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Public Enterprises
Challenges facing rail infrastructure and road to rail strategy: DoT briefing
8 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Transport and its two rail transport entities, Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), on challenges facing rail infrastructure and the road-to-rail freight migration strategy. The Committees' view was that the process of building ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
The Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan, resources for STI and coordination of the public STI budget
3 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation had a joint meeting with several other parliamentary committees to receive a briefing from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) White Paper and the Department’s 10-year, or decadal, plan. ...
Public Enterprises
DALRRD on unresolved land claim issues affecting Safcol and Alexkor; with Deputy Minister
1 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the status of the Richtersveld land claim, and the South African Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) and Alexkor land claims reports.
The Chairperson ...
Public Enterprises
Policy impediments that prohibit SOEs from advancing their developmental mandate: National Treasury & dtic briefing
25 May 2022
National Treasury briefed the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting on its responses to State-Owned Companies' (SOCs') procurement legislative challenges, taking the Committee through the challenges and indicating the proposals put forward to deal with some of them.
Some of these challenges included the requirement of National Treasury to ...
Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Budget: Committee Report
18 May 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to go through and consider the draft Budget Vote report of the Department of Public Enterprises. The report included the mandate of the Department and its relationship with state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and companies, the 2022/2023 budget, policy priorities and Committee ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan for 2022/23; with Deputy Minister
11 May 2022
The Committees were convened in a joint virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of Public Enterprises on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan for 2022/23.
Before the presentation, the Chairperson reminded Members of the context in which they found themselves. The state-owned companies (SOCs) were ...
Public Enterprises
Policy impediments raised by Eskom and Transnet regarding PPFA, BBBEE & others hampering the developmental objectives of SOEs, with Deputy Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises met in a virtual meeting and received a briefing from the Department of Public Enterprises on its policy impediments that hinder State-Owned Companies (SOCs) from advancing their developmental objectives.
The Department informed the Committee that the approval of contract variations by National ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom mid-term results and update on unbundling and security of electricity supply; with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2022
In a virtual meeting, Eskom briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises and Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communications, on its mid-term results, and gave an update on the unbundling of the entity and the security of electricity supply.
The Deputy Minister said that ...
Public Enterprises
Transnet 2020/21 Annual Report: follow-up meeting; private sector participation model; with Minister
16 Feb 2022
08 Dec 2021 |
In a virtual meeting, Transnet presented follow-up responses on its annual report presentation and briefed the Portfolio Committee on progress with the private participation model. The Minister of Public Enterprises said that Transnet was a stable entity, but needed adequate ...
Public Enterprises
Transnet 2020/21 Annual Report
8 Dec 2021
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform with the Executive Board of Transnet, for a briefing on the entity’s annual report and financial statements for 2020/21. In general, the presentations indicated that Transnet was in trouble, with many of its divisions experiencing problems related to ...