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Water and Sanitation
Impact of SONA on Water & Sanitation Sector, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on a virtual platform on the 2023 State of the Nation Address implications for the Department of Water and Sanitation as well as the current status of its infrastructure programme.
Committee members commented about ...
Human Settlements
Strategy to transform apartheid urban spatial design; Strategy for the issuance of Title Deeds; with Deputy Minister
8 Feb 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements held a virtual meeting to hear from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) about its strategic plans for spatial transformation and the status of title deed issuance.
The Department presented that the factors that contributed to slow spatial transformation included slow transformation of ...
Human Settlements
First Term Committee Programme
1 Feb 2023
The Committee convened a virtual meeting to adopt its first term programme and outstanding minutes from the previous quarter.
During discussion on the programme, Members were told that the Committee had only one week for oversight visits each quarter, so it planned to visit two provinces per quarter to ...
Water and Sanitation
Engagement with DWS on Committee resolutions & recommendations; with Minister and Deputy Ministers present
31 Jan 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to engage with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on resolutions regarding the Committee's recommendations on the 2022/23 annual performance plans of the Department and its entities, water and sanitation sector issues, and the oversight visit to the Eastern Cape. ...
Human Settlements
Title Deeds: Deeds Registry briefing; Housing Consumer Protection Bill: adoption
30 Nov 2022
On a virtual platform the Portfolio Committee considered the B version of the Housing Consumer Protection Bill [B10B-2021] and adopted it and the Committee Report on the Bill. Most of the amendments were minor due to the renumbering caused by the removal of clause 39 which ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS Quarter 2 2022/23 performance; with Minister
29 Nov 2022
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) overall achievement for Quarter 2 of 2022/23 was 74%. The Director General said that there is a lot of room for improvement, as a result there are strategies and plans underway to ensure the performance meets the set targets.
DWS was noted as ...
Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: final proposed amendments
25 Nov 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to finalise the Portfolio Committee proposed amendments (A-list ) to the Housing Consumer Protection Bill. The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) responded to concerns raised in the previous meeting. It advocated for retaining Clause 39 and creating a non-profit ...
Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: proposed amendments
23 Nov 2022
On a virtual platform, the Portfolio Committee deliberated on its proposed amendments (A-list) to clauses 2, 7, 11, 15, 16, 32, 41 and 88 of the Housing Consumer Protection Bill.
The Department first addressed outstanding concerns raised by Members about the establishment of a non-profit company to provide insurance ...
Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: deliberations
18 Nov 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Committee deliberated clause by clause on Chapters 6 to 9 of the Housing Consumer Protection Bill, B10-2021. Questions from the previous meetings were answered by the Department of Human Settlements and State Law Advisors. The Committee asked for clarity on clauses 46 and ...
Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill:deliberations
16 Nov 2022
Committee deliberations on the Housing Consumer Protection Bill covered clauses 1 to 38.
In clause 2 Members expressed their concern about the lack of mention of mud huts in rural areas not being listed as exempt from the requirements of this legislation. Members asked which entity is responsible for ...