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Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME on key risk areas to attainment of 2014-2019 MTSF Outcomes
11 Oct 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on the review of identified programmes and spending areas at risk in the execution of budgets. The purpose of the brief was to reflect on key areas of progress towards the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, implemented through the ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works and PMTE 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Public Works (DWP) and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on the Annual Report of 2016/17 financial year in the presence of the Minister and the Deputy Minister.
The Department indicated that the 2016/17 Annual Report was presented in the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development + NDA 2016/17 Annual Reports, with Auditor-General input
4 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa opened with a briefing on the Department of Social Development and its entities. South African Social Assistance Agency (SASSA) received a qualified opinion with findings. This qualification was due to the incompleteness of irregular expenditure, as systems and controls did not ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works, CBE, PMTE 2016/17 Annual Reports, Auditor-General input; with Minister and Deputy
3 Oct 2017
The Minister of Public Works highlighted the Department’s policy priority areas, and said its goal was to contribute to the development of a sustainable economy through infrastructure development and maintenance. This development would be guided by the concept of transformation, which would aim at creating employment and ...
Social Development
SASSA progress report, with Minister
6 Sep 2017
The Minister of Social Development complained about the route for reporting on work done by SASSA. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was expecting SASSA to report to them and SASSA scarcely had time to meet with the Portfolio Committee. The Minister had already written to the Speaker about ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Committee Oversight Report of Western Cape Small Harbours; Expropriation Bill inputs by National House of Traditional Leaders
5 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works met to be briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Services (PLS) on the legal implications of the letter from the President on the return of the Expropriation Bill.
The Parliamentary legal advisor said the version of the Bill that had been returned by the President ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
28 Jun 2017
The Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the joint committees through changes to the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, which were made after instructions received from the Joint Workshop held on 13 June 2017.
The main highlights of the input by Members were the Democratic Alliance’s concern ...
Social Development
Retirement and Social Security Reforms: Department of Social Development progress report
14 Jun 2017
The Social Security Agency of South Africa briefed the Committee on progress made on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order on the grant payment system and on progress made on the universalisation of retirement and social security reforms.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) indicated that SASSA will not ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act: workshop
13 Jun 2017
Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the committees through a presentation on the review of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act. He outlined the rationale for the sequencing of appropriations. The requirement that the Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) and the Appropriation Bill may only be referred ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbours Maintenance, Leasing, Job Creation: Public Works briefing
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) provided a detailed background on the work it had done in respect of small harbours and the Integrated Small Harbour Management Authority (ISHMA) which had been established in 2005. Since then, the Department had pursued joint ventures with other entities, such as the Department ...