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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 2019
25 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered and adopted the Committee's Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Human Settlements.
Social Development
Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order
23 Oct 2019
The Committee heard from seven provinces on their Foster Care Progress Report to meet the 28 November North Gauteng High Court deadline. Overall, from a baseline of 84 225 outstanding cases at the start of September, 32 269 cases have been completed over September and the first two weeks of ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on outstanding debt owed to entities
22 Oct 2019
The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed the Committee on the efforts being made to recover funds owed to entities responsible for ensuring a supply of water to South Africa’s urban and rural communities. The municipalities’ water-use debt to the Water Trading Entity (WTE) and water boards had escalated by ...
Social Development
Social Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to discuss and adopt the Department of Social Development’s Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), as well as make some comments on the foster care progress report that had been presented by the Department in September.
The Committee Content Advisor ...
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) ...
Social Development
DSD, NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Minister, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, committed to direct accountability for the improvement of the Department and its entities. She said the Department had a culture of bosses and not leadership and this culture would need to change. The Department had fewer targets in the 2018/19 reporting period ...
Social Development
DSD on turnaround strategy to address backlog in the Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline, with Minister
18 Sep 2019
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
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. ...