The newly formed Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will oversee the implementation of the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP), the department confirmed in Parliament last week.

The BEP and other sanitation issues were previously handled by the Department of Human Settlements. The new department will incorporate the same sanitation mandate, ...

On Tuesday, 29 July 2014, Eskom briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees for Energy and Public Enterprises. Attended by Ministers for Energy and Public Enterprises, the joint meeting came about as the result of the enormous challenges that Eskom is facing. The entity briefed the Committees on the ...

I was back at my post as a parliamentary monitor after an interval of five years. My first Committee meeting was a briefing from the Department of Water Affairs to the Portfolio Committee of Water, the latter consisting of brand new members. It appeared as though the entire Department and ...

I was back at my post as a parliamentary monitor after an interval of five years. My first Committee meeting was a briefing from the Department of Water Affairs to the Portfolio Committee of Water, the latter consisting of brand new members. It appeared as though the entire Department and ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Economic Development (EDD) briefed the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development on progress made on the implementation of the New Growth Path (NGP), which according to the EDD, was “developed to address the legacy of inequality with regard to access to resources, skills, ...

Recently, the Department of Higher Education and Training briefed the Higher Education Portfolio Committee on its Annual Performance Plan for 2014/15. The report looked at the state of tertiary education with particular focus on the improvement of access to higher education institutions, and the increase in the budget allocation.

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Before the Finance Minister gives his annual budget speech in Parliament, the budget goes through a mind-boggling process of estimations, drafting, redrafting, and negotiations throughout the year. It is discussed at length in meetings between committees, departments, and entities, all with the aim of making the most efficient use of ...

Before the Finance Minister gives his annual budget speech in Parliament, the budget goes through a mind-boggling process of estimations, drafting, redrafting, and negotiations throughout the year. It is discussed at length in meetings between committees, departments, and entities, all with the aim of making the most efficient use of ...

Yesterday, 22 July 2014, the Department of Social Development briefed the Select Committee on Social Services on its Annual Performance Plan and budget for 2014/15. With the focus on social assistance, it emerged that almost a third of South Africans rely on some kind of social assistance. Furthermore, in the ...

In his Police Budget Vote address in Parliament on Monday, Minister of Police Nkosinathi Nhleko, said that policing cannot exist without community support and participation, and that policing needs to continue to be subjected to public scrutiny to keep them accountable.

“The NDP [National Development Plan] envisions a state with ...