NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits
14 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: Committee Reports on North West, Gauteng & Free State oversight visits [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Chairperson took the Committee through the draft reports and the draft minutes to correct any grammatical and spelling errors. The Committee commenced by going through ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
South African Language Practitioners Act & Charter for African Cultural Renaissance: implementation briefing by Department of Arts and Culture
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on the Implementation of the South African Language Practitioners Act 2014, and the Implementation of the African Renaissance Charter. Apologies were received from the Minister and Deputy Minister. The need for a regulatory body for South Africa’s language practitioners had been ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Negotiating Mandates & responses by Department of Health
22 Sep 2015
The Committee considered negotiating mandates on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill from provinces. The Free State Province handed in its negotiating mandate during proceedings. All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. Eight of the nine provinces proposed amendments to the Bill with Mpumalanga Province being the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B-2014]: Department of Health briefing
25 Aug 2015
The National Department of Health (NDoH) briefed the Committee on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill. The Medicines Act 101 of 1965 was amended by the Medicines Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 72 of 2008). However when it came to proclamation it was realised that there were gaps in governance. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Certificate Vocational (NCV) & National Accredited Technical Diploma implementation: Department of Higher Education & Training briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on the implementation and administration of the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and National Accredited Technical Diploma (NATED).
The DHET highlighted the main features of the programmes, such as the purpose, design, subjects offered, the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Substance Abuse Roundtable Workshop
28 Jul 2015
The round table workshop was organised in an attempt to reflect on the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan 2013-2017, and to hear about its capacity, support and impact of interventions. Although some specific NGOs were making submissions, others were present and contributed to the discussion. There were common ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Council for Higher Education (CHE) on its 2015/16 Strategic Plan
3 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Council of Higher Education (CHE) on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The CHE, which was an independent body advising the Minister and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), stated that most of the work done ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane Petition (Alleged assaults on child whilst in a public hospital): hearing continued
3 Jun 2015
The Committee continued with its hearing on the petition lodged by Ms Nobuntu Fuzane in relation to her daughter Tamara’s treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital on 1 August 2011 and at Khayelitsha Hospital in February 2014. Members asked clarity-seeking questions of the delegation from the Department of Health of Western ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Health briefings, in presence of Minister of Health
2 Jun 2015
As a follow up on earlier presentations by other Provincial Departments, the Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provincial Departments of Health (PDOHs) were asked to update the Committee on the challenges faced by their provinces, with the Committee stressing that whilst it wanted them to be frank, this was done so that ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on its challenges, structures, procedures & management
27 May 2015
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation received a progress report from the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). The presentation outline looked at the purpose of the report, PanSALB’s Mandate; prescribed functions of PanSALB; and progress since the last meeting with the Select Committee on Education and Recreation.
The ...