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Department of Public Works on 4th Quarter Performance for 2014/2015
2 Jun 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) presented the fourth quarter 2014/15 report to the Committee. The Department highlighted the purpose of the report, the five-year strategic goals and outcomes, the adopted methodology in the treatment of quarterly performance information, the programme performances of the five initiated programmes and the performance ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-15]: consideration of submissions, with Deputy Minister; Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-15] adoption
26 May 2015
The Chairperson went through the A-List and verified that the amendments had been effected in the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-2015]. Members moved to adopt the Bill, and it was adopted.
The Committee also considered submissions received on the Expropriation Bill. The period had run from 19 April to 6 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations, with Deputy Minister in attendance
19 May 2015
The Department of Public Works, led by Mr Jeremy Cronin, Deputy Minister of Public Works, considered the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015] clause by clause with Members of the Portfolio Committee. Overall there were not many technical amendments. The A-List would be prepared as soon as possible so that the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: Department & Deputy Minister response to submissions
12 May 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) went through the various comments and inputs that were received from the general public, professionals in the engineering field, the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, the Department itself and from the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.
These comments included recommendations ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Department of Public Works Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee on Public Works unanimously adopted the Budget vote Report, Vote 11 of the Department of Public Works with recommendations.
Members made the following recommendations:
The Committee be updated on the assets register
Any entity involved in construction should look at the social perspective of the building.
The Department ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Strategic and Annual Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
14 Apr 2015
Agrément South Africa in the presence of and with some input also from the Deputy Minister of Public Works, presented its 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans and budgets to the Committee. Agrément aimed to be a world class technical assessment agency, and its main purpose was to promote and certify ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust & Construction Industry Development Board: Strategic Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), both entities of the Department of Public Works (DPW), presented their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16 to the Portfolio Committee for Public Works. The Deputy Minister was in attendance during the presentation by the CIDB.
The IDT ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Minister & Deputy Minister; Public Works 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
24 Mar 2015
With the Minister of Public Works in attendance, the Deputy Minister gave a briefing on the Expropriation Bill (B4-2015). He said that expropriation is an essential mechanism for the state to acquire property in certain instances. Section 25 of the Constitution provides that property may be expropriated only in terms ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on lease portfolio and performance of Property Management Trading Entity
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Property Management and Trading Entity (PMTE), focussing on its lease portfolio. The PMTE had been in the news lately for a variety of reasons and the briefing was related to the DPW’s endeavours to deal with the issues related ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrèment South Africa Bill: Departmental briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Works made a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on the Agrèment South Africa Bill 2015, and provided answers to questions posed by the relatively few Members in attendance.
The Minister introduced the presentation by outlining the Department’s five key priorities for the year. These were: