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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Poor performance: Limpopo Provincial Department of Human Settlement briefing
23 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements & Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), Limpopo, on their performance during the 2017/18 financial year.
The Department highlighted their main challenges and said interventions had been put in place to address them. These challenges were the reallocation of projects without ...
Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Budgetary Review and Recommendations report
17 Oct 2018
Public Enterprise BRRR available once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The meeting which was originally billed as consideration and adoption of the Public Enterprise Draft Budgetary Review Report and Recommendations
(BRRR) was amended to a draft BRRR because it was the first time the Committee was ...
Transport
PRASA & Railway Safety Regulator 2017/18 Annual Reports
17 Oct 2018
The Committee met with the RSR and PRASA boards and executives to discuss their annual reports and audited performance. The two entities presented the pre-determined objectives achieved and the reasons for not achieving some targets. They also gave an outline of their financial performance and, where needed, ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Boards state of governance: Department briefing, with Minister
16 Oct 2018
In the presence of the Minister and Water Boards, the Department reviewed the state of governance of Water Boards. The responsibilities of the Minister as the shareholder for each Water Board included the appointment of board members, the conclusion of a binding shareholder compact, and the approval of the strategic ...
Transport
SANRAL; CBRTA; SAMSA 2017/18 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Committee met with the SANRAL, CBRTA and SAMSA boards and executives to discuss the 2017/18 Annual Report and audit . The three each showcased the pre-determined objectives achieved and reasons for not achieving some targets. They also gave an overview of financial performance and where needed, ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority & South African National Biodiversity Institute 2017/18 Annual Reports; Scientific Authority Interim Report
11 Oct 2018
The National Biodiversity Institute Board reported that the Institute had received a qualified audit report for 2017-18 and that interventions were in place to address the matter. The Institute had achieved 36 out of 39 performance targets for the 2017-18 financial year, i.e. 90% of its performance ...
Transport
Department of Transport on its Annual Report 201/18, with Minister
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) noted the regression in clean audits in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17, the reasons for SAMSA and PRASA having qualified audits, the root causes of audit findings and its recommendations for improvements. AGSA emphasised the importance of implementing consequence management for non compliance ...
Transport
Burning of Metrorail Trains: PRASA strategy; with Minister
9 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met with the PRASA board and executives to discuss ways of resolving challenges in service delivery, such as derailments, delays in train schedules, accidents and losses as a result of burnt trains which were affecting rail transportation, particularly the Metrorail trains in the Cape Town ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: proposed amendments
12 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to review and deliberate on its proposed amendments (A-list) to the Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill. The amendments had been deliberated in previous meetings and the intention was to ensure that the revised clauses and minor amendments made by the legal drafting team from ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioner Bill [B21-2018]: stakeholder engagement
4 Sep 2018
The Committee received comments and recommendations from 12 organisations involved in the South African property industry on the proposals contained in the Property Practitioners Bill.
The Mortgage Origination Council of South Africa (MORCSA) submitted that they were regulated by the Financial Sector Regulation Act (FRSA). If the Bill was enacted ...