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Payments within 30-day period: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
The Committee met with Department of Public Works (DPW) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) to receive a brief on the Enterprise Resource System (ERS), a tool proposed to be used for improving payments to suppliers within the required 30-day period.
Highlights of the brief included the operating context of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Prestige Programme for Parliament & Parliamentary Villages: DPW and PMTE briefing
24 Oct 2017
The Committee elected Mr H Mmemezi (ANC) as the new Committee Chairperson.
Members voiced their displeasure at not receiving a detailed briefing on the Department’s multi-million Rand prestige property portfolio‚ which dealt with the maintenance of Parliament, ministerial houses and parliamentary villages that house lawmakers. The Department had been requested ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works audit action plan, with Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) presented a three-part plan of action to deal with the issues raised by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) in its findings regarding the performance of the DPW and its entity, the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) during the past financial year.
Following ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works and PMTE 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Public Works (DWP) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on the Annual Report of 2016/17 financial year in the presence of the Minister and the Deputy Minister.
The Department indicated that the 2016/17 Annual Report was presented in the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément SA, IDT + Construction Industry Development Board 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Agrément South Africa (ASA) and Independent Development Trust (IDT) on its Annual Reports for the 2016/17 financial year.
The term of the current Board of Agrément South Africa was extended by the Minister of Public Works ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works, CBE, PMTE 2016/17 Annual Reports, Auditor-General input; with Minister and Deputy
3 Oct 2017
The Minister of Public Works highlighted the Department’s policy priority areas, and said its goal was to contribute to the development of a sustainable economy through infrastructure development and maintenance. This development would be guided by the concept of transformation, which would aim at creating employment and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Oversight Report of Western Cape Small Harbours; Expropriation Bill inputs by National House of Traditional Leaders
5 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to be briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Services (PLS) on the legal implications of the letter from the President on the return of the Expropriation Bill.
The Parliamentary legal advisor said the version of the Bill that had been returned by the President ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political discussion on regulatory framework (continued)
23 Aug 2017
Documents handed out: Version 2 and 3 of the Working Document (not yet available to public; available later)
The Committee continued its political discussion on the regulatory framework on the funding of represented political parties, using Version 2 of its Working Document.
The previous day it had agreed that public ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Turnaround Strategy: Efficiency Enhancement Phase 2
22 Aug 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) together with the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) briefed the Committee on progress concerning Phase II of the Turnaround Strategy.
The PMTE currently managed what was traditionally the core business of DPW and today represented the largest real estate portfolio in the country. As ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbours Maintenance, Leasing, Job Creation: Public Works briefing
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) provided a detailed background on the work it had done in respect of small harbours and the Integrated Small Harbour Management Authority (ISHMA) which had been established in 2005. Since then, the Department had pursued joint ventures with other entities, such as the Department ...