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Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Committee Report on KZN oversight visit
31 May 2017
The Committee heard the Department of Labour’s response on the Status Reports regarding the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal.
According to the Executive Summary, a total of 13 employers were visited and all were found to be non-compliant with the provisions of the labour laws outlined in the presentation. All inspections ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Umsunduzi Municipality irregular expenditure: IDT briefing on remedial action
30 May 2017
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Public Works to shed light on the irregularities uncovered on IDT projects implemented at the Umsunduzi Local Municipality (ULM), where systematic corruption had been identified following a forensic investigation and a tightening up of the whistle-blowing processes.
The IDT ...
Employment and Labour
Accessing Workplaces for Unannounced Oversight Visits: legal opinion; DoL Update on Western Cape & KZN oversight recommendations; DoL Budget approval
17 May 2017
Apologies were received from the Director General and Deputy Director General inspection and enforcement services
The Department briefed the Committee on the Western Cape oversight visit on 22-24 March 2017. The Committee noted with concern, the absence of the Chief inspector of KwaZulu-Natal and the Chief Director Provincial Operations. The ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Quarter 1 & 2 Performance of Entities; Committee Reports on oversight visits
10 May 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 8 March 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 3 May 2017
Draft Committee Reports dated 4 May 2017
The Chairperson informed the Committee of the presence of a new Member, Ms Lerato Theko (ANC).
The Committee considered and adopted draft minutes dated 8 March 2017, 3 May ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Department of Public Works Budget
9 May 2017
Relevant documents:
Committee Report on 2017/18 Budget and Annual Performance Plans of Department of Public Works
[available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
From the outset of the meeting the Committee spent a considerable time in discussion on whether to proceed with consideration of the Draft Committee Budget Vote Report. ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Fund; Productivity South Africa & CCMA on their Annual Performance Plans
4 May 2017
Productivity South Africa (ProdSA) said it would have a significant role to play when the proposed minimum wage of R20 an hour came into force. Companies “with a negative attitude” were already cutting back on their employee complements in anticipation of the minimum wage implementation, and ProdSA would need to ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour; Supported Employment Enterprises; NEDLAC; Compensation Fund Annual Performance Plans
3 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Department of Labour, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), the Compensation Fund and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on their annual performance plans (APPs) for the 2017/18 financial year. The entities provided details of their objectives and the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: President's referral to Parliament; Public Works & PMTE on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy present
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) presented their Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans (APP) before the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. For the first time, the APPs for the Department and entity were presented separately. The plans covered the period 2017/18 – ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: Committee Report on National Minimum Wage
8 Mar 2017
The issue of minimum wage was brought to life when the President Zuma first mentioned it in the 2014 State of the Nation Address. Following the address by the President, the Committee embarked on an information gathering exercise in order to ascertain what the nation’s views were. A total of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE on their Quarter 2 performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Deputy Minister of Public Works, the Director-General and officials from the Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the July-September 2016 performance of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). The report focused on the turnaround phases, DPW and PMTE performance information, ...