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Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: consideration
14 Sep 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In a hybrid meeting, held both on a virtual platform and in Parliament, the Committee Secretary presented the Committee Report on the Expropriation Bill [B23B -2020] that detailed the Committee amendments.
It noted that : The Committee engaged with the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: consideration
7 Sep 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary legal advisory team took the Committee through the final version of the Expropriation Bill [B23- 2020]. The Members voted on the Bill, clause-by-clause.
The Chairperson said that the specific clauses which Members did not support would be ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Update on improving the management of employment opportunity data; with Deputy Minister
31 Aug 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, specifically the Expanded Public Works Programme branch, on its progress in improving the management of employment opportunity data, its efforts to obtain a clean audit report through the use of innovative ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Refurbishment, Operate and Transfer Programme & Total Facilities Management Strategy, with Minister & Deputy Minister
25 Aug 2022
Draft total facilities management (TFM) strategy for the DPWI (Presentation awaited)
The Committee convened virtually for briefings by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), represented by Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) and the Independent Development Trust (IDT). The purpose of the meeting was to engage the Committee on ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Update on establishment of Ethics & Compliance, Infrastructure and Consequence Management Unit & legal cases involving DPWI and PMTE; with Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) met with the Committee to update it in a virtual meeting on the progress of the Ethics and Compliance, Infrastructure and Consequence Management Unit, and litigation cases against the Department.
Some of the Committee Members were concerned about a large number ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Briefing by the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the A-List of the Expropriation Bill
23 Aug 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisory team briefed the Committee on the corrections made to the draft of the Bill since the last meeting. Some key changes were outlined and Members indicated that the copy presented in the meeting was merely ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Telkom Towers building project & Parliamentary Villages refurbishment project: DPWI briefing’ with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure met on a virtual platform to receive an update on the progress of projects to refurbish the Telkom Towers building complex in Pretoria to house the SA Police Service headquarters and to refurbish houses in the parliamentary villages in Cape Town. ...
Higher Education
The Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan, resources for STI and coordination of the public STI budget
3 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation had a joint meeting with several other parliamentary committees to receive a briefing from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) White Paper and the Department’s 10-year, or decadal, plan. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: Parliamentary Legal Advisor & State Law Advisor on proposed amendments
1 Jun 2022
Tracking the Expropriation Bill in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Adviser and State Law Adviser briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on the A-List of the Expropriation Bill [B23-2020].
The A-List contained all of the proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill. The Committee ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI legislation status report; with Deputy Minister
25 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure briefed the Committee on progress in developing several pieces of legislation. They were:
Public Works and Infrastructure Bill: Adv Uday Naidoo had been appointed to draft the Bill in October 2021. The Department was “bending over backwards” to ...