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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Urban Settlements Development Grant: Western Cape, City of Cape Town & Limpopo
13 Mar 2018
The City of Cape Town briefed the Committee on its progress in achieving its targets against funds allocated through the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG). The Committee had expressed disappointment after the last review at the city’s slow rate of implementation, and its overall level of under-spending.
Cape Town’s Human ...
Transport
Metrorail crisis; PRASA investigation resolution; National Land Transport Amendment Bill disagreement
20 Feb 2018
The Committee received an update from Metrorail Western Cape Regional Manager on the reopening of the Central line. The Metrorail Regional Manager’s update spoke to the resources mobilised to ensure that the Central line would be reopened as scheduled on 21 February 2018. He also spoke about distractions that had ...
Transport
Metrorail emergency safety plan: #UniteBehind, Transport Deputy Minister, PRASA, Metrorail, Railway Safety Regulator
13 Feb 2018
The Deputy Minister for Transport, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) interim board, Metrorail and the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) provided action steps that would lead to the resolution of the crisis on the railways. The meeting had been postponed from the previous week because PRASA interim board had ...
Transport
Metrorail emergency safety plan: #UniteBehind, PRASA, Metrorail, Railway Safety Regulator & Department of Transport inputs: postponed
6 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to receive briefings from #UniteBehind, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Metrorail, the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) and the Department of Transport on commuter operations and safety.
However, the meeting was first temporarily postponed and later rescheduled due to the non-attendance of ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom inquiry: Matshela Koko
24 Jan 2018
Mr Matshela Koko, Eskom Group Executive: Generation at Eskom and former Acting CEO, has worked for Eskom for 23 years although he has been on suspension a number of times and came close to being fired in 2011. He was put on special leave in May 2017 and later suspended ...
Transport
Minister of Transport on PRASA state capture allegations; SAMSA & ATNS audit challenges
14 Nov 2017
The Minister of Transport was invited to give an implementation update on the 2015 Public Protector “De-railed” Report. Members of the Committee were disappointed that all PRASA board members, including the chairperson were absent at the meeting as the questions asked by the Committee required answers from the ...
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Estate Agency Affairs Board turnaround & transformation strategy; Community Schemes Ombud Services
31 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements received presentations from the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) and the Community Schemes Ombud Services (CSOS) which were in response to issues discussed at the previous meeting, as well as concerns raised by the Auditor-General’s report.
The main issue raised by the CSOS was ...
Public Enterprises
Election of Chairperson; Public Enterprises Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2017
Documents handed out: Public Enterprises Budgetary Review Recommendations Report [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Committee elected Ms L Mnganga-Gcabashe (ANC) as Chairperson of the Committee. At the same time, the Committee also agreed that the Ms D Rantho (ANC) who had been Acting Chairperson of the Committee would ...
Transport
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: deliberations; Railway Safety Regulator + Road Traffic Management Corporation 2016/17 Annual Report
24 Oct 2017
The Committee was firstly briefed by the Department of Transport on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill. The main purpose of the National Land Transport Amendment Bill was to modify the Act by inserting and amending certain definitions to keep up to date with developments since the implementation ...