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Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbour challenges: stakeholder engagement
6 Feb 2018
This meeting, to discuss plans to address the challenges faced by small harbours, was attended by the following stakeholders:
The ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: stakeholder inputs, with Deputy Minister
30 Jan 2018
This workshop was held to provide further input on the Expropriation Bill [BD4D-2015] that had been referred back to Parliament by the President to enable the Committee to chart a way forward. Input was provided by Parliamentary Legal Office and the Department of Public Works (DPW).
The Chairperson said that ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Sector: small businesses/cooperatives challenges: Black Business Council; CIDB, CBE, BECGSA, Department of Public Works
28 Nov 2017
The Committee met to consider the challenges facing small businesses and cooperatives in the construction sector, and was briefed by the Black Business Council in the Built Environment (BBCBE), the Built Environment Cooperatives for Graduates in South Africa (BECGSA), the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), the Construction Industry Development ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
CIDB on Contractors Grading Register criteria; Construction industry job losses; Women-owned construction companies
22 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW) Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on proactive steps taken to increase the rate of progression of women-owned construction companies.
DPW highlighted challenges faced by women in the built environment, legislative framework of the built environment, analysis of the construction ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Parliamentary Villages; Expanded Public Works Programme job creation: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW) on the progress made with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and on the status of the prestige accommodation programme at the Parliamentary villages.
The DPW described the progress made since the beginning of the EPWP n 2004, the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
7 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee met for the consideration and adoption of minutes of previous meetings. The Committee also considered the Oversight Report on the visit to the Eastern Cape undertaken on 11 to 15 September 2017.
Public Works and Infrastructure
Payments within 30-day period: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
The Committee met with Department of Public Works (DPW) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) to receive a brief on the Enterprise Resource System (ERS), a tool proposed to be used for improving payments to suppliers within the required 30-day period.
Highlights of the brief included the operating context of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Prestige Programme for Parliament & Parliamentary Villages: DPW and PMTE briefing
24 Oct 2017
The Committee elected Mr H Mmemezi (ANC) as the new Committee Chairperson.
Members voiced their displeasure at not receiving a detailed briefing on the Department’s multi-million Rand prestige property portfolio‚ which dealt with the maintenance of Parliament, ministerial houses and parliamentary villages that house lawmakers. The Department had been requested ...
Public Service and Administration
Free State Oversight Report
18 Oct 2017
The purpose of this meeting was the adoption of the Free State Oversight report and the consideration of the Public Service Amendment Bill.
Corrections and amendments were made to the oversight report and Members suggested additional amendments. Thereafter, the report was adopted with amendments.
The recommendations on the Bill was ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works and PMTE 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Public Works (DWP) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on the Annual Report of 2016/17 financial year in the presence of the Minister and the Deputy Minister.
The Department indicated that the 2016/17 Annual Report was presented in the ...