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Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister present
20 Oct 2016
Documents handed out:
Department of Water and Sanitation 2015/16 Annual Report presentation [awaited]
The Minister of Water and Sanitation gave the Committee presented a summary of the Department’s 2014/15 Annual Report.
The Minister highlighted that the water sector across the value chain was affected negatively by a ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women in the Presidency Budgetary Review Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency considered the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR). The Committee Content Advisor gave a brief overview of the mandate of the Committee, a description of the core functions of the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP) and the Commission on ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor-General input
18 Oct 2016
The Committee was scheduled to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report. This briefing was scheduled to take place after the Committee received a presentation on the Department’s audit outcomes from the Office of the Auditor-General. The Committee decided to ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) achieved 89% of its strategic objectives in the past financial year, reflecting a year-on-year improvement since 2014. The clean audit report reflects responsible financial management, however decreasing revenue and the solvency ratio show that there is clear room for improvement. The CGE noted that ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department & Commission on Gender Equality audits, with Minister in attendance
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to receive the 2015/16 annual report of the Department of Women in the Presidency (DWP), as well as briefings from the Auditor General’s office, Parliamentary researchers and a Parliamentary content advisor.
The advisor and researchers all echoed that the DWP was performing poorly, as the Department ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Treasury on gender mainstreaming; gender responsive budgeting, Department of Women & CGE budget allocation
13 Sep 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Committee with reports on gender mainstreaming, gender responsive budgeting and the allocation of funding to the Department of Woman in the Presidency and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE).
The atmosphere was notably tense, with underlying political and racial differences being articulated in certain remarks, ...
Water and Sanitation
Climate change impact on water and sanitation; MDGs attainment & SDGs incorporation into Department of Water and Sanitation's work
7 Sep 2016
Members of the Committee expressed some surprise when they were told who controlled water in South Africa, during discussion on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the work of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). They were told ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
6 Sep 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) told the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency that it had achieved 87% of its annual strategic outcomes. It reported that many women had lodged complaints about maintenance, gender discrimination, estates and gender-based violence. The highest number of estate-related complaints was from Mpumalanga, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (DoW) briefed the Committee on quarter four of the 2015/16 financial year and quarter one of the 2016/17 financial year.
Members expressed disappointment with regard to the under- and over-spending of the Department. They drew attention to the number of targets that had ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 4th Quarter 2015/16 performance
24 Aug 2016
The Chairperson noted the resignation of the Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, and the appointment of the Acting Director General, and Members, later in the discussion, asked why there seemed to be such a large turnover of staff with new officials constantly appearing before the Committee. A ...