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Department of Energy on its 2014/15 Annual Report
14 Oct 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) said that the year 2014/15 has been beset with a number of challenges for energy supply, especially around electricity, challenges which have unfortunately had a negative impact on the country’s economic development. The DoE's response to electricity challenges included the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) which ...
Energy
Department of Energy 2014/15 performance: Auditor-General & Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation briefings
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa indicated that for the 2014/15 financial year the DoE, the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) received an unqualified audit with no findings. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), Equalisation Fund (EQF) and Sanedi received unqualified outcomes with findings. South ...
Police
SAPS 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; Kruger National Park: progress reports
9 Sep 2015
The Committee met with the National Commissioner of Police and senior management of the SA Police Service (SAPS) to consider a number of important agenda items, the first of which was an update on efforts to combat rhino poaching. The SAPS Detective Services provided information on the task team in ...
Energy
Nuclear international agreements: briefing by Minister of Energy
1 Sep 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy received a briefing from the Minister and Department of Energy (DoE) on the five international nuclear agreements for the new nuclear build programme. The agreements were referred to the Committee by the Speaker of Parliament on the 5 August 2015. The presentation gave an overview ...
Police
Farlam Commission recommendations; Operation Combat & Operation Fiela & Operation Tornado: SAPS briefing; Roll-out of generators at SAPS stations: SAPS/Public Works
19 Aug 2015
The Committee, in a full programme for the day, met with various divisions of the SA Police Service (SAPS) to be briefed on the progress made on a number of operations. The first item on the agenda was a briefing by the Committee researcher on the recommendations of the Farlam ...
Energy
Strategic Fuel Stocks & Storage Facilities: Department of Energy & Strategic Fuel Fund briefing, with Deputy Minister present
17 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy received a briefing from the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) on the strategic fuel stocks policy, and the current situation regarding strategic fuel stocks and storage facilities.
The DoE said the management of liquid fuels within the Department was split ...
Energy
Solar Water Heater Programme with Minister & Deputy Minister
11 Aug 2015
The Minister of Energy was scheduled to brief the Committee on the progress made in the War Room on the Electricity Crisis. However the Democratic Alliance objected to the Committee receiving the briefing because the document handed to Members was classified and MPs were not authorised to deal with secret ...
Energy
Portfolio Committee on Energy Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
23 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee met to deliberate on the Energy Strategic Plan 2015/16-2019/20 and Annual Performance Plan (APP), focusing on a number of challenges that had been experienced by the Department of Energy (DoE). These included generation capacity, distribution infrastructure, poor access to energy, and volatility of petroleum prices. Other challenges ...
Energy
Meeting with National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) on their reasons for their decision on the new Burgan Cape Town terminal
26 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy invited the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to brief it on the licence issued to Burgan Cape Terminals in 2014.. The presentation was a summary for the Committee of the 51-page document which was still available on Nersa’s website, and did not replace ...
Energy
Committee Report on Department of Energy budget; Second Term Committee Programme
21 Apr 2015
The Committee met to consider its report on the budget of the Department of Energy (vote no 26) and outstanding minutes.
The Committee’s Content Advisor quickly took the Committee through the presentation of the report placing emphasis on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee. The report consisted of two ...