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Transport
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa & Railway Safety Regulator on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
12 Apr 2016
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa 2016 Annual Perfomance Plan [Document not available email info@pmg.org.za]
Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (PRASA) presented its Annual Performance Plan to the Committee. It noted that passenger trips dropped by from 550 million to 500 million between the previous and current financial year. ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing SA, South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport & Department of Sport and Recreation 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of Boxing SA (BSA) and the SA Institute for Drug Free Sport (SAIDS), and then took a further briefing from the Department of Sports and Recreation (SRSA) on its budget. The Director General of the SRSA spoke extensively in ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy
5 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Department (EDD) reported on his Department’s annual performance plan (APP) for 2016/17. He said the overall objective of the APP was to seek new and more effective ways of implementing the APP, and the smart use of resources to attain maximum value for ...
Transport
PRASA on Rolling Stock Fleet Renewal implementation, with Rail Safety Regulator
15 Mar 2016
The Committee was updated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on the implementation of the new Rolling Stock Programme. The infrastructural condition had deteriorated, the mainline rail services lacked funding, and short-term interventions included fencing and improving the stations and buying skills in the market. R172 billion ...
Transport
PRASA implementation of Auditor-General findings
8 Mar 2016
Passenger Rail South Africa (PRASA) presented the remedial action taking to resolve the Auditor-General findings contained in the PRASA 2014/15 Annual Report, particularly irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Chairperson of PRASA, Dr Popo Molefe, and Mr Nathi Khena, Acting PRASA Group Chief Executive Director led the presentation.
The ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Reawakening-the-giant initiative: Minister of Sport and Recreation briefing; Update on SASREA Appeal Board appointment process
1 Mar 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) on the ‘Reawakening-the-giant’ initiative, and to be updated on the Safety and Sports and Recreational Events Act (Sasrea) Appeal Board appointment process.
Mr Fikile Mbalula, Minister of Sport and Recreation, said SRSA had been busy processing ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee on preparations for Rio 2016 & transformation in big 5 sporting federations
23 Feb 2016
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee reported that it had set a performance target of 10 medals for the Olympic Games and 30 for the Paralympic Games. However, it might be a challenge to achieve the 30 paralympic medal target due to the fact that 3 members who ...
Transport
Committee Report on International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea; Committee Oversight Reports
9 Feb 2016
The Committee met to consider and adopt three reports (two with amendments). First, it approved the report on the International convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 (HNS Convention).
Second, the Committee adopted the report on its ...
Transport
Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) on Gauteng e-toll scheme; Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea Convention; Cape Town Agreement & African Maritime Transport Charter
26 Jan 2016
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) presented a critical perspective on the Gauteng e-toll scheme. OUTA was an non-profit organisation formed in March 2012 as a business initiative, but on account of public and government pressure it became public driven. OUTA did not oppose the need for the public ...
Economic Development
Competition Tribunal on its 2014/15 Annual report
18 Nov 2015
The Committee met to hear the Annual Report of the Competition Tribunal, sister entity to the Competition Commission. The presentation started by detailing the types of case the Tribunal considers and examples of each. Most explored were cartel cases against 40 furniture cases and an abuse of dominance case against ...