Ms Bernice Swarts

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Bernice Swarts

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Multi-Party Women’s Caucus Committee Legacy Report, 2019 – 2024
    27 Mar 2024

    Video

    The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus held a virtual meeting to consider and deliberate on the Caucus’s Legacy Report of the Sixth Parliament. The Legacy Report details the activities which the Caucus had undertaken during this sixth term and highlighted areas which needed to be improved on in the seventh term. ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure DPWI Budget Vote Report; Legacy Report; ECSA governance and related matters (with Deputy Minister)
    27 Mar 2024

    Video

    The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure sat for its final meeting to receive a briefing from the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure on the events of the meeting held between the department and the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) on 20 March 2024.

    Members ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Expropriation Bill: NCOP amendments
    26 Mar 2024

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    Select Committee Report on Expropriation Bill

    D version of Expropriation Bill with NCOP amendments incorporated

    The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure held a virtual meeting to discuss National Council of Provinces (NCOP) proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill and adopted the Bill with most of those amendments. ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure CIDB, CBE, Agrement SA & IDT 2024/25 Annual Performance Plans; with Deputy Minister
    20 Mar 2024

    Video

    Independent Development Trust (IDT)

    The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive presentations from four entities of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on their annual performance plans for the 2024/25 financial year, and followed up with a number of comments and recommendations.

    Agrément South Africa ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure DPWI & PMTE Audit Action Plan & 2024/25 Annual Performance Plan
    13 Mar 2024

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    The Deputy Minister said the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is committed to addressing audit discrepancies and aligning their Annual Performance Plans (APPs) with the budget allocation and accurate reporting on aligned key performance indicators.

    The Audit Action Plan report provided a progress update on the 2022/23 ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Kosi Bay border maintenance project: DPWI and PMTE briefing, with Deputy Minister
    6 Mar 2024

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    The Committee met in a virtual meeting to engage the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the Kosi Bay infrastructure project. Following concerns over heightened criminal activity in the uMkhanyakude District Municipality in northern KZN, notably the illegal movement of persons between SA and Mozambique, the KZN Premier ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure PMTE on leasing of government properties; with Ministry
    5 Mar 2024

    Video

    The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure met virtually to receive a Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) briefing on the leasing of government properties and functional accommodation for service delivery departments.

    PMTE informed the Committee that it faced various challenges of which overdraft is one of the most ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure DPWI and PMTE Update on Enterprise Renewal Programme; with Deputy Minister
    28 Feb 2024

    In a physical meeting, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) briefed the Committee on the enterprise renewal programme. The Committee heard how, in 2011, DPWI approached National Treasury for permission to implement the Enterprise Renewal Programme (ERP). The objective was to move the Department from a Government Transversal ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure AGSA Briefing on Material Irregularities
    28 Feb 2024

    In an in-person meeting, the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on material irregularities in the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and corrective action and consequence management which was taken.

    The Auditor-General (AG) identified 12 material irregularities on non-compliance and suspected ...

  • NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure Expropriation Bill: consideration; DPWI & PMTE 2022/23 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
    7 Feb 2024

    Video

    The Select Committee convened its first meeting on the online platform in 2024 to consider the C-List of the Expropriation Bill and to receive a briefing from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on the 2022/23 annual report.

    The Committee ...