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Freddie Adams

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Public Works & PMTE Budget Review and Recommendations Report
    17 Oct 2018

    2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR

    The Portfolio Committee on Public Works adopted its Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Public Works and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE)  in the 2017/18 financial year.

    Deliberations focused on recommendations to the Minister ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Department of Public Works & PMTE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    16 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    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 ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Agrément SA & IDT 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    11 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18 

    The Committee received briefings by Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Agrément South Africa (ASA) on their annual reports for 2017/18.

    The IDT said it had achieved 50% of its targets, given the constraint of failing to realise its budgets. Its expenditure had been R4.3 billion against ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure CIDB & Council for the Built Environment 2017/18 Annual Report
    10 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    The Committee was briefed by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on their Annual Report for the 2017/2018 financial year. The CIDB received an unqualified audit opinion with the key findings being an irregular expenditure of R413 743 incurred within the current financial year, inaccuracy of annual ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Department of Public Works & Entities audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
    9 Oct 2018

    The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2017/18 audit outcomes of the Department and its entities. The full list of auditees included the following 6 entities: DPW, Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), IDT (Independent Development Trust), CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board), CBE (Council ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure DPW/PMTE risk & corruption prevention; Enterprise Resource System progress; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    4 Sep 2018

    The Portfolio Committee was told that the DPW was not immune to fraud and corruption risks, largely due to the vast amount of money involved in the sector and the nature of the jobs to be done. The Department confirmed that it had been associated with fraud, corruption and serious ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure PMTE Real Estate Management; DPW Small Harbours & Coastal Development lease management progress
    28 Aug 2018

    The Small Harbour and State Coastal Property Development Unit (SH&SCPDU) of the Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the role of the Unit, the challenges faced and the plans it had for small harbours and coastal properties in the country.

    Members were told that the Unit had ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Expropriation Bill: withdrawal, with Deputy Minister
    28 Aug 2018

    The Portfolio Committee (PC) met to consider the withdrawal of the Expropriation Bill, with which it had been sitting since 2015. The Chairperson provided a brief background, explaining that the Bill had passed all stages until it reached the former President, who had returned it to Parliament twice to consider ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Public Works Budget: Committee Report
    8 May 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Public Works, meeting for the second time to consider its report on the DPW Budget Vote, officially adopted the report with amendments. The DA withdrew its earlier decision to second the adoption. In its observations and recommendations, the Committee highlighted several matters of great concern, including ...

  • Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Report on DPW Budget
    2 May 2018

    The nature and status of the Property Management and Trading Entity (PMTE) and its relationship with the Department of Public Works(DPW) was the main subject of discussion when the Committee met to discuss its Draft Report of the 2018/19 Budget Vote Report of the Department and its entities. Members posed ...