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Council for the Built Environment on its 2014/15 Annual Report
9 Mar 2016
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The four programmes of the CBE were described, with particular points highlighted. In this financial year the CBE had managed to achieve 96% of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) targets, an improvement on the 86% ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works Turnaround Strategy: progress report with Minister
8 Mar 2016
The Department briefed the Committee on the progress made on the Turnaround Strategy in the presence of the Minister of Public Works, Mr Thulas Nxesi. There are a number of notable achievements after the implementation of the Turnaround Strategy and these include stabilisation in management and leadership, movement of Property Management ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board on its 2014/15 Annual Report: meeting postponed
2 Mar 2016
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) was supposed to brief the Committee on its Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year. The Committee decided that the meeting should be cancelled and rescheduled instead, after the delegations from the Department of Public Works were not present at the meeting. Members also ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Oceans Economy programme & Green Building framework of Department of Public Works
1 Mar 2016
The Department of Public Works together with its Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) briefed the Committee on the Oceans Economy programme and the Green Building framework. In 2010, the ocean contributed approximately R54 billion to South Africa’s GDP and accounted for approximately 316 000 jobs. The ocean has the potential ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarter performance
19 Feb 2016
The Chairperson, in her introductory remarks, commented that it seemed that SA Tourism had already used 95% of its budget, yet had not met the targets for either quarter 2 or quarter 3 of the 2015/16 financial year. If SA Tourism was reporting that it had budget shortfalls, then the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister present
16 Feb 2016
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) received a disclaimer audit opinion in 2014/15 financial year and this was after 11 consecutive unqualified opinions, spanning from 2002/03 to 2012/13. The basis of the disclaimer audit opinion for 2014/15 had to do with a number of factors and these included: Lack of sufficient ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4B-15]: adoption; Department of Public Works on its 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015 performance
2 Feb 2016
The Committee adopted the Expropriation Bill with opposition from the Democratic Alliance, United Democratic Movement and Economic Freedom Fighters while Inkatha Freedom Party abstained from voting.
The DA explained that the party was opposed to the Bill because the current definitions of “expropriation” and “property” contained ambiguity and therefore still ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism on its 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarterly performance, with Minister present
29 Jan 2016
The Minister of Tourism informed the Committee about the various vacancies. After parliament had closed for 2015, the Chief Executive Officer of SA Tourism Mr Thulani Nzima by agreement with the SA Tourism Board had decided to depart early before the expiration of his contract. The post of CEO would ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]: consideration
26 Jan 2016
The Committee continued with deliberations on its proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill. Members were afforded an opportunity to express the views of their political parties on a clause-by-clause basis. The Democratic Alliance was opposed to the definition of “expropriation” claiming that the definition was vague and still required further ...
Tourism
State of tourism in KwaZulu-Natal Province: MEC Mabuyakhulu briefing
13 Nov 2015
The Report of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on the provincial oversight visit to the Eastern Cape Province was adopted as amended.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs briefed the Committee on the state of tourism in the Province.
The Committee was thanked for visiting the ...