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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Department of Public Works & Infrastructure, with Minister
24 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
27 Oct 2020: Expropriation Bill: background and processing
Statement by Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform
In this virtual meeting, the Committee passed a motion of desirability, following a presentation by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the Expropriation Bill [B23-2020]. The Committee agreed ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works and Infrastructure Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
18 Nov 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (2019/20) of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on the Performance of the National Department of Public Works and its Entities. The report was adopted with amendments and Members applauded the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; DPWI, PMTE & Entities 2019/20 Annual Report; with Minister
17 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Minister and senior officials of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in a virtual meeting on the Annual Report of Department and the four entities under its purview for the 2019/2020 financial year.
The Department had again received ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
PMTE’s challenges to collect user charges from client departments for accommodation-related services; with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2020
The Committee met with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in a virtual meeting to discuss the challenges faced by the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) in collecting user charges from client departments. It expressed great concern about the rate at which outstanding payments were escalating, and warned ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expenditure on consultants, outsourced services & slow spending trend under Compensation of Employees, Goods, and Services; with Minister
10 Nov 2020
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) presented its 2020/21 mid-year financial performance to the Committee in a virtual meeting, with a focus on the compensation of employees and its expenditure on goods and services. The presentation covered the changes that had taken place in the budget adjustment process, ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
EPWP Conditional Grant compliance challenges
3 Nov 2020
The Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) presented the challenges with EPWP Conditional Grants which led to the holding back of the transfer of these grants to provincial departments and municipalities:
• Non-Compliance to Division of Revenue Act.
• Delays in implementation of grant funded projects.
• Delays on reporting of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI on contracting obligations affecting planned dissolution of IDT; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the contracting obligations affecting the planned dissolution of the Independent Development Trust (IDT).
At the outset, the Chairperson stressed that the Committee had been clear that it did not support the dissolution of the IDT, and that ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: background and processing
27 Oct 2020
The support staff of the Committee presented an outline of the background and history of the Expropriation Bill, explaining the causes for the rejection of the 2015 version of the Bill. In a virtual meeting, they proceeded to explain the procedure as required by the rules of the National Assembly ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Jersey Barrier Oversight visit
21 Oct 2020
Audio: Committee Report on Jersey Barrier Oversight visit
The Committee met on a virtual platform to consider the Report on its oversight visit to the Jersey Barrier Wall in KwaZulu-Natal. The main areas of contention raised by Members included the amendment of recommendations 5.2 and 5.3 ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Funding, reporting and accounting structures of Infrastructure South Africa; with Minister
20 Oct 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on South Africa’s Infrastructure Investment Plan Update Report as well as a report on the funding, reporting and accounting structures of Infrastructure South Africa (ISA). The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure ...