Public Works and Infrastructure
Immovable assets outside RSA management/disposal: Public Works & DIRCO briefing, with Deputy Minister; Committee Legacy Report
12 Mar 2019
Available here once published: Legacy Reports
Continuous changes to political office bearers have delayed the process to dispose of all outstanding SA foreign properties even though the approval was granted in 2008.
The Department of Public Works reported this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Public Works ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
EPWP Phase III job creation: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
5 Mar 2019
The Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the EPWP Phase III performance report and targets and expansion areas for EPWP Phase IV.
The EPWP performance to date was standing at 73.2% against the five-year work opportunities targets. There has been an increase of 0.4% as at the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Properties & land parcels earmarked for land reform through land restitution process, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the legislation governing the state’s immovable assets, outcome of the legal opinion for transfer of land for restitution purposes and properties earmarked for land reform. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
With the operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Graduate Scheme, with DPSA Deputy Minister; 30-day payment of invoices, with DPW Minister & Deputy
13 Feb 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, Performance and Monitoring on the Public Service Graduate Recruitment Scheme Framework (GRSF) and Developmental Programmes. This was an initiative from the Presidency’s Office as a response to the plight of the unemployed graduates and youth within the public ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Immovable Asset Register move to ARCHIBUS, with Deputy Minister
20 Nov 2018
The Deputy Minister did not see what the Committee Chairperson was seeing. This was the view of the Committee Chairperson when he was not getting satisfactory answers from the Department of Public Works (DPW) on why it was letting foreign properties belonging to South Africa to deteriorate after 21 years ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust (IDT) restructuring; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Minister of Public Works told the Committee that the previous board of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) was fraught with corruption, and this claim had been substantiated by National Treasury (NT), although its findings had never been followed up. When the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the IDT had ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
CFO appointment investigation; Ministerial house maintenance: PSC & Public Works Minister
17 Oct 2018
SCOPA had to again postpone the matter of the CFO appointment investigation. The Public Service Commission reported that it has concluded the investigation on the appointment of Mr Boitumelo Mokgoro as the CFO of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) in the Department of Public Works. However, it could not ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2018
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
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
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 ...