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Agrément SA on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
18 Oct 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee Reports available Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Agrément South Africa briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2015/2016. Pertaining to technical outputs of certificates approved, Agrément South Africa received 28 applications in 2015/2016 year. 22 evaluation offers were made ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Support provided to Mpumalanga by Department of Public Works – in preparation for Mpumalanga oversight visit
13 Sep 2016
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Public Works (DPW) in the preparation for the oversight visit to Mpumalanga with a particular focus on DPW support that had been provided to the province. The Department had identified a number of projects that could be visited in Mpumalanga and ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
9 Sep 2016
The Committee was given insight into three issues that would not come out in the briefings. First on the area of international tourism the National Department of Tourism had a number of “soft” objectives that it pursued that did not necessarily feature in its plans submitted to Parliament. For example, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Town Revitalisation Programme (Inner City Regeneration): Department of Public Works report
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Public Works (DPW) explained that since 2014, Planning and Precinct Development (previously known as the Inner City Regeneration Programme focused exclusively on Tshwane) had expanded its mandate to include other urban metros and rural areas - supporting integrated development and the creation of government precincts in collaboration ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on its 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance
2 Sep 2016
It was an excellent Quarter for SA Tourism. The number of trips had increased from 6.8m in Quarter1 of 2015 to 10m in Quarter 1 of 2016. Domestic tourism accounted for 7.3m trips in Quarter 1of 2016 compared to 4.6m trips in Quarter 1 of 2015.This was an increase of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board management: Department of Public Works progress report
30 Aug 2016
The Committee received a briefing on the progress report on the management of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). In February 2016, the Board attended a governance workshop, facilitated by KPMG and this was done in conjunction with Public Works. In March 2016, the Board hosted its National Stakeholder Forum ...
Tourism
India-SA Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism; Committee Reports on KwaZulu-Natal oversight & Tourism Indaba
26 Aug 2016
The Committee considered and adopted outstanding minutes. An issue emanating from one of the adopted minutes was that public hearings should have taken place on the Tourism Sector Codes prior to publication of the Codes by the Minister. This did not happen. The Committee however agreed that the Tourism Broad–Based ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: adoption, with Deputy Minister present; Government debt owed to municipalities: payment progress report by DPW
24 May 2016
The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges ...
Tourism
Committee Report on Tourism Budget
21 Apr 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Tourism Budget
The Committee Content Adviser presented the Committee Report on the Department Budget and focused on the Observations and Recommendations. Members were invited to make any changes and additions they deemed appropriate to what was presented. Members beefed up some of the recommendations ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Public Works on Budget
19 Apr 2016
The Committee Content Advisor took the Members through the report paragraph by paragraph, pausing where he needed to elaborate on a point or two. Members made minor corrections on the report. As a lot of acronyms were used the Department was urged to create an extra page to explain their ...