In his Budget Vote address yesterday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan, told MPs “the test of change is when citizens themselves attest that they have a decent living environment, they enjoy safety for themselves and their children, they can easily access educational and health facilities, they are ...
The Select Committee on Economic and Business Development held its first meeting with Public Works, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present on Tuesday, 15 July 2014. However, as the Committee progressed into discussion following the Department’s presentation, I was struck – not by the Minister’s announcement that the Department ...
The Select Committee on Economic and Business Development held its first meeting with Public Works, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present on Tuesday, 15 July 2014. However, as the Committee progressed into discussion following the Department’s presentation, I was struck – not by the Minister’s announcement that the Department ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is tasked with ensuring administrative efficiency in all government departments. This week, the Standing Committee on Appropriations saw the PSC's presentation on the 2014 Appropriations Bill, where the issue of increasing departmental efficiency was discussed.
The PSC identified performance monitoring of Heads of Departments (HoDs) ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is tasked with ensuring administrative efficiency in all government departments. This week, the Standing Committee on Appropriations saw the PSC's presentation on the 2014 Appropriations Bill, where the issue of increasing departmental efficiency was discussed.
The PSC identified performance monitoring of Heads of Departments (HoDs) ...
During the debate on Budget Vote 7: Public Works in Parliament yesterday, DA Shadow Minister of Public Works, Kenneth Mubu, said the Department of Public Works (DPW) is sometimes referred to “as the Department of Nkandla or the Department of Public Jokes”.
He added that the Auditor-General’s report for 2012/2013 ...
On Wednesday during the Budget Vote debates, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Michael Masutha, told MPs that the prison population has decreased by 31 000 from 187 036 in 2004 to 157 170 by the end of March 2014 - a 16% reduction in ten years largely as a ...
When the Public Service Commission (PSC) made their presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations, an interesting point was raised. Key departments, those which have been allocated the largest budgets, have not been meeting their targeted outputs for the latest year (2012/13). This raises important questions about the allocation of ...
When the Public Service Commission (PSC) made their presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations, an interesting point was raised. Key departments, those which have been allocated the largest budgets, have not been meeting their targeted outputs for the latest year (2012/13). This raises important questions about the allocation of ...
Yesterday's meeting with the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development saw the Department of Public Works (DPW) brief MPs on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. However, the discussion between the Committee and the DPW revealed more than just the targets and budget expenditure for the year ahead. ...
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