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Police stations: Public Works facilities management
13 Nov 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) described a litany of challenges it was experiencing in respect of services provided by the Department of Public Works (DPW). When the DPW indicated that they had not come to the meeting prepared to respond to the SAPS complaints, the debate became heated and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust (IDT) restructuring; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Minister of Public Works told the Committee that the previous board of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) was fraught with corruption, and this claim had been substantiated by National Treasury (NT), although its findings had never been followed up. When the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the IDT had ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Germany Study Tour
30 Oct 2018
The Committee considered the draft report of its study tour to Germany between September 9 and 13, and agreed on the importance of the report including a list of the names of all the Members who had participated. There was a unanimous observation amongst the Members of the similarities between ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Eastern Cape oversight
23 Oct 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Follow-Up Oversight Visit Report to the Eastern Cape. During consideration Members raised matters in relation to the development of ports, especially in marginalized, underprivileged areas, progress made, the Coega Development Corporation, the Magistrates Court and working with the Eastern Cape provincial ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works & PMTE Budget Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works adopted its Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Public Works and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) in the 2017/18 financial year.
Deliberations focused on recommendations to the Minister ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by officials from the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on their annual reports for the 2017/18 financial year. The officials presented the main challenges and asked that they be considered against the context of the turnaround ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément SA & IDT 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings by Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Agrément South Africa (ASA) on their annual reports for 2017/18.
The IDT said it had achieved 50% of its targets, given the constraint of failing to realise its budgets. Its expenditure had been R4.3 billion against ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
CIDB & Council for the Built Environment 2017/18 Annual Report
10 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on their Annual Report for the 2017/2018 financial year. The CIDB received an unqualified audit opinion with the key findings being an irregular expenditure of R413 743 incurred within the current financial year, inaccuracy of annual ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & Entities audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
9 Oct 2018
The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2017/18 audit outcomes of the Department and its entities. The full list of auditees included the following 6 entities: DPW, Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), IDT (Independent Development Trust), CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board), CBE (Council ...
Police
National Legislature safety and security: SAPS & Public Works briefing, Minister present
26 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committees on Police and Public Works, in the presence of the Minister of Police, met jointly in a special meeting called during recess to be briefed on matters relating to safety and security at the national legislature following a tragic incident in which a senior staff member shot ...