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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing on irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure 2020/21; with Minister
29 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee conducted a hearing on the annual report and financial statements for the Passenger Rail of South Africa (PRASA) for the 2020/21 financial year, as well as irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure relating to the entity.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA oversight visit: meeting with Minister
22 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a follow-up briefing from the Minister of Transport on the issues emanating from its oversight visits to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.
The Minister highlighted that the Agency’s vacancy rate was sitting at 19 percent, which was nine percent more ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
State Security Agency financial oversight
16 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts discussed the State Security Agency planning proposal, which was a plan of action to deal with allegations around the channelling of public funds into ANC political campaigning and for other unauthorised purposes.
Some Members were concerned about SCOPA venturing ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Follow-up: National Prosecuting Authority on cases referred by SIU
15 Mar 2022
15 Feb 2022 |
In this virtual meeting, the Committee held a follow-up engagement on cases referred to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
The SIU, in terms of section 4(1)(d) of the SIU Act, refers any ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Meeting postponed: Oversight of State Security Agency
8 Mar 2022
The meeting was postponed to the following week Wednesday. Members of the Committee faced loadshedding which affected their connection
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SABC 2020/21 Annual Report: hearing; with Deputy Minister
2 Mar 2022
In the virtual hearing on the 2020/21 SABC Annual Report, the SABC Board Chairperson and Chief Financial Officer responded to the matters raised.
The Deputy Minister noted that SABC was about to enter the second year of its turnaround plan, and it is positively working towards ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
ESKOM: hearing on deviations and expansions for Quarter 1 & 2 2021/22
1 Mar 2022
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) met on a virtual platform for a hearing on Eskom’s expansions and deviations for Quarter One and Quarter Two of 2021/22.
Eskom submitted 11 deviations and 28 expansions for approval for the first two quarters of 2021/2022 totaling R879 million and R1.9 ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund 2020/21 Audit Hearing; with Deputy Minister
16 Feb 2022
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (the Committee) met virtually with the Department of Employment and Labour and the Compensation Fund (the Fund) for a hearing on its annual report and financial statements for the financial year 2020/21, as well as for irregular, fruitless and wasteful ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
President’s response on alleged misuse of public funds
16 Feb 2022
25 Jan 2022 |
Mr M Dirks letter on misuse of public funds (internal document)
SCOPA Letter to President (internal document)
President’s Response to SCOPA (internal document)
Legal Opinion (internal document)
In this virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Public ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National Prosecuting Authority on cases referred by SIU
15 Feb 2022
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in a virtual meeting on cases referred to it by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
The NPA stressed that its top priority over the next six months would be focusing on corruption. It detailed the recent developments ...