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NCOP Appropriations
Impact of medico-legal claims on provincial health budgets and mitigation measures: AGSA & DoH briefing (with Deputy Minister)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations was briefed by both the Department of Health (DoH) and the Auditor-General of South Africa (AG/AGSA) on the state of medico-legal claims across the provincial health departments.
During its presentation, the AG informed Members that the government had failed to meet its target of ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...
NCOP Finance
Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions A/B: Policy issues & deliberations
26 Sep 2023
The Select Committee on Finance considered the outstanding issues on the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill and thereafter, informally adopted the bill.
National Treasury highlighted the proposed refinements to the Bill, including alterations to the definitions and clauses related to development charges and engineering services.
The Committee ...
Defence
Military Ombud 2022/23 Annual Activity Report; Feedback on Military Ombud cases (with Deputy Minister); German Study Tour Report
21 Sep 2023
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (the JSCD) convened virtually for a briefing by the Military Ombudsman on its 2022/23 Annual Activity Report and feedback on the backlog of Military Ombud cases lodged with the Minister of Defence.
The Military Ombud reported that as at 15 September 2023, the ...
NCOP Appropriations
2021/22 Consolidated Municipal Audit Outcomes: AGSA & National Treasury Input
20 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the local government audit outcomes for the 2021/22 financial year.
The presentation specifically focused on the overall audit outcomes of metropolitan municipalities (metros). The City of Cape Town and the City of ...
NCOP Finance
Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions A/B: National Treasury response to public submissions
19 Sep 2023
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by National Treasury on their response to public submissions on the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill [B21B-2022].
Treasury first dealt with the concerns and suggestions the City of Cape Town (CoCT) raised. One of the key ...
Defence
NCACC Q1 & 2 2023 Performance; SANDF Deployment (with Deputy Minister)
7 Sep 2023
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (the JSCD) convened virtually for a briefing by the Directorate for Conventional Arms Control (DCAC) on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC) first and second quarter reports for 2023.
The Committee was informed that the Information Technology (IT) system of the NCACC, ...
NCOP Appropriations
Departments of Social Development and Basic Education underspending between 2011/12 and 2020/21: PBO briefing
6 Sep 2023
The Parliamentary Budget Office briefed the Committee on the underspending of the Departments of Social Development and Basic Education between the 2022/12 and 2020/21 financial years.
The PBO provided the reasons for the underspending of these departments, such as supply chain management problems, compensation of employees, challenges with new ...
NCOP Finance
Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill: National Treasury Briefing
5 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, National Treasury briefed the Committee on the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill.
The Bill seeks to:
• establish unambiguous, fair and consistent basis for municipalities to recover development charges for all new land development projects that require statutory approvals through the municipal land ...
NCOP Finance
GPAA 2022/23 Annual Performance
20 Jun 2023
The Select Committee on Finance was briefed by the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) on its 202/23 annual performance.
While Members were left disappointed by the GPAA’s overall organisational performance of 64%, they were pleased that there has been steady progress at the agency. Furthermore, they were left comforted ...