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Public Works and Infrastructure
Quarter 1 & 2 report; Committee Programme
17 Feb 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to review its first quarter programme, to consider the draft report on the first and second quarter performance reports of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), and to adopt minutes dating back to the end of last year.
Concern was expressed ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: process & overview of submissions
3 Feb 2021
The Expropriation Bill project update was presented in a virtual meeting by the parliamentary support team. The presentation covered a statistical overview of the submissions made, observations and analysis of the submissions, and recommendations moving forward with the public participation process. Challenges relating to the public participation process ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI 2020/21Quarter 1 & 2 performance
25 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) presented its first and second quarter performance for the 2020/21 fiancial year. Five of the 23 key performance indicators (KPIs) were achieved in the first quarter, and seven of the 21 KPIs in the second. ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: briefing by Department of Public Works & Infrastructure, with Minister
24 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
27 Oct 2020: Expropriation Bill: background and processing
Statement by Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform
In this virtual meeting, the Committee passed a motion of desirability, following a presentation by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the Expropriation Bill [B23-2020]. The Committee agreed ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works and Infrastructure Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
18 Nov 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (2019/20) of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure on the Performance of the National Department of Public Works and its Entities. The report was adopted with amendments and Members applauded the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 100 amendment: Equal Education submission
11 Nov 2020
Video: Constitutional Review Committee
2 Sep 2020 Equal Education submission: deliberations & legal opinion
The Constitutional Review Committee held a virtual meeting to receive oral submissions by Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) requesting the amendment of section 100 of the Constitution that deals with national intervention in ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
PMTE’s challenges to collect user charges from client departments for accommodation-related services; with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2020
The Committee met with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in a virtual meeting to discuss the challenges faced by the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) in collecting user charges from client departments. It expressed great concern about the rate at which outstanding payments were escalating, and warned ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
DPWI on contracting obligations affecting planned dissolution of IDT; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on the contracting obligations affecting the planned dissolution of the Independent Development Trust (IDT).
At the outset, the Chairperson stressed that the Committee had been clear that it did not support the dissolution of the IDT, and that ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: background and processing
27 Oct 2020
The support staff of the Committee presented an outline of the background and history of the Expropriation Bill, explaining the causes for the rejection of the 2015 version of the Bill. In a virtual meeting, they proceeded to explain the procedure as required by the rules of the National Assembly ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Report on Jersey Barrier Oversight visit
21 Oct 2020
Audio: Committee Report on Jersey Barrier Oversight visit
The Committee met on a virtual platform to consider the Report on its oversight visit to the Jersey Barrier Wall in KwaZulu-Natal. The main areas of contention raised by Members included the amendment of recommendations 5.2 and 5.3 ...