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Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla private residence security upgrades: Minister of Police briefing
20 Jul 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Police Minister’s report met in Pietermaritzburg to deliberate on the security upgrades at the private residence of the President, and took a briefing from the Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko. In answer to a question raised by a Member of the DA, the ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage Workshop: day 1
23 Jun 2015
The workshop revolved around gathering input, comment and material from the public around the issue of a national minimum wage. This discussion was important, given that sectoral minimum wages had been running successfully for over ten years.
The presentation from the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU) ...
Employment and Labour
Nedlac Forensic Audit Report; Committee Report on Labour Relations Amendment Private Member’s Bill
17 Jun 2015
Nedlac said the forensic investigation emanated from a letter from the Department of Labour dated 8 November 2011, submitted to the former Chairperson of the Nedlac Audit Committee. The letter raised a number of alleged irregularities at Nedlac and the Audit Committee at its meeting on 17 January 2012 decided ...
Energy
South African Nuclear Programme: briefing by Department of Energy, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and National Nuclear Regulator
2 Jun 2015
During the 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) President Zuma announced that nuclear energy would form more than 9 Giga Watts of electricity in the energy mix. In the same year the DoE signed inter-governmental Agreements (IGAs) with Russia, France and the Republic of China. To date South Africa ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on its 4th Quarter 2014/15 Perfomance Report
27 May 2015
The Department of Labour (DoL) presented its 4th Quarterly Report for 2014/15, which was in a different format from previous reports and had changed the way in which targets were assessed. The Department had reached 58% achievement overall. The achievements of each branch were outlined. It was noted that the main ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: state of readiness for way forward
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Labour held a meeting to deliberate and to receive reports on the state of readiness of the support team regarding the public hearings on the national minimum wage, and to air their opinion on lapses in the Parliamentary support system.
The Chairperson expressed concern over ...
Employment and Labour
PC Labour: Oversight Reports
19 Nov 2014
The Committee considered and adopted with amendments a Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Labour on an unannounced visit to the Nyanga Satellite Office and Bellville Labour Centre. The Committee discussed the hygienic concerns of the Nyanga Centre and the Department of Labour’s daily quota on how many people ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund: briefing on plans to address performance & governance challenges
5 Nov 2014
The meeting started by the Commissioner for the Compensation Fund (CF) answering 16 questions addressed to the Compensation Fund (CF) at a previous meeting.
Mr Shadrack Mkhonto, Commissioner for the Compensation Fund addressed the 16 questions as previously asked by the Committee. The Fund could not provide a clear answer ...
Energy
Grand Inga Hydropower Project Treaty with DRC: Deputy Minister of Energy briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Energy met with the Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development in a joint meeting to discuss the Treaty on the Grand Inga Hydropower Project between the Republic of South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two Committees approved ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Budget Review and Recommendation Report
28 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met to consider amendments to the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
One of the main issues discussed was the need to fill vacant posts. The budget had been cut because of under-spending, as there had been delays in filling the vacant posts over the past ...