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NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agri-Parks provincial progress reports; with Deputy Ministers
29 Oct 2019
Agri-Parks in each province reported on their functionality, budget expenditure, and the number of beneficiaries and jobs created in their province by the programme. All nine provinces were present and eight gave briefings as Gauteng had already done so in a previous meeting. The provincial departments provided detailed status reports ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
BBBEE Forever Consortium: follow-up meeting; with Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
BBBEE Forever Consortium: DPE briefing - 31 July 2019 meeting report
The Department of Public Enterprises reported back to the Committee that after the meeting of 31 July 2019 its officials had not been able to acquire a copy of the 2001 shareholder agreement between Forever Resorts and Siyonwaba. ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Challenges in ensuring compliance from key polluting industries, legal actions against department & Paris Agreement: DEFF briefing; with the Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Committee on the state of air in South Africa. The Minister, Ms Barbara Creecy was in attendance for the briefing.
She expressed her appreciation that the NCOP is showing a keen interest on the matter of air quality management. She stressed ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SABC on its financial stability and HR matters; with Deputy Minister
28 Aug 2019
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) presented on the challenges facing the entity, and the need for government funding. Its funding model promoted over-reliance on advertising revenue. The regulatory and legislative framework could not keep pace with the growth of digital technology. Multinational advertisers had reduced spending over the preceding ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Fifth Parliament legislation and legacy report
27 Aug 2019
The Committee met for a discussion with NCOP Procedural Adviser about legislation not finalised by the Committee during the Fifth Parliament and how to proceed on these Bills. All the Bills from the Fifth Parliament have automatically lapsed, and the Sixth Parliament had to take a decision whether to revive ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
BBBEE Forever Consortium: DPE briefing
31 Jul 2019
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) briefed the Committee on concerns raised by the broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) Forever Consortium over challenges arising from Cabinet’s decision to dispose of eight Aventura Resorts to the Consortium in 2001, which had remained unresolved for almost 20 years.
Some of these challenges ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Legacy Report
30 Jul 2019
Legacy Reports Fifth Parliament (2014-2019)
The Committee received a briefing from its Content Advisor on the Legacy Report of the previous Committee, and heard that there were eight unfinished issues that stemmed from the activities of the Fifth Parliament. These included:
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Communications Annual Performance Plan
24 Jul 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Committee met to receive the Annual Performance Plans (APPs) of the Department of Communications (DOC) and Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS).
DOC outlined a situational analysis, 2019/20 priorities, alignments with the State of the Nation Address and Medium ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform 2019/2020 annual Performance Plans; with Minister
23 Jul 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Committee met with the Department of Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) to discuss the Annual Performance Plans (APPs) and Budgets of the respective Departments in the presence of ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Energy 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy
16 Jul 2019
Government Departments & Entities 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan (APP)
The Select Committee met to receive a briefing on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Energy (DoE). The Minister and Deputy Minister were present. The presentation covered the achievements of the Department, legislation governing the energy sector, objectives, ...