Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Tsholofelo Molefe; Suzanne Daniels
8 Nov 2017
Documents Handed Out: Submission prepared by: Tsholofelo Molefe [awaited]
The Committee heard from its first witness for the day, Tsholofelo Molefe, who was the former Director of Finance at Eskom. She was suspended by the board of Eskom in 2014 along with three other executives. The evidence leader took the Committee through ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate governance in Eskom - Trillian (in camera)
3 Nov 2017
Ms Bianca Goodson who served as the CEO of Trillian Management Consulting (TMC) from 1 January 2016 to 19 March 2016 gave evidence.
Ms Goodson informed the Committee that TMC did not do any billable work from its inception until 1 March 2016. TMC only had two employees for that ...
Tourism
Signage on routes to World Heritage Sites and tourism sites: South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) briefing
3 Nov 2017
The Department of Transport and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited briefed the Committee on the provision of signage on routes to World Heritage Sites (WHS) and other sights of significance in SA.
They reported that all road signage had to be done in accordance with specific legislation that ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour inspections and investigations based on Committee 2017 oversight visits; UIF Report
1 Nov 2017
The Department of Labour briefed the Portfolio Committee on Labour on inspections and investigations done in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Findings across the board to varying degrees showed non-compliance to various labour laws including Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) benefits, Occupational Health and Safety.
In Gauteng the company visited ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate governance in Eskom – How Optimum coal mine was purchased
1 Nov 2017
Mr Piers Marsden appeared as witness. Mr Marsden and Mr Petrus van den Steen were appointed as business rescue practitioners on the 4 August 2015 for Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH), as well as Optimum Coal Mine (OCM).
Before and during the business rescue process, unsolicited approaches to purchase OCM were ...
Tourism
South African Tourism Quarter 1 performance
27 Oct 2017
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Quarter 1 Performance Report 2017/18
Programme 1: Corporate Support: on vacancies the annual target was 7%. Progress to date was that SA Tourism had a vacancy rate of 15.8% due to the deferral on the filling of positions pending the finalisation of the ...
Employment and Labour
Supported Employment Enterprises performance; COSATU Memorandum; Election of Chairperson
25 Oct 2017
The Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) strategic objective is to provide work opportunities for persons with disabilities. A performance report on 2016/17 stated that production norms and standards were developed and training conducted with factory managers and instructors by end March 2017. However, performance norms and standards were not properly implemented ...
Tourism
South African Maritime Safety Authority + Robben Island Museum 2016/17 Annual Report; BRRR; Committee Report on Limpopo Oversight
13 Oct 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the South African Maritime Safety Authority and the Robben Island Museum on their activities. It was also going to consider its of Draft Budgetary Review Recommendation Report.
The National Department of Tourism had been appropriated R2 billion where it had spent R1.9 billion ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
4 Oct 2017
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its 2016/17 annual report in the presence of the Office of the Auditor-General South Africa, which would also be giving input on its auditing process of the National Department of Tourism.
The Auditor–General during its auditing process had ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Committee processes; BRRR Report
4 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the progress of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill thus far. In addition, he highlighted that the Department of Labour had identified the use of an incorrect formula in Clause 9 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Unemployment ...