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Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust & Construction Industry Development Board: Strategic Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), both entities of the Department of Public Works (DPW), presented their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16 to the Portfolio Committee for Public Works. The Deputy Minister was in attendance during the presentation by the CIDB.
The IDT ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/2016; Response to Human Settlements issues raised during State of the Nation Address
24 Mar 2015
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Portfolio Committee on its strategic plan, budget and Annual Performance Plan (APP), and also programmes to respond to human settlements issues raised during the State of the Nation Address.
The Committee once again highlighted the importance of the mandate and work of the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Minister & Deputy Minister; Public Works 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
24 Mar 2015
With the Minister of Public Works in attendance, the Deputy Minister gave a briefing on the Expropriation Bill (B4-2015). He said that expropriation is an essential mechanism for the state to acquire property in certain instances. Section 25 of the Constitution provides that property may be expropriated only in terms ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sasrea appeal board recommendation process: deliberations
18 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation met to consider Committee minutes, matters arising from the minutes, and to deliberate on the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (Sesrea) appeal board recommendation process.
The discussion on the minutes of 10 March 2015 dealt not only with omissions and the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Gauteng & Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni metros performance & challenges on Human Settlements Development Grant; Urban Settlements Development Grant; social & rental housing; mining towns; rectification; Operational Capital Budget Programme
17 Mar 2015
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and the province’s three metropolitan municipalities -- Ekurhuleni, City of Tshwane and City of Johannesburg – appeared before the Committee to account for the under-performance indicated in their reports to the national DHS. Only Limpopo had performed more poorly, and the Committee had ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Inter-Ministerial Committee on eradicating informal settlements in mining areas: Department of Human Settlements update; Limpopo Oversight Report
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Human Settlements, the Department of Mineral Resources, and the Presidency presented on the Special Presidential Package for distressed mining communities regarding the progress made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee interventions in mining towns and other plans to eradicate informal settlements.
The Package and accompanying work attested to the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on lease portfolio and performance of Property Management Trading Entity
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Property Management and Trading Entity (PMTE), focussing on its lease portfolio. The PMTE had been in the news lately for a variety of reasons and the briefing was related to the DPW’s endeavours to deal with the issues related ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Deputy Minister on Department of Human Settlements 1st to 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Performance
24 Feb 2015
Concerns raised by the Committee that there seemed to be new shifts on the delivery timeframes of the Department. There were programmes where there were already set delivery time targets, these dates were before the now 2019 that the presentation referred to without an explanation from the Department to the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
PC Sports and Recreation: Matters arising from previous meetings
17 Feb 2015
The Committee met to consider minutes and matters arising from the same minutes. The discussion at one point centred on the Minister of Sports and Recreation absence from meetings when Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) was accounting before the committee. The Chairperson reminded the Committee that the decision to ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Agrément SA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board and Agrément South Africa presented their 2013/14 Annual Reports to the Portfolio Committee. The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) achieved an unqualified audit report, with emphasis of matter, which called for the restatement of figures of the previous financial year to correspond with figures of ...