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Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works, meeting for the second time to consider its report on the DPW Budget Vote, officially adopted the report with amendments. The DA withdrew its earlier decision to second the adoption. In its observations and recommendations, the Committee highlighted several matters of great concern, including ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill financial implications: National Treasury & IEC briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Chairperson contextualised the work of the Committee. An Ad Hoc Committee had presented a report at the end of 2017 and, as was practice in Parliament, anything that had not been finalised ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Assets on immovable asset register: Department briefing with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Public Works (DPW), accompanied by the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on the status of different categories of assets on the Immovable Asset Register (IAR) and foreign assets. The Committee heard about the types of assets comprising the DPW property portfolio (IAR), the total value of assets ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill and Regulations: deliberations on public comments and amendments
21 Nov 2017
All documents confidential drafts: Summary of issues still to be decided; Detailed notes from legal team of 60 pages; Proposals for Changes in Clauses 3, 5, 8, 11; Draft Bill
The intention of the Committee meeting was to give the legal advisor and the drafting team guidance to complete the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Electoral Commission (IEC) feedback on Political Party Funding Bill
10 Nov 2017
The Committee had determined that the IEC was best placed to administer both the public political party funding and the newly established Multi-Party Democracy Fund. The IEC was invited to make a presentation on its views on the Bill and what it would cost to administer the funds.
The IEC ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill: public hearings Day 1
7 Nov 2017
Black First Land First (BLF) addressed private funding and public funding, and particularly how BLF aimed to move the country away from a funding model that embedded corruption within the political organisations of the country. The movement demanded the repeal of the IEC-required deposit of R600 000 to contest the elections ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Regulations: discussion
3 Nov 2017
The Chairperson informed the Committee that 17 of the 21 submitters had agreed to make an oral submission on the Political Party Funding Bill on the 7 and 8 November 2017. Those who had previously made oral submissions would be restricted to comments on the draft Bill, while those that ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
My Vote Counts judgement impact; Regulations amendment
24 Oct 2017
The Chairperson indicated that 21 submissions had been received on the draft Bill on Funding of Represented Political Parties. Public hearings would be held on 7 and 8 November 2017. The Committee would allow those making a submission for the first time to make a full submission. Those who had ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works, CBE, PMTE 2016/17 Annual Reports, Auditor-General input; with Minister and Deputy
3 Oct 2017
The Minister of Public Works highlighted the Department’s policy priority areas, and said its goal was to contribute to the development of a sustainable economy through infrastructure development and maintenance. This development would be guided by the concept of transformation, which would aim at creating employment and ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
IEC & National Treasury responses on Political Party Funding; Outstanding decisions
1 Sep 2017
The IEC had been asked to respond to the Committee’s desire to see the IEC as the manager of the Multi-Party Democracy Fund (MPDF). The question put to the Commission was that if the Committee gave IEC that job, what would be its response? National Treasury had been asked to ...