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Employment and Labour
Labour Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Fourth Term Programme
19 Oct 2016
The Committee Content Advisor briefed the Committee on its the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. Recommendations were that the Department reported quarterly to the Committee, vacant funded posts be filled, the Department set its performance targets in line with its human and financial resources. The Committee recommended capacitating Labour Centres ...
Energy
PetroSA’s R14.5 Billion Impairment: meeting postponed
18 Oct 2016
During the deliberations the Committee understood that;
-it was evident that the Department of Energy (DoE) was not yet ready with the outcome of PetroSA’s Impairment report and expressed displeasure over the lateness of the forensic report.
-The forensic report needed to ascertain whether the intervention through the turnaround strategies ...
Energy
Nuclear New Build: briefing by Minister and Department of Energy
11 Oct 2016
The meeting intended to have three presentations. Due to time constraints, only the first presentation by the Department of Energy (DOE) was heard.
The DOE briefing looked at the historic background and gave an update on plans for the nuclear new build programme. It explain the following recommendations that the ...
Employment and Labour
Mpumalanga farm inspections: Department of Home Affairs update; Department of Labour 1st quarter 2016 performance; Labour Law Amendment Bill
7 Sep 2016
The Committee noted that after visiting several farms in Mpumalanga, it had highlighted various problems around non-compliance with immigration laws by employers and had requested the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Department of Labour (DOL) to look into the issues and conduct their own inspections into compliance with ...
Energy
Department of Energy on its 4th Quarter 2015/16 & 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
30 Aug 2016
The energy sector was deemed to be an essential service under the Constitution of South Africa. This brought to light the importance of the performance of the Department of Energy (DoE). While the DoE presented a pleasing report on the surface, Members of the Committee were quick to express strong ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules for Removal from office of President ito Constitution; Guidelines on Removal of MP from Chamber
7 Apr 2016
The Subcommittee on Review of the Assembly Rules continued to work through the Guidelines and the Determinations for Chapters 5 to 12. It deliberated on the proposed Disciplinary Committee which is aimed at looking into the physical removal of a member from the House. This envisaged committee is going to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Guidelines for Removal of Speaker; MP Dress Code; Fines for MP Absence; Removal of MP from Chamber Committee
6 Apr 2016
Members of the opposition parties rejected outright the proposed dress code rules for Members of Parliament. They felt the dress code rules are an insult to the intelligence of lawmakers and they do not want to be dictated to about what they wear.
This surfaced when the Subcommittee on the ...
Energy
Committee Oversight Reports
27 Oct 2015
Documents handed out
Committee Oversight visit on Gauteng and North West Province
Committee Oversight visit on Free State Province
Committee Oversight visit on Eskom Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
[All Reports available once published on ATC]
The Portfolio Committee on Energy met to consider and adopt outstanding oversight reports. All ...
Energy
Department of Energy on its 2014/15 Annual Report
14 Oct 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) said that the year 2014/15 has been beset with a number of challenges for energy supply, especially around electricity, challenges which have unfortunately had a negative impact on the country’s economic development. The DoE's response to electricity challenges included the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) which ...
Employment and Labour
Mitchells Plan & Nyanga Labour Centres: Department of Labour response to Committee recommendations
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour had been requested to make a response to the findings of the Committee on various labour centres, but rather than confining itself to a report only on the Mitchells Plain and Nyanga Labour Centres, the Department described the problems overall, what had been done to address ...