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DPME mandate and functions
3 Aug 2022
The Select Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting on the mandate and functions of the Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DPME), which responded broadly to all the questions raised by the Members.
The DPME said its role was coordinating government planning, monitoring and evaluation. The Committee asked ...
NCOP Public Infrastructure
PRASA rail rehabilitation & modernisation in 10 priority corridors
22 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on the modernisation and rehabilitation of the passenger rail network. The modernisation programme had three pillars: rolling stock general overhaul, rolling stock fleet renewal programme, and signalling and communications. The total cost ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
Tourism Infrastructure Projects: status report; with Deputy Minister
21 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the National Department of Tourism outlined the progress on the 99 tourism infrastructure projects underway with the Development Bank of Southern Africa as implementing agent. It also explained why 10 projects were discontinued.
Committee Members asked about the safety of tourists in the country; monitoring ...
NCOP Public Infrastructure
Convention on International Civil Aviation Amendments; Road Traffic Regulations Amendment
15 Jun 2022
Proposed Amendment to National Road Traffic Regulations
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee met to consider the Convention on International Civil Aviation Amendments, and an amendment to the National Road Traffic Act regulations.
The Department of Transport requested the Committee’s support for ratifying protocols relating to the amendment ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
Black Industrialist Programme & SEZ progress & challenges
14 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) gave a presentation on the progress of the Black Industrialist Programme. The programme had provided R36.7 billion to over 1 000 black industrialists over the past seven years, but they still faced several challenges in the marketplace. ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
Consumer and Corporate Regulation Programme: DTIC briefing
7 Jun 2022
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the role and mandate of the Consumer and Corporate Regulation Programme in its 2022/23 annual performance plan. This included the status of the Companies Amendment Bill, the Companies Amendment Bill on Corporate Governance for ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament Q4 2021/22 Performance
3 Jun 2022
Parliament's senior management briefed the Committee on the institution's fourth quarter performance for the 2021/22 financial year. The presentation gave an overview of the institution’s performance overview as having met all set targets for the quarter under review. Parliament has spent 76 percent or R660.075m of its appropriated budget ...
NCOP Public Infrastructure
Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) status report
1 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Transport (DoT) gave a progress report on the rollout of the Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN).
The Director-General stated that the vision of the public transport strategy is to have an integrated city-wide network of transport modes, transport routes, and railways services supported ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
Industrial financing programmes and the role they play in activating industrial parks across all provinces
31 May 2022
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition updated the Committee on incentive support given to industrial infrastructure projects under the Industrial Financing Branch. There are three broad incentive instruments which the Department deploys in order to support infrastructure development. They allow the Department to have a ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery
AGSA briefing: Real-time disaster audit plan
25 May 2022
The Ad-Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery, (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces) was briefed by the Auditor-General (AG) on the real-time disaster audit plan. The AG highlighted that they would be performing real-time audits in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the Eastern Cape (EC) because of ...