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Tourism Legacy Report
14 Nov 2018
Documents handed out: Legacy Report and Achievements of the Committee -2014 to 2019 (Tabled Committee Reports)
The Committee met to consider the draft legacy report for its term from 2014 to 2019. Key highlights discussed included the funding for domestic tourism, restructuring of the national Department of Tourism and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Committee Legacy Report
14 Nov 2018
Documents handed out: Legacy Report and Achievements of the Committee -2014 to 2019 (Tabled Committee Reports)
The Committee met to discuss the Legacy Report covering the achievements during their tenure during the past five years of the Fifth Parliament.
The Committee Content advisor led the Members through the ...
Police
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 ...
Tourism
Initiatives to improve airlift in the country to boost tourist arrivals: Airport Company South Africa briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Airports Company of SA (ACSA) briefed the Committee on initiatives to improve airlift in SA to boost tourist arrivals.
In 2017, ACSA contributed R9.5bn to SA’s economy, supported 14 950 jobs and supported R2.8bn of income to workers in SA. One of the key objectives of the Airlift Strategy was ...
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 ...
Tourism
Joint Marketing Agreements (JMAs) for international and domestic work: South African Tourism briefing
24 Oct 2018
SA Tourism on briefed the Committee on the Joint Marketing Agreements (JMAs) for international and domestic work.
In its audit of the entity, the Auditor-General of South Africa had raised two concerns in relation to the Agreements. The first was on the process by SA Tourism in choosing its partners ...
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 ...
Tourism
Tourism Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee discussed and adopted the Draft Tourism Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) with amendments.
The Committee Content Adviser took the Committee through the Draft BRRR and touched on the financials and performance of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and ...
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 ...