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Public Works and Infrastructure
Prestige Programme for Parliament & Parliamentary Villages: DPW and PMTE briefing
24 Oct 2017
The Committee elected Mr H Mmemezi (ANC) as the new Committee Chairperson.
Members voiced their displeasure at not receiving a detailed briefing on the Department’s multi-million Rand prestige property portfolio‚ which dealt with the maintenance of Parliament, ministerial houses and parliamentary villages that house lawmakers. The Department had been requested ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, CCMA, UIF, Nedlac, Productivity South Africa + Compensation Fund Quarter 1 performance
18 Oct 2017
The Department of Labour presented the salient issues pertaining to the Quarter 1 Performance Report to the Portfolio Committee on Labour. In the past financial year, only Western Cape had achieved the target and this year, Eastern Cape, Free State and Western Cape had achieved the target. There was no ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Labour Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee deliberated on the latest proposed amendments to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The first was the formula used for maternity benefits and the second related to beneficiaries.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that the Committee must have public participation with regards to the clause dealing with the extension ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément SA, IDT + Construction Industry Development Board 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Agrément South Africa (ASA) and Independent Development Trust (IDT) on its Annual Reports for the 2016/17 financial year.
The term of the current Board of Agrément South Africa was extended by the Minister of Public Works ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Committee processes; BRRR Report
4 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the progress of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill thus far. In addition, he highlighted that the Department of Labour had identified the use of an incorrect formula in Clause 9 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Unemployment ...
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 ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan; UIF Labour Activation Programmes; Committee Reports
6 Sep 2017
The Department of Labour briefed the Portfolio Committee on developments at the Unemployment Insurance Fund, as well as the action plan of the Compensation Fund.
The Compensation Fund reported that the Department had concluded 83% of the goals set out, and had created a programme to clean out inefficiencies. It ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Oversight Report of Western Cape Small Harbours; Expropriation Bill inputs by National House of Traditional Leaders
5 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to be briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Services (PLS) on the legal implications of the letter from the President on the return of the Expropriation Bill.
The Parliamentary legal advisor said the version of the Bill that had been returned by the President ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Gauteng committee oversight visit report
16 Aug 2017
The Department of Labour with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) who is in charge of the Labour Activation Programme appeared before to the Portfolio Committee on Labour to respond to the oversigh visit to Gauteng report.
The Committee was not interested in the presentation by the UIF Commission until they ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbours Maintenance, Leasing, Job Creation: Public Works briefing
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) provided a detailed background on the work it had done in respect of small harbours and the Integrated Small Harbour Management Authority (ISHMA) which had been established in 2005. Since then, the Department had pursued joint ventures with other entities, such as the Department ...