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Social Development
High Level Panel recommendations: Department of Social Development response
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Social Development (DSD) presented their response to the findings and recommendations of the High Level Panel (HLP), providing insight into their intermediate and long-term action plans to achieve the acceleration of fundamental change to meet the goals of the Panel. The focus of the presentation was broken ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Immovable Asset Register progress report & Land identified for redistribution: DPW & DHS briefings, with Minister
26 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Immovable Asset Register, State Land Identified for Redistribution and the Land Reform Programme. The Department of Human Settlements focused on spatial transformation and prioritised national public works land identified for human settlements in its presentation. The Minister of Public ...
Social Development
SONA impact & latest developments: Minister briefing; Worker Employment Grant: Department briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee of Social Development met for a briefing from the Department of Social Development on the Second and Third Quarter Financial And Non-Financial Performance Report for the 2018/19 financial year as well as the draft organogram of the Department. However, the draft organogram was not available, having been ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Properties & land parcels earmarked for land reform through land restitution process, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the legislation governing the state’s immovable assets, outcome of the legal opinion for transfer of land for restitution purposes and properties earmarked for land reform. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
With the operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity ...
Social Development
Western Cape oversight report; 1st Term Committee programme
13 Feb 2019
The Committee deliberated on their First Term programme which would take them to the end of the term. It was highlighted that work still had to be done on the Quarterly and Legacy reports. The programme document would be for the new Members who will continue with the Committee.
Members ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
High Level Panel Recommendations; Committee Annual Report
12 Feb 2019
The Committee discussed and adopted the Draft High Level Panel Recommendations Report emanating from discussions held between the Portfolio Committee of Public Works and the Department of Public Works on 27 November 2018; and the accepted the Annual Report.
With regard to the minutes of 27 November 2018, it was ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Committee Oversight & Annual Report
5 Feb 2019
Available here once published: Legacy Reports
The Committee met to discuss the 2014 Gauteng oversight report, the Public Works Portfolio Committee 2017/18 Annual Report and the Portfolio Committee Fifth Parliamentary Legacy Report but did not have time to address the Legacy Report which was held over to the following week. ...
Water and Sanitation
Municipal water debt: Department; COGTA; Treasury; SALGA update with Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provided details of the municipal debt to water boards, and said an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) had been established to devise a plan to resolve the outstanding debt in more structured way. The Committee was told that the municipalities owed a total of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2018 MTBPS: SALGA input
31 Oct 2018
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) briefed the Committee on their response to the 2018 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). It focused on the macro economic climate and said that the MTBPS had three key priorities.
The first one was implementing the economic stimulus and recovery plan launched ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by officials from the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on their annual reports for the 2017/18 financial year. The officials presented the main challenges and asked that they be considered against the context of the turnaround ...