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Public Works and Infrastructure
Council of Built Environment and all six professional councils: governance and reporting relations within and outside the CBE, with Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2016
The Council of Built Environment and all six professional councils briefed the Committee on governance and reporting relations within and outside of the Council, in the presence of the Deputy Minister, Mr Jeremy Cronin. The Department of Public Works was implementing an approved policy framework that guides oversight on the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill; Nedlac UIF proposals: Impact Assessment Report by Department of Labour
17 Aug 2016
The Department of Labour gave its view of the private member’s bill, Labour Laws Amendment Bill PMB6-2015, introduced by Ms Cheryllyn Dudley MP. It noted that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) currently has an accumulated surplus of about R120 billion. The Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015] currently before the National ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: way forward; DoL Quarter 4 performance & Protected Employment Enterprises: status report
25 May 2016
The Supported Employment Enterprises was set up to create employment for ex-service persons who had disabilities that prevented them from entering the open labour market. The entity had preferential procurement status. A brief history of the former Sheltered Employment Factories and SEE was set out, including the turnaround strategies and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: adoption, with Deputy Minister present; Government debt owed to municipalities: payment progress report by DPW
24 May 2016
The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Labour Budget
4 May 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Labour considered the draft budget vote report on Budget Vote 28, titled: Labour and on the Strategic Plans of the Department of Labour (2014 -2019) and its entities as well as one set of outstanding minutes.
The Chairperson took Members through the report swiftly, pausing only ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: briefing; Compensation Fund turnaround strategy
20 Apr 2016
The Committee received a briefing from Ms Cheryllyn Dudley (ACDP) on her Private Members Bill (PMB), called the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The presentation covered background information to the Bill which sought to provide for parental leave, adoption leave and commissioning parental leave. It also provided for the payment of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Public Works on Budget
19 Apr 2016
The Committee Content Advisor took the Members through the report paragraph by paragraph, pausing where he needed to elaborate on a point or two. Members made minor corrections on the report. As a lot of acronyms were used the Department was urged to create an extra page to explain their ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expanded Public Works Programme: progress report by Deputy Minister & Department of Public Works
12 Apr 2016
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Public Works, the Chief Director responsible for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) briefed the Committee on the progress in work opportunities. The brief focused on the 2015/16 EPWP performance analysis, EPWP integrated grant progress, EPWP social sector grant, EPWP technical support ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund & Productivity South Africa 2016 budget review, Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-15]: Democratic Alliance proposals for changes
7 Apr 2016
The Committee firstly addressed a technical amendment that was introduced by a Member of the DA on the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill. The presenting MP noted that the money in this Fund was not so much government money as money paid in directly by individuals and their companies, and that ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works; Construction Industry Development Board & Independent Development Trust on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
6 Apr 2016
The Department of Public Works (DPW), Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), presented their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2016/17 to the Portfolio Committee for Public Works. The Department of Public Works presented its strategic goals for the next five years:
▪ Sound legislative and ...