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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
HDA & SHRA 2018/19 Annual Reports
15 Oct 2019
The governance of the entities of the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation was keeping the Minister awake at night.
Mr Joseph Leshabane, Acting Director-General in the Department of Human Settlements, made this revelation during the discussion with the Portfolio Committee on the Housing Development Agency ...
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NHBRC, EAAB, CSOS 2018/19 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2019
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) said its function was to protect the housing consumer, to enable home builders to achieve industry standards and to regulate, influence and enforce compliance to building standards. Its key strategic objectives were the following to ensure effective regulatory compliance, ensure ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
DoHS, NHFC, Nurcha & RHLF 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA & DPME input
10 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of SA reported that the Department of Human Settlements (DoHS) received an unqualified opinion throughout the medium-term strategic framework (MTSF), with findings on reported performance against predetermined objectives. The Department also had material noncompliance findings between 2014/15 and 2016/17, with its annual financial statement (AFS) ...
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Workshop on Money Bills and Related Matters Act; Training on “My Parliament APP”; 3rd Term Programme
17 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed on the Money Bills and other Related Matters Act 2009. The Act has established Finance and Appropriation Committees in the two Houses, and the Act gives certain rules and regulations regarding composition of the Committees, the election of the Chairpersons, and the functions of the Committees. ...
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Induction Workshop by AGSA & National Treasury
10 Sep 2019
The Committee’s induction workshop consisted of three presentations. The first involved the National Treasury explaining budgeting processes, the second dealt with the Public Finance Management Act and National Treasury regulations, and the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) dealt with a range of auditing issues, including its new powers introduced ...
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Engagement with stakeholders on challenges experienced at Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works in Hammanskraal; with Deputy Minister
10 Sep 2019
The Chairperson of the Committee said there was a need for a structural and systematic change to the entire South African water value chain, rather than a “Band Aid over cracks approach," especially as there was a realisation that the system was under severe pressure. The majority of municipalities were ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Transfer of grants to municipalities; NHFC, NURCHA and RHLF consolidation
3 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on its conditional grants, by the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) on the merging of three development finance institutions (DFIs) into a single entity -- the Human Settlements Development Bank (HSDB) --and by the Department of Human Settlements ...
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Committee Second Term Programme
23 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water, and Sanitation began by electing an acting Chairperson. The Committee then considered and adopted Committee minutes and the Committee’s second term programme. The Chairperson went through each of the previous meetings’ minutes individually. Members adopted Committee minutes dated 2, 3 and 10 July ...
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Human Settlements, Water & Sanitation Budget: Committee Report
10 Jul 2019
The Committee met for the consideration and adoption of the Report on Budget Vote 36: Water and Sanitation and on the 2019/2020 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Water and Sanitation.
As part of the deliberations, Members expressed views on observations and recommendations of the report. ...
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Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; Human Settlements Budget: Committee Report; Legacy reports
5 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the Department of Water and Sanitation’s Legacy Report and 2019/20 annual performance plan (APP), and were given details of the budget of the expanded Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.
The discussion on the Legacy Report was suspended, as Members agreed it ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlement Annual Performance Plan 2019/20, with Minister and Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
PMG was not present at the meeting. The below is compiled based on the Committee’s official minutes adopted on 23 July 2019.
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Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee met for the election of its Chairperson. Ms R Semenya (ANC) was nominated without any opposing nominations. Ms Semenya accepted the nomination and was declared Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.
The Committee then adopted its draft Committee Programme for the term.