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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlement Budget Review and Recommendations Report
13 Oct 2016
The Committee went through their Budgetary Review and Recommendations (BRRR) report, taking into account the input of the Auditor General (AG), the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) itself. After a few amendments, the report was ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor General, DPME & FFC inputs
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Department of Human Settlement (DHS), which presented its annual performance report.
AGSA said that over the past three years, there had been a ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill [B15B -2013]: deliberations on NHTL submission & President's reservations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and a Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through each clause of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill disputed or commented on by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), the DMR, the President’s legal adviser, and the Office of the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on its 4 Quarter 15/16 & 1 Quarter 16/17 performance
23 Aug 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on its two quarterly performance reports covering the first six months of 2016.
The fourth quarter report, covering the period from January to March, focussed on the review and development of policies and programmes involved in the consolidation of the Development ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Reports on Department of Justice & Constitutional Development & Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets
14 Apr 2016
The Committee considered the draft Committee Reports on Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets. Members conducted a page by page perusal of the draft reports to check for omissions and corrections.
Debates arose about requests for the inclusion of some ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Report on Mineral Resources Budget
13 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met to consider the Draft Report on Mineral Resources on the strategic plan and budget vote 29 of the Department of Mineral Resources for the 2016/2017 Financial year.
The Chairperson quickly took Members through the report, stopping only where there was a point raised ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plans
12 Apr 2016
Document missing: Department of Correctional Services 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plan [email info@pmg.org.za]
A delegation from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presented its 2016/2017 Annual Performance Plan for 2016/2017 and 2016 Estimates of National Expenditure, including its vision, mandate and strategic goals. Its five programmes covered administration, incarceration, rehabilitation, ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department on Estate Agency Affairs Board /Auction Alliance matter; Human Settlements Development Finance Institution: Draft Remedial Housing project; National Housing Development Agency on Human Settlement Catalytic Projects Programme
1 Mar 2016
The first presentation was aimed at updating the Portfolio Committee on the constitutional court action between Auction Alliance and Estate Agency Affairs Board. There had been allegations made about Auction Alliance’s unlawful business practice and illicit money laundering. The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) had undertaken an inspection at the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (the Department) presented their reports on its performance in the second and third quarters of the 2015/16 financial year, but was asked to focus on delivering only the inforamtion about the third quarter. The Department had managed to meet 44% of its annual target by ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements 4th Quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
17 Aug 2015
The overall achievement of the Department performance indicators during the fourth quarter was 65%. Of the 127 targets planned for the period, 83 targets were achieved and 44 targets not achieved. The achievements of the quarter were noted for all its programmes. According to the National Credit Regulator, 3 522 ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill [PMB1-2014]: Medical Research Council and clinicians' submissions
27 May 2015
Legal and medical researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and three clinicians made submissions to the Committee on the Private Member's Medical Innovation Bill (the Bill). This Bill essentially proposed the legalisation of alternative treatments, specifically cannabis, for medical use. The first submission highlighted a few problems with the ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) made a presentation to the Committee on the availability of medicines and medical equipment in three provinces – the Free State, North West and Western Cape -- outlining the problems and successes faced by the provincial departments and the districts in the delivery of services. ...