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South African Tourism on its Quarter 3 performance; Update on preparations of Free State Province
17 Mar 2017
The Committee at the outset was given the explanation that the SAT relied on statistics from StatsSA. The challenge was that StatsSA worked with calendar year statistics. There was thus a disjuncture in that SAT reporting had to be for financial years. SAT was working with StatsSA on the matter. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: President's referral to Parliament; Public Works & PMTE on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy present
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) presented their Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans (APP) before the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. For the first time, the APPs for the Department and entity were presented separately. The plans covered the period 2017/18 – ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works & PMTE on their Quarter 2 performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Deputy Minister of Public Works, the Director-General and officials from the Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the July-September 2016 performance of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). The report focused on the turnaround phases, DPW and PMTE performance information, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) progress report, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
The Deputy Minister of Public Works led the presentation on the EPWP Progress Report to the Committee. The report focused on Phase 3 performance against targets, the impact of EPWP on communities, the Technical Support given to municipalities and other data-capturing entities, and the development of the Training and Enterprise ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for Built Environment (CBE) transformation strategy for Built Environment professionals
21 Feb 2017
The Council for the Built Environment briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Works on transformation of the built environment industry to ensure the improvement of the representation of black graduates and professionals in the six built environment professions.
The success of transformation is dependent upon strengthening of partnerships between government ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Rural Precinct Development: PMTE briefing
14 Feb 2017
A delegation from the Department of Public Works: Property Management Trading Entity presented their Rural Precinct Development and Investment Analysis to the Portfolio Committee. Key points were their core mandate and objectives for Planning and Precinct Development. The objectives to address the imbalances of the past received serious scrutiny in ...
Tourism
Committee Programme; Committee Reports
1 Feb 2017
The Committee considered and adopted its Draft Committee Programme for the First Term 2017 unamended. The Committee briefly discussed the matter of changing its scheduled meeting date from Friday to Wednesday. Members were reminded that Friday was the allocated meeting day for the Committee by the House Chairperson but were ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Challenges with White Papers on Public Works review, with Deputy Minister
31 Jan 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) took Members of the Portfolio Committee through a review of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers and the development of a new one. A brief background was given on the development of the 1997 White Paper, with the focus on the motivation ...
Tourism
Committee Report on KwaZulu-Natal oversight visit
30 Nov 2016
Relevant documents:
Committee Report on KwaZulu-Natal oversight visit [All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Draft Joint Report of the Portfolio Committees on Arts and Culture, Environmental Affairs and Tourism on the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal dated 5 October 2015 was adopted as amended. The EFF reserved ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee minutes
29 Nov 2016
Some grammatical errors were pointed out, and there were points of clarification on some issues. It was suggested that adoption of minutes should be done weekly if possible, or monthly, as it became tedious to review so many minutes after months. The Committee agreed. The Committee also stressed its role ...