NCOP Health and Social Services
Refugees Amendment Bill: public submissions; SASSA & NDA Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee met with Parliamentary and State legal advisers, as well as a delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), to finalise the Refugees Amendment Bill. However, the bill could not be finalised because some submissions had been received late, and the Committee, the legal advisors and the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson said the Committee is hearing from the media that the Department of Water and Sanitation is bankrupt and this needs to be clarified. DWS also needs to inform the Committee on what it is doing to aid the provinces affected by the drought. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture & Pan South African Language Board on their Annual Performance Plans, with Minister
7 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Education and Recreation was briefed by both the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets.
After the Minister of Arts and Culture had introduced the DAC’s presentation by highlighting the National ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan; Mbombela Home Affairs temporary closure
6 Jun 2017
The Department addressed the recent closure of the Mbombela Home Affairs office for three days due to a sheriff attaching furniture and computers worth R150 000 at the Mbombela office. The Department got the goods back and is now taking steps to fix the communication errors with the Office of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its Annual Performance Plan
23 May 2017
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Select Committee on Social Services on its Strategic plan and 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP
The budgets for Gauteng, Free State and the Eastern Cape were only approved last week. This was because of the issues which had surfaced in these provinces. ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
10 May 2017
[Kindly note that there is no audio for this meeting and PMG missed the opening remarks by the Deputy Minister]
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Budget 2017/18 to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation, and said it had prioritised higher levels ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA Court Judgment implementation; DSD Annual Performance Plan, with Minister present
10 May 2017
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) responded to an invitation from the Committee to report on progress since the court ruling that both SASSA and Cash Payment Services (CPS) were under a constitutional obligation to make sure that payment of benefits took place as required on 1 April. The ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister in attendance
3 May 2017
The Minister of Higher Education and Training told the Committee that analysis of the vote of the Department should be considered in terms of how it had increased enrolment in tertiary institution. Prefacing the presentation of the Department’s annual performance plan, he said the highlighted priorities included funding for Technical ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET Annual Performance Plan: FFC & TVET Colleges Governors Council input; NSFAS Student Centred Model
3 May 2017
The Fiscal and Financial Commission (FFC) told the Joint Committee that the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET’s) priority was focused on universities. Grants to universities were going to increase from R28 billion to R38 billion in the next financial year. This increase was a result of the no ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
DSD on its Annual Performance Plan: postponement due to Minister’s absence
2 May 2017
The Department of Social Development was supposed to brief the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan.
However, the meeting was postponed due to the Minister and Deputy Minister’s absence. Minister Dlamini had extended an apology for her absence but no apology had been received from Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu. Members had ...