NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA, Central Drug Authority, National Development Agency 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
21 Nov 2017
The Select Committee (SC) on Social Services met with delegates from three entities of the Department of Social Development (DSD). The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA), the Central Drug Authority and National Development Agency (NDA) were invited to present their annual reports for the 2016/17 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Heritage Asset accounting challenges; Arts and Culture White Paper impact; Winnie Mandela Brandfort Museum; Nyokeni Precinct
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) reported that the 2016/17 budget was R22.4 billion and R21.4 billion was actually spent, i.e. 95.82%. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion. The Auditor General did not identify any material findings on the performance information for Programme 2 Curriculum policy, Support and Monitoring, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs 2016/17 Annual Report
14 Nov 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting by commenting on the absence of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, when important issues such as the Department’s annual report and the suspension of its Director General (DG) were due to be discussed by the Select Committee. ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Social Development (DSD) reported that 144 000 people had received social assistance grants during the past financial year, which was only 3 000 short of its target. There had been a significant improvement in the achievement of planned targets in 2016/17, as 81% had been achieved ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
It was agreed by the Select Committee on Social Services that, even though the annual report of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) was not received timeously, due to time constraints it was advisable for the meeting to proceed.
The DWS said that during the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2016/17 Annual Report
25 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) reported that the 2016/17 budget was R22.4 billion and R21.4 billion was actually spent, i.e. 95.82%. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion. The Auditor General did not identify any material findings on the performance information for Programme 2 Curriculum policy, ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Fourth Term programme; Committee Oversight Reports: Robben Island, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, KZN; Study Tour Report
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation discussed and approved its fourth term programme.
A delegation from the Thekwini TVET College in KZN was supposed to meet with the Committee during the fourth term in Parliament but it did not have the funds to do so. Due to the magnitude ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Taking Parliament to the People 2016: responses by Eastern Cape Departments of Health & Social Development, with DSD Minister and DoH Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2017
The Provincial Departments of Health and Social Development in the Eastern Cape were summoned by the Select Committee on Social Development to individually give reports on their efforts at addressing the findings of the Committee during its oversight visit in 2016.
The Provincial Department of Health (PDoH), Eastern Cape, said ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: adoption; Border Management Authority Bill: discussion, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), presented the submissions gathered from the public comments on the Refugees Amendment Bill alongside the Department’s response to the comments. Some of the clarifications given by the Department related to the definition of dependants, to which the Department clarified that the Refugees Act had ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Learner Transport Memorandum of Understanding; ICT in schools, with Deputy Minister of Basic Education
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on progress made thus far with the provision of learner transport. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was in attendance. The key objective of the policy being presented to the Committee was to achieve a proper safe ...