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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: stakeholder inputs, with Deputy Minister
30 Jan 2018
This workshop was held to provide further input on the Expropriation Bill [BD4D-2015] that had been referred back to Parliament by the President to enable the Committee to chart a way forward. Input was provided by Parliamentary Legal Office and the Department of Public Works (DPW).
The Chairperson said that ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2017
The joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees was for a briefing on the 2017 Adjustment Appropriation Bill, but the first hour was taken up by a discussion regarding the legalities of the meeting. The Democratic Alliance (DA), making reference to the Money Bills and Amendment Procedures and Related ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: hearing with Department of Home Affairs + National Treasury
22 Nov 2017
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs told the Committee that the automated processes of “Who Am I Online” (WAIO) had led to the Department leaping into the next century insofar as efficiency was concerned. For example, the turnaround time for Identity Documents (IDs) had drastically improved, from 90 days to ...
Social Development
Foster Care System: Progress Report by Department of Social Development, with Minister
22 Nov 2017
The Committee invited the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) to give progress reports on the foster care system in South Africa. Highlights of the brief by the DSD included the total number of children receiving foster child care grants; the use of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Parliamentary Villages; Expanded Public Works Programme job creation: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW) on the progress made with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and on the status of the prestige accommodation programme at the Parliamentary villages.
The DPW described the progress made since the beginning of the EPWP n 2004, the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Inter-Ministerial Committee briefing on SASSA and SAPO impasse, with Ministers present
8 Nov 2017
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Social Development briefed the Joint Meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development. The briefing related to the request by the Committee for a National Treasury review of the SASSA/SAPO procurement process, as well as to attend ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight visit
7 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee met for the consideration and adoption of minutes of previous meetings. The Committee also considered the Oversight Report on the visit to the Eastern Cape undertaken on 11 to 15 September 2017.
Social Development
East Rand chronic underfunding of Child Welfare organisations: Social Development Department response to petition
1 Nov 2017
The Department of Social Development and the Gauteng Provincial Department of Social Development presented its response to the Committee to a petition submitted by Mr M Waters (DA) on the underfunding of child welfare services, on behalf of the East Rand. The Department acknowledged the fact that social services were ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA and SAPO: progress in overcoming deadlock on social grant contract
1 Nov 2017
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development met to hear a report back on the mediation meetings of National Treasury with South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and South African Post Office (SAPO) initiated after a deadlock had been reached on the plan to ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Prestige Programme for Parliament & Parliamentary Villages: DPW and PMTE briefing
24 Oct 2017
The Committee elected Mr H Mmemezi (ANC) as the new Committee Chairperson.
Members voiced their displeasure at not receiving a detailed briefing on the Department’s multi-million Rand prestige property portfolio‚ which dealt with the maintenance of Parliament, ministerial houses and parliamentary villages that house lawmakers. The Department had been requested ...