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Defence and Military Veterans
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee met to elect its Chairperson. Mr V Xaba (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson of the Committee, he accepted the nomination and declared as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans.
The newly elected Chairperson alerted Committee Members that the Committee was expected to hit ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Kempton Park Petition on refuse collection; DEA Quarter 3 performance; Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority performance
19 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received a briefing on the petition from residents of Kempton Park calling for the investigation of the enforcement of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008) in the Ekurhuleni Metro to ensure regular and reliable refuse collection. The Committee ...
Water and Sanitation
Unfinished Water and Sanitation infrastructure projects
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Lepelle Northern Water Board met to discuss its unfinished water and sanitation infrastructure projects in the Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, Free State and Northern Cape provinces. The aim was to show and bring to the table the reasons for the delays ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Presidency hosts Second National Land Reform Colloquium
The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Advisory Panel had asked ...
Transport
Committee Legacy Report
27 Nov 2018
Documents handed out: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Transport on its activities undertaken during the 5th Parliament [awaited]
Ms Valerie Carelse, the Committee Content Advisor took the Committee through its draft legacy report. She said that the Committee did not have a set performance plan and that they were ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: adoption
20 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider and finalise the Property Practitioners Bill and consider the Report of the Bill.
The Department of Human Settlements took the Committee through the bill clause by clause.
The Committee:
Transport
SADC Aviation Safety Organisation Charter; Committee Report on RABS Bill
13 Nov 2018
The Committee deliberated further on the Committee Report and the Minority Report submitted by the Democratic Alliance at the previous meeting. The Committee rejected the Minority Report as a separate report arguing that it would populate the Committee Report and the Committee did not sub-contract the DA to write part ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: deliberations
31 Oct 2018
The Committee approved the drafting of the amendments it proposed in the 30 October meeting. The Committee would consider the Bill and approve it the following week. Thereafter it would begin to process the Airports Company Amendment Bill and the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Amendment Bill.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Gauteng Human Settlements Department turnaround strategy
30 Oct 2018
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (GDHS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Human settlements the challenges that led to poor performance and the turnaround strategy put in place to remedy the situation; and further briefly updated the Committee on the progress of the Friendship Towns Petition.
GDHS Department has been ...
Transport
Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2018
BRRR available once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Transport deliberated on the Department’s BRRR report.
There was some debate about the structure of the report, with one Member asking why it went back four years. Another pointed out that the detailed report ...