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Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on 1st Quarter Performance for 2014/15
16 Sep 2014
The Department of Public Works (DPW) said this was the first time they had presented a quarterly report after a substantial outcome from their stabilisation phase. A report on the turnaround had been presented to Cabinet and endorsed. It was seven-year turnaround plan. For the first part of their stabilisation ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Development of Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources briefed the Committee on the development of the Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown. The DMR was tasked with providing the Committee with a progress report which emanated from the previous Committee’s site visit and interactions with the two ...
Health
Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases and Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases on their 2014 Strategic Plans
27 Aug 2014
The Miner’s Phthisis Act was the origin of the establishment of the MBOD and CCOD. It was set up to manage the claims of workers and ex-workers on the mines. There were a number of challenges it was faced with. The entity had undergone a change of management in 2012 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust and Deputy Minister on IDT's way forward
26 Aug 2014
With the Public Works Deputy Minister in attendance, the IDT presented its Strategic Plan for the period 2014/15-2018/19. The presentation focused on the current restructuring of the organisation which had been sparked by the almost complete depletion of their endowment funds. Until the financial crisis, IDT had implemented its projects ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for the Built Environment on its 2014 Strategic Plan: follow-up meeting
19 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), with the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Council in attendance. The meeting was a continuation of a previously unfinished meeting.
Members heard that key risks included the dependency on third ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Council for the Built Environment on their 2014 Strategic plans, in presence of Deputy Minister
29 Jul 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) presented its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2014/15, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Public Works. CIDB had a strong focus on making amendments to regulations, particularly to identify and effect further improvements to contractor registration criteria, taking into account the ...
Health
Department of Health on its 2014 Annual Performance Plan
3 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by the Department of Health on its Annual Performance Plan for the period from 2014/15 to 2016/17. The presentation explained the purpose, strategic objectives of the Department’s six programmes, and the total budget allocated to each programme for 2014/15 financial year.
During discussion, ...
Health
Department and Minister of Health briefing: Strategic Plan 2018 & Annual Performance Plan 2014
2 Jul 2014
The Minister and Department of Health presented the Strategic Plan 2018/19 and Annual Performance Plan 2014/15 to 2016/17. Alignment between the National Development Plan (NDP) to 2030, the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and the National Department of Health (DOH) Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019, was clarified, and various aims ...
Health
Budget vote process, health sector overview and policy priorities: briefing by Committee staff
2 Jul 2014
The Secretariat made a presentation to the Committee on the processing of the budget vote, an overview of the health sector, and policy priorities. Members’ questions included the budget allocation to primary health care (PHC), the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot sites, the co-infection rate of HIV/AIDS and TB, and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Processing of budget votes, Role Clarification, Department's Strategic Plan: briefings by Committee Secretary, Researcher and Content Advisor
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Secretary, the Committee Researcher and the Content Advisor present on clarification of the Portfolio Committee’s role, the process it was expected to follow when dealing with the budget votes, as well as on the legacy left behind by the previous Committee. Oversight issues that had emerged during the ...