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Tourism
National Department of Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Acting Chairperson Election
28 Feb 2018
The Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on the 2nd and 3rd quarter performance for the financial year 2017/18. The department had met 89% of its targets by the end of the 2nd quarter and 79% by the end of the 3rd, citing the failure of service providers as one ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works White Papers Review: progress report; with Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Public Works briefed Members of the Portfolio Committee on progress on the much-delayed review of the Department's two White Papers as part of the Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan. The delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Works, Mr Jeremy Cronin. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works regional workshops resuscitation
20 Feb 2018
The Committee met to consider the proposed resuscitation of regional workshops and relevant interventions, and was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW).
The DPW said the resuscitation of regional workshops would help to address the challenges of dissatisfied clients, unemployment, poor service delivery and the scarcity of skills. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbour challenges: stakeholder engagement
6 Feb 2018
This meeting, to discuss plans to address the challenges faced by small harbours, was attended by the following stakeholders:
The ...
Tourism
Tourism Sector Skills Audit & Tourism Sector Human Resource Development Strategy: National Department of Tourism briefing
22 Nov 2017
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) briefed the Committee on the Tourism Sector Skills Audit and the Tourism Sector Human Resource Development (TSHRD) Strategy.
The overall purpose was to do a skills audit in the tourism sector and then to come up with ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
CIDB on Contractors Grading Register criteria; Construction industry job losses; Women-owned construction companies
22 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW) Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on proactive steps taken to increase the rate of progression of women-owned construction companies.
DPW highlighted challenges faced by women in the built environment, legislative framework of the built environment, analysis of the construction ...
Tourism
Committee Oversight Reports; Committee Report on Department’s Quarter 1 2017/18 Performance
15 Nov 2017
The Draft Committee Report on the oversight visit to the Western Cape Province was adopted unamended. Issues that had emerged from the oversight visit were security of cities, grading and also the renaming of “Eden” to the “Garden Route”. The Draft Committee Report on the oversight visit to the Limpopo ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Parliamentary Villages; Expanded Public Works Programme job creation: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works (DPW) on the progress made with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and on the status of the prestige accommodation programme at the Parliamentary villages.
The DPW described the progress made since the beginning of the EPWP n 2004, the ...
Tourism
Western Cape Province state of tourism: WESGRO briefing
8 Nov 2017
Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (WESGRO) briefed the Committee on the state of tourism in the Western Cape Province.
Part of what WESGRO did was to lead trade missions, facilitate investment into priority sectors and to grow leisure and business tourism. The Western Cape was the only province ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Payments within 30-day period: Public Works briefing, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
The Committee met with Department of Public Works (DPW) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) to receive a brief on the Enterprise Resource System (ERS), a tool proposed to be used for improving payments to suppliers within the required 30-day period.
Highlights of the brief included the operating context of ...