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Arts and Culture
State Theatre & Ditsong Museums of South Africa on their 2014/2015 Annual Report
15 Oct 2015
The State Theatre and Ditsong Museums of South Africa, two entities which fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Arts and Culture, gave presentations on their 2014/15 annual reports issued by the Auditor General. Both had received qualified opinions and were facing a number of financial difficulties.
The State ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Research Commission; Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority; Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency & Inkomti-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency on their 2014/15 Annual Report
15 Oct 2015
The entities presented their annual reports to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation.
The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) said it had been able to raise funds in order to finance its projects and they had been delivered accordingly. One of the biggest highlights was the pipeline that supported the ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister and Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Minister of Water and Sanitation was present at the meeting and gave a brief introduction in which it was acknowledged that the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had underspent, but she said that there were signs of improvement, and that it was important to look at the entire ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture, Robben Island Museum & Iziko Museum on their 2014/2015 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa firstly presented the Committee with the audit outcomes of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities. The presentation reviewed the audit outcomes over the past three years, and noted that in the financial year 2014/15, audit outcomes of the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water & sanitation infrastructure audit: Department of Water & Sanitation progress report, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation presented its report on the 2015 audit of water and sanitation infrastructure. It was acknowledged that a number of issues remained similar to the previous year, but the Department remained committed to tackling these issues and had made significant progress in a number of ...
Arts and Culture
Culture Arts Tourism Hospitality & Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) on its role in the sector
8 Sep 2015
CATHSSETA highlighted three main challenges faced by the entity: a significant number of (training) providers in the sector were urban based compared to rural areas where the greater needs were; depletion of funding resources for the sector across the board; and sector fragmentation. The Committee was not happy with the ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Justice and Correctional Services & National Prosecutors Authority: briefing (closed meeting)
2 Sep 2015
PMG was not present at the meeting. It was a closed session.
Water and Sanitation
Prosecution of polluters and vandals of infrastructure: Department of Water & Sanitation & SAPS briefing, with Deputy Minister present
1 Sep 2015
The Committee was briefed on the approach being adopted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to deal with polluters and vandals of the country’s water infrastructure.
The SAPS had investigated 53 cases of vandalism, and 53 suspects had been arrested and ...
Arts and Culture
State of Archives in South Africa: Archival Platform briefing; Use of Official Languages Act implementation: Department briefing
1 Sep 2015
The Committee was briefed on the settlement agreement between Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the South African Roadies Association (SARA), the state of the archives in the country, and progress in the implementation of the Use of Official Languages Act.
The Department said that three issues were hindering ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee reports
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met to consider and adopt minutes of meetings and Committee reports. At the outset, the Chairperson suggested the Committee needed a systematic process to follow up on outstanding issues arising from engagements with the Department, and was advised that a tracking tool could ...