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NHI Bill: briefing with Minister, Deputy Minister & legal opinion; Council for Medical Schemes Mandate & Annual Performance Plan
29 Aug 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
National Health Insurance Bill: Legal Opinion (confidential document)
Ideal Clinic South Africa
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
The Minister, Deputy Minister, official from the Department of Health as well as the consultants appointed to advise the Ministry and Presidency on ...
NCOP Social Services
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
9 Jul 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Committee met to consider the annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Health (DoH). The Department said it had aligned its targets with the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Health
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
4 Jul 2019
Media Statement: Health Committee Hears That NHI Bill ‘is a Must’
The meeting was convened to discuss the National Department of Health’s (NDOH) annual performance plan and budget with the Minister of Health and senior officials of the Department.
The Minister said that activities in the Department were guided ...
NCOP Finance
Izinduna unfunded budget, with COGTA Minister
12 Feb 2019
The KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC briefed the Committee about the Izinduna budget in the presence of COGTA Minister. The initial audit confirmed that KZN has 3 100 Izinduna. The issue at stake is that following the President’s proclamation in 2014, Headmen were to be remunerated on a salary of R80 875 backdated to ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
North West intervention: Inter-Ministerial Task Team progress report, with Ministers present
6 Feb 2019
Nine ministers and deputy ministers were present for the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) progress report on the intervention in the North West Provincial Government in terms of section 100(1) of the Constitution. Amongst the items reported, the IMTT noted that the 17% and 24% medicine shortage at the hospitals and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister on municipalities affected by VBS Bank collapse
23 Oct 2018
The COGTA Minister gave a highly anticipated briefing on reports that municipalities in Limpopo, Gauteng and the North West province had lost huge sums of money invested in the now infamous VBS Mutual Bank.
The briefing detailed steps taken by the Department in the wake of the collapse and curatorship ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; DTA & MISA 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) presented its 2017/18 annual report, and highlighted that it had achieved 87% of its annual targets. It had not fulfilled its objective to determine if 350 traditional councils (TCs) were functional, as there was a need to first conduct an assessment ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipalities owing Eskom debt: Inter-Ministerial Task Team report
14 Jun 2018
The briefing presented an update on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the constitutional, systemic and structural challenges in electricity reticulation. This meeting stems from a meeting the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) had with Eskom, South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of ...
NCOP Appropriations
Provincial Disaster Grant performance 2017/18 Quarter 4: hearing; with COGTA Minister
13 Jun 2018
The Committee heard that the disaster relief grant had been introduced during the 2010/11 financial year and was administered by the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG), in consultation with the National Treasury. The main objective of the grant was to respond to the immediate needs after a disaster had occurred ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Seven Angel Ministries in Engcobo: CRL Rights Commission briefing, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA or “the committee”) met the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) to discuss the “Seven Angels” church and the events surrounding it.
The Chairperson of the Commission explained how the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal forensic investigations: COGTA report; Constitutional Court judgement on Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to discuss the progress on forensic investigations in local government and the Constitutional Court requirements for the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2011.
In his remarks, the Minister expressed his commitment to working closely ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Programme
13 Feb 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.