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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan; DHS issues raised in SONA; with Deputy Minister in attendance
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Human Settlements’ 2050 vision was to coordinate spatial planning systems to transform human settlements in South Africa. All of the Department’s Annual Performance Plans (APPs) are developed in line with provincial performance plans and the performance plans of entities. The Department planned to upgrade 2 200 informal ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Petitions about Human Settlements
7 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and petitioners to discuss petitions referred to the Committee by the Speaker of National Assembly. The aim of the meeting was to provide responses and government plans on the petitions sent to the Committee from various communities in Ekurhuleni ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Development Finance Institutions; Housing Demand Database; Human Settlements Cooperatives: DHS briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the consolidation of development finance institutions, and provided an update on the National Housing Database on Demand.
The Committee posed questions to the CEO’s of the three development finance institutions: The National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC), the National Urban Reconstruction ...
Water and Sanitation
Lepelle Northern Water Board Annual Report for 2015/16: meeting postponed
24 Feb 2017
The Committee was scheduled to be briefedby the Lepelle Northern Water Board on its Annual Report 2015/16. However, Members decided that the meeting should be cut short becauseonly the Chairperson of the Board was present in the meeting, despite the Committee clearly emphasising the need for the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Board 2015/16 Annual Reports: Rand Water, Amatola Water plus interventions of Amatola in local municipalities
22 Feb 2017
The Rand Water Board and Amatola Water Boards briefed the committee on their 2015/16 Annual Reports. The Amatola Water board also briefed the Committee on its interventions into the Makana and Ndambe Local Municipalities .
The Rand Water Board highlighted that operationally, financially and from a performance ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Wildlife crimes legislation; SA Renewable Energy Council; Climate Change Mitigation research by UCT, with Minister in attendance
21 Feb 2017
The first presentation was by the Energy Research Centre of the University of Cape Town. It highlighted the lack of implementation policy on climate change, despite the country’s commitments to the United Nations. The commitment was rushed and the resulting White Paper faced delays in implementation. There was no database ...
Water and Sanitation
Madibeng and Swartruggens: Magalies Water Board progress report
30 Nov 2016
The Committee unanimously resolved to cancel the meeting with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for not submitting a report that was supposed to have been submitted on 28 October 2016. It had been agreed at a meeting in the North West Province from 20 to 22 September 2016, ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
9 Nov 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented a report on its performance against targets in the first quarter of the 2016/17 financial year. At the outset, Members agreed that the report of the Public Protector on this department must be considered and the Minister would be asked to speak ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Antarctica and Extended Continental Shelf; Working on Fire deployment in Canada
8 Nov 2016
The South African programme on Antarctica involves the Department of Environment, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Defence, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, tertiary Institutions, and the National Research Foundation. However, South Africa has no comprehensive National Antarctic Strategy and ...
Water and Sanitation
Water use allocation impact on farmers: Departments of Water; Rural Development and Land Reform; Agriculture
2 Nov 2016
Three government departments – Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Rural Development and Land Reform – put forward proposals for consideration when the process of legislation to amend the current Water Act gets under way.
The Committee was informed that in terms of the Water Act 54 of ...