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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of the Premier: Annual Report 2021/22
11 Oct 2022
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee sat with the Department of the Premier (DoP) to deliberate on its 2021/22 Annual Report.
Dr Harry Malila, Director-General, DoP, informed Members that out of a budget appropriation of R1.745 billion, the department underspent by R42 million, ...
Ad-hoc Committee- TB-related matters (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson
7 Oct 2022
The Committee met to elect its chairperson. Ms W Philander (DA) received unanimous support for the post.
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament unanimously agreed to establish an Ad-hoc Committee on Tuberculosis (TB). This decision follows engagements with various stakeholders since February last year. As with other provinces, TB is ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Legislature seat numbers: IEC & Researcher briefing
7 Sep 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on Seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament met virtually for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the processes for determining the number of seats in provincial legislatures. The Committee also received a briefing from its research section on ways of amending ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Legislature seat numbers: calculations; Premier & Constitutional Matters Standing Committee role in constitutional changes
10 Aug 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on Seats convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Research Unit on their report regarding the calculation of the number of seats in legislatures, as well as a briefing by the Legal Unit on the national legislation determining the size of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Human Settlements on measures to address findings in 2020/21 audit opinion
29 Jul 2022
The provincial Department of Human Settlements reported its audit outcome had regressed from unqualified with no findings to unqualified with findings in the 2020/21 financial year. This came to the attention of the Committee when the Department briefed it in a virtual meeting on the material findings on compliance ...
Local Government, Environmental Affairs & Development Planning (WCPP)
2020/21 Local Government Audit Outcomes (focus on WC & underperforming municipalities): AGSA briefing
26 Jul 2022
Audit Outcomes – Interactive Breakdown
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) Western Cape reported that the audit outcomes of the province's municipalities' financial and performance reports had shown good progress, and there were pockets of improvements in the environment. It briefed the Committee on ...
Budget Committee (WCPP)
Western Cape Money Bills Amendment Procedure Bill: planning
24 Jun 2022
B28-2018 - Money Bills Amendment Procedure And Related Matters Amendment Bill
The Budget Committee of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) convened virtually for a briefing on the project plan for drafting of Money Bills Amendment Procedure Bill for the legislature.
Members were concerned that budget cuts would have ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson
8 Jun 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee: WCPP Seats convened in a virtual meeting to elect its new Chairperson. It elected Mr A Van Der Westhuizen (DA) as its Chairperson.
The Committee was established to consider whether the number of seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament was suitable for the increasing ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Court judgement impacting DALRRD audit outcome and related matters: AGSA & DALRRD briefing
8 Jun 2022
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (SCOPA) received a briefing in a virtual meeting from the provincial Department of Agriculture on a court judgment that had impacted the audit outcomes of the Department for the period from 2016/17 to 2020/21.
The Department said that over an 18-month ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
WCED on plans to address audit outcome findings; Provincial Forensic Services Quarterly Reports
25 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Western Cape Education Department briefed the Public Accounts Committee on its plans to address audit outcome findings to mitigate future reoccurrence. The Provincial Forensic Services (PFS) presented investigations undertaken in Quarters One and Two in 2021/22.
WCED said the Centralised Educational Management Information System ...