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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Social Housing Regulatory Authority turn-around strategy; National Home Builders Registration Council irregular expenditure
21 Feb 2017
The National Home Builders Registration Council reported that the cause of their irregular expenditure was due to slow compliance with Treasury regulations, and the root causes of some of their challenges related to a lack of demand planning and integration with business needs. In order to deal with these challenges, ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Title Deeds Programme & Property Practitioners Bill: Department of Human Settlements briefing; Transformation Integrated Strategy: Estate Agency Affairs Board briefing
14 Feb 2017
Documents handed out:
Title Deeds Programme & Property Practitioners Bill: Department of Human Settlements briefing [awaited]
The Estate Agency Affairs Board and the Department of Human Settlements reported on the entities transformation programme, and the Department reported on critical issues such as the title deeds programme and Property Practitioners Bill. ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
UN Habitat III Conference: report by Minister; Development Finance Institution consolidation
29 Nov 2016
The Minister of Human Settlements briefed the Portfolio Committee on the participation by South Africa at the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which had resulted in the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA).
Habitat III was hosted by the United Nations every ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission on irregular appointments in the public service
16 Nov 2016
The Committee invited the Public Service Commission (PSC) to brief the Committee on irregular appointments in the public service, which reported that the number of substantiated irregular appointment cases (IACs) at the national department level had risen from two in 2014, to 32 in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, the ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 2
16 Nov 2016
The sub-committee continued to interview candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). Only 6 candidates were interviewed because one had withdrawn after receiving another appointment.
The questions asked were aimed at determining the candidates’ notions regarding their fitness and propriety for the post. They ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Free State & Northern Cape Departments of Human Settlements delivery performance; Gauteng Oversight
15 Nov 2016
The Free State and Northern Cape provincial Departments of Human Settlements provided the Committee with an update of their performances in meeting their targets for the provision of housing and title deeds for previously disadvantaged individuals and military veterans.
The Free State reported that for the 2015/2016 financial year, they ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 1; Committee Report on PSC candidate security checks & qualifications verification
15 Nov 2016
The sub-committee formed to interview the candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC) asked probing and relevant questions in the course of a marathon session. It had short-listed 14 candidates based on set criteria, which included that a candidate must be ‘fit and proper’, ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlement Budget Review and Recommendations Report
13 Oct 2016
The Committee went through their Budgetary Review and Recommendations (BRRR) report, taking into account the input of the Auditor General (AG), the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) itself. After a few amendments, the report was ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor General, DPME & FFC inputs
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Department of Human Settlement (DHS), which presented its annual performance report.
AGSA said that over the past three years, there had been a ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill [B15B -2013]: deliberations on NHTL submission & President's reservations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and a Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through each clause of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill disputed or commented on by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), the DMR, the President’s legal adviser, and the Office of the ...