NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The elimination of pit latrines at schools featured as a prominent objective when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its annual performance plan in the National Council of Provinces. It planned to replace schools built with inappropriate materials, such as “mud schools,” through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Umalusi & SA Council of Educators (SACE) 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
The South African Council of Educators (SACE) and Umalusi briefed the Select Committee on their annual performance plans for 2018/19, and highlighted the roles, key functions and mandates they fulfilled in the basic education system.
SACE stressed the importance of professionalism among teachers, and the programmes it had developed to ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016]: deliberations
24 Apr 2018
The Chairperson said that the absence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Deputy Minister and the Director General, was making it difficult for the Committee to finalise the Border Management Authority Bill. Nevertheless, she allowed the Department’s legal advisor to give a presentation on the consolidated public comments received ...
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Border Management Authority Bill B9B-2016: Institute for Security Studies briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) briefed the Select Committee on the Border Management Authority Bill. Its report focused on the definition of border area, the securitisation of border zones, the institutional positioning of the authority and need for effective oversight and accountability, the role of other government departments and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Registration at Universities and TVET Colleges; Revised Addis Convention on Recognition of Studies; NSFAS on Student Funding for 2018
28 Mar 2018
The Select Committee met to receive briefings from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on the status of registrations at universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. It was also updated on the revised Addis Convention report ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Financial management at Water Trading Entity & bulk water supply: Department briefing; with Minister & Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in the presence of the new Minister and the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its financial management. The Department had been allocated a budget of R15.6 billion for the 2017/18 financial year. To date, R14.6 billion (93%) had been spent, leaving an ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Winnie Mandela Brandfort House museum: Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipalit, Masilonyana Local Municipality
21 Feb 2018
The Select Committee on Recreation and Education met with the Department of Arts and Culture, Lejweleputswa District Municipality and the Masilonyana Local Municipality to obtain an update on the long outstanding project to convert Winnie Madikizela Mandela’s Brandfort house into a museum.
The Committee was unhappy with the lack of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury, SARS & SANDF concerns
20 Feb 2018
The Committee heard Treasury’s concern that the Border Management Authority Bill in its current form left discretion to the Minister of Home Affairs only and fragmented the revenue value chain involving 30% of the country’s revenue amounting to R300 billion. It applied not only to money collected at border posts ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Border Management Authority Bill: National Treasury and SAPS briefing; with Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
13 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Finance (National Treasury); the Department of Defence and by the SA Police Services on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] s75.
The South African Police Services said its main concern on the Border Management Authority Bill [B9B-2016] was clause 4(2) which, if ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
22 Nov 2017
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, provided the Committee with a broad overview of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) 2016/17 Annual Report. The Minister reported that the Enyokeni Cultural Precinct project was carried out without following proper guidelines. As such, the ...