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Tourism
iSiMangaliso Wetland Park briefing
30 Oct 2015
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority briefed the Committee on its background and activities.
In 1999 the Park was inscribed into the World Heritage List. It was considered a huge achievement and as a World Heritage Site needed to have outstanding universal value. Even the Kruger National Park was not declared ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget Review and Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee adopted its Draft Budgetary Review Recommendations Report (BRRR) unamended.
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: clauses 12 to 24 deliberations, with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2015
The Committee continued with deliberations on the official list of proposed amendments to the Bill (A-list) accompanied by the B version of the Bill incorporating all the proposed amendments into the Bill. A DA member pointed out that the factors that had been highlighted in clause 12(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
The Chairperson officially opened the meeting and handed over to the Content Advisor of the Committee, Dr S Khuzwayo. The Committee considered the recommendations and Khuzwayo commenced with the recommendations that were addressed to the Minister of Finance, Mr Nhlanhla Nene. There were only three main issues encompassed by their ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: Chapters 1-3 proposed amendments, with Deputy Minister
20 Oct 2015
The Committee considered the official list of proposed amendments to the Bill (the A-list) accompanied by the B version of the Bill incorporating all the proposed amendments into the Bill.
An ANC member suggested that “subject to just and equitable compensation” in the long title of the Bill should be ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works 201415 audit outcomes: briefing by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the Public Works portfolio, and indicated that most auditees had not complied with legislation, mainly as a result of poor planning. It explained the regression in audit outcomes, especially on the Independent Development Trust (IDT), ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister
14 Oct 2015
The Minister of Public Works explained to the Committee that the Department had been like a patient. It had gone from the levels of being terminally ill and hospitalized, to recuperating and has now been released with recommendations to keep up doctor visits. He used this analogy to explain the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: consideration with Deputy Minister
13 Oct 2015
The Department produced a Working Draft of the Bill that incorporated all the proposed amendments previously made by the Committee. The Deputy Minister indicated that the Department had introduced the definition of “disputing party” in clause 1, which indicated that the “ disputing party includes an owner, holder of an unregistered ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
22 Sep 2015
The Committee was told that five strategic goals had been identified by the Minister for the Department of Public Works (DPW). These were the creation of six million work opportunities through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), the operationalisation of the Governance ...