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Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works & Infrastructure Budget Review and Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the minutes of four of its meetings which took place in September and October, and to consider and adopt the Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
Members were generally happy with the minutes. There was some ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Construction Industry Development Board & Council for the Built Environment 2018/19 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2019
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) presented their 2018/19 Annual Reports. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The CIDB indicated that it achieved 23 out of 30 of its annual targets. This was a significant improvement compared to the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Foreign Properties owned by RSA: briefing; with Deputy Minister
18 Sep 2019
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure explained that all state-owned immovable assets abroad used by the diplomatic service – including leasing, purchasing, disposal, alterations, maintenance, refurbishment, furniture and facilities – were transferred from Public Works to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on 1 May 1999 by official ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Committee discussion on process and programme
11 Sep 2019
Documents handed out: Draft programme (only distributed to committee members)
The Ad Hoc Committee met to discuss the programme for future meetings which included the upcoming Workshop of Experts to address the question of land and to amend the Constitution accordingly.
The Chairperson had proposed a list ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbours: progress report
4 Sep 2019
The joint meeting was held with the Portfolio Committees on Public Works and Infrastructure and Environment, Forestry & Fisheries for a PMTE briefing on development plans for small harbours over the next five years. Topics covered small harbour and state coastal properties business; Operation Phakisa: Oceans Economy; small harbour and ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Academy: progress update by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure
21 Aug 2019
The Department briefed the Committee on the Public Works Academy that is to be set up with the South African Property Owners’ Association in order to capacitate the Property Management and Trading Entity to manage the state’s massive property portfolio. The Academy is still at a conceptual stage and the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Implementation of the Government Immovable Asset Management Act: PMTE briefing
21 Aug 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure was briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the Property Management Trading Entity. The presentation gave a background of and explained how the PMTE was structured as well as its financial stability.
Members heard that the Department’s mandate was ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Capacity Building Session by Office of the Auditor-General
20 Aug 2019
Auditor-General South Africa briefed the Committee on the audit process, its role, the new Public Audit Amendment Act that came into operation on 1 April 2019, the oversight roles of AGSA in conjunction with the Portfolio Committee in capacitating department financial compliance. Slides were shown of the last 10 years ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Election of Chairperson
25 Jul 2019
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee convened to elect its Co-Chairpersons. Dr M Motshekga (ANC) and Mr E Mthethwa (ANC; KZN) were nominated as Co-Chairpersons for the National Assembly and NCOP components respectively. There were no objections or further nominations.
Both Members accepted their nomination as Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Constitutional ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works and Infrastructure Budget: Committee Report
5 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to consider and deliberate on the Draft Budget Vote Report of the Committee. The Content Advisor took the Committee through the proposed report that focused on policy priorities, the weakened mandate of the Department, the Annual Performance Plans (APPs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works & Infrastructure, Agrément SA, IDT, CIDB & Council for the Built Environment 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with the Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure convened to receive presentations on the Annual Performance Plans of the Independent Development Trust (IDT), Agrément South Africa (ASA), the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE). The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure was present. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Departments of Mineral and Energy 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans: Committee staff briefing and analysis
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to receive briefings on the analysis of the budget votes of the Departments of Mineral Resources and Energy. Although the two departments had been merged, the budget votes were still separate.
In the analysis of the Department of Mineral Resources, Members were told that the mining industry ...