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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Report-back by Minister of Human Settlements on progress made on first 100 days in office
28 Oct 2014
The Minister gave an overview of the commitments she made to the Committee and whether those commitments had been fulfilled. The Department committed to the title deeds of the pre-1994 stock because that commitment had been made by the new government in 1994 and really should have been resolved by ...
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Human Settlements Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2014
The Committee Members discussed additional recommendations that had not been included in the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), and agreed to add the following:
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Human Settlements entities: HDA, NHBRC, CSOS, RHLF, SHRA, NURCHA, EAAB, NHFC 2013/14 Annual Reports
15 Oct 2014
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) briefing focussed on achievement of its two main objectives namely (1) to identify, acquire, hold, develop, and release well-located land and building and (2) to provide project management support and housing development exercises. The HDA provided a governance report, performance in terms of key strategic ...
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Audit Outcomes of Department of Human Settlements: AGSA, Financial and Fiscal Commission and Public Service Commission briefings
14 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements met to hear briefings from the Office of the Auditor-General (AG) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) for 2012/13. It was also briefed by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on the capacity ...
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Department of Human Settlements entities on their mandate, annual performance plans and budget for 2014/15
23 Sep 2014
The entities of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) presented on their mandates, annual performance plans and budgets for 2014/15. The Chairperson said the meeting objective was to give members an overall understanding of what each entity did. The budgets of the entities would be interrogated at the next meeting ...
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Implementation of Special Integrated Projects: briefing by National Department, North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements, Bojanala District & Rustenburg Local Municipality
16 Sep 2014
The National Department of Human Settlements (NDOHS) in conjunction with the North West Provincial Department of Local Government and Human Settlements (NWDLGHS), Bojanala District and Rustenburg Local Municipality briefed the Committee about the progress made in the implementation of the Special Integrated Projects. The conditions in the informal settlements were ...
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Workshop on use of annual and quarterly performance reports as an oversight tool: AGSA briefing; Rental Housing Amendment Bill: consideration of NCOP amendments & adoption
9 Sep 2014
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the role, function and how the Committee could use annual and quarterly performance reports as an oversight tool.
The annual audit formed an integral part of the annual regularity audit process, and confirmed that departments being audited (auditees) were complying with ...
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Workshop on the Legislative Process: briefing by Committee Section
26 Aug 2014
The Committee had originally intended to invite the entities of the Department of Human Settlements; however the Department had advised that there would be a workshop where the entities would be presenting exactly what they were supposed to be presenting to the Committee. Since the Committee was invited to the ...
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Minister and Department of Human Settlements on its 2014 Strategic Plan
3 Jul 2014
The Committee had its first meeting and briefing with the Department of Human Settlements and its entities. The Minister gave a political outline of where the Department was and where it would be heading in the next five years. The entities were also given a chance to introduce themselves briefly ...
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Department of Human Settlements 2014 Strategic Plan: Committee Researcher's briefing
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Researcher and Committee Secretary briefed the Committee on, respectively, issues relevant to the human settlements portfolio, including its legislation, the structure of the Department, the procedure to be followed during the budget process, an analysis of the budget vote for the Department of Human Settlements, and the Legacy ...
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Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
The Committee met briefly to appoint a chairperson for the Fifth Parliament. Ms N Mafu (ANC) was elected unopposed.