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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority & South African Weather Service 2015/16 Annual Performance Plans & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
4 Sep 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs took presentations on the first quarter 2015 performance, from iSimangaliso Wetland Park (SWP) and from the South African Weather Service on a general overview of performance in the 2014/15 financial year, as it had been asked to re-present a report.
iSimangaliso noted that in ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance & South African Weather Services 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
1 Sep 2015
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and two of its entities, SANParks and the SA National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to discuss performance for the first quarter of the current 2015/16 financial year. Minister Molewa attended the meeting.
The Department specifically briefed the Committee on challenges in ...
Employment and Labour
UIF Labour Activation Programme: Department of Labour briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Committee on the Labour Activation Programme of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), introduced by government to mitigate the impact of unemployment and poverty. The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) had identified the opportunity to participate in the labour market programme as supported by Section ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women and agro-processing: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2 Jun 2015
The Director General reviewed the state of women in agriculture and policy interventions to help close the gender gap. The key programmes intended to benefit women were outlined as well as the progress made in each programme. Departmental statistics on how many women worked for DAFF were given and the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Free State & Northern Cape Human Settlements Departments, Mangaung Municipality on their 2015/16 plans and targets
12 May 2015
Free State Department of Human Settlements on the plans and targets for 2015/16
The revised business plan showed among others the Incremental Housing programmes and Social and Rental Housing projects. In terms of the Incremental Housing programmes, 3 609 houses were planned to be built in informal settlements and 3 686 sites ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Office of Auditor General on 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan (APP) assessment of Department of Human Settlements
14 Apr 2015
The Office of the Auditor General made a presentation to the Committee on their assessment of the Department of Human Settlements’ 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan. The presentation aimed to provide members of Parliament with the necessary information and guidance on the audit findings and concerns raised during the interim review ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/2016; Response to Human Settlements issues raised during State of the Nation Address
24 Mar 2015
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Portfolio Committee on its strategic plan, budget and Annual Performance Plan (APP), and also programmes to respond to human settlements issues raised during the State of the Nation Address.
The Committee once again highlighted the importance of the mandate and work of the ...
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
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: