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Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Deliberation on criteria for short-listing candidates
23 Jan 2019
The Committee met to discuss the criteria that the Committee would use to shortlist the 88 candidates who had applied for the eight positions as Commissioners on the Gender Equality Commission. The Presidency had also asked the Committee to recommend a candidate to chair the Commission.
The meeting with ...
Public Enterprises
Denel forensic investigations
5 Dec 2018
The Committee was briefed by a Denel delegation on the current status of the entity, and on progress with the forensic investigation into financial irregularities which had resulted in it receiving a cisclaimer audit opnion.
Denel said it was currently relying on government guarantees of about R3.4bn, and this was ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry report: adoption
28 Nov 2018
The Eskom Inquiry Committee Report recommended that the Zondo Commission should summon two former ministers of the Department of Public Enterprises – Mr Malusi Gigaba and Ms Lynne Brown - to appear before it to share insight into the role they played as shareholder representative during the period corruption and ...
Public Enterprises
South African Airways (SAA) turnaround: progress report; with Minister
27 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the South African Airways (SAA) on progress in implementing its turnaround strategy, in the presence of the Minister.
The SAA Board Chairperson pointed out that the new executive and management found a fractious and unstable organisation upon assumption of duty last year. Currently, there was ...
Finance Standing Committee
Carbon Tax Bill workshop
27 Nov 2018
The National Treasury and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) came before the joint Committee to present the responses that had been drafted by Treasury on stakeholder inputs and comments on the Carbon Tax Bill. It had been decided that as Treasury had consulted widely on the Bill, the workshop ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
One Environmental System colloquium
20 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs(DEA), the Department of Mineral Resource (DMR), the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), the Minerals Council South Africa and a professor of law from Witwatersrand University, briefed the Committee on the One Environmental System (OES).
The Chairperson said that the aim of the colloquium was first ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises Quarter 1 & 2 performance
14 Nov 2018
Public Enterprises Committee Implores Department to Address Municipal Debt
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Enterprises on its Q1 and 2 performance reports. It was revealed that Eskom was owed a whopping R18 billion by municipalities. An SOC Bill is in the offing that will help to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill remitted: adoption; Committee Report on Captive Lion Breeding Colloquium
8 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the amendment to provide for an administrative appeal process in the NEMLA Bill, specifically to do with the revocation of air quality licences.
After discussion of the new provision, the Committee adopted the NEMLA Bill with amendments.
The Committee adopted ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor 2017/18 Annual Report
7 Nov 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Alexkor affirmed a slightly positive financial result because of a small accounting (not cash) profit nd it obtained an unqualified audit opinion. However, Alexkor is still beset with difficulties such as managing its operational cash flow challenge. There is the potential of a going concern challenge by ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill remitted: briefing; DEA audit action plan
6 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental affairs briefed the Portfolio committee on the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) turnaround strategy, and the Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme (EPIP) audit plan.
Concerns were raised on the effectiveness of the EPWP in creating employment for local ...