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Social Responsibility Implementation programme: Department of Tourism on briefing
12 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its Social Responsibility Implementation programme. At the outset of the meeting members were provided with a broad overview. The Committee was informed that it was common practise for upfront payments to be made to project implementers on Expanded Public Works Programme ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Development of Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources briefed the Committee on the development of the Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown. The DMR was tasked with providing the Committee with a progress report which emanated from the previous Committee’s site visit and interactions with the two ...
Energy
Department of Energy, National Energy Regulator of South Africa, PetroSA & SASOL on the gas sector, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2014
According to the Department of Energy (DoE), South Africa’s current energy mix was made up of coal (65.7%), crude oil (21.6%), biomass (7.7%), gas (2.8%), nuclear (1.9%) and hydro (0.2%). Some of the challenges the DoE faced around the gas sector were affordability, security of supply and the empowerment (lack ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Technical Regulations for extraction of shale gas through hydraulic fracturing: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
27 Aug 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources stated that an interdepartmental committee had developed draft technical regulations to govern exploration and extraction of shale gas through hydraulic fracturing of shale rock. Draft regulations were published for public comments in November 2013. The shale layer was overlain by geological formations that could act ...
Energy
Integrated National Electrification Programme: Department of Energy & South African Local Government Association briefing
26 Aug 2014
The Department of Energy (DoE) together with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) met with the Portfolio Committee on Energy (the Committee) to brief Members on the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP).
The Department of Energy (DoE) had been mandated to ensure and secure sustainable provision of energy for ...
Tourism
National Tourism Sector Strategy: Department of Tourism briefing; Committee's Second Term Programme
22 Aug 2014
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). Cabinet had approved the NTSS on the 3 March 2011. The aim of the NTSS was to assist in making SA one of the top 20 tourism destinations in the world by 2020. Some ...
Tourism
South African Tourism key programmes; Committee programme
1 Aug 2014
South African Tourism (SAT) briefed the Committee on its work, its key programmes, and how it operated, noting also that SAT primarily tried to achieve government’s objectives as set out in the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). It was SAT’s task to market South Africa in such a way to ...
Energy
Eskom briefings: National grid status, supply challenges, mitigation plans short and long term, in presence of Ministers of Energy and Public Enterprises
29 Jul 2014
A joint meeting took place between the Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, attended by the Ministers of Public Enterprises and Energy. Eskom was invited to brief the Committees on the current state of the national grid, challenges of supply and its short and long ...
Tourism
Committee Report on Department of Tourism 2014 Strategic Plan
11 Jul 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Committee Report on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the National Department of Tourism for 2014/15 to 2018/19.
The Committee Content Adviser provided an overview of the draft report, noting that he would highlight only the key issues which had emanated from discussions in ...
Energy
Committee Report on Energy 2014 Budget; Second Term Committee Programme
10 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Energy (the Committee) met to consider and adopt the Committee Budget Vote Report, as well as its second term programme and outstanding minutes.
The Committee Budget Vote Report was adopted with amendments. Members agreed that there was insufficient time for the Committee to efficiently go through ...