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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Progress made merging Development Finance Institutions; detailed provincial expenditure & performance report on human settlements issues, with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2015
As requested by the Committee, the Department gave a detailed report on the expenditure of the human settlements grants. The Committee saw this as important, considering that the grants made up 97% of the Department’s budget. The presentation discussed the different grants and went into detail on the expenditure of ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Deputy Minister on Department of Human Settlements 1st to 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Performance
24 Feb 2015
Concerns raised by the Committee that there seemed to be new shifts on the delivery timeframes of the Department. There were programmes where there were already set delivery time targets, these dates were before the now 2019 that the presentation referred to without an explanation from the Department to the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Universities Working with Department of Human Settlements on Leadership & Executive Management Courses in Human Settlements
11 Nov 2014
The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) offers short courses on Social and Technical Sustainability, Informal Settlements, Human Settlements and Housing: Theory, Concepts and Policy, Housing Finance and the Law and Management of Existing Housing Stock. All the courses are accredited by different committees from the University and cots R10 000 per ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Nomzamo /Lwandle evictions: Ministerial Inquiry recommendations ratified; Green Paper on Human Settlements: Departmental update
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the development of a Green Paper for Human Settlements. The Green Paper's strategy was to develop 20-30 year plan for building houses that would improve the quality of life. The process would include a review and development of policies. Five ...
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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:
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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 ...