Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s engagements, 8 to12 Aug

08 Aug 2017

As part of implementing the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s (GPL) core mandates of Oversight and Scrutiny; Law Making; Public Participation; and Cooperative Governance, Portfolio and Standing Committees convene various activities to facilitate meaningful and objectives-driven engagement with relevant stakeholders.

The engagements vary based on specific objectives and priorities that are informed by each Committee’s Term Programme- ranging from Committee meetings; Public Hearings; Focus Intervention (FIS) unannounced oversight visits; Bill Hearings; Stakeholder Engagement Sessions; and Bua le Sechaba campaigns.

In an effort to ‘Take the Legislature to the People’, Portfolio Committees also schedule public meetings at the Legislature and in various communities around the Province – affording the people of Gauteng a platform to engage with the relevant departments on various service delivery issues.

Committees facilitate the engagement between Government and the people of Gauteng to ensure meaningful participation and ensure the public’s voice is heard and their needs met.

This week’s GPL Committee engagements are scheduled as follows:

Date & Time

Committee & Activity

Purpose

Venue

Thursday 10 August & 11

August. Time: 10h00

Portfolio Committee on Roads and

Transport

Bus Subsidy Enquiry into poor services by Bus Operators

(Putco, Autopax, Ipelegeng, Northwest Star) continues

Walter Sisulu Square, Kliptown

Soweto

Thursday, 10 August

Oversight Visits from 9h30 (see attached programme)

Committee Meeting Time: 15h00

Portfolio Committee on Economic

Development Oversight Visit and Committee Meeting

Oversight Visits (Please see attached programme)

Presentations by the Department of Economic Development on

A forensic investigation on alleged maladmistration and corruption within GEP
The strike action undertaken by GEP employees
Plans going forward to ensure that GEP operates optimally
Update on the merger between the Gauteng Liquor Board

and the Gauteng Gambling Board

Provincial Economic Development Plan
Presentation by the Department of Agriculture and Rural

Development on the adopted FIS topic for Vote 11 by the

Committee

Oversight Visits (See attached

programme)

Committee meeting: Riverside Hotel, Vanderbilpark

Friday, 11 August 2017

Time: 09h00

Standing Committee Meeting on

Petitions

Adoption of a hearing report
Adoption of new petitions

GPL Precinct, Committee Room B

Friday, 11 August 2017

Time: 10h00

Portfolio Committee on

Infrastructure Development

GPDID presentations on:

I Care We Care

EPWP intake per corridor for the 2017/18 FY
Incubator programme for contractors
Training of the Zivuseni participants
Training of the NYS participants
Progress of the exit strategy per corridor
Projects by GDID in the Western Corridor

Kagisanong Community Centre in

Kagiso.

Friday, 11 August 2017

Time: 9h00

Portfolio Committee on Economic

Development – FIS Visits

Oversight Visits (Please see attached Programme)

Oversight Visit (please see

attached programme)

Saturday 12 August 2017

Time: 10h00

Portfolio Committee on Social

Development

Dialogue on Violence Against Women and Children

To encourage society to stand together against the scourge of violence perpetuated against women and children;
Encourage victims of abuse to break the silence and report abuse to relevant authorities; and
Calling on men as partners to take a stand and fight patriarchal values that lead to violence against women and children.

Mafatsane Hall, Evaton

Members of the Media are invited to form part of the engagements, and urged to confirm attendance. All Committee Activities are open

to the public, and people of Gauteng are encouraged to participate meaningfully in all GPL processes.

For more information or interview queries, please contact:

Thebe Khumalo
Tel: 011 498 5948
Cell: 072 266 1021
E-mail: TKhumalo@gpl.gov.za

Thabisile Nzuke
Tel: 011 498 5416
Cell: 082 619 4411
E-mail: TNzuke@gpl.gov.za

Pfano Bulasigobo
Tel: 011498 6381
Cell: 060 533 1983
E-mail: PBulasigobo@gpl.gov.za

Province

Gauteng

Event Category

Government activities

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