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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 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Department of Public Works Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee on Public Works unanimously adopted the Budget vote Report, Vote 11 of the Department of Public Works with recommendations.
Members made the following recommendations:
The Committee be updated on the assets register
Any entity involved in construction should look at the social perspective of the building.
The Department ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Strategic and Annual Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
14 Apr 2015
Agrément South Africa in the presence of and with some input also from the Deputy Minister of Public Works, presented its 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans and budgets to the Committee. Agrément aimed to be a world class technical assessment agency, and its main purpose was to promote and certify ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust & Construction Industry Development Board: Strategic Plans 2015, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), both entities of the Department of Public Works (DPW), presented their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16 to the Portfolio Committee for Public Works. The Deputy Minister was in attendance during the presentation by the CIDB.
The IDT ...
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Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations on how Committee will process Bill
10 Mar 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on issues for consideration arising from the Agrément South Africa Bill. A historical overview of the entity was first provided, outlining its mandate, the challenges it faced and solutions being implemented.
With regard to the Agrément South Africa Bill, the researcher directed the Committee ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrèment South Africa Bill: Departmental briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Works made a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on the Agrèment South Africa Bill 2015, and provided answers to questions posed by the relatively few Members in attendance.
The Minister introduced the presentation by outlining the Department’s five key priorities for the year. These were:
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Construction Industry Development Board & Agrément SA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board and Agrément South Africa presented their 2013/14 Annual Reports to the Portfolio Committee. The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) achieved an unqualified audit report, with emphasis of matter, which called for the restatement of figures of the previous financial year to correspond with figures of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust on its 2013/14 Annual Report
28 Oct 2014
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) remains in a precarious financial position. This emerged when it was presenting its annual report for the year under review to the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. It reported that there had been supplementary funding of R200 million from the National Treasury for the financial ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2014
The Chairperson led Members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works through a page-by-page review of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The only major issues related to the suggestion to substitute “eliminate corruption” for “address corruption,” and the timeframe for the presentation of financial reports. Members reached agreement ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Auditor-General of South Africa on audit outcomes of Department of Public Works
14 Oct 2014
The Office of the Auditor General (AGSA) and the Department of Public Works provided an overview of the audit outcomes and other findings in respect of the Department for the 2013/14 financial year.
AGSA reported that the Department had received an unqualified audit for the period under review. In the ...