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Human Settlements
Committee Reports; Third Term Programme & Committee matters
24 Aug 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to consider its third term programme, and to adopt its reports -- with observations and recommendations -- for the third and fourth quarters of the 2021/22 year.
During the discussion on oversight visits in the Committee's third term programme, a ...
Human Settlements
Update on establishment of Human Settlements Development Bank; with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements had called on the Department of Human Settlements to expedite establishing the much-anticipated Human Settlements Development Bank (HSDB). In line with this, the tabling of the Human Settlements Development Bank Bill would be prioritised as enabling legislation toward this goal. The purpose of ...
Human Settlements
SIU findings on matters relating to Human Settlements; DHS & HDA on progress made in implementing Audit Outcomes recommendations; with Deputy Minister
25 May 2022
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) gave a presentation outlining their investigations into housing corruption in the Limpopo, Free State and Gauteng provinces. The investigations found several instances of service and goods procurement that were not fair, equitable, transparent, or cost-effective. One such case was the development of the Talana Temporary ...
Human Settlements
Department of Human Settlements Quarter 3 & 4 2021/22 Performance
18 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on its third and fourth quarter performance. The DHS reported that in Q3, it achieved 56% performance –this was an increase of 9% from Q2. In Q4, 57% performance was achieved.
Some Members ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS progress report on current cases investigated by SIU & law enforcement agencies; disciplinary cases; status and costs of fraud and corruption on financial and non-financial performance, with Ministry
12 May 2022
The Committee received a progress report from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the status of disciplinary cases in the Department. The Minister committed himself to fight corruption and fraud. Fraud and corruption weakened the pillars of democracy and were anti-revolutionary. South Africa was a perculiar nation ...
Human Settlements
DHS Flood interventions; FLISP & DDM implementation; with Deputy Minister
11 May 2022
There was no additional funding that would be provided to the three provinces affected by the April disasters, because the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) had only R500m for the whole country to respond to the disaster, and if the whole R500m was transferred to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), it would ...
Human Settlements
Department of Human Settlements on Budget: Committee Report
4 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee considered its report on the budget vote report on the revised strategic planning and the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Human Settlements and its entities.
Some Members were impressed with the report as they felt that it attempts ...
Human Settlements
Interventions to stabilise Housing Development Agency & Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority; Plans to accelerate transformation of the real estate sector; with Minister & Deputy Minister
23 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the interventions undertaken to stabilise the Housing Development Agency (HDA) and the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA), formally known as the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB). The Department and the ...
Human Settlements
COVID Audit Report; Implementation of Community Schemes Ombud Services and National Housing Finance Corporation Audit Outcomes; with Deputy Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform for a briefing by the office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the second special report on the financial management of government’s COVID-19 initiatives. The Department of Human Settlements (DHS), led by the Deputy Minister, was ...
Human Settlements
Workshop on Housing Consumer Protection Bill
9 Mar 2022
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the Housing Protection Bill [B10-2021], which had been tabled by the executive to Parliament.
The Department said that the Bill repeals the current Act (National Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act 95 of ...