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Water and Sanitation
Drought and Climate Change progress report by COGTA, DWS, DEA, DAFF
16 Mar 2016
In a joint committee meeting, four departments presented their collaborative strategy in dealing with the ongoing drought and climate change. The National Disaster Management Centre of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) spoke about the joint drought committee of all relevant departments that has been set up ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on Strategic & Annual Performance Plan, African Position towards UN Habitat Conference 2016, with Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2016
The Deputy Minister and officials from the Department presented the Department’s strategic plan budget and annual performance plan for 2016/17, as well as the Department’s preparatory process towards the UN Habitat III conference to be held in Ecuador in October 2016.
With reference to Habitat III, the Department was participating ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department Human Settlements responses to 2016 SONA & budget, Community Residential Units Programme, interventions into mining towns
8 Mar 2016
The National Department of Human Settlements (DHS) presented the Departmental responses to the 2016 State of the Nation Address and Budget Speech. It was noted that economic growth was a key aim of the 2016 SONA, and the DHS had now stipulated a certain level of local content that must ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department on Estate Agency Affairs Board /Auction Alliance matter; Human Settlements Development Finance Institution: Draft Remedial Housing project; National Housing Development Agency on Human Settlement Catalytic Projects Programme
1 Mar 2016
The first presentation was aimed at updating the Portfolio Committee on the constitutional court action between Auction Alliance and Estate Agency Affairs Board. There had been allegations made about Auction Alliance’s unlawful business practice and illicit money laundering. The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) had undertaken an inspection at the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (the Department) presented their reports on its performance in the second and third quarters of the 2015/16 financial year, but was asked to focus on delivering only the inforamtion about the third quarter. The Department had managed to meet 44% of its annual target by ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Intervention in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality: Department of Human Settlements briefing
3 Nov 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality with respect to delivery and performance. The briefing was an update on the various interventions being carried out by the Department. The meeting was attended by the DHS and ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Title deeds backlog; One Learner-One Estate Agent programme by Estate Agency Affairs Board; NHBRC transformation strategy
27 Oct 2015
At the outset, the Chairperson noted that the presentation by the Financial and Fiscal Commission had been postponed to a later date. The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) and the Department of Human Settlements firstly briefed the Committee on the One-Learner, One Estate Agent programme. This was set up as ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements Budget Review Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) Report was adopted.
Minutes of Committee meetings held on 13 October 2015 at 9:00; 13 October 2015 at 14:00; and 14 October 2015, were adopted without amendment.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
NHBRC, SHRA, HDA, NHFC, RHLF, EAAB, NURCHA, and CSOS on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
14 Oct 2015
Six entities of the Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on their annual reports for the 2014/15 financial year. The entities were the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), the Housing Development Agency (HDA), the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB), the National Urban ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements 2014/15 performance: Auditor-General, FFC & Public Service Commission briefing
13 Oct 2015
The Financial and Fiscal Commission said they were concerned that the Department of Human Settlements was not implementing their recommendations. They believed that its under-spending and under-performing rate was due to a lack of capacity.
The Human Settlements Capacity Grant had been under-spent due to it being transferred late. The ...