Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Quarter 2 performance; High Level Panel recommendations
27 Nov 2018
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on its second quarter performance, giving details on its achievements in the areas of governance and administration, policy planning, programme performance and finance. The main challenge which had resulted in targets not being achieved had been staff cuts which had reduced its ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Annual Report & Legacy Report
21 Nov 2018
The meeting began with the Content advisor going through the financial statements of the Committee’s 2018 annual report and its 5th Parliament Legacy Report (2014 - 2019). There were a few technical and grammatical changes, and the reports were duly adopted by the Members.
The Chairperson raised a concern arising ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: adoption
20 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider and finalise the Property Practitioners Bill and consider the Report of the Bill.
The Department of Human Settlements took the Committee through the bill clause by clause.
The Committee:
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: proposed amendments
14 Nov 2018
The Committee was taken though the cleaned A-List of the Property Practitioners Bill to see whether the proposed amendments that had been agreed on by Members the previous day had been amended accordingly.
Members agreed that what had been read to them was what they had proposed as amendments.
The ...
Employment and Labour
Horse-racing grooms working conditions & Department inspections
14 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by a South African Racehorse trainer on the situation with trainers and labour legislation. The Committee had initially invited the Association of Trainers to come and explain some of the issues raised after an engagement with Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, but only the Racehorse trainer was ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: Department response to submissions & deliberations
13 Nov 2018
The Committee was in the process of looking at amendments to the draft Property Practitioners Bill after consultative stakeholder engagements, and after Members had looked at all the submissions and deliberated on them.
The Department ’s legal team took Members through the amendments. Of particular importance, there was now a ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: Department response to submissions & deliberations
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the submissions made during the public hearings in Parliament and in the provinces during September on the Property Practitioners Bill.
The Department’s legal adviser provided details of the submissions from a wide range of stakeholders in the property, ...
Employment and Labour
Fourth Industrial Revolution impact on Labour; Labour Centres; High Level Panel recommendations
31 Oct 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Research Unit in Parliament on the envisaged effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the labour sector. The presentation addressed how other countries are preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, concern for how labour matters will be navigated in South Africa, and it ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Gauteng Human Settlements Department turnaround strategy
30 Oct 2018
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (GDHS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Human settlements the challenges that led to poor performance and the turnaround strategy put in place to remedy the situation; and further briefly updated the Committee on the progress of the Friendship Towns Petition.
GDHS Department has been ...
Employment and Labour
Action Plan of CF in view of audit outcomes by AGSA; Labour Activation Programme of the UIF: DoL briefing
24 Oct 2018
The Compensation Fund presented its action plan to the Committee looking at progress made as at end September 2018. The presentation on the action plan of the Compensation Fund addressed where the Fund has come from, the reason for the action plan, objectives of the Fund and four pillars of ...