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2007/06/20
S Mufamadi: Provincial and Local Government Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
Exactly two weeks to the day, we tabled the Budget Vote of the Department of Provincial and Local Government in the National Assembly. We further postulated that: experience over the last 13 years of democratic government has produced a logical case for local government policy review and for consideration of steps to establish a coherent policy framework for provincial government. The Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) has now initiated an IDP National Assessment Process and... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07062512151002.htm Size: 17KB Source: Department of Provincial and Local Government Speaker: S Mufamadi Collection: gov
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2007/06/14
L Jacobus: Correctional Services Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
The offender rehabilitation path does not only assist the offender to adapt to the corrections environment, but it also brings together the agents that will give meaning to the six service delivery areas the department has identified in relation to offenders, namely: security, facility, correction, development, well-being and social reintegration. During the reporting period eight Correctional Centres were accredited by the national Department of Health as Comprehensive Prevention, Care, ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061516151001.htm Size: 21KB Source: Department of Correctional Services Speaker: L Jacobus Collection: gov
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2007/06/14
S Shabangu: Safety and Security Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
We have also interacted with the relevant unions, South African Police Union (SAPU) and Police and Prison Civil Rights Union (Popcru), as subjective partners in the police. The Community Policing Forums (CPFs) have a special task to co-ordinate the relationship between the communities and the police. The communities, in that arrangement, will assist with the oversight over the performance of police on the basis of the agreed priorities by the relevant communities and police. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061912151002.htm Size: 20KB Source: Ministry of Safety and Security Speaker: S Shabangu Collection: gov
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2007/06/14
M George: Defence Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
We hope that the present youth that joins the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will emulate their example and lead a fully representative defence force of the future. The Department of Defence (DoD) has grappled with the challenges of transformation since 1994, especially representivity among its uniformed staff. This department and some of the provincial governments understand that the challenge of assisting veterans is not a preserve of Defence, but is the responsibility of all ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061812451002.htm Size: 17KB Source: Department of Defence Speaker: M George Collection: gov
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2007/06/14
B Mabandla: Justice and Constitutional Development Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
The budget allocated to the Court Services programme include an amount of R467 million to improve infrastructure. The cycle time of cases from first appearance in the District Court to first appearance in the Regional Court comprises on average five months. These include, among others, the Child Justice Bill, 13th Constitutional Amendment Bill, the Reform of Customary Law of Succession Bill and the National Prosecution Amendment Bill. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061812451003.htm Size: 23KB Source: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Speaker: B Mabandla Collection: gov
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2007/06/14
N Balfour: Correctional Services Dept Budget Vote Debate, NCOP 2007/08
The National Council on Correctional Services (NCCS) led by Judge Siraj Desai and the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons led by Judge Nathan Erasmus have been pivotal in ensuring a continuous improvement in Correctional Services and in strengthening integrated governance. Honourable Chairperson, Correctional Services is engaging a higher gear in service delivery. * Sharpen institutional capacity to ensure better service delivery and improved public confidence in Correctional Services and the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061511451001.htm Size: 29KB Source: Department of Correctional Services Speaker: N Balfour Collection: gov
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2007/06/13
L Sisulu: Housing Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP 2007/08
The Rural Housing Policy was work-shopped at the Rural Housing Indaba held in the Eastern Cape which brought together Contralesa, the National House of Traditional Leaders Chairpersons and organised agriculture to assist to remove obstacles in the delivery of houses in the rural context. In addition, the mandates of all three housing finance institutions, i.e. Rural Housing Loan Fund, Nurcha and the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) will be reviewed in terms of the National Treasury... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061515451003.htm Size: 23KB Source: Department of Housing Speaker: L Sisulu Collection: gov
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2007/06/13
T Mbeki: Reply to debate on The Presidency Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
The Hon Simmons also criticised my Parliamentary Counsellor, the Hon John Jeffery. The Hon Jeffery still expects the Hon Simmons to come back to him so that he take the necessary steps to arrange the meeting with the President requested by the Hon Simmons. I would like to inform the Hon Leader of the Official Opposition and the House that the Sunday Times report, on which the Hon Sandra Botha based her comments, is entirely false. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061315451001.htm Size: 35KB Source: The Presidency Speaker: T Mbeki Collection: gov
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2007/06/12
E Pahad: The Presidency Dept Budget Vote, 2007/08
This understanding of power is closest to what many call empowerment ' the exercise of power with people, not over people. The People's Contract is a fundamental recognition that all social relations, including political relations, are inevitably power relationships and that power exercised in the name of the people must be shared with the people. Taking the concerns of our people seriously means placing the needs of vulnerable groups ' women, children and youth and people with ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061311151001.htm Size: 26KB Source: The Presidency Speaker: E Pahad Collection: gov
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2007/06/12
T Mbeki: The Presidency Dept Budget Vote, 2007/08
With regard to integrated planning, we have previously stated that the alignment of the National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP), the Provincial Growth and Development Strategies (PGDS) and municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) is of crucial importance. These include the creation of a policy platform for the functioning of the system, led by The Presidency, with specialised contributions from National Treasury, Statistics South Africa, and the Departments of Provincial and ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061217151002.htm Size: 39KB Source: The Presidency Speaker: T Mbeki Collection: gov
