NYDA Board Vacancies: Committee Report

Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

15 July 2021
Chairperson: Ms C Ndaba (ANC)
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Meeting Summary

Video: Joint Meeting of the Portfolio Committee On Women, Youth And Persons with Disabilities

The Committee, in a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, adopted its report on the filling of vacancies on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board.

Outstanding minutes were also adopted. .

Meeting report

The Chairperson informed Members that the process of the appointment of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board members was officially concluded.

Ms B Maluleke (ANC) had submitted her apology as she was feeling unwell and could not attend the meeting.

As the whole appointment process was concluded, the Chairperson expressed her gratitude to Members for their hard work to pull this appointment process through given the difficult circumstance of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also thanked the support and secretariat staff, research unit, legal team as well as the media service for their tireless work. The Chairperson also thanked the youth in South Africa who had shown interest in the NYDA. She acknowledged that there were great lessons and insights that Committee Members had learnt from them albeit some comments were unfair sometimes. The Chairperson also thanked the leadership of Parliament such as House Chairperson Frolick, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), etc.

Report of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on the filling of vacancies for the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board

The Committee Secretary took Members through the draft report.

The Portfolio Committee adopted the report.

The Chairperson explained that the adopted report would be sent to both Houses in Parliament. The National Assembly must adopt the report before the NCOP could do so. If the report was to be adopted in both Houses, it would then be sent to the President for the appointment of the seven NYDA board members.

The Chairperson emphasised the severe situation which young people in the country faced and urged the seven appointees to get started working as soon as they were appointed

Committee minutes dated 8 July 2021

The minutes were adopted.

The Committee Secretary rectified the Chairperson’s earlier explanation on the sequence of the adoption of the reports and clarified that the NCOP and the National Assembly would each have their own dates on when the report would be adopted. So the adoption of the report in the NCOP was not dependant on the adoption of the report in the National Assembly.

The meeting was adjourned.

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