With theft and vandalism, PRASA still not on track .....article dated 10 October 2021..... Despite some good...
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President refers back National Land Transport Bill
National Land Transport Bill should not diminish municipal powers On the difficult matter as to whether the National...
Call for parliamentary disaster management oversight……
parties to debate disaster management oversight proposals .......article dated 5 August 2021...... A Disaster...
President refers back National Land Transport Bill
National Land Transport Bill should not diminish municipal powers On the difficult matter as to whether the National Land Transport Bill will diminish certain municipal powers or provincial powers when this and similar national legislation is...
Call for parliamentary disaster management oversight……
parties to debate disaster management oversight proposals .......article dated 5 August 2021...... A Disaster Management Amendment Bill, originally published for comment in October 2020, has now finally made it to Parliament and sits for process...
Gas Amendment Bill changes energy horizon
.....article dated 9 September 2021..... Mantashe puts Gas Amendment Bill before Parliament.... An interminably long journey has finally come to an end with the tabling of the Gas Amendment Bill in Parliament, introduced by Minister Mantashe as...
Copyright Bill to be partially re-written
.....article dated 4 June 2021..... Parliament rejects controversial clauses After a tense debate, the parliamentary trade and industry portfolio committee finally voted against further passage of the Copyright Amendment Bill as currently drafted...
Employers claim COIDA Bill “pie in the sky”
.......article dated 4 June 2021...... Dysfunctional Compensation Fund the problem... The overall topic during four days of parliamentary hearings on the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill (COIDA Bill) centered around the troublesome...
Minister Mantashe toe tapping on energy issues
.......article posted 25 June 2021...... Too many ideas and no decisions at all..... In a parliamentary energy committee meeting, it was decided to hold over a vote to investigate the Karpowership SA tender award granted by the Department...
Dept. of Communications not performing, say MPs
....article dated 1 May 2021.... New DG promises catch up... During a recent stormy parliamentary oversight meeting it emerged that Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) had met only 50% of its targets for the year 2020/21...
Cadre deployment takes toll at PRASA
...article dated 28 February 2021.... CEO says sorting out the mess... In a meeting of the Transport Portfolio Committee, Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, addressed MPs together with senior members of PRASA's new management team and told them...
Smoke and mirrors with new Border Authority Act
.......article first appeared 2 February 2021........ Chair Bongani Bongo calls for oversight...... The controversial Border Management Authority (BMA) law, which was first tabled in Parliament in 2016, passed its final law-making hurdle in March...
Eskom, Mantashe spurn DA electricity plan
.....article dated 20 October 2020..... State zaps idea of independent power purchaser..... Minister Pravin Gordhan put any idea of private sector participation in an independent power purchasing plan firmly to bed by labelling any proposals as a...