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2007/06/12
P Mlambo-Ngcuka: The Presidency Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
The President of the Republic, The Honourable Thabo Mbeki Madam Speaker of the National Assembly Madam Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Fellow South Africans, I am honoured to have an opportunity to engage with you on the occasion of the Annual Debate of the Presidency Budget. Madam Speaker and Honourable President, I am now convinced that the work done by Department of Provincial... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061216451001.htm Size: 29KB Source: The Presidency Speaker: P Mlambo-Ngcuka Collection: gov
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2007/06/12
N Dlamini Zuma: Health Dept Budget Vote debate, NCOP
We are grateful to the South African Military Health Services, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), the private health sector as well as retired nurses who are assisting to ensure that health facilities are open and are able to deliver a service. To expand health services to rural and remote areas, the North West province has provincialised and extended services provided by health posts. The budget of the national Department of Health consists largely of conditional grants, 88% ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061911151001.htm Size: 27KB Source: Department of Health Speaker: N Dlamini Zuma Collection: gov
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2007/06/08
P Jordan: Arts and Culture Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
Work planned for 2007/10 can be read in our strategic plan document and includes the following projects among many others: * full implementation of the Human Language Technology (HLT) National Strategy * open source HLT software for tasks such as speech recognition and speech synthesis in the South African official languages * trained HLT developers including fluent speakers of all of the South African official languages * machine aided translation system optimized for the 11 official ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061213451002.htm Size: 36KB Source: Department of Arts and Culture Speaker: P Jordan Collection: gov
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2007/06/08
L Sisulu: Housing Dept Budget Vote Speech 2007/08
For example, the Johannesburg Housing Company, our United Nations (UN)-Habitat Award winners, has embarked on a major Inclusionary Housing Project in Bertrams, Johannesburg. We have decided that we need innovative interventions to ensure that the highest quality housing products are acquired by the government for allocation to the housing subsidy beneficiaries. A National Anti-corruption Forum is being set up to co-ordinate cases of fraud, corruption and maladministration matters between the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07060816451002.htm Size: 31KB Source: Department of Housing Speaker: L Sisulu Collection: gov
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2007/06/08
N Botha: Arts and Culture Dept Budget Vote debate, 2007/08
Madam Speaker, it is still my humble submission that our arts, culture and heritage hold the key to our social cohesion. Honourable Members, the arts, culture and heritage sector is poised to contribute to the economic growth of our country by linking heritage development and preservation to sustainable tourism initiatives. The arts, culture and heritage sector is no exception. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061211451002.htm Size: 23KB Source: Department of Arts and Culture Speaker: N Botha Collection: gov
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2007/06/07
M Tshabalala-Msimang: Health Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
The highlight of the meeting was the approval of the African Health Strategy that updates the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) Health Strategy and is therefore the platform for strengthening health systems in Africa. The Department of Health will host a National Consultative Health Forum in July which will focus on the attainment of the MDGs. Infants aged 12 to 59 months receive vitamin supplementation, more than 40% of our health districts implemented the Youth And Adolescent... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07060810451001.htm Size: 29KB Source: Department of Health Speaker: M Tshabalala-Msimang Collection: gov
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2007/06/07
B Sonjica: Minerals and Energy Dept Budget Vote debate 2007/08, NCOP
In support of renewable energies, energy efficiency and planning we would have, by the end of October 2007, introduced a piece of legislation that will mandate provision of energy data and the use of healthy, safe, energy efficient and energy friendly appliances. Energy efficiency will be key in our comprehensive strategy aimed at ensuring security of energy supply. With regard to nuclear energy, the Department recently tabled a draft nuclear energy policy and strategy in Cabinet. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061111451003.htm Size: 24KB Source: Department of Minerals and Energy Speaker: B Sonjica Collection: gov
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2007/06/07
M van Schalkwyk: Environmental Affairs and Tourism Dept Budget Vote debate NCOP, 2007/08
A graphic information system (GIS) exercise between Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) and South African National Parks (SANParks) revealed that 32 000 hectares of outstanding land parcels needed to be incorporated into our parks. In order to fulfil the revenue seasonality, distribution, length of stay and transformation requirements of the South African tourism industry, DEAT is funding the Open Africa Route initiative. South African tourism has also established a 2010 ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07060716151001.htm Size: 16KB Source: Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Speaker: M van Schalkwyk Collection: gov
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2007/06/07
M Gigaba: Home Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
More than 20 000 images of child pornography are posted online every week, approximately 20% of all Internet pornography involves children and there are approximately 100 000 websites that offer illegal child pornography. Child pornography and the exposure of children to pornography must be made an abomination in our society. The task team has already achieved the very important objective to forge strategic partnerships with mobile phone operators and internet service providers, the public ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061210451002.htm Size: 21KB Source: Department of Home Affairs Speaker: M Gigaba Collection: gov
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2007/06/07
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Home Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2007/08
Home Affairs is the department with the responsibility for assisting our people with the right documentation from the first day to the last. But perhaps most importantly, the new Home Affairs is about creating and sustaining new attitudes and a new will to serve the people among the staff members of Home Affairs. They are the only business process re-engineering company in South Africa with an international track record in the field of Home Affairs. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061215151001.htm Size: 40KB Source: Department of Home Affairs Speaker: N Mapisa-Nqakula Collection: gov