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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements & Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
19 Nov 2019
The Department of Human Settlements and the Department of Water and Sanitation reported on their performance for the second quarter of the 2019/20 financial year.
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) said it had spent R12.9 billion of its R33.8 billion allocation. This included the transfers to metros and provinces, ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: briefing; DSD Audit & BRRR action plan; with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2019
The Deputy Minister encouraged the Committee to process the Social Assistance Amendment Bill as quickly as possible so that it can enable DSD to provide better social security and reach more in the fight against poverty and create security for children that are raised by their own extended families.
She ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Turnaround strategy & War on Leaks project: Department briefing with the Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation. There was a slight delay to the start of the meeting as Members debated whether to start without the presence of the Minister or Deputy Minister. The Minister and Deputy arrived late and apologised before becoming fully ...
Social Development
Auditor General’s audit findings for 2018/19 Annual Report & BRRR: SASSA & NDA action plan; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
6 Nov 2019
The Committee received presentations from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), the National Development Agency (NDA) and the Department of Social Development (DSD).
SASSA said that their focus was on the audit plan and measures to deal with financial misconduct, because these were issues that continued to sully its ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Municipal Water Debt solutions; with Deputy Ministers
5 Nov 2019
This was a continuation of the 29 October joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation and Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs about resolving municipal debt to water boards which has been increasing at an alarming rate. The Committees interrogated the presentations made ...
Social Development
Plans to combat Gender Based Violence, femicide, violence and murder of children: DSD briefing
30 Oct 2019
Commission for Gender Equality on Systemic Investigation Report of shelters that accommodate victims of violence
Joint Sitting: Debate on Gender Based Violence
Address to the nation by President Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Oral Replies to Questions in the National Assembly, Parliament
The Committee was briefed by the Department of ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Debt owed to water boards: input from COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury & DWS
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation and Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs were jointly briefed about resolving the debt of municipalities to the water boards.
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) spoke on the role it played to assist municipalities in ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 2019
25 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered and adopted the Committee's Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Human Settlements.
Social Development
Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order
23 Oct 2019
The Committee heard from seven provinces on their Foster Care Progress Report to meet the 28 November North Gauteng High Court deadline. Overall, from a baseline of 84 225 outstanding cases at the start of September, 32 269 cases have been completed over September and the first two weeks of ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on outstanding debt owed to entities
22 Oct 2019
The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed the Committee on the efforts being made to recover funds owed to entities responsible for ensuring a supply of water to South Africa’s urban and rural communities. The municipalities’ water-use debt to the Water Trading Entity (WTE) and water boards had escalated by ...