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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Minister & Deputy Minister; Public Works 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
24 Mar 2015
With the Minister of Public Works in attendance, the Deputy Minister gave a briefing on the Expropriation Bill (B4-2015). He said that expropriation is an essential mechanism for the state to acquire property in certain instances. Section 25 of the Constitution provides that property may be expropriated only in terms ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Agrément South Africa Bill [B3-2015]: deliberations on how Committee will process Bill
10 Mar 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on issues for consideration arising from the Agrément South Africa Bill. A historical overview of the entity was first provided, outlining its mandate, the challenges it faced and solutions being implemented.
With regard to the Agrément South Africa Bill, the researcher directed the Committee ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on lease portfolio and performance of Property Management Trading Entity
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) briefed the Committee on the Property Management and Trading Entity (PMTE), focussing on its lease portfolio. The PMTE had been in the news lately for a variety of reasons and the briefing was related to the DPW’s endeavours to deal with the issues related ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Progress made in roll-out of phase three of Expanded Public Works Programme
3 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Works met with the Portfolio Committee on Public Works (the Department) to brief the Committee on the progress made in the roll-out of phase three of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). An apology from the Department’s Director-General was rendered to the Committee who was unable ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Agrément SA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board and Agrément South Africa presented their 2013/14 Annual Reports to the Portfolio Committee. The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) achieved an unqualified audit report, with emphasis of matter, which called for the restatement of figures of the previous financial year to correspond with figures of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2014
The Chairperson led Members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works through a page-by-page review of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The only major issues related to the suggestion to substitute “eliminate corruption” for “address corruption,” and the timeframe for the presentation of financial reports. Members reached agreement ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Auditor-General of South Africa on audit outcomes of Department of Public Works
14 Oct 2014
The Office of the Auditor General (AGSA) and the Department of Public Works provided an overview of the audit outcomes and other findings in respect of the Department for the 2013/14 financial year.
AGSA reported that the Department had received an unqualified audit for the period under review. In the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Workshop with Office of Auditor-General, Financial & Fiscal Commission & Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation in preparation for BRRR process
25 Sep 2014
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presented a workshop to the Public Works Portfolio Committee on how to understand audit outcomes better, so that it would be capacitated to perform its oversight function more ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on 1st Quarter Performance for 2014/15
16 Sep 2014
The Department of Public Works (DPW) said this was the first time they had presented a quarterly report after a substantial outcome from their stabilisation phase. A report on the turnaround had been presented to Cabinet and endorsed. It was seven-year turnaround plan. For the first part of their stabilisation ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works on Phase Three of Expanded Public Works Programme, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2014
The presentation described the aims and objectives of the third phase of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), which was designed to address the issues of unemployment and poverty, specifically among women and young people. It sought to train millions of unemployed people across different sectors through various Public Employment ...