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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Deviation and expansion for national departments and entities for 4th quarter 2018/19 & 1st quarter 2019/2020: National Treasury briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) briefed the Committee on the prevalence of budget deviations and expansions for national government departments during the first six months of 2019, and said the main reasons for applications were poor planning and contract management.
The meeting started with the Committee expressing ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Audit Outcome 2018/19: briefing by Auditor General
23 Oct 2019
Parliament’s Standing Committees on Public Accounts and Appropriations were told that the key message from the 2018/19 audit outcomes of government departments and state-owned entities (SOEs) was that preventive controls, strong consequence management and an effective monitoring culture were still lacking.
Of the 432 entities that were audited, 100 had ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Inter-Ministerial Task Team on the defaulting municipalities that are owing ESKOM (postponed)
22 Oct 2019
VIDEO: Scopa to hear on the debt owed to Eskom by municipalities
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was meant to be briefed by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team on the defaulting municipalities that owed money to ESKOM. However, the Committee decided that the meeting would not continue because the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SIU investigations into municipalities; NPA on SIU-referred cases
16 Oct 2019
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts was briefed by the Special Investigating Unit on municipalities under investigation. It was also briefed by the National Prosecuting Authority on cases referred to it for prosecution by the Special Investigating Unit.
Members called for additional funding for law enforcement agencies involved in investigating ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
State Security Agency on vetting of officials; Research Unit on Audit outcomes, with Minister
15 Oct 2019
The State Security Agency briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on the progress in vetting public officials in state organs. SCOPA has been demanding the vetting of senior government officials and executives of State-Owned Entities that are involved in procurement spending in Supply Chain Management, amounting to hundreds ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
ESKOM oversight report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt its report on its oversight visit to the Medupi and Kusile power stations. The Chairperson went through the report with the Members and the draft report was amended substantively.
The Committee had met with ESKOM’s board and management, and had engaged with the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Update on cases referred to the SIU: SABC
18 Sep 2019
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts was briefed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the progress made in their investigations into financial irregularities at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. It was told that the investigations had produced sufficient evidence to initiate or join in civil litigation instituted by the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Bojanala District; Lekwa-Teemane & Madibeng: audit outcomes hearing
11 Sep 2019
2017/18 local government audit outcomes
Municipal Audit Outcomes 2017/18: Auditor-General briefing
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts had a hearing with three municipalities which were part of the 12 municipalities deemed problematic. The briefing by the Audit General (AG) on the audit outcomes had found that most of these municipalities ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Mogalakweng; Mopani District; Thabazimbi; Vhembe District; Joe Morolong and Phokwane: audit outcomes hearing; with COGTA Deputy Minister
10 Sep 2019
AGSA - 2017/18 local government audit outcomes
Municipal Audit Outcomes 2017/18: Auditor-General briefing
A litany of maladministration and corruption was laid bare before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) when five municipalities with adverse audit findings from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) were called to account for ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff Investigation update
4 Sep 2019
Steinhoff Latest Results
Steinhoff follow-up, with DPSA Minister present – 19 March 2019
Steinhoff matters: Mr Markus Jooste – 5 September 2018
Steinhoff matter: Ben le Grange – 29 August 2018
Steinhoff: follow-up meeting – 28 March 2018
Steinhoff International challenges – 31 January 2018
The Standing Committees on ...