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Public Works Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DPWI/PTME Annual Report 2021/22; with Ministry
11 Oct 2022
Public Works and Infrastructure
The Auditor-General of South Africa and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure briefed the Portfolio Committee on the 2021/22 Annual Report of the Department. This formed part of the Committee’s oversight role of assessing the performance of entities, with the aim of compiling a ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Urgent steps taken by CBE to strengthen regulatory function over the professional built environment councils; with Deputy Minister
28 Sep 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) on its policies and strategies to enhance transformation in the various professions involved in the building industry. Its focus was on skills and enterprise development, creating opportunities for the youth, and promoting women's empowerment. In the process, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Review of unused properties: DPWI briefing; with Deputy Minister
21 Sep 2022
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) briefed the Committee on its plans for dealing with unused state-owned properties.
Members heard that the DPWI was the custodian of 29 322 registered and unregistered land parcels, with 93 943 improvements. Approximately 88 300 buildings were allocated to 51 user ...
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Expropriation Bill: Committee Report adopted
20 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the Report on the Expropriation Bill [B23 -2020].
Noting that the report was considered in the previous meeting, amendments were made to it, and the minority reports by the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: consideration
7 Sep 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary legal advisory team took the Committee through the final version of the Expropriation Bill [B23- 2020]. The Members voted on the Bill, clause-by-clause.
The Chairperson said that the specific clauses which Members did not support would be ...
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Update on improving the management of employment opportunity data; with Deputy Minister
31 Aug 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, specifically the Expanded Public Works Programme branch, on its progress in improving the management of employment opportunity data, its efforts to obtain a clean audit report through the use of innovative ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Refurbishment, Operate and Transfer Programme & Total Facilities Management Strategy, with Minister & Deputy Minister
25 Aug 2022
Draft total facilities management (TFM) strategy for the DPWI (Presentation awaited)
The Committee convened virtually for briefings by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), represented by Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) and the Independent Development Trust (IDT). The purpose of the meeting was to engage the Committee on ...
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Update on establishment of Ethics & Compliance, Infrastructure and Consequence Management Unit & legal cases involving DPWI and PMTE; with Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) met with the Committee to update it in a virtual meeting on the progress of the Ethics and Compliance, Infrastructure and Consequence Management Unit, and litigation cases against the Department.
Some of the Committee Members were concerned about a large number ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Briefing by the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the A-List of the Expropriation Bill
23 Aug 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisory team briefed the Committee on the corrections made to the draft of the Bill since the last meeting. Some key changes were outlined and Members indicated that the copy presented in the meeting was merely ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Telkom Towers building project & Parliamentary Villages refurbishment project: DPWI briefing’ with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure met on a virtual platform to receive an update on the progress of projects to refurbish the Telkom Towers building complex in Pretoria to house the SA Police Service headquarters and to refurbish houses in the parliamentary villages in Cape Town. ...