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Transport
Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered its Budget Review and Recommendation Report for the Department of Transport. The recommendations included that the Department should develop and implement an audit action plan and the Department should fill the vacancies on boards as well as in senior management ...
Higher Education
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; DHET 2018/19 Annual Report 2018/19 & Quarter 1 performance
15 Oct 2019
AGSA reported that 74 auditees out of a total of 78 (95%) were within the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) portfolio. Financial statement preparation remained a concern as material adjustments were effected to the annual financial statement (AFS) submitted for audit by 15 auditees. A ...
Transport
ACSA, Ports Regulator, SACAA, Department of Transport 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
10 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA), the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and the Department of Transport (DoT) on its 2018/19 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year 2018/19. The Minister of Transport ...
Transport
SANRAL, RAF, C-BRTA on their 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) said its expenditure on road development, improvement had declined for the second consecutive year. The R12.68 billion spent was 19% lower than the previous year. This is partly due to challenges in accessing funding as well the inability to ...
Transport
PRASA & RSR 2018/19 Annual Reports; Transport portfolio audits
8 Oct 2019
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the Transport portfolio comprises of 14 audits. The audit outcomes of the portfolio have regressed over the past five year period from 29% clean audits in 2014/15 to 21% in 2018/19. PRASA regressed from a qualified audit opinion in the prior ...
Transport
Autopax & Intersite 2018/19 Annual Reports
8 Oct 2019
The Committee met to discuss the audit outcomes and annual performance reports of Autopax and Intersite, subsidiary entities of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). It felt that Intersite provided little information on its performance targets, and also inquired about the process of consolidation between ...
Higher Education
Research & Development Tax Incentive Programme & other DSI initiatives to stimulate R&D
18 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by delegates from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the research and development (R&D) tax incentive programme and other initiatives of the DSI to stimulate R&D in the country.
The Department’s annual statistical report provided the latest data on the gross expenditure on research ...
Higher Education
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Colloquium
17 Sep 2019
The Committee heard inputs from stakeholders on the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the South African context; job losses, gains and replacements; the role of government and the private sector; policy considerations; higher education curricula; and the decolonisation of the higher learning education sector.
Members asked about translating ...
Higher Education
Square Kilometre Array Telescope & MeerKAT projects: briefing
11 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training, Science Technology on the Square Kilometre Array Telescope & MeerKAT projects, Radio astronomy projects as well as on governance of the project. The Committee was pleased to hear that the SKA projects was said to yield great economic ...
Higher Education
University of Limpopo & SETA on allegations of unaccredited course
10 Sep 2019
The University of Limpopo along with the Services Seta briefed the Committee on the allegations that were levelled at the University. These allegations held that the University had offered a bogus learnership and certificate in a qualification on Funeral Parlour studies. The University assured Members that the media allegations had ...