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International Relations
DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up with Deputy Minister
5 Feb 2020
The Committee met again about the 30 October 2019 presentation by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation that consisted of an internal DIRCO management report on the 2018/19 audit findings which should not have been made public. It appeared that no one in the DIRCO management team knew how ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Public Works on plan to address ESKOM debt, with Minister
4 Feb 2020
Appearing before SCOPA on Tuesday, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille unveiled the work of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in addressing the municipal services debt owed by government departments to municipalities. Government is required to pay rates for properties owned by it and for ...
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 ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered its Draft 2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). In the interest of time, the Committee focused its discussion on the Findings and Recommendations highlighted in the report. Members were urged to make changes where they deemed it necessary and ...
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)
Mafube & Masilonyana: audit outcomes hearing
17 Sep 2019
The Committee convened to interrogate two municipalities from the Free State province -- the Masilonyana and Mafube municipalities -- on the findings of the Auditor General (AG) and the steps they had taken to implement the recommendations. The two municipalities had aroused the displeasure of the Committee because their administrators ...
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 ...
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 ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund Quarterly Performance Reports
21 Aug 2019
The Committee met with the Department and the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) for a briefing on their quarterly performance reports for the fourth quarter of 2018/19.
On the Department’s performance during the period under review as at 31 March 2019, expenditure amounting to R 6.4 billion which represents 97% of ...
International Relations
Committee Legacy Report: Committee Support Staff briefing
21 Aug 2019
The Committee was provided with background on the activities of the Fifth Parliament Committee from 2014 to 2019. These included Committee meetings, oversight visits and international study tours.
The Committee was at the outset informed that it had to decide which issues from the Legacy Report it ...