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Higher Education
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 Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: Parliamentary Legal Advisor & State Law Advisor on proposed amendments
1 Jun 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Adviser and State Law Adviser briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on the A-List of the Expropriation Bill [B23-2020].
The A-List contained all of the proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill. The Committee ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI legislation status report; with Deputy Minister
25 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure briefed the Committee on progress in developing several pieces of legislation. They were:
Public Works and Infrastructure Bill: Adv Uday Naidoo had been appointed to draft the Bill in October 2021. The Department was “bending over backwards” to ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament fire: Public Works Ministry, Police Deputy Minister, SAHRA
20 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on progress made in the police investigation into the cause of the January fire at the parliamentary precinct. The presentation detailed the investigation into the fire, the physical security and safeguarding of the precinct ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI on governance issues pertaining to the Boards of the CBE, CIDB & IDT
18 May 2022
PMG was not present
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: Legal Advisors on proposed amendments (postponed)
11 May 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor and State Law Advisor were supposed to brief the Portfolio Committee on the draft A-List (proposed amendments) to the Expropriation Bill. The presentation detailed the 26 proposals that would be discussed. The A-List took into ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Independent Development Trust and Agrément South Africa 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister
4 May 2022
Independent development trust (IDT)
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure was briefed by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Agrément South Africa (Agrément) on their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2022/23. The Committee was pleased with the achievements of both ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
CIDB & CBE 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister
4 May 2022
Construction industry development board (cidb)
Council for the built environment (CBE)
The Committee had a virtual meeting to review the strategic and annual performance plans of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) for the 2022/2023 financial year. The Minister of Public ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI & PMTE 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
3 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting with the Ministry and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) to receive a briefing on the strategic and the 2022/23 annual performance plans of the DPWI and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE).
Members were concerned about the vacant ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: deliberations
23 Mar 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued with its clause-by-clause consideration of the Expropriation Bill. The Committee considered and discussed chapter 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Bill. These clauses dealt with meditation, urgent expropriation, withdrawal of expropriation and regulations.
Members of the ...