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Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B15–2016]: public hearings
11 Nov 2016
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations conducted public hearings on the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill. The purpose of the Bill was to amend the Division of Revenue Act passed by Parliament in 2016.
The Rural Health Advocacy Project, in its submission, made a recommendation that the government needed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B15-2016]: National Treasury briefing
10 Nov 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill.
On provincial allocations, it was reported that R275.7 million would be rolled over from allocations made in 2015/16 on the provincial roads maintenance grant for KwaZulu-Natal. These funds had not been transferred ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Human Sciences Research Council briefing
9 Nov 2016
The Committee was addressed by the Human Science Research Council on its observations regarding the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
Debt levels had roughly doubled over the last eight years. The biggest item in spending by government had been the repayment of debt. The reason for that had being the halving ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 Revised Fiscal Framework (MTBPS): Treasury response to public hearings
4 Nov 2016
The Standing and Select Committees on Finance met to receive National Treasury responses to questions raised during the public hearings on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).
Growth Forecasting
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global growth had been revised down in its flagship economic forecast since 2012. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): SALGA input
2 Nov 2016
SALGA welcomed the recognition of urban planning reforms to encourage rapid growth in large cities. Municipalities had to work at making doing business easier. Member municipalities were encouraged to adhere to cost containment guidelines in Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) circulars. SALGA welcomed the launch of the Municipal Money website ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
1 Nov 2016
The PBO presented its MTBPS analysis to the four Committees. It gave members highlights from the Ministers MTBPS speech and some highlights included stabilising debt as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), stimulating growth, increasing revenue growth and creating more government efficiency. PBO gave an outline of reprioritisation to ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Auditor General input; Council for the Built Environment on its 2015/16 Annual Report
1 Nov 2016
The Committee received briefings from the Office of the Auditor-General on the financial statements o f the annual reports of the Department of Public Works (DPW), the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) and entities for the 2015/16 financial year, and from the Council for the Built Environment ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2016: Minister of Finance and National Treasury briefings
27 Oct 2016
Documents Handed Out:
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: National Treasury presentation [awaited]
The National Treasury and the Minister of Finance briefed the Committee with a full and detailed presentation on the main messages of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). This emphasised the trying economic environment in which the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee report on expenditure patterns: discussion; Committee Programme
25 Oct 2016
The consideration and adoption of the Committee report on expenditure patterns was postponed. There had to be further recommendations from Members, and engagement with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
Discussion of the Committee programme centered on the proposed study tour. Agreement was reached that the tour had to be undertaken ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
PRASA on its performance: hearing
19 Oct 2016
The Committee received a full briefing from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on its financial and non-financial performance. It was noted frankly that PRASA continued to experience challenges in the efficiency of providing affordable public transport as PRASA had an ageing rolling stock and infrastructure. It firstly ...