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Public Enterprises
Build Programme impact on local businesses, skills development, job creation and beneficiation: briefing by Department of Public Enterprises
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Enterprises briefed the Committee on the impact of the build programme in terms of supporting local businesses, skills development, job creation and beneficiation. The presentation focused on programmes within Eskom and Transnet. The Transnet programme dealt mainly with what was anticipated to be achieved in the ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Sub-committee Report on proposed amendments to National Assembly Rules: Chapters 1 to 9; Rule 70 Points of Order; Deployment of security forces in National Assembly
6 Mar 2015
The Sub-committee on Review of Assembly Rules met to continue its deliberations on its Report to the Rules Committee on proposed amendments to the National Assembly Rules. Before actual deliberations got under way, Members took time to express their frustration that there were only four members in attendance. There was ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules of the National Assembly: Chapters 1 to 9 preliminary review: Sub-committee report, debate on dress code and secret ballots
27 Jan 2015
The subcommittee considering the review of the Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules) continued with its work on chapters 1 to 9. The Committee's draft Report set out the preliminary positions, and in some cases set out options that the full Rules Committee would take a decision on which ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules review: Subcommittee deliberations
20 Jan 2015
The Committee met briefly to review the new draft of the National Assembly Rules. The Chairperson outlined the procedure and made it clear, several times, that it was not this sub-Committee who would be making the final decision on the Rules of the NA; instead, individual members of this sub-committee ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules: Review, continuation of deliberations from Chapter 5
19 Jan 2015
The Sub-committee of the Rules Committee, sitting to do a preliminary investigation and comment into the revision of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules) continued with discussions, from Chapter 5, reviewing both the draft of the Task Team and the proposals of the ANC. It was stressed by the Chairperson ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: Chapters 1-4
19 Jan 2015
The Chairperson outlined the purpose and scope of the meeting, noting that this was a meeting of the sub-Committee to debate the revision of the National Assembly rules. It was stressed that this was not informed by the current political representation in the National Assembly, but the process was started ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor progress report & its 2013/14 Annual Report; Medupi Power Station oversight visit: Committee Report
19 Nov 2014
A 51% state owned and 49% community owned diamond mining operation was the result of a land claim by the people of the Richtersveld. Over the ten years of its operation up to September 2012 when the new board took over, the diamond mine was in a poor state, loss-making, ...
Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) as Section 77 (3) of the Constitution stipulated that an Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money bills before Parliament. The Report spoke to the mandate and methodology of the Committee, as well as listed ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2013/14 Annual Report
15 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE or the Department) on its 2013/14 Annual Report. It was noted that the DPE was the government shareholder representative with oversight responsibility for eight State Owned Companies (SOCs): These were: Eskom, Denel, Safcol, Broadband Infraco, Alexkor, Transnet, ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla Security Upgrades: Public Protector and SIU Reports: consideration 30/09
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to continue its work with only its ANC members present. The Committee heard inputs from two content advisors who discussed commonalities and differences between the reports of the Public Protector and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after which they started their consideration of the reports. A complexity ...