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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2018: input from Public Service Commission; Parliamentary Budget Office
9 May 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC) gave its comments on the 2018 Appropriations Bill to the Committee. The presentation covered the PSC’s areas of oversight and the outputs of its oversight function. The PSC acknowledged that it was not a financial institution, but was the custodian of good administration and would ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: report-back on audit fees; new draft version
8 May 2018
The Office of the Auditor-General was pleased to report back that the challenge of defraying audit fees for struggling municipalities had been taken care of. An agreement had been reached with National Treasury on excess and unpaid audit fees. Previously, these had to be taken from the Treasury Vote. A ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom recapitalisation & debt relief funding
26 Apr 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met with Eskom for a briefing on the expenditure and performance progress by Eskom following the approval of the recapitalization and debt relief funding.
Eskom indicated the newly appointed board and management had been well-received by the investor community and this was positive. Significant progress ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA & SA Post Office recapitalisation: performance progress report
25 Apr 2018
In his opening remarks, the Deputy Finance Minister acknowledged that South African Airways (SAA) had a financial and corporate governance and operational model crisis. These problems needed urgent attention. Unless these problems were sorted out, it would be difficult to accommodate new ideas. The path to recovery for SAA had ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Restructuring of public entities; New Budget facility; Office of the Chief Procurement Officer & status on payment of suppliers per Budget Vote: National Treasury briefing
27 Mar 2018
State expenditure, especially in procurement, was one of the key mechanisms that would enable the government to implement its developmental policy. Effectiveness in infrastructure spending, nationalised and streamlined public entities, curbing wasteful and fruitless expenditure, preventing procurement deviations and price escalations were the priority focus area in the medium term. ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
13 Mar 2018
The National Treasury (NT) argued that the proposed power for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) to refer undesirable audit outcomes for investigation, posed a risk to AGSA independence. It could result in duplication of the roles of Accounting Officers and Accounting Authorities. There could be duplication of investigations by ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: FFC & SALGA briefing
9 Mar 2018
The Committee met to consider inputs from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and SA Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]. The FFC was in agreement with the general thrust of the Bill and revised clauses. It commended efforts by government to protect social ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing
8 Mar 2018
National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee heard that despite the tough fiscal environment the budget still reflects increased allocations to national and provincial government, and that reductions in the budget related more to curbing the rate at which budgets ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: public hearings day 2
7 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on the Auditor General held public hearings on the draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill, during which a wide range of local government and professional bodies provided opinions and recommendations aimed at enhancing the Act’s effectiveness.
Overstrand Municipality referred to section 3, subsection 1(B) (a) of the ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: public hearings day 1
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met to receive input from civil society through public hearings to aid their work in the drafting of the Public Audit Act Amendment Bill.
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa said that too many people who did not know how to do their jobs were involved in ...