliament. The theme for the Women’s Parliament this year was Gender and Institutionalism and the Women’s Parliament tried to look at the gender machinery as a response to gender-based violence. Within this theme, the Women’s Parliament ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Matters arising Preparation for full Caucus meeting
19 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed on matters arising from 4 September 2019. It was explained to Members that on 4 September, when the Steering Committee met, the Content Advisor, Researcher and support team were asked to draft a questionnaire for Caucus Members soliciting their views on various issues from the suggested ...