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Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on funding of turn-around strategy
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) told the Committee that corruption, mismanagement and poor performance had led to the DPW failing to deliver on its mandate. The turnaround strategy – the Seven-Year Business Improvement Plan -- had been launched in January 2012, with the core of the strategy being zero ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Executive Leadership & Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement: University Stellenbosch briefing; SA Local Government Association on draft Backyard Rental Strategy
2 Jun 2015
The University of Stellenbosch briefed the Committee on the Executive Leadership and Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement Development, which was a postgraduate Diploma with 12 SAQA credits. Members of the Committee would be starting the course in the last week of recess. Focus areas were sustainable development, public management, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-15]: consideration of submissions, with Deputy Minister; Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-15] adoption
26 May 2015
The Chairperson went through the A-List and verified that the amendments had been effected in the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-2015]. Members moved to adopt the Bill, and it was adopted.
The Committee also considered submissions received on the Expropriation Bill. The period had run from 19 April to 6 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations, with Deputy Minister in attendance
19 May 2015
The Department of Public Works, led by Mr Jeremy Cronin, Deputy Minister of Public Works, considered the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015] clause by clause with Members of the Portfolio Committee. Overall there were not many technical amendments. The A-List would be prepared as soon as possible so that the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: Department & Deputy Minister response to submissions
12 May 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) went through the various comments and inputs that were received from the general public, professionals in the engineering field, the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, the Department itself and from the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.
These comments included recommendations ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Department of Public Works Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee on Public Works unanimously adopted the Budget vote Report, Vote 11 of the Department of Public Works with recommendations.
Members made the following recommendations:
The Committee be updated on the assets register
Any entity involved in construction should look at the social perspective of the building.
The Department ...
Transport
Road Accident Fund; Airports Company SA; Air Traffic and Navigation Services on their 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
17 Apr 2015
The Deputy Minister was in attendance as several entities from the Department of Transport presented their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans. The Department of Transport is going through a restructuring process, and the Director General outlined the restructuring plans that aim at improving performance in: public entity oversight; strategy planning; ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Strategic and Annual Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
14 Apr 2015
Agrément South Africa in the presence of and with some input also from the Deputy Minister of Public Works, presented its 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans and budgets to the Committee. Agrément aimed to be a world class technical assessment agency, and its main purpose was to promote and certify ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Housing Development Agency, Estate Agency Affairs Board, Community Scheme Ombud Services & Social Housing Regulatory Authority: Strategic & Performance Plans 2015
26 Mar 2015
Four entities of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) presented their strategic and annual performance plans to the Committee.
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) was in the process of restructuring, and new staff posts were explained. The organogram had been decentralised to have regional management positions. HDA had substantial growth ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
NHBRC; RHLF; NHFC & National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency on their strategic, annual performance plans and budgets
25 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements were briefed by four entityies involved in South Africa’s housing environment on their strategic plans and budgets for the next five years. The entities were the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC), the Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF) ...