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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Minister & Deputy Minister; Public Works 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
24 Mar 2015
With the Minister of Public Works in attendance, the Deputy Minister gave a briefing on the Expropriation Bill (B4-2015). He said that expropriation is an essential mechanism for the state to acquire property in certain instances. Section 25 of the Constitution provides that property may be expropriated only in terms ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on its Strategic Plan 2015-2020
20 Mar 2015
A delegation from South African Tourism (SAT) presented a briefing to the Committee on its vision, mandate and governance, as well as its strategic objectives and performance measurements up until 2020. SAT hopes to raise the number of annual tourist arrivals in the country from 9.6 million in 2013/14 to ...
Tourism
Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP) to support SMMEs: briefing by National Department of Tourism
13 Mar 2015
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP). Both Minister Derek Hanekom and Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa made opening statements.
Minister Hanekom said in 2014 when the NDT briefed the Committee on the TIP Members were concerned that not enough progress had been ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations on how Committee will process Bill
10 Mar 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on issues for consideration arising from the Agrément South Africa Bill. A historical overview of the entity was first provided, outlining its mandate, the challenges it faced and solutions being implemented.
With regard to the Agrément South Africa Bill, the researcher directed the Committee ...
Tourism
Tourism development and job creation support: Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (Fedhasa) on its activities
6 Mar 2015
FEDHASA presented to the Committee on its activities in support of tourism development and job creation. It was a broad organisation with seventy five percent of the FEDHASA being made up of big hotel groups. Major pillars for the FEDHASA were legislation pertaining to labour laws, smoking regulations and immigration ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on lease portfolio and performance of Property Management Trading Entity
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Property Management and Trading Entity (PMTE), focussing on its lease portfolio. The PMTE had been in the news lately for a variety of reasons and the briefing was related to the DPW’s endeavours to deal with the issues related ...
Tourism
PC Tourism: Third Term Committee Programme; Northern Cape Oversight Report
14 Nov 2014
The Draft Northern Cape Report 2014 was adopted as amended.
The Committee engaged on discussion over its Third Term Committee Programme. Much of the discussion centred over the planned oversight visit to Pretoria on the 25-28 November 2014. The Committee intended to pay a visit to the offices of the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Agrément SA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board and Agrément South Africa presented their 2013/14 Annual Reports to the Portfolio Committee. The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) achieved an unqualified audit report, with emphasis of matter, which called for the restatement of figures of the previous financial year to correspond with figures of ...
Tourism
Local Government support for tourism development in SA: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA) briefed the Committee on local government support of tourism development in SA. Areas of emphasis included the legislative and policy context, including the Constitution and the White Paper on Local Government, and the link between local government and economic development. The ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for the Built Environment (CBE) on its 2013/14 Annual Report
4 Nov 2014
The Council for the Built Environment presented the highlights of its 2013/14 Annual Report. The CBE has received an unqualified audit from the Auditor-General continually since 2011/12. In 2013/14, 86% of the APP targets were achieved. Since 2011, the percentage of targets achieved has risen by approximately 10% every financial ...