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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency progress report on Audit Findings and BRRR, with Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Department of Women in the Presidency presented its Budget Review and Recommendation Action Plan, responding to questions, comments and recommendations by the Portfolio Committee. The presentation provided insight into action plans for findings related to the Internal Audit, Human Resource Management, Internal Control and Risk Management and Financial Management. ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Master Plan; Water and Sanitation Bill; Economic Regulator for Water: DWS progress report; with Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) reported that the new Water Master Plan would assist it in providing water and sanitation services and to establish a consolidated plan for water and sanitation management to meet future needs. In order to achieve this goal, the DWS would be working with ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Promoting Gender Equality Underground; Systematic Investigation into Mining 2016/17: CGE Reports & Department of Mineral Resources response
7 Nov 2017
The Commission for Gender Equality spoke about its Systemic Investigation into Mining Report which looked at key challenges that prevent transformation in the mining sector of South Africa, since the companies in the mining sector are not complying with gender related legislation and women are excluded from decision making levels ...
Water and Sanitation
Contested audit findings 2016/17 by DWS: Auditor General briefing; BRRR
2 Nov 2017
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had doubled by R64m. This was reported by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) while providing clarity to the Portfolio Committee on the contestation DWS of the irregular expenditure identified in its 2016/17 audit outcomes. The AG said that ...
Water and Sanitation
Special Investigating Unit investigations of Water & Sanitation Department 2014-2017; National Treasury on DWS Debt Management; BRRR
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: National Treasury: Progress on the Overdraft of the WTE [awaited]; Special Investigating Unit: Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation[not available to public]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) did not seem to have the venom of the cobra which was portrayed in its logo. This was the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Lack of Transformation in Judiciary; African Commission on Human and People’s Rights: CGE reports
31 Oct 2017
Documents handed out: CGE Report on African Commission on Human and People’s Rights 2016 Session [awaited]; SA Country Report to the ACHPR [awaited]
The Commission for Gender Equality spoke about its Investigative Report into Lack of Transformation in the Judiciary. The persistent patriarchal nature of the South African judiciary was the ...
Water and Sanitation
Western Cape drought crisis: DWS; City of Cape Town; COGTA; National Disaster Management Centre & DAFF, with DWS + COGTA Ministers
25 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committees on Water and Sanitation and on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs were briefed on the Western Cape drought crisis by the Departments of Water and Sanitation; Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; the Department of Agriculture, Western Cape; the National Disaster Management Centre, the Western Cape Government, and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission on Gender Equality 20 Year Review & Africa Gender Development Index Report
24 Oct 2017
The Commission on Gender Equality carried out two presentations; the 20 Year Review of the CGE Final Report and the African Gender Development Index Report. The Human Sciences Research Council conducted a study for the purposes of the first report. Legislation, customs and practices, Information and education programmes, Gender-related initiatives ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Infrastructure Development, Internal Audit, Debt Collection, War on Leaks and Drop a Block: Department briefing, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Department briefed the Committee on the Overview of Water Infrastructure Development. The Deputy Minister Ms Pamela Tshwete was present. The Department wanted to respond to the issue of what was done with the R12 million reported in the Annual Report if it only achieved 33%. It stated that the ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in the Presidency Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency’ Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR), considering the Department of Women in the Presidency’s Annual Report and consequent matters that emerged. In the meeting, it was mostly observations and recommendations of the BRRR that were discussed, however, other concerns were raised and ...