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Independent Development Trust and Deputy Minister on IDT's way forward
26 Aug 2014
With the Public Works Deputy Minister in attendance, the IDT presented its Strategic Plan for the period 2014/15-2018/19. The presentation focused on the current restructuring of the organisation which had been sparked by the almost complete depletion of their endowment funds. Until the financial crisis, IDT had implemented its projects ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for the Built Environment on its 2014 Strategic Plan: follow-up meeting
19 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), with the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Council in attendance. The meeting was a continuation of a previously unfinished meeting.
Members heard that key risks included the dependency on third ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Council for the Built Environment on their 2014 Strategic plans, in presence of Deputy Minister
29 Jul 2014
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) presented its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans for 2014/15, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Public Works. CIDB had a strong focus on making amendments to regulations, particularly to identify and effect further improvements to contractor registration criteria, taking into account the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Processing of budget votes, Role Clarification, Department's Strategic Plan: briefings by Committee Secretary, Researcher and Content Advisor
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Secretary, the Committee Researcher and the Content Advisor present on clarification of the Portfolio Committee’s role, the process it was expected to follow when dealing with the budget votes, as well as on the legacy left behind by the previous Committee. Oversight issues that had emerged during the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to elect its Chairperson. Mr B Martins (ANC) was elected unopposed as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. Mr Martins urged Members to work together and set aside their political differences so as to prioritize on serving the South African citizens. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget Analysis Workshop
22 Mar 2010
The Applied Fiscal Research Centre observed that the Department of Public Works was an interesting example as it also provided services to provincial and local government and was involved in the transfers and subsidies to those spheres. Historically budget analysis had focused on financial matters; however, it was now important ...