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Central Drug Authority on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The Central Drug Authority (CDA) presented its Annual Report and business plan for the year 2014/2015 to the Committee, concentrating on the main slides only, at the request of the Committee, so as to leave more time for discussion. The CDA was established in terms of the Prevention of and ...
Social Development
Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa: South African Human Rights Commission briefing
12 Nov 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on its report titled “Poverty traps and Social Exclusion among Children in South Africa”. The new democratic government recorded certain gains in the reduction of poverty in the country; however there was disturbing evidence of considerable and ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts & Culture on its draft five-year Strategic Plan; Ditsong Museum of S & National Film & Video Foundation on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
Briefing by the Department of Arts and Culture on the draft five year Strategic Plan
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) gave a presentation on the focus and strategic plans for the Department over the next few years. DAC aimed to develop, protect, preserve and promote the arts, culture ...
Social Development
LoveLife on its purpose and performance
5 Nov 2014
LoveLife briefed the Committee on its purpose and rationale. The presentation outlined the entity’s history, staff structure; various campaigns and programmes they were undertaking to prevent HIV and AIDs in young people. Problems leading to high risk, aims and objectives and statistics were given alongside a general overview of loveLife’s ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on status report of its archives programme & five-year strategic plan
4 Nov 2014
The Committee was told by the Content Advisor that a study of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) report on its archive programme had highlighted a number of shortfalls and weaknesses. These included record management, the Department of Home Affairs not transferring documents to the National Archive, the classification ...
Social Development
Central Drug Authority on its 2012/13 Annual Report
29 Oct 2014
The Central Drug Authority (CDA) acknowledged the delay in presenting the 2013/14 Annual Report, as well as the 2013-2017 National Drug Master Plan (NDMP). Substance abuse trends in South Africa showed the highest prevalence among users of cannabis, amphetamines (because of “Tik”) and heroin (because of “Nyaope”). The targets for the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Livestock diseases, OIE report, update on proposed legislation: Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, presented a report on livestock diseases of economic importance. South Africa had, following numerous complaints from the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF), invited the World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to evaluate the performance ...
Arts and Culture
Use of Official Languages Act, South African Language Practitioners Acts: implementation plans: Department of Arts and Culture briefings
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on progress on the implementation of The Use of Official Languages Act, and the plan for the implementation of the South African Language Practitioners Act. It was noted that the Use of Official Languages Act was promulgated to regulate the ...
Social Development
Social Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
Ms Yolisa Nogenga, the Committee Content Adviser, took the Committee through the Report page by page. She touched on the mandate of the Committee and provided a description of the core functions of the Department of Social Development, the SA Social ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture Annual Report 2013/14 on its public entities
21 Oct 2014
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) presented the 2013/14 annual report on its public entities. Some key achievements were highlighted. The number of exhibitions per year had increased by 32, the number of educational interactions with schools per year had increased from 146 221 to 153 541, the number of ...