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NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
17 Sep 2019
The Committee met with the National Treasury for a briefing on the Special Appropriations Bill. The Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom gave inputs.
National Treasury, in presentation on the Special Appropriation Bill, highlighted that owing to Eskom’s failure to meet commitments and obligations on debt, government needed to intervene, ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: public hearings
11 Sep 2019
The joint Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard a wide range of views from three organisations -- the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) -- on the impending promulgation of the Special Appropriations Bill, which ...
Finance Standing Committee
TLAB, TALAB, Rates Bill & Income Tax Amendment Bill: public hearings
10 Sep 2019
Some of the proposed amendments to South Africa’s tax laws were vague and too broad in their application. This was the view expressed in submissions presented at a joint hearing of the Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces to discuss the proposed changes.
Among ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom briefings; with Minister
10 Sep 2019
The Minister said Eskom was a vital utility and crucial to the economy. It had been the target of state capture, and damage had been done to it. There had now been a two year period of recovery in the areas of governance, finance and operations, but the company was ...
Finance Standing Committee
National Treasury & SARS on TLAB, TALAB, Rates Bill & Income Tax Amendment Bill
3 Sep 2019
The Standing Committee on Finance met jointly with the Select Committee on Finance for a briefing by National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on the 2019 Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill (Rates Bill); the 2019 Draft Income Tax Amendment Bill; the ...
Defence
Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis
23 Aug 2019
Members were briefed on the activities undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) during the 5th Parliament, and were given an analysis of the defence sector. Following the presentations, there were few questions from Members, and discussion was largely given over to the scheduling of future JSCD meetings ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Civil-military relations in South Africa; with Minister
20 Aug 2019
The colloquium on civil-military relations (CMR) in South Africa was characterised by robust engagements from an academic, Parliamentary, executive, Departmental and military perspective.
The Chairperson’s opening overview described CMR as a contemporary and important issue that was related to a complex web of inter-relationships, established norms and practices between the ...
Defence
Election of Co-Chairpersons; Deployment of SANDF members to Western Cape
25 Jul 2019
Members elected Mr C Xaba (ANC) and Mr N Nchabeleng (ANC; Limpopo) as the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee from the National Assembly and NCOP components respectively.
The Committee received and considered the letter from the President through the Speaker on the employment of members of the South African National ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: briefing & adoption; Eskom’s Section 16 of PFMA financial support
24 Jul 2019
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The 2019 Budget outlined the economic and fiscal measures to move the economy into a new trajectory and reduce long-term risks. Government’s central economic policy goal was to accelerate inclusive growth and create jobs. The main fiscal objective was to ...