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Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Focus areas for the Sixth Parliament: adoption
28 Nov 2019
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) received a briefing from the Content Adviser on the proposals by its Members on its focus areas for the Sixth Parliament. The MPWC agreed on four focus areas:
• Women and Security
• Women in Politics
• Women in Health and Education
• Women in ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
DWS Turnaround Strategy performance: response to Committee Questions; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2019
Department of Human Settlements & Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
The meeting was a follow up to the briefing by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on 19 November 2019. The Committee noted that it was an improved presentation.
Water sales debt and poor supply ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements & Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
19 Nov 2019
The Department of Human Settlements and the Department of Water and Sanitation reported on their performance for the second quarter of the 2019/20 financial year.
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) said it had spent R12.9 billion of its R33.8 billion allocation. This included the transfers to metros and provinces, ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Turnaround strategy & War on Leaks project: Department briefing with the Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation. There was a slight delay to the start of the meeting as Members debated whether to start without the presence of the Minister or Deputy Minister. The Minister and Deputy arrived late and apologised before becoming fully ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Municipal Water Debt solutions; with Deputy Ministers
5 Nov 2019
This was a continuation of the 29 October joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation and Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs about resolving municipal debt to water boards which has been increasing at an alarming rate. The Committees interrogated the presentations made ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Debt owed to water boards: input from COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury & DWS
29 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation and Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs were jointly briefed about resolving the debt of municipalities to the water boards.
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) spoke on the role it played to assist municipalities in ...
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 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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) ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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 ...