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Public Enterprises
Alexkor 2018/19 Annual Report & Administrator progress report
27 Nov 2019
Annual Reports 2018/2019
Alexkor had received a disclaimer opinion for 2018/19 due to reckless trading and going concern challenges. The Pooling and Sharing Joint Venture (PSJV) is technically insolvent. Its liabilities are more than its assets. Alexkor is experiencing short and long-term liquidity challenges. They have cash flow which will ...
Public Enterprises
Roadmap for Eskom; Minister input on Eskom & SAA
20 Nov 2019
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) detailed the special paper on Eskom "Roadmap for Eskom in a reformed electricity supply industry" which dealt with the unbundling of Eskom and provided timelines. The unbundling of Eskom had been brought about as a result of the moral hazard that Eskom posed to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with Minister (postponed)
19 Nov 2019
The joint meeting involving various concerned Portfolio and Select Committees from the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), met with the interim steering committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to discuss the progress made with the development of a draft national strategic plan on GBVF, as ...
Public Enterprises
Department & State-Owned Companies Medium term financial & operational performance; State-Owned Companies ecent developments: update
13 Nov 2019
DPE of Public Enterprises presented its operation and financial performance report for the second quarter of 2019/20. It managed to achieve only 50% of the planned targets for the quarter due to capacity constraints and delays experienced in implementing some of its projects.
DPE raised the dire state of affairs ...
Public Enterprises
Denel 2018/19 Annual Report
6 Nov 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the annual report and financial statements of Denel for the 2018/19 financial year.
Denel achieved seven of its 23 key performance indicators (KPIs) in the shareholder compact which was 30.4 percent of the targets for 2018/19. The significant non-achievement of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
5 Nov 2019
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) told the Committee that the sight of young graduates standing on highways with billboards seeking employment was unacceptable, and that was why they advocated the elimination of work experience for entry level vacancies for graduates.
Presenting their annual report, the NYDA said they had ...
Public Enterprises
Safcol 2018/19 Annual Report, with special emphasis on land claims & post-settlement model for all stakeholders
30 Oct 2019
The South African Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) briefed the joint Committee on its strategy and business, its performance against shareholders compact, the financial performance, its human and social capital, and the way forward for the state-owned entity.
SAFCOL had a history and culture of not doing ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with Parliament researchers and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to discuss the 2018/19 annual report and the Agency’s current performance. The absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director General was noted at beginning of the meeting.
The researchers reported that ...
Public Enterprises
Transnet 2018/19 Annual Report
23 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Transnet on its Annual Report and financial statements for 2018/19 financial year. The Committee congratulated Transnet for not asking for a financial bailout like the other SOEs had done. The Committee advised Transnet to strengthen oversight in order to avoid future irregular ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee discussed the prevalence of gender-based violence and femicide. The availability of rape kits at police stations and scarcity of doctors to perform assessments were raised as the main concerns. Members asked for a joint meeting to be held with the Portfolio ...