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Water and Sanitation
Vision for Water by 2030: National Planning Commission briefing
31 Aug 2016
The National Planning Commission (NPC), in the presence also of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), presented the Water Security Plan for the country. The new approach was radical, integrated and mass balanced in nature and recognised that there was a need to consider all competing water requirements from ...
Arts and Culture
White Paper revision progress & Official Languages Act implementation; Social cohesion and nation building; National Archives: Department of Arts and Culture briefing
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on progress with the implementation of the Official Languages Act. It had not achieved 100% compliance during the previous financial year, and had appointed a service provider in July this year to facilitate and intervene at the institutions which had not ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 4th Quarter 2015/16 performance
24 Aug 2016
The Chairperson noted the resignation of the Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, and the appointment of the Acting Director General, and Members, later in the discussion, asked why there seemed to be such a large turnover of staff with new officials constantly appearing before the Committee. A ...
Arts and Culture
South African Roadies Association settlement agreement; Department of Arts and Culture on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
23 Aug 2016
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) updated the Committee on the progress of the settlement agreement between the DAC and the South African Roadies Association (SARA). Although relations between the two were still a little strained, there had been implementation of the agreement to date. SARA had submitted a ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation and Water Boards on 2016/17 water tariffs
25 May 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation DWS) on the process it followed in setting raw and bulk water tariffs. The raw water charges included the funding of water resource management costs by water management institutions and the waste discharge charge system. Registered water use ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Water and Sanitation Budget
4 May 2016
The Committee Report on the Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Budget. Comments were about job creation in infrastructure programmes where skill sharing must take place; tariffs were an important concern and comparative models in other countries should be looked into to see how they are performing
Arts and Culture
SA Roadies Association on settlement agreement & challenges; Committee Report on Arts and Culture Budget
3 May 2016
The Committee met to receive briefings from the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the South African Roadies Association (SARA) on the settlement agreement, and the challenges which had arisen over its implementation.
SARA said that in the settlement agreement, there were two proposals, and the DAC had failed ...
Water and Sanitation
Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation Revised Strategic Plan 2015-2019
20 Apr 2016
Document: Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation Revised Strategic Plan 2015-2019
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Revised Committee Strategic Plan for 2015-2019 is seen as an independent programme to overcome water and sanitation challenges. The Committee did not manage to adopt ...
Arts and Culture
National Heritage Council & National Film and Video Foundation on their 2016 Annual Performance Plans
19 Apr 2016
Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
National Film and Video Foundation Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
National Heritage Council Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
National Heritage Council Strategic Plan 2016/17 and 2019/20
The National Heritage Council and National Film and Video Foundation presented the highlights of their previous work, their challenges and their ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts & Culture Internal Audit Committee, PACOFS, Ditsong on their 2016 Annual Performance Plan and five year Strategic Plan
12 Apr 2016
Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PASCOFS) Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
The Portfolio Committee firstly heard a briefing from the Internal Audit (IA) Committee of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC or the Department) on the current audit and management practices of the DAC. The synopsis by IA ...