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Public Works and Infrastructure
Quarter 1 & 2 report; Committee Programme
17 Feb 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to review its first quarter programme, to consider the draft report on the first and second quarter performance reports of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), and to adopt minutes dating back to the end of last year.
Concern was expressed ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: process & overview of submissions
3 Feb 2021
The Expropriation Bill project update was presented in a virtual meeting by the parliamentary support team. The presentation covered a statistical overview of the submissions made, observations and analysis of the submissions, and recommendations moving forward with the public participation process. Challenges relating to the public participation process ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Implementation of Beitbridge and Jersey Barrier oversight report recommendations; with Minister
2 Dec 2020
Video: PC Public Works, 2 December
Public Works and Infrastructure
EPWP Conditional Grant compliance challenges
3 Nov 2020
The Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) presented the challenges with EPWP Conditional Grants which led to the holding back of the transfer of these grants to provincial departments and municipalities:
• Non-Compliance to Division of Revenue Act.
• Delays in implementation of grant funded projects.
• Delays on reporting of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI on contracting obligations affecting planned dissolution of IDT; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the contracting obligations affecting the planned dissolution of the Independent Development Trust (IDT).
At the outset, the Chairperson stressed that the Committee had been clear that it did not support the dissolution of the IDT, and that ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: background and processing
27 Oct 2020
The support staff of the Committee presented an outline of the background and history of the Expropriation Bill, explaining the causes for the rejection of the 2015 version of the Bill. In a virtual meeting, they proceeded to explain the procedure as required by the rules of the National Assembly ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Funding, reporting and accounting structures of Infrastructure South Africa; with Minister
20 Oct 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on South Africa’s Infrastructure Investment Plan Update Report as well as a report on the funding, reporting and accounting structures of Infrastructure South Africa (ISA). The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Land Port of Entry borderline & related matters: DPWI briefing; with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure (NA) 14 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) on its site clearance for integrated borderline fencing and patrol roads. This was in response to the porous state of South Africa’s ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Beitbridge Oversight Visit
7 Oct 2020
Committee Report available on 13 October 2020
The Committee Report on Beitbridge Oversight Visit was presented to the Committee and adopted. The three parliamentary committees conducting the oversight visit included this Portfolio Committee, Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and Standing Committee on Public on Public Accounts (SCOPA). The report included ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Infrastructure Development Act Workshop
2 Sep 2020
The Committee had a workshop on the Infrastructure Development Act (IDA). The Committee’s Content Advisor briefed Members on the Act and on the infrastructure component which had been added to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI). The workshop dealt with the impact of the 2014 IDA on the ...