NCOP Health and Social Services
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill [B16B-2017]: negotiating mandates & department response
19 Feb 2019
The Committee convened to consider negotiating mandates on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill [B16B-2018]. The Minister of Health and the Department were in attendance to give their responses to the mandates, highlighting areas of agreement and disagreement.
All Provinces voted in support of the Bill with ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
2018 Matric Results: DBE & Umalusi briefing, with Deputy Minister
13 Feb 2019
The Committee was first briefed by the Department of Education on the 2018 matric results. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The Deputy Minister said that no-fees schools have performed extremely well and there has been notable improvement in the subjects of Mathematics and Physical Science. There are challenges which ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20B-2018]: briefing
30 Jan 2019
Call for Comment on National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20B-2018]
Due to the rise in the number of fake qualifications, the NQF Amendment Bill introduces measures to address misrepresentation of qualifications and to impose consequences on persons who misrepresented their qualifications, or organisations that issue invalid qualifications. The Bill provides ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Property Practitioners Bill [B21B-2018]: briefing; with Deputy Minister
29 Jan 2019
The Department of Human Settlements presented the Property Practitioners Bill to the Committee. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The Department said that the primary purpose of this Bill is to repeal the Estate Agency Affairs Act of 1976 which would provide better control of estate agencies in the interest ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2017/18 Annual Report
28 Nov 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education on its Annual Report for 2017/18. Members were concerned that neither the Minister nor the Deputy Minister was in attendance. The Minister of Education was called out of the National Assembly plenary meeting so that she formally ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
IEC state of readiness for 2019 elections; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B33B-2018]: briefing; with Deputy Minister
27 Nov 2018
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the objectives of the Electoral Commission Act, the amendments proposed to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill, and the preparations to the voters’ roll ahead of next year’s provincial and national elections.
A key issue raised was how the IEC would handle ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation 2017/18 Annual Report; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Ms Thokozile Xasa and the Department informed the Select Committee on Education and Recreation on what they were able to achieve and what they were unable to achieve in the 2017/18 financial year. They informed the Committee that they had achieved ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Health; Human Settlements; Water and Sanitation; Home Affairs 2017/18 Annual Reports; with DWS Minister
13 Nov 2018
The Committee took advantage of an opportunity to raise further questions with officials from the National Department of Health. They asked how the Department would assist provinces which were struggling, specifically Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. They were worried about the ability of the country’s health facilities to attend ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2017/18 Annual Report; South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) update; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Select Committee met to receive a presentation of the Department of Health’s (DoH’s) annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Overall, the Department’s performance was marginally better, with 73 out of 114 targets (64%) achieved compared to the previous year, in which 56% of targets had ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Minister of Arts and Culture briefing
10 Oct 2018
The Minister of Arts and Culture, accompanied by senior managers of his Department, met with the Committee to deliver a presentation on his vision for the Department and the activities, programmes and initiatives of its four branches.
He said the first branch was the Department’s administration, and referred to the ...