Gauteng Legislature’s engagements for 13 to 17 Feb

14 Feb 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
Tuesday, 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	CoGTA & Human Settlements Portfolio Committee – Committee Meeting	Presentations by the Committee Researchers on the Analysis of the 3rd Quarter Performance Report 2016/17 FY on CoGTA and Human Settlements Presentation by the Office of the Auditor –General on the Performance audit report: Urban Renewal Programme Presentation by the Department on the 3rd Quarter Performance Report 2016/17 FY on Human Settlements Presentation by the Department on the Committee Resolutions on Human Settlements (Annual report 2015/16 FY and Second quarterly report 2016/17FY) Presentation by the Department on the 3rd Quarter Performance Report 2016/17 FY on CoGTA Presentation by the Department on the Committee Resolutions on Vote CoGTA (Annual report 2015/16 FY and Second quarterly report 2016/17FY)	GPL Precinct, Committee Room B
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Social Development– Committee Meeting	The 3rd Quarter Research Analysis for 2016/17 FY. Presentation by the Department of Social Development on the 3rd quarter report for 2016/17 FY.	GPL Precinct, Committee Room C
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Community Safety – Committee Meeting	Referred Reports: 3rd Quarter Performance, Consideration of Research Analysis Vote 10 3rd Quarter Performance Report 2016/17 FY Presentation on SAPS & Law Enforcement Agencies- Consideration of Presentations by SAPS, CPF & Municipal Police	Sebokeng (Saul Tsotetsi Hall)
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 13h00	Portfolio Committee on Education – FIS Oversight Visit	Monitoring of Schools – FIS Topic: “An Assessment of the Roll out of ICT in Grades 11 and 12”. Oversight visits to: Lodirile Secondary School Thuto Lefa Secondary School Ithuteng Secondary School	West Rand Region
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation - Committee Meeting	Presentation of the Third Quarterly Reports research analysis for 2016/17 FY Presentation by the Department on the Third Quarterly report for 2016/17 FY Presentation of the Research proposal on the International Study Tour	GPL Precinct, Committee Room A
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Oversight Committee On Premier’s Office And Legislature (OCPOL) – Committee Meeting	Presentation by Researchers on the analysis of the following: The OoP’s 3rd Quarter Report for 2016/2017 FY; The GPL’s 3rd Quarter Report for 2016/2017 FY; Stakeholder Submissions on GPL and OoP’s 3rd Quarterly Reports for 2016/2017 FY Presentation by Researchers on the analysis of the following: Responses to the Committee Resolutions on the OoP’s Performance Reports for the 2016/17 financial year; and Responses to the Committee Resolutions on the GPL’s Performance Reports for the 2016/17 financial year.
Tuesday 14 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Health – FIS Oversight Visits	FIS Oversight Visits to NGO's in pursuit of its FIS topic being "Assessing the effectiveness of NGO's housing mentally ill patients in Gauteng".	West Rand District
Wednesday 15 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Health – FIS Oversight Visits	FIS Oversight Visits to NGO's in pursuit of its FIS topic being "Assessing the effectiveness of NGO's housing mentally ill patients in Gauteng".	Sedibeng District and Ekurhuleni.
Thursday 16 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Infrastructure Development – Committee Meeting	DID presentations on: the 3rd QTR DID Performance Report for the 2016/17 FY; the Programme 2 Projects for the 2016/17 FY; the Roodeplaat Nature Reserve; progress on the Women’s Heritage monument; Prinshof LSEN School; and the expenditure report of the CAPEX projects. Committee Presentations: Committee deliberation and adoption of the study tour report to Singapore; and Resolutions analysis. Procession the following sites: Roodeplaat Nature Reserve; Women’s Heritage monument; and Prinshof LSEN School.	Mbolekwa Community Hall (Atterdgeville, Tshwane)
Friday 17 February 2017 Time: 9h00	Portfolio Committee on Education – FIS Oversight Visit and Committee Meeting	Oversight visits to schools Committee Meeting to adopt Bua le Sechaba topic	TBC

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

Province

Gauteng

Event Category

Government activities

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Gauteng Provincial Legislature