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South African Tourism on its 2015/16 Annual Report
14 Oct 2016
South African Tourism 2015/16 Annual Report [awaited email info@pmg.org.za]
Minister Hanekom provided some context to the briefing to be given by SA Tourism. Tourism was important to SA as a job creator. SA Tourism had a newly appointed Chief Executive Officer which had only held office for nine days to date. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Mpumalanga Oversight visit
11 Oct 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Public Works and Infrastructure
Support provided to Mpumalanga by Department of Public Works – in preparation for Mpumalanga oversight visit
13 Sep 2016
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Public Works (DPW) in the preparation for the oversight visit to Mpumalanga with a particular focus on DPW support that had been provided to the province. The Department had identified a number of projects that could be visited in Mpumalanga and ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
9 Sep 2016
The Committee was given insight into three issues that would not come out in the briefings. First on the area of international tourism the National Department of Tourism had a number of “soft” objectives that it pursued that did not necessarily feature in its plans submitted to Parliament. For example, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Town Revitalisation Programme (Inner City Regeneration): Department of Public Works report
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Public Works (DPW) explained that since 2014, Planning and Precinct Development (previously known as the Inner City Regeneration Programme focused exclusively on Tshwane) had expanded its mandate to include other urban metros and rural areas - supporting integrated development and the creation of government precincts in collaboration ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board management: Department of Public Works progress report
30 Aug 2016
The Committee received a briefing on the progress report on the management of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). In February 2016, the Board attended a governance workshop, facilitated by KPMG and this was done in conjunction with Public Works. In March 2016, the Board hosted its National Stakeholder Forum ...
Tourism
India-SA Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism; Committee Reports on KwaZulu-Natal oversight & Tourism Indaba
26 Aug 2016
The Committee considered and adopted outstanding minutes. An issue emanating from one of the adopted minutes was that public hearings should have taken place on the Tourism Sector Codes prior to publication of the Codes by the Minister. This did not happen. The Committee however agreed that the Tourism Broad–Based ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council of Built Environment and all six professional councils: governance and reporting relations within and outside the CBE, with Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2016
The Council of Built Environment and all six professional councils briefed the Committee on governance and reporting relations within and outside of the Council, in the presence of the Deputy Minister, Mr Jeremy Cronin. The Department of Public Works was implementing an approved policy framework that guides oversight on the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on its 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance
16 Aug 2016
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on its first quarter report for the 2016/17 financial year, and provided details of its achievements against the targets for its five programmes – administration, intergovernmental coordination, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), property and construction industry policy and research, and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: adoption, with Deputy Minister present; Government debt owed to municipalities: payment progress report by DPW
24 May 2016
The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges ...