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Public Enterprises
Road to Rail Strategy: Transnet progress report
17 Jun 2015
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on the progress made in the implementation of the road-to-rail strategy to date. It said that when the Market Demand Strategy (MDS) had been launched in 2012 -- with an emphasis on massive capital investments and moving additional tonnage ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Police Minister's Nkandla Report: Election of Chairperson; Parties to be called by the Committee
11 Jun 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee, having been appointed by the National Assembly, elected Mr Cedric Frolick as its chairperson. He suggested the Committee collate its programme but the meeting quickly turned into a debate on who the Committee could call to appear before it.
Some Members of the ruling party pointed ...
Public Enterprises
Best Corporate Governance Practices: Institute of Directors of Southern Africa capacity building session
20 May 2015
The Institute of Directors of Southern Africa (IoDSA) facilitated a capacity building session with the Committee focusing on corporate governance practices and Board effectiveness in the public sector. The briefing identified critical points around issues of shareholder expectations, value-adding by means of good governance, understanding the strategy, risk, performance and ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules Subcommittee: Rules on SCOPA: input by SCOPA chairperson; Chapters 13-15 of National Assembly Rules; Programme
15 May 2015
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chairperson presented proposals for the amendment of the Rules of the National Assembly governing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. There were two major alterations: the inclusion of a sub-rule empowering the Standing Committee to hold provincial departments and entities directly accountable for funds ...
Public Enterprises
South African Express Airways 2013/14 Annual Report & 2014/5 performance targets; Committee Report on DPE Budget
13 May 2015
The South African Express Airways (SAX) gave a briefing on its 2013/14 Annual Report and on the company’s performance targets for 2014/15. The financial statements for SAX were tabled late due to financial troubles. With the help of the Department of Public Enterprises and the National Treasury, SAX was able ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom feedback on the challenges facing it
22 Apr 2015
In a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Public Enterprises and on Energy, the Eskom Board with support of the Eskom executive, provided feedback on progress made with the challenges facing it.
Questions and concerns raised by Members included:
- Governance instability which included the suspension of the four ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Discussion of Chapters 12-15 of the National Assembly Rules
17 Apr 2015
The Chairperson summarised the procedure and noted the Speaker's request that the process for the new Rules should be completed by end August 2015. This meant that May would be set aside for discussion in the parties, with submissions then to be referred back to the Subcommittee, and thence to ...
Public Enterprises
State-owned Companies performance: Department of Public Enterprises update on implementation of Auditor-General recommendations
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Enterprises briefed the Committee on the findings and recommendations of the Auditor-General in to the affairs and functioning of its State Owned Companies. The Acting Director General broke down the SOCs overseen by the Department by revenue, profit and asset value. The eight companies were: Eskom; ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Progress Report on Review of Parliament Rules: report back by sub-committee
4 Feb 2015
The chairperson of the subcommittee that had been considering the revised Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules) gave a progress report of the Rules review, informing the full Committee of areas of disagreement and areas where new and substantive changes were being proposed. He outlined the proposals for several ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules review: Subcommittee deliberations
20 Jan 2015
The Committee met briefly to review the new draft of the National Assembly Rules. The Chairperson outlined the procedure and made it clear, several times, that it was not this sub-Committee who would be making the final decision on the Rules of the NA; instead, individual members of this sub-committee ...