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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Department of Human Settlements Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee met briefly to adopt its report of the strategic, annual performance plans and budget of the Department of Human Settlements and its entities without any amendments.
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
“Working For” Environmental Programmes & Green Fund EPWP projects; Famine Weed invasive alien; Value-Added Industries/Eco-Furniture; Committee Report on DEA Budget
28 Apr 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects in its “Working For” environmental programmes and the Green Fund. It looked at performance compared to its targets, distribution of work opportunities, demographics, five-year performance estimates for environmental programmes and job creation within ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Oceans and Coasts briefing by Department of Environmental Affairs
21 Apr 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) presented on legislation governing oceans and coasts, the areas of operation, the performances of each of its directorates, future development objectives and highlighting the challenges that they faced as a Department.
South African territorial waters were within 12 Nautical miles range, further 12 Nautical ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Office of Auditor General on 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan (APP) assessment of Department of Human Settlements
14 Apr 2015
The Office of the Auditor General made a presentation to the Committee on their assessment of the Department of Human Settlements’ 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan. The presentation aimed to provide members of Parliament with the necessary information and guidance on the audit findings and concerns raised during the interim review ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/2016; Response to Human Settlements issues raised during State of the Nation Address
24 Mar 2015
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Portfolio Committee on its strategic plan, budget and Annual Performance Plan (APP), and also programmes to respond to human settlements issues raised during the State of the Nation Address.
The Committee once again highlighted the importance of the mandate and work of the ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
18 Mar 2015
The Minister was unable to brief the Committee due to a matter he had to attend to at short notice.
The Committee was briefed by Ms Matlakala Motloung, Acting Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, as well as by the Mr T Shabangu and Mr S ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Gauteng & Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni metros performance & challenges on Human Settlements Development Grant; Urban Settlements Development Grant; social & rental housing; mining towns; rectification; Operational Capital Budget Programme
17 Mar 2015
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and the province’s three metropolitan municipalities -- Ekurhuleni, City of Tshwane and City of Johannesburg – appeared before the Committee to account for the under-performance indicated in their reports to the national DHS. Only Limpopo had performed more poorly, and the Committee had ...
Water and Sanitation
Eradication of bucket system progress: Department of Water & Sanitation, in presence of Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation gave a brief background to its progress report on the implementation of the sanitation function, by explaining that this function was transferred from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) to the former Department of Water Affairs, which had become the Department of Water and ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Progress made merging Development Finance Institutions; detailed provincial expenditure & performance report on human settlements issues, with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2015
As requested by the Committee, the Department gave a detailed report on the expenditure of the human settlements grants. The Committee saw this as important, considering that the grants made up 97% of the Department’s budget. The presentation discussed the different grants and went into detail on the expenditure of ...
Water and Sanitation
Acid Mine Drainage & interventions: Department of Water and Sanitation & Chamber of Mines briefings
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and its implications to ground water, rivers and dams. AMD was associated with gold and cold mining when water reacts with ore body and becomes polluted. It arises during active mining characterized by water with ...