Mr Benedict Anthony Duke Martins

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Benedict Anthony Duke Martins

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Progress made in roll-out of phase three of Expanded Public Works Programme
    3 Feb 2015

    The Department of Public Works met with the Portfolio Committee on Public Works (the Department) to brief the Committee on the progress made in the roll-out of phase three of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). An apology from the Department’s Director-General was rendered to the Committee who was unable ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Construction Industry Development Board & Agrément SA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
    11 Nov 2014

    The Construction Industry Development Board and Agrément South Africa presented their 2013/14 Annual Reports to the Portfolio Committee. The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) achieved an unqualified audit report, with emphasis of matter, which called for the restatement of figures of the previous financial year to correspond with figures of ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Council for the Built Environment (CBE) on its 2013/14 Annual Report
    4 Nov 2014

    The Council for the Built Environment presented the highlights of its 2013/14 Annual Report. The CBE has received an unqualified audit from the Auditor-General continually since 2011/12. In 2013/14, 86% of the APP targets were achieved. Since 2011, the percentage of targets achieved has risen by approximately 10% every financial ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Independent Development Trust on its 2013/14 Annual Report
    28 Oct 2014

    The Independent Development Trust (IDT) remains in a precarious financial position. This emerged when it was presenting its annual report for the year under review to the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. It reported that there had been supplementary funding of R200 million from the National Treasury for the financial ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Public Works Budget Review and Recommendations Report
    23 Oct 2014

    The Chairperson led Members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works through a page-by-page review of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The only major issues related to the suggestion to substitute “eliminate corruption” for “address corruption,” and the timeframe for the presentation of financial reports. Members reached agreement ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Auditor-General of South Africa on audit outcomes of Department of Public Works
    14 Oct 2014

    The Office of the Auditor General (AGSA) and the Department of Public Works provided an overview of the audit outcomes and other findings in respect of the Department for the 2013/14 financial year.

    AGSA reported that the Department had received an unqualified audit for the period under review. In the ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Workshop with Office of Auditor-General, Financial & Fiscal Commission & Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation in preparation for BRRR process
    25 Sep 2014

    The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presented a workshop to the Public Works Portfolio Committee on how to understand audit outcomes better, so that it would be capacitated to perform its oversight function more ...

  • 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 ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Department of Public Works on Phase Three of Expanded Public Works Programme, with Deputy Minister
    9 Sep 2014

    The presentation described the aims and objectives of the third phase of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), which was designed to address the issues of unemployment and poverty, specifically among women and young people.   It sought to train millions of unemployed people across different sectors through various Public Employment ...

  • 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 ...