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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
WCGRB on risks identified during 2018/2019; Saldanha Bay IDZ on Funding Model & Feasibility Study
11 Sep 2020
Video: Youtube
The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ) briefed the Committee on the purposes of the industrial development zone on its funding model and on a study into the feasibility of establishing an innovation campus.
The Committee was told that the aim of the SBIDZ was to foster responsible ...
Budget (WCPP)
Division of Revenue 2020/21: FFC submission
28 Aug 2020
Video: BUDGET COMMITTEE, 28 AUGUST 2020, 09:00
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) made a submission to the Budget Committee of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on the 2021/22 Division of Revenue in a virtual meeting.
The briefing focused on the challenges confronting the delivery of social services in South ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
Feasibility Study for the Western Cape Integrated Liquefied Natural Gas Importation and Gas-to-Power Project: briefing
26 Aug 2020
Video: STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, ECON OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM
The Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) briefed the Committee on the feasibility study for the Western Cape integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation and gas-to-power project.
The Committee was told the Western Cape government was actively promoting ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Economic Recovery, Support and Livelihoods: engagement with business chambers and unions
26 Aug 2020
Video: AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COVID-19, 26 AUGUST 2020, 13:00
The Committee held a virtual meeting to hear presentations from several business organisations in the Western Cape about the impact of COVID-19 on their members.
The Federation of Unions of South Africa said members were suffering from mental stress and ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
WCGRB Vacancies: Interviews & deliberations
21 Aug 2020
Video: STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM
The Committee met to interview candidates for the Western Cape Gambling Racing Board (WCGRB). The interviews, and deliberations thereafter, were closed to the public.
In the open session, the Committee adopted its Report on the process. The EFF noted its minority ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Schooling and Education during pandemic & COVID19 health strategy update
19 Aug 2020
Video: AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COVID-19, 19 AUGUST 2020, 13:00
In a virtual meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee was briefed by the Western Cape Department of Health on a health strategy update in relation to cases, hospitalisations, mortality and health care worker infections. The briefing also provided Members with an ...
Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 (WCPP)
Protection of the vulnerable: Engagement with Department of Social Development & umbrella bodies
14 Aug 2020
The Western Cape Department of Social Development and several organisations gave a briefing on the state of the management plans which dealt with the current COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the elderly, those with disabilities and children. A number of protocols had been put in place between the provincial ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
Provincial Treasury on shortlisting of candidates to fill vacancies on WCGRB; Discussion on interview & public hearing process
12 Aug 2020
Video: STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM, 12 AUGUST 2020 , 09:00
The Provincial Treasury used the virtual meeting to take the Committee through the legal requirements for filling the vacancies on the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board.
The expiry of one Board member’s term in December, ...
Budget (WCPP)
Western Cape Adjustments Appropriation Bill: Committee Report
28 Jul 2020
Video: BUDGET COMMITTEE, 28 JULY 2020, 13:00
In a virtual meeting, the Budget Committee adopted its Draft Committee Report on the Western Cape Adjustment Appropriation (Covid-19) Bill and Draft Committee minutes.
The Bill and Committee Report were adopted without amendments. The ANC and Al Jama-ah did not support the Bill.
Local Government (WCPP)
Local Government Budget: Committee Report
27 Jul 2020
Video: STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 27 JULY 2020, 10:15
The Western Cape Department of Local Government presented its adjusted budget to the Standing Committee in a virtual meeting.
The Department said its budget has been cut two times already as a response to the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic. The ...