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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: public hearings with Deputy Minister in attendance Day 2
29 Jul 2015
Documents handed out:
Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry
South African Geomatics Institute
Agri SA supported orderly land reform - equitable land distribution is a prerequisite for rural stability and inclusive rural development. Agri-SA believed that expropriation should only be used as a last resort where negotiations fail. There needed ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Uncompensated Miners with Silicosis: Prof Ehrlich, Deputy Minister, Chief Inspector of Mines briefings
24 Jun 2015
The Committee heard briefings from Prof Ehrlich of the University of Cape Town's School of Public Health and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). The presentations focused on the health of ex-mineworkers, particularly those suffering from silicosis, a respiratory disease developed by inhaling silica dust over an extended period of ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
CSIR on its involvement in mining technology
10 Jun 2015
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) gave a presentation on its involvement in mining technology. The Committee was informed that South Africa had significant mineral reserves and was a mature industry, with easily mined deposits with high grade deposits already extracted. However, in mining operations, and in gold ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on funding of turn-around strategy
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) told the Committee that corruption, mismanagement and poor performance had led to the DPW failing to deliver on its mandate. The turnaround strategy – the Seven-Year Business Improvement Plan -- had been launched in January 2012, with the core of the strategy being zero ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on 4th Quarter Performance for 2014/2015
2 Jun 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) presented the fourth quarter 2014/15 report to the Committee. The Department highlighted the purpose of the report, the five-year strategic goals and outcomes, the adopted methodology in the treatment of quarterly performance information, the programme performances of the five initiated programmes and the performance ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Regulatory Framework Policy Changes and future of Shale Gas Industry: Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) & Petroleum Agency SA (PASA) briefing
27 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee received a joint briefing from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (Pasa) on the shale gas regulatory framework. The DMR was led by Deputy Minister, who said that in the past 100 years, the country had learned about the environmental ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-15]: consideration of submissions, with Deputy Minister; Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-15] adoption
26 May 2015
The Chairperson went through the A-List and verified that the amendments had been effected in the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3B-2015]. Members moved to adopt the Bill, and it was adopted.
The Committee also considered submissions received on the Expropriation Bill. The period had run from 19 April to 6 ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) made a presentation to the Committee on the availability of medicines and medical equipment in three provinces – the Free State, North West and Western Cape -- outlining the problems and successes faced by the provincial departments and the districts in the delivery of services. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations, with Deputy Minister in attendance
19 May 2015
The Department of Public Works, led by Mr Jeremy Cronin, Deputy Minister of Public Works, considered the Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015] clause by clause with Members of the Portfolio Committee. Overall there were not many technical amendments. The A-List would be prepared as soon as possible so that the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: Department & Deputy Minister response to submissions
12 May 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) went through the various comments and inputs that were received from the general public, professionals in the engineering field, the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, the Department itself and from the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.
These comments included recommendations ...