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Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI & CBE 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister and Deputy Minister
22 Mar 2023
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) briefed the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting on their annual performance plans.
The Minister pledged the Department’s commitment to work speedily and implement all the programmes in the mandate of ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Proposed constitutional amendments: establishment of a separate institution to fight corruption; appointment & dismissal of senior NPA officials; appointment of judges & JSC composition
17 Mar 2023
The Constitutional Review Committee met virtually to receive presentations from Accountability Now, Africa Criminal Justice Reform and the Helen Suzman Foundation. These three organisations put forward proposals for amending the Constitution to deal with corruption, the appointment and dismissal of the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) as well ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI and PMTE Audit Action Plan; with Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2023
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) reported that the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) received a disclaimer audit opinion from the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) for the past financial year, with risk areas being leases, municipal services, accruals, and Property Plant and Equipment (PPE). Consequence management plans ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Summary of Outstanding Submissions: Content Advisor briefing; First Term Programme
10 Mar 2023
The Constitutional Review Committee was briefed by the Committee Content Advisor on outstanding matters for decision-making.
The Committee resolved to engage submitters and stakeholders through a public participation process before deciding ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme: DMRE & IPPO briefing, with Minister
24 Feb 2023
Public Works and Infrastructure
Bodlani Petition
22 Feb 2023
A petition was sent to Parliament by the residents of Brackenhurst and Brackendowns in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, which called on the National Assembly to request the transfer of the ownership of the property where the Brackendowns police station was located, to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI). The ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI & PMTE 2022/23 Quarter 2 & 3 performance: with Deputy Minister
15 Feb 2023
In response to the DPWI and PMTE 2022/23 Quarter 2 & 3 performance report, the Committee raised questions about external contractors not fulfilling their obligations; inadequate project managers; improvement of facilities management and revenue collection from government buildings; slow drafting of legislation reform; underspending; vacancies and 'acting' positions; social ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Review of the Public-Private Partnership Regulations to deliver on strategic infrastructure projects; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the process followed to review the public-private partnership (PPP) regulations and processes.
The Committee was told that there had been a decline in PPP projects.
The review found that there was no overarching infrastructure policy framework that could bring PPPs into the overall ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI, DBSA & National Treasury working relationship & MoU to manage Infrastructure Fund; with Minister
23 Nov 2022
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, the Infrastructure Fund and National Treasury briefed the committee around the Memorandum of Agreement between the different entities for the establishment and functioning of the Infrastructure Fund. The Infrastructure Fund was announced by the President in 2018, a R100 billion capital contribution ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI progress update on the Ethics, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Consequence Management Unit, with Minister
22 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure met on the virtual platform to receive a progress report on the Department’s establishment of the Ethics, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Consequence Management Unit, under the Department’s governance, risk, and compliance branch. The unit was championed for its critical role in detecting ...