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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Water provision to Limpopo residents
3 Mar 2020
Following a February 2020 oversight visit by the Committee to assess water and sanitation infrastructure in Giyani and Polokwane, the Committee called in the National and Limpopo Department of Water and Sanitation to brief it on Limpopo water and sanitation performance and challenges specifically via Nandoni and De Hoop Dams. ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements 2019/20 Quarter 3 Performance
28 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements on its 2019/20 Quarter 3 Performance. The presentation stated that the Department has seen the worst performance in Quarter 3 across all municipalities. Various targets, such as asset management, corporate governance of Information and Communications Technology and new title deeds, ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B8-2018]: public hearings
26 Feb 2020
Media Statement: Social Development Committee Welcomes Submissions Made at Public Hearings on Social Assistance Amendment Bill
Question NW662 to the Minister of Social Development
In its public hearings on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B2 -2018], the Portfolio Committee heard submissions from: Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office; Black Sash , Centre for ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) reported on its third quarter performance, describing it as extremely tough because of the drought, particularly its impact on the Northern Cape, the Free State and the Eastern Cape. Key issues faced by the Department were under-spending, contractual disputes or delays, and the ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: summary of submissions; SASSA Quarter 1 - 3 performance
19 Feb 2020
The Committee Content Advisor presented a summary of the written submissions received on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill in preparation for the public hearings scheduled for the week of 24 February 2020. The Social Assistance programme was outlined in terms of the types of social grants offered and the requirements ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Status of housing provision in Gauteng: National & Provincial Department briefing; with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
The briefing by the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements was structured to give clear details of the issues faced by the province within the housing sector. The province was currently experiencing a housing crisis as a result of immigration and several other contributing factors. The influx of about 300 000 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Community Schemes Ombud Services; Estate Agency Affairs Board progress reports
3 Dec 2019
The Community Schemes Ombud Services (CSOS) said that there has been a failure thus far to identify all the community schemes and track them on a database to ensure that all submitted their levies. To remedy this they will liaise with the Deeds Office to get a list of owners ...
Social Development
Council of Social Services Professions funding; NACCW on Child & Youth Care Worker challenges
27 Nov 2019
The South African Council of Social Services Professions (SACSSP) was invited to speak about its funding, accreditation of training and the curriculum. SACSSP said that it had to compromise on some of its mandate as a Council due to limited funding because it relied only on subscription fees. However, with ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
DWS Turnaround Strategy performance: response to Committee Questions; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2019
Department of Human Settlements & Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
The meeting was a follow up to the briefing by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on 19 November 2019. The Committee noted that it was an improved presentation.
Water sales debt and poor supply ...
Social Development
Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
20 Nov 2019
Portfolio Committee on Social Development engagements with Department
The Department of Social Development (DSD) told the Committee that the human settlement policy was still a draft, as it had not been approved or implemented. Once it was passed, it would solve most issues pertaining to the sheltering of gender-based violence ...